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Petrus Apianus Binvitzius Astrologus.
[by Theodore de Bry.]
[n.d, c.1660.]
Engraving, printed on 17th century watermarked paper. 140 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼". Very small margins.
Portrait of Petrus Apianus (latinized from Peter Bienewitz) (1495 - 1552), German cartographer, astronomer & mathematician, in decorative border with insects and plants. His most famous works were his cordiform world map 'Tipus Orbis Universalis juxta Ptolomei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Aliorque Lustrationes' of 1520, the 'Cosmographicus liber' of 1524 and the 'Astronomicum Caesareum' of 1540. From a later printing of Jean Jacques Boissard's 'Icones virorum illustrium' originally published 1597-8.
Wellcome: 84 - not in.
[Ref: 64265] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Theodore de Bry.]
[n.d, c.1660.]
Engraving, printed on 17th century watermarked paper. 140 x 110mm (5½ x 4¼". Very small margins.
Portrait of Petrus Apianus (latinized from Peter Bienewitz) (1495 - 1552), German cartographer, astronomer & mathematician, in decorative border with insects and plants. His most famous works were his cordiform world map 'Tipus Orbis Universalis juxta Ptolomei Cosmographi Traditionem et Americi Vespucii Aliorque Lustrationes' of 1520, the 'Cosmographicus liber' of 1524 and the 'Astronomicum Caesareum' of 1540. From a later printing of Jean Jacques Boissard's 'Icones virorum illustrium' originally published 1597-8.
Wellcome: 84 - not in.
[Ref: 64265] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Effigies of M. Giacomo Barozzio da Vignola.]](jpegs/64311.jpg)
[The Effigies of M. Giacomo Barozzio da Vignola.]
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 355 x 210mm (14 x 8¼"). Trimmed into plate at top.
A half-length portrait of Italian architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73), within an architectural caprice. This is a copy of the frontispiece engraved by William Sherwin for the 1669 edition of 'The Regular Architect: or the General rule of the five orders of Architecture'.
[Ref: 64311] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 355 x 210mm (14 x 8¼"). Trimmed into plate at top.
A half-length portrait of Italian architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-73), within an architectural caprice. This is a copy of the frontispiece engraved by William Sherwin for the 1669 edition of 'The Regular Architect: or the General rule of the five orders of Architecture'.
[Ref: 64311] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The first 'Big Ben'] The Largest Bell in England, Cast by John Warner & Sons, London,](jpegs/64289.jpg)
[The first 'Big Ben'] The Largest Bell in England, Cast by John Warner & Sons, London, By Order of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, for the Clock Tower of the New Palace at Westminster, 1856.
[1856.]
Wood-engraved admission ticket on card, unused. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Old ink mss on top edge, a few spots, mounted on album paper with newspaper clippings, one showing the same image. One print has come away from the album paper.
A ticket to see the first 'Big Ben' bell, shown on the ground with two men added for perspective. The bell cracked during testing so never reached the Clock Tower.
[Ref: 64289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[1856.]
Wood-engraved admission ticket on card, unused. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Old ink mss on top edge, a few spots, mounted on album paper with newspaper clippings, one showing the same image. One print has come away from the album paper.
A ticket to see the first 'Big Ben' bell, shown on the ground with two men added for perspective. The bell cracked during testing so never reached the Clock Tower.
[Ref: 64289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
James Currie, M.D. F.R.S. [Freedom and Peace shall tell to many an Age. Thy warning Counsels thy prophetic Page; Art, taught by thee, shall o'er the burning Frame...]
Engraved by R.H.Cromek, late Pupil of F.Bartolozzi Esq. R.A. from the Original Drawing by Horace Hone, in the possession of Mrs, Cairncross Dr. Curries Sister.
London: Published March 2nd 1807, by R.H.Cromek, 64 Newman Street, Oxford Street. Price 10s 6d.
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Loss lower corner left.
Portrait of James Currie (1756 - 1805), Scottish physician, best known for his anthology and biography of Robert Burns and his medical reports on the use of water in the treatment of fever. A watercolour portrait by Horace Hone (1756 - 1825) is in the National Galleries of Scotland.
[Ref: 64229] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by R.H.Cromek, late Pupil of F.Bartolozzi Esq. R.A. from the Original Drawing by Horace Hone, in the possession of Mrs, Cairncross Dr. Curries Sister.
London: Published March 2nd 1807, by R.H.Cromek, 64 Newman Street, Oxford Street. Price 10s 6d.
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Loss lower corner left.
Portrait of James Currie (1756 - 1805), Scottish physician, best known for his anthology and biography of Robert Burns and his medical reports on the use of water in the treatment of fever. A watercolour portrait by Horace Hone (1756 - 1825) is in the National Galleries of Scotland.
[Ref: 64229] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Paul dAlbert de Luynes. Cardinal, Prêtre de la S,ite Eglise Romaines Archevêque de Sens, Primat des Gaules et de Germanie, P.er Aumonier de Madame la Dauphine.
Latinville pinxit. St. Fessard Sculp 1756.
A Paris chez Fessard graveur du Roi et de sa Bibliotheque ruë S.t Thomas du Louvre. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½"), large margins.
A portrait of Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes (1703-88), an amateur astronomer and a member of the Académie française. The painting, by François Adrien Grasognon Latinville, was one of 94 portraits of academicians begun in 1685. It is now in the collection of the 'Institut de France' at Versailles.
[Ref: 64314] £320.00
Latinville pinxit. St. Fessard Sculp 1756.
A Paris chez Fessard graveur du Roi et de sa Bibliotheