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Alarming Prospect. __The Single Ladies off to the Diggings.
Alarming Prospect. __The Single Ladies off to the Diggings. Punch's Pocket book for 1853.
[John Leech]
[London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1853.]
Coloured etching, 120 x 305mm (4¾ x 12"). Folded as issued. Some time stains.
A light-hearted illustration depicting women during the Victorian gold rush period of extreme prosperity for the Australian colony. A crowd of women stand at the docks ready to board ships to Australia in search of wealthier suitors. They reject the British suitors asking them to stay, replying; "A Cottage! Fiddle-de dee - Sir!" and "Bother yer Hunderd (sic) Pounds, and House in the Public line! a likely Start indeed!" This image appeared as the frontispiece to the 1853 edition of Punch's Pocket Book. By John Leech (1817 - 1864), draughtsman on wood, comic illustrator, lithographer, etcher and painter; born at London. He contributed to 'Punch' between 1841-64, and also practised book illustration, including Dicken's 'Christmas Carol.'
[Ref: 63837]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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Prince Alfred in Australia.
Prince Alfred in Australia. The Duke Opening the Horticultural and Africultural Exhibition of South Australia. The Glenelg Corporation Presenting their Address to the Duke, - Sppe Page 175.
The Illustrated London News. Fer. 22, 1868.
Two wood engravings on one sheet. Sheet 415 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½") Lacking text.
Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred (1844-1900), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the first member of the British royal family to visit Australia. Although he was well received, he was shot in the back in an assassination attempt less than a month later.
[Ref: 63759]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Plan General du Chateau de Bagnolet et de ses Jardins.
Plan General du Chateau de Bagnolet et de ses Jardins. Appartenant a S.A.R. Madame la Duchesse d'Orleans. du dessein de M.r Desgotz, architecte du Roi et Controlleur de ses Bâtiments. [&] Elevation de la façade de Château de Bagnolet du côté du Jardin. [&] Plan du pavillon appellé l'Hermitage dans le Jardin du Château de Bagnolet.
AParis chez Mariette rue S. Jacques aux Colones d'hercule [n.d., c.1700].
Three plates stitched on left edge: engraved plan & two architectural plates. Each sheet 470 x 605mm (18½ x 23¾").
A finely-engraved plan and plates of Marly, showing the positions of the house, ornamental gardens and parkland, with an extensive key.
[Ref: 63862]   £420.00   view all images for this item
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Winter Sports in Canada.
Winter Sports in Canada. Moose-Hunting: Game in Sight. Moose-Hunting: The Return. - See Page 42.
The Illustrated London News. Jan 11, 1868.
Two wood engravings on one sheet. Sheet 415 x 290mm (16¼ x 11½"), watermarked 1867. Lacking text.
European hunters spotting their prey from a hide; and their return with their trophy head. Snow shoes are shown in both scenes.
[Ref: 63758]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Plan General des Chateaux, Parc et Jardins de Chantilly.
Plan General des Chateaux, Parc et Jardins de Chantilly. Situé dans le Isle de France, à neuf lieues de Paris et à une lieue de Senlis. Appartenant à S.A.S. Monseigneur le Prince de Condé.
a Paris chez Jean Mariette rue S. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercules [n.d., c.1700].
Engraved plan, 18th century watermark. Two sheets conjoined, total 440 x 705mm (17¼ x 27¾"), very large margins. Sheets not joined quite straight, some creasing. Uncut.
A finely-engraved plan of Chantilly, showing the positions of the house, ornamental gardens and parkland, with an extensive key.
[Ref: 63858]   £480.00  
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Great Pagoda, at Congeveram.
Great Pagoda, at Congeveram.
J. Wathen del.t. J. Clark direx.t.
London Published by Black, Parry & Co, and Nichols & Co, 1814.
Hand coloured aquatint, printed area 240 x 150mm (9½ x 6"). Trimmed.
From James Wathen's 'Journal of a voyage, in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China, returning by the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena' 1814.
Abbey Travel 517.
[Ref: 63745]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[Dominican Republic] The Bay of Samana, St. Domingo, Lately Purchased by the United States.
[Dominican Republic] The Bay of Samana, St. Domingo, Lately Purchased by the United States.
The Illustrated London News. Feb. 8, 1868.
Wood engraving. Sheet 215 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼"). Trimmed from larger sheet, text incomplete.
Despite the title, the USA didn't acquire Samana Bay.
[Ref: 63762]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Florence from the Ponte Alla Carraia.
Florence from the Ponte Alla Carraia.
Drawn by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. from a finished sketch by James Hakewill. Engraved by S. Rawle.
Published as the Act directs Dec.r 1. 1818, by John Murray, Albermarle Street, London.
Etching on chine collé. 230 x 305mm (9 x 12").
