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''Great Britain'' Built at Bristol 1837-1843 [...]
''Great Britain'' Built at Bristol 1837-1843 [...]
L.H.M. [Leonard Harrison Matthews] del 1926 sculp 1931.
Scarce etching, very large margins. 190 x 270mm (7½ x 10½"). Some spotting.
An amateur etching of SS Great Britain, surrounded by vignette details. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, she was the largest passenger ship in the world when she was completed in 1845, but here she is shown being used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk in the Falkland Islands. Scuttled in 1937, she was brought back to England in 1970 and restored. Dr. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-86) drew this sketch when he was a zoologist with the 'Discovery Investigations' (1924-9) in the Falklands and South Georgia, studying the biology of whales and southern elephant seals. In 1931 he published a paper, 'South Georgia, the Empire's Sub-Antarctic Outpost'; over fifty years later his last publication was 'Mammals in the British Isles' (1982).
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''Great Britain'' Built at Bristol 1837-1843 [...]
''Great Britain'' Built at Bristol 1837-1843 [...]
L.H.M. [Leonard Harrison Matthews] del 1926 sculp 1931.
Etching. 190 x 270mm (7½ x 10½"), with second etching on reverse. Creased, some spotting.
An amateur etching of SS Great Britain, surrounded by vignette details. On the reverse is an etching os a woman sleeping in an armchair, with monogram 'UNK' Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, she was the largest passenger ship in the world when she was completed in 1845, but here she is shown being used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk in the Falkland Islands. Scuttled in 1937, she was brought back to England in 1970 and restored. Dr. Leonard Harrison Matthews (1901-86) drew this sketch when he was a zoologist with the 'Discovery Investigations' (1924-9) in the Falklands and South Georgia, studying the biology of whales and southern elephant seals. In 1931 he published a paper, 'South Georgia, the Empire's Sub-Antarctic Outpost'; over fifty years later his last publication was 'Mammals in the British Isles' (1982).
[Ref: 60913]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sea atlas titlepage.] Le Neptune Francois, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines pour l'Usage de ses Armées de Mer.
[Sea atlas titlepage.] Le Neptune Francois, ou Atlas Nouveau des Cartes Marines pour l'Usage de ses Armées de Mer.
A Paris, Chez Hubert Jaillot aux deux Globes, M. D.C. LXXXXIII. Avec Privilege du Roy [but Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1693].
Fine letterpress titlepage printed in black and red, with engraved vignette of a sea battle. Sheet 635 x 505mm (25 x 19¾") very large margins. Old ink mss. number top right.
The titlepage of the largest atlas of sea charts published up to that time. The vignette is signed by Jan van Vianen. The atlas was published in Amsterdam by Pierre Mortier, with a false publication line perhaps to avoid customs duties abroad. A companion volume contained the famous sea charts etched by Romain de Hooghe, dedicated to William III, the Dutch king of England.
[Ref: 60957]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Sea atlas titlepage.] Cartes Marines a l'Eusage des Armées du Roy de la Grande Bretane.
[Sea atlas titlepage.] Cartes Marines a l'Eusage des Armées du Roy de la Grande Bretane.
A Amsterdam. Chez Pierre Mortier Libraire sur le Vygen Dam M. D.C. LXXXXIII [1693].
Fine letterpress titlepage printed in black and red, with engraved vignette of a sea battle. Sheet 635 x 505mm (25 x 19¾") very large margins. Old ink mss. number top right.
The titlepage to the magnificent atlas of sea charts etched by Romain de Hooghe, dedicated to William III, the new Dutch king of England. The suite of nine charts, described by Koeman as the 'most spectacular type of maritime cartography ever produced in 17th century Amsterdam', included the three-sheet chart of the Mediterrean. The vignette is signed by Jan van Vianen.
Koeman: vol 4, p. 423-4, M. Mor 5.
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[Speedboat on a river.]
[Speedboat on a river.]
Maurice Millier [pencil signature].
[n.d., c.1920.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 565 x 370mm (22¼ x 14½"). Damage in left edge.
Maurice Milliere (1871-1946).
[Ref: 60977]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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