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![[Order book for the Cambridge Almanack]](jpegs/63301.jpg)
[Order book for the Cambridge Almanack]
[n.d., c.1845.]
Folio, half calf with marbled boards; letterpress price list; 45 engraved plates. Binding distressed; most plates trimmed within plates, spotting throughout.
A complete run of the Cambridge Almanack plates from 1801 to 1845, with a subject list with prices of standard issues, proofs and india paper proofs. Extremely rare record of the 19th century print trades.
[Ref: 63301] £3,800.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1845.]
Folio, half calf with marbled boards; letterpress price list; 45 engraved plates. Binding distressed; most plates trimmed within plates, spotting throughout.
A complete run of the Cambridge Almanack plates from 1801 to 1845, with a subject list with prices of standard issues, proofs and india paper proofs. Extremely rare record of the 19th century print trades.
[Ref: 63301] £3,800.00 view all images for this item
![[Classical Scenes after Princess Elizabeth] This Work is By Permission Dedicated to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.](jpegs/63271.jpg)
[Classical Scenes after Princess Elizabeth] This Work is By Permission Dedicated to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen. By Her Majesty's Most Dutiful most Grateful & Most Humble Subject H.D. Thielcke.
Published Dec.r 1.st 1816 by H. Thielcke, Queens House.
Oblong folio, original blue wrappers, engraved dedication and six stipple plates, tissue guards, stitched on left edge, one plate marked 'proof', two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1816', very large margins. In ink on front wrapper Major G. Taylor £1.11.6 Wrappers worn, dedication stained in edges.
An album of classical scenes after Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the seventh child George III and Queen Charlotte, published by Henry Daniel Thielke at what became Buckingham Palace. It was one of several works by Elizabeth to be published in aid of charities.
See BM 1873,0809.1417 for the dedication.
[Ref: 63271] £580.00 view all images for this item
Published Dec.r 1.st 1816 by H. Thielcke, Queens House.
Oblong folio, original blue wrappers, engraved dedication and six stipple plates, tissue guards, stitched on left edge, one plate marked 'proof', two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1816', very large margins. In ink on front wrapper Major G. Taylor £1.11.6 Wrappers worn, dedication stained in edges.
An album of classical scenes after Princess Elizabeth (1770-1840), the seventh child George III and Queen Charlotte, published by Henry Daniel Thielke at what became Buckingham Palace. It was one of several works by Elizabeth to be published in aid of charities.
See BM 1873,0809.1417 for the dedication.
[Ref: 63271] £580.00 view all images for this item
![[Set of 12 numbered rustic scenes etched by Francesco Londonio.]](jpegs/63270.jpg)
[Set of 12 numbered rustic scenes etched by Francesco Londonio.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
12 etched plates, largest 340 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"), stitched on left edge, very large margins. Slight damp stains and spotting in margins throughout, front plate with surface soiling.
A rare complete set of 12 etchings of rustic scenes after various artists, dedicated to Count Carlo Firmian.
BM S.76-87, ''The series is undated, but the date is determined by Count Firman's appointment as minister in 1759 and his death in 1782'.'
[Ref: 63270] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1770.]
12 etched plates, largest 340 x 430mm (13¼ x 17"), stitched on left edge, very large margins. Slight damp stains and spotting in margins throughout, front plate with surface soiling.
A rare complete set of 12 etchings of rustic scenes after various artists, dedicated to Count Carlo Firmian.
BM S.76-87, ''The series is undated, but the date is determined by Count Firman's appointment as minister in 1759 and his death in 1782'.'
[Ref: 63270] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
![[A major Grand Tour Album with 35 views of Switzerland lakes in superb hand colour.]](jpegs/63224.jpg)
[A major Grand Tour Album with 35 views of Switzerland lakes in superb hand colour.]
[various painters and engravers.]
[Switzerland, no dates but published 1819-1829.]
Large folio (475 x 360mm, 18¾ x 14¼"), half morocco with marbled boards, rebacked with calf; 35 colour-printed aquatints, finely finished by hand, tipped onto guards with tissue; 25 leaves of descriptive text, 18 in contemporary ink mss. Binding rubbed, one plate loose at rear, staining in margins of text leaves, ownership inscription on front pastedown dated 1842.
A fantastic Grand Tour Survivor, a collection of the finest aquatints in mint condition, including plates from Johann Jakob Wetzel's 'Voyage pittoresque aux Lacs de Zurich, Zug, Lowers, Egeri et Wallenstadt' (1819) and 'Voyage pittoresque au Lac Geneve' (1820); Gabriel Lory's 'Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland bernois' (1822) and 'Souvenirs de la Suisse' (1829), and Samuel Birmann's Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix (1826). The plates are: 'Les Isles Borromées' (engraved by Rordorf after Wetzel); 'San Martino vers Porlezzo' (Rordorf after Wetzel); 'Lugano' (Rordorf after Wetzel); 'Villa Pliniana' (Hurlimann after Wetzel); 'Vue de Lausanne et de l'Extrémité Occidentale' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de Clarens et de l'Extrémité Orientale' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Château de Chillon' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'La Chûte du Rhin prise de la rive droite' (Hurlimann after Wetzel); 'La Chûte du Rhin prise de la rive gauche' (Hurlimann after Wetzel); 'Vue d'Arth' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'Vue de la Caverne de St. Beat Audessus du Lac de Thoune' (Lory);' Maison de Paysan Près d'Unterseen'; 'La Cascade du Giessbach' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Chute Supérieure du Staubbach'; 'Vue de la Cascade du Schmadribach au Fond de la Vallée de Lauterbrunnen' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de Grindelwald' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue des Montagnes du Wetter-Horn, Well-Horn, et du Glacier de Rosenlaui' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Les Cascades de Dorfbach et Alpbach à Meyringen' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Pont sur l'Aar au Passage du Grimsel' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Les Pierres sur le Glacier de l'Aar' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de l'Hospice du Grimsel' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Le Repas Champetre' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Ringgenberg' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'Le Chateau de Thoun' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'Vue de la Ville de Neuchatel' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de la Ville de Berne prise sur la Route de Thoune' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de Pont du Diable' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Gorge de Cluse' (Birmann); 'À la Flégère' (Birmann); 'Glacier des Bossons' (Birmann); 'Environs de Sallenche' (Birmann); 'Lac de Chède' (Birmann); 'Les Lutteurs de l'Oberland Bernois' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'La Chapelle de Guillaume Tell sur le Lac des Quatre Cantons' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue d'Interlaken' (Weber after Meyer).
