Grosvenor Prints

[Adam] Who am I? or am I? whence did I come?
[London: John Hinton, c.1752.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on right, worm holes in margin.
Adam questions his existance. The frontispiece from The Universal Magazine Vol XXVI, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62375] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Death of Archimedes] Mentre Siracusa era in predaa al saccheggio, un soldato di Marcello, avendo trovato Archimede occupato nei suoi studi, irratato dalle sue fredde risposte, l'uccide. Rollin 1st. Rom. T.VI.
Pinelli inv. e inc.
In Roma 1819.
Etching. 310 x 420mm (12¼ x 16½"), with large margins.
A Roman soldier commands Archimedes to come and meet Gerneral Marcellus, but he declines, as he is too busy working on a problem. Enraged, the soldier kills Archimedes with his sword. On the right an assembly of scientific items and charts. From Pinelli's series of 100 plates illustrating the the history of Republican Rome, as told in Charles Rollin's 'Istoria Romana'.
[Ref: 62146] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

N.º 2. Geological Plan & Section from the Rio Grand to the Pimas Villages. Along the Route explored by Leiut. John G. Parke, Corps of the Top.l Eng.rs. Near the Parallele of 32º North Latitude. 1856. Prepared to accompany the Report of Thomas Antisell M.D. Geologist of the Expedition.
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 385 x 640mm (15¼ x 25¼"). Original binding folds, crease in corner.
A geological map and cross section of the intended route of the first transcontinental railway in the U.S.A. The 'Pima' are the Akimel O'odham ('River Reople') of Arizona. Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62394] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Astronomy] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, &c. This Magazine is most humbly Dedicated by the Proprietors.
B. Cole sc.
[London: John Hinton, c.1752.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, small tear taped, paper toned.
The prince (later George III) is given a lesson in astronomy, an adaptation of Le Bas's engraving of Galileo giving a demonstration to the Doge of Venice. The frontispiece from an issue of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62376] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Joseph Banks Bar.t K.B. P.R.S. From the original of Sir Thomas Lawrence in The British Museum. Drawn by W.m Derby (with the Permission of the Trustees) and engraved by H. Robinson.
London, Published Jan. 1 1831 by Harding & Lepard, Pall Mall East
Stipple. 375 x 265mm (14¾ x 10½"). Large margins on 3 sides.
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences, who took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771).
[Ref: 62083] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Jeremy Bentham.]
On Stone by S. Crosthwaite 1830 [pencil].
Lithograph on chine collé. 320 x 280mm (12½ x 11").
A half-length portrait of philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), seated, holding his spectacles.
[Ref: 62295] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Tycho Brahé Astronome. Ne a Knud- Strup pres d'Helsinborg en Dannemare le 19 x.bre 1546. Mort a Prague le 24 Octobre 1601.
[after Jacques de Gheyn II]
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate and mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of Tycho Brahe, wearing a feathered beret and collar of the Order of the Elephant, holding glove and resting hand on ledge. Tycho Brahe (born Tyge Ottesen Brahe 1546 -1601) was a Danish astrologer, alchemist and astronomer known for his accurate and comprehensive astronomical observations.
Not in Wellcome: 405.
[Ref: 62426] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

N.º 1. Geological Plan of the Coastal Range of California from San Francisco Bay to Los Angeles. Along the Route explored by Leiut. John G. Parke, Corps of the Top.l Eng.rs to connect the Routes near the 35º & 32º parallels of North Latitude. 1855 & 1856. Prepared to accompany the Report of Thomas Antisell M.D. Geologist of the Expedition.
U.S. Pacific Rail Road Expl. & Surveys War Department.
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 510 x 325mm (20 x 12¾"). Original binding folds, creased
A geological map of California, published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'.
[Ref: 62395] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Nicolas Copernic. Dedie a Monsieur De Sartine...
Dessine et Grave par N. Dandeleau.
Se Vend a Paris Chez Mr. Fallery Horloger... Et Chez l'Auteur Rue du Four, pres de la Croix Rouge, Chez un Boulanger No.73 [n.d., c.1790].
Very rare engraving. 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Some time staining.
Oval bust portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 - 1543), mathematician and the first astronomer to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology. By Nicolas Dandeleau (b.1749); from the portrait which is part of the collection held in the Museum of Thorn, Poland.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 62427] £450.00

