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[Giorgio Baglivi] Georgius Baglivus Aetat. 34.
Carolus Maratta inv:, delin:, et Autori amico D.D.D. Romæ 1713. C. Duflos Sc. Parisüs.
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Giorgio Armeno (1668-1707, Latinised as Baglivi), a Croatian-Italian physician, Professor of Anatomy at the College of Sapienza, then Professor of Theoretical Medicine. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in England in July 1698, Wellcome 141-1.
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[Anicus Manlius Severinus Boethius] Anic. Manl. Toquat. Sever. Boetius in Coelo magnus, et omni perspectus mundo.
[William Faithorne?]
[n.d. c.1680.]
Engraving. 245 x 155mm (9½ x 6"). Narrow margins, laid on album paper. Burn hole on left of clock, near knee.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, (ca.480-525), a Christian philosopher whose translations of Greek classics into Latin saved the works of Aristotle. NPG D22990, 'probably by William Faithorne'.
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[Charles Mason Hovey] C.M. Hovey [facimile signature].
W. Sharp.
[Boston & New York: Hovey & Co., c.1847.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 175mm (10½ x 7"). A couple of spots, paper toned.
The frontispiece portrait from 'The Fruits of America' by Charles Mason Hovey, which contained 96 chromolithographic plates by William Sharp and Sons. Hovey (1810-87) was a nurseryman, seed merchant and journalist of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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[Charles Mason Hovey] C.M. Hovey [facimile signature].
W. Sharp - 1851.
[New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1853.]
Lithograph. Sheet 265 x 175mm (10½ x 7"). A couple of spots, paper toned.
The frontispiece portrait from 'The Fruits of America' by Charles Mason Hovey, which contained 48 chromolithographic plates by William Sharp and Sons. Hovey (1810-87) was a nurseryman, seed merchant and journalist of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
[Ref: 63547] £130.00
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Two Views of Mars.
W. Read Sculp.t.
Pub.d by Sir Rich.d Phillips & C.º Jan.y 1821.
Mezzotint. 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Binding notches on left edge.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
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Die Menagerie. La ménagerie. The menagery.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Scarce lithograph with bright hand colour. Sheet 215 x 240mm (8½ x 9½"). Creased and stained.
The interior of a zoo, with cages including a lion, tigers and a pelican, with an elephant, parrot and monkeys loose. The richer clientel are getting a tour, while the regular visitors stand behind a barrier.
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Mons. S. Joel, Pedicure, (Native of Paris,) Keeps Always His Residence in London. Patronised by their R.H. the Dukes of Orleans and Nassau.
[n.d., c.1840.]
4pp. letterpress; at bottom in ink "No32 Gt Winchester Street and Old Bond Street; 220 x 195mm (8¾ x 7¾"). Some damage.
An advert for a pedicurist operating at Great Winchester Street. According to the text, ''S.J. exterminates Corns by a new process of his own invention, without cutting''. Most of the text is testimonials, dated 1836-40.
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