A view of Ponte Santa Trinita and Ponte Vecchio, with buildings of Signoria on the left bank. From Hakewill's 'A Picturesque Tour of Italy' (London: 1818-1820).
Rawlinson 157, first published state.
[Ref: 63779]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of the Dutch-Fortifications and Port of Batavia.
A View of the Dutch-Fortifications and Port of Batavia. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[London: J. Cooke, 1777-8.]
Engraving. 190 x 300mm (7½ x 11¾"), very large margins.
Indigenous shipping in front of a prospect of colonial Jakarta, the capital and largest city of Indonesia. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography'.
[Ref: 63721]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Cannamore Fort_Setting on of the Monsoon.
Cannamore Fort_Setting on of the Monsoon.
Drawn by J.T. Rawlins. On Stone by Dean & Co.
London Dean & C.o Threadneedle Street. [1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼''). Slightly time stained.
A view of St. Angelo Fort in Kannur or Cannamore in India. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468, Plate 8.
[Ref: 63744]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Martand Sun Temple] Martund.
[Martand Sun Temple] Martund.
W.H.K. Delt. Hanhart, lith.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1863.]
A Rare hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 150 x 245mm (6 x 9½"). Left corner creased; easily covered by a mount. Verso remains of Album paper.
A Hindu temple dedicated to Surya, built in the 8th century and destroyed by Sikandar Shah Miri, who ruled Kashmir 1389-1413 and strove to convert the Hindus to Islam. Plate to Captain William Henry Knight's 'Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet.'
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 63743]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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The City of Malacca in the East Indies.
The City of Malacca in the East Indies. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[London: J. Cooke, 1777-8.]
Engraving. 200 x 295mm (8 x 11½"), with large margins. Slightly time stained.
A view of the Dutch fort at Malacca City. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography'.
[Ref: 63719]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Plan General du Chateau, Jardin, Parc, et Dependances de Marly.
Plan General du Chateau, Jardin, Parc, et Dependances de Marly.
T.F.E. Monnot.
a Paris chez Mariette rue S. Jacques aux Colones d'hercule [n.d., c.1700].
Engraved plan, 18th century watermark. 420 x 435mm (16½ x 17¼"), with large margins. Creasing. Central crease as normal.
A finely-engraved plan of Marly, showing the positions of the house, ornamental gardens and parkland, with an extensive key.
[Ref: 63860]   £360.00  
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Plan General des Jardins et Parc du Château de Meudon appartenant au Roy, scis à deux lieues de Paris sur le sommet d'un côteau qui borde la riviere de Seine.
Plan General des Jardins et Parc du Château de Meudon appartenant au Roy, scis à deux lieues de Paris sur le sommet d'un côteau qui borde la riviere de Seine.
AParis chez Mariette rue S. Jacques aux Colonnes d'Hercules [n.d., c.1700].
Engraved plan, 18th century watermark. 420 x 540mm (16½ x 21¼"), with large margins. Uncut. Central crease as normal.
A finely-engraved plan of Meudon, showing the positions of the house, ornamental gardens and parkland, with an extensive key.
[Ref: 63859]   £360.00  
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The Round Tower, Fort Hyderabad.
The Round Tower, Fort Hyderabad.
[Lithographed by Charles Haghe after William Edwards.]
[London: Graves & Co., 1846.]
Rare tinted lithograph, printed on chine collé, first state, Sheet 265 x 375 (10¼ x 14¾"), laid on card as issued. Backing board toned.
The Round Tower of Pacco Qillo, a fort built by Mian Ghulam Shah Kalhoro c.1768 when he founded the city of Hyderabad in Southern India. From 'Sketches in Scinde' by Lieutenant William Edwards of the 86th or Royal County Down Regiment, and aide-de-camp to General Sir Charles Napier. Edwards was present during Napier's conquest of Sindh Province in northern Pakistan in 1842. This example is from the subscription edition, with the plates presented like watercolours.
Abbey: Travel 469. See Ref: 63302
[Ref: 63314]   £580.00  
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A View of the City of Paris.
A View of the City of Paris. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[London: J. Cooke, 1777-8.]
Engraving. 195 x 255mm (7¾ x 10"), with large margins.
A distant view of the city. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography'.
[Ref: 63720]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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The Bremer Railway Bridge _ Near Ipswich, Queensland, - See Page 72.
The Bremer Railway Bridge _ Near Ipswich, Queensland, - See Page 72.
[The Illustrated London News, n.d., c.1868.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 195 x 295mm (7¾ x 11½"), Trimmed from a larger sheet, text lacking.
The first Bremer River bridge was a deck-type iron bridge designed by Sir Charles Fox and Son and pre-fabricated in Britain.
[Ref: 63763]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Devil's Tower, Yelabuga, Tatarstan, titled in Cyrillic.]