Explanation of the Cosmorama.
[Printed Dec.r 1.st 1821, for La Belle Assembleé N.º 155.]
Aquatint. Sheet 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A diagram of the viewing room of the Cosmorama, an indoor peepshow at 29 St James's Street (later 207-209 Regent Street). The viewer would look through a confex lens at a small painting, which would look much larger and more distant.
[Ref: 62309] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius Edwards R.S.S. Ætat Suae 60 AD 1754 Nat. Mar. 23. April 3.
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best known for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1.
[Ref: 62079] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[George Field.]
R. Rothwell, Esq. R.H.A. Pinx. D. Lucas Sculp.t.
Published by Geo. Field, Islesworth, Sept. 1843.
Mezzotint. 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Mounted in album paper.
George Field (c.1777-1854), chemist specialising in pigments and dyes, author of 'Chromatography; or, a Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of their Powers in Painting', 1835.
[Ref: 62289] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Great Meteor, which appeared November 6, 1803. As Seen at Greenwich. Copied from the Philisophical Magazine by permission. As Seen Near Soho Square. Copied from Mr Nicholson's Journal by Permission.
Published Feb.y 1 1804 by Richard Phillips, N.º 71, S.t Paul's Church Yard.
Mezzotint. Sheet 165 x 195mm (6½ x 7¾"). Binding folds.
Four depictions of the meteor.
[Ref: 62207] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Gideon Harvey] Gedeon Harvæus utriusque med. et Phil. Doctor apud Londonensis practicus, et colleg. med Hagiens, quondam Socius.
Pierre Philippe Sculp.
Hague Comitis Anno 1663.
Scarce engraving. Sheet 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom, old folds, mounted in album paper at edges.
Gideon Harvey (c.1640-c.1700), physician to Charles II, holding a skull. A senior member of the Royal College of Physicians, he classified the physicians of the College into six groups: the chalybeates, medical ass-drivers, Jesuitical doctors, medical water-bailiffs, butcher doctors and muck doctors. Each type, Harvey maintained, cured disease by different means. Published 1663 as the frontispiece to his 'New Principles of Philosophy'.
W: 1311-2.
[Ref: 62081] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

D.r Church's London and Birmingham Steam Coach, Built at Birmingham, 1833.
John Cooke, Delin. Eng.d by Josiah Allen birm.m.
Published by Josiah Allen, Birmingham, & by Mess.rs Ackermann, Tilt & Fullers, London.
Fine & scarce steel engraving. Sheet 210 x 295mm (8¼ x 11½"). Trimmed within plate, affecting publication line.
A three-wheeled steam coach carrying passengers down a country road. There is no sign of a flue. Dr. William Church (c.1778-1863), an American inventor, patented two steam carriages, the first in 1832, which wasn't built, and a second in 1835, after which he founded the London and Birmingham Steam Carriage Company. Whether the London to Birmingham run was ever completed is uncertain, but soon Church turned his attention to designing locomotives.
[Ref: 62118] £450.00

Phrenological Observations on the Head of Robert Burns.
Clements.
[n.d., c.1834.]
Wood engraving and letterpress. Sheet 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Laid on album paper.
In 1834, when the poet's crypt was re-opened to place the remains of Jean Armour, his widow, a cast was made of Robert Burns's skull by local phrenologists. The cast was sent to the Committee of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh under George Combe, who performed a 'blind' study.
[Ref: 62241] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Fig.1 The Printing Press. Fig. 2 The Letter Case for the Roman. Fig. 3 Composing Stick.
W.H. Toms Sculp.
Printed for J. Hinton. at the Kings Arms S.t Pauls Church Yard. 1747.
Engraving. 165 x 125mm (6½ x 5"). Folds.
A diagram of a printing press, a plate from the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62382] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Universal Magazine frontispiece] To build, to plant; what ever you intend, / To rear the column, or the arch to bend, / To swell the terras, or to sink the grot; / In all, let nature never be forgot. / Pope.
[London: John Hinton, c.1750.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on right.
An architect shows his patron his designs, standing in front of the work in progress, with masons working to one side. The frontispiece from a volume of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62378] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Universal Magazine frontispiece] Mechanical Powers.
Publishd according to Act of Parliament 1750 for John Hinton at the Kings Arms in S.t Pauls-Church-Yard.
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on right.
An allegorical plate of representing mechanics, with a man using a level and a waterwheel. The frontispiece from a volume of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62381] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Universal Magazine frontispiece] From Art and Science true Contentment springs, / Science points out the Cause, Art the Use of things. / Merit should be for ever placed / ln Knowledge, Judgment, Wit, and Taste.
[London: John Hinton, 1747.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on right, small grease mark.
A gentleman in his library is visited by Mercury whose caduceus has the banner ''The Universal Magazine''. The frontispiece from Volume I of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62377] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Collection of 12 titles and frontispieces] The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure [...] Vol VIII [& XI, XIII, XIV, XVI, XXI, XXIII, XIV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII & XXIX.]
Published Monthly at the King's Arms in S.t Pauls Church Yard [& Newgate Street] London [John Hinton, n.d., 1751-2]
12 pairs of letterpress titles and engraved frontispieces. Sheets 205 x 255mm (8 x 10"). Ten pairs laid on album paper.
From an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62366] £600.00 view all images for this item

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