[Ref: 63224] £6,500.00 view all images for this item
[various painters and engravers.]
[Switzerland, no dates but published 1819-1829.]
Large folio (475 x 360mm, 18¾ x 14¼"), half morocco with marbled boards, rebacked with calf; 35 colour-printed aquatints, finely finished by hand, tipped onto guards with tissue; 25 leaves of descriptive text, 18 in contemporary ink mss. Binding rubbed, one plate loose at rear, staining in margins of text leaves, ownership inscription on front pastedown dated 1842.
A fantastic Grand Tour Survivor, a collection of the finest aquatints in mint condition, including plates from Johann Jakob Wetzel's 'Voyage pittoresque aux Lacs de Zurich, Zug, Lowers, Egeri et Wallenstadt' (1819) and 'Voyage pittoresque au Lac Geneve' (1820); Gabriel Lory's 'Voyage pittoresque de l'Oberland bernois' (1822) and 'Souvenirs de la Suisse' (1829), and Samuel Birmann's Souvenirs de la vallée de Chamonix (1826). The plates are: 'Les Isles Borromées' (engraved by Rordorf after Wetzel); 'San Martino vers Porlezzo' (Rordorf after Wetzel); 'Lugano' (Rordorf after Wetzel); 'Villa Pliniana' (Hurlimann after Wetzel); 'Vue de Lausanne et de l'Extrémité Occidentale' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de Clarens et de l'Extrémité Orientale' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Château de Chillon' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'La Chûte du Rhin prise de la rive droite' (Hurlimann after Wetzel); 'La Chûte du Rhin prise de la rive gauche' (Hurlimann after Wetzel); 'Vue d'Arth' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'Vue de la Caverne de St. Beat Audessus du Lac de Thoune' (Lory);' Maison de Paysan Près d'Unterseen'; 'La Cascade du Giessbach' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Chute Supérieure du Staubbach'; 'Vue de la Cascade du Schmadribach au Fond de la Vallée de Lauterbrunnen' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de Grindelwald' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue des Montagnes du Wetter-Horn, Well-Horn, et du Glacier de Rosenlaui' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Les Cascades de Dorfbach et Alpbach à Meyringen' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Pont sur l'Aar au Passage du Grimsel' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Les Pierres sur le Glacier de l'Aar' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de l'Hospice du Grimsel' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Le Repas Champetre' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Ringgenberg' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'Le Chateau de Thoun' (Hegi after Wetzel); 'Vue de la Ville de Neuchatel' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de la Ville de Berne prise sur la Route de Thoune' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue de Pont du Diable' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Gorge de Cluse' (Birmann); 'À la Flégère' (Birmann); 'Glacier des Bossons' (Birmann); 'Environs de Sallenche' (Birmann); 'Lac de Chède' (Birmann); 'Les Lutteurs de l'Oberland Bernois' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'La Chapelle de Guillaume Tell sur le Lac des Quatre Cantons' (Hurlimann after Lory); 'Vue d'Interlaken' (Weber after Meyer).
[Ref: 63224] £6,500.00 view all images for this item
Varie pitture a fresco de' principali maestri Veneziani Ora La Prima volta con le stampe pubblicate.
[Antonio Maria Zannetti the younger.]
In Venezia MDCCLX [1760, but c.1778].
Large folio, disbound; pp. xii + [i] [memoria], engr. title, frontispiece portrait, 26 numbered plates, as called for. Large paper copy. Wear to edges, title stained.
A complete example of Zannetti's ''Frescoes by the most important Venetian Masters'', illustrating the remains of frescoes on the facades of buildings in Venice attributed to Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Zelotti and Veronese. Antonio Maria Zanetti the younger (1706-78) was librarian of the Biblioteca Marciana, the library of S Marco, Venice. The inclusion of the 'Memoria' indicates this is a posthumous edition.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray, Ex Keeper of Prints & Drawings at British Museum.
[Ref: 62792] £680.00 view all images for this item
[Antonio Maria Zannetti the younger.]
In Venezia MDCCLX [1760, but c.1778].
Large folio, disbound; pp. xii + [i] [memoria], engr. title, frontispiece portrait, 26 numbered plates, as called for. Large paper copy. Wear to edges, title stained.
A complete example of Zannetti's ''Frescoes by the most important Venetian Masters'', illustrating the remains of frescoes on the facades of buildings in Venice attributed to Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Zelotti and Veronese. Antonio Maria Zanetti the younger (1706-78) was librarian of the Biblioteca Marciana, the library of S Marco, Venice. The inclusion of the 'Memoria' indicates this is a posthumous edition.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray, Ex Keeper of Prints & Drawings at British Museum.
[Ref: 62792] £680.00 view all images for this item