[The Devil's Tower, Yelabuga, Tatarstan, titled in Cyrillic.]
[Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin.]
[1855.]
Lithograph. Sheet 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Long split taped, trimmed close at top, creasing and folds.
A sketch of a 12th century watchtower, a rare surviving building of the mediæval state of Volga Bulgaria, which was ended by the Mongol invasion in the 13th century. It shows the tower before extensive restoration by a local merchant in 1867, which including re-roofing it and preventing entry. The merchant's son was Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin (1832-98), a famous painter who drew this sketch. Underneath is a sketch map of the area.
[Ref: 63695]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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A Perspective View of Cocos and Traitor's Islands discovered in the Voyages to the South Seas.
A Perspective View of Cocos and Traitor's Islands discovered in the Voyages to the South Seas. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
F. Chesham Sculpt.
[London: J. Cooke, 1777-8.]
Engraving. 190 x 290mm (7½ x 11½"), very large margins.
A European ship's crew is attacked by inhabitants of Tafahi and Niuatoputapu, two islands of the kingdom of Tonga. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography'.
[Ref: 63723]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Topsy Turvey, __or, our Antipodes.
Topsy Turvey, __or, our Antipodes. Punch's Pocket book for 1854.
[John Leech]
[London: Bradbury, Evans & Co., 1854.]
Coloured etching, 120 x 305mm (4¾ x 12"). Folded as issued. Some time stains.
A light-hearted illustration of life in a nineteenth century Australian settlement, featuring a game of cards. The 'Regent Street' sign is probably a reference to Melbourne in Victoria. This image appeared as the frontispiece to the 1854 edition of Punch's Pocket Book. By John Leech (1817 - 1864), draughtsman on wood, comic illustrator, lithographer, etcher and painter; born at London. He contributed to 'Punch' between 1841-64, and also practised book illustration, including Dicken's 'Christmas Carol.'
[Ref: 63836]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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Au Bois De Boulogne,
Au Bois De Boulogne,
Guth [Jean Baptiste Guth]. Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith.
Supplement To Vanity Fair June 3, 1897.
Chromolithograph, proof never bound, sheet 405 x 550mm (16 x 21½"). A few small tears in margins repaired with tape.
Lightly caricatured portraits of men and women with bicycles in a suburban Parisian park. They are: Princess Ghika (Aurélie de Soubiran (1820– 1904)), Comtesse Liane de Pougy (Anne-Marie Chassaigne (1869-1950)), Caran d'Ache (Emmanuel Poiré (1858-1909)), La Belle Otero (Carolina Otéro (1868-1965)), Comtesse de Kersaint, Colonel Gibert, Baronne de Fleury, Duchesse (Herminie de La Brousse de Verteillac (1853-1926)) & Duc de Rohan (Alain Charles Louis de Rohan-Chabot (1844–1914)), Cleo de Merode (1875-1966), Comtesse Martel (Gyp) (Sibylle Aimée Marie-Antoinette Gabrielle de Riquetti de Mirabeau (1849–1932)), Princesse (Pauline de La Forest d'Armaillé (1851–1928)) & Prince de Broglie (Louis-Alphonse-Victor, 5th duc de Broglie(1846-1906)), Princesse de Sagan (?Jeanne Seillière (1839-1905)), Coquelin Cadet (Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin (1848-1909)), Duchesse Doudeauville, Princesse Brancovan (Ralouka ('Rachel') Bibesco-Bassaraba (née Musurus) and Duc de Lesparre (?Armand de Gramont (1854-1931)).
[Ref: 63819]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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A View of an Italian Regatta or Gondola Race on the Grand Canal at Venice &c.
A View of an Italian Regatta or Gondola Race on the Grand Canal at Venice &c. Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[London: J. Cooke, 1777-8.]
Engraving. 190 x 285mm (7½ x 11¼") very large margins.
From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography'.
[Ref: 63722]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Plan General de la Ville Chateau Jardins et Parc de Versailles nouvellement levé sur les lieux.
Plan General de la Ville Chateau Jardins et Parc de Versailles nouvellement levé sur les lieux.
AParis chez Jombert rue Dauphine [n.d., c.1740].
Engraved plan. 420 x 435mm (16½ x 17¼"). Damage at top with loss of printed area. Creases as normal.
A finely-engraved plan of Versailles, showing the positions of the house, ornamental gardens and parkland, with an extensive key.
[Ref: 63861]   £220.00  
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The Harbour of St. Thomas after the Earthquake, - See Page 711.
The Harbour of St. Thomas after the Earthquake, - See Page 711.
[Illustrated London News, 1868.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 215 x 300mm (8½ x 12½"), watermarked 1867. Trimmed from larger sheet, lacking text.
A view showing the shipping destroyed by the tsunami that hit Charlotte Amalie harbour after the earthquake of November 18, 1867.
[Ref: 63757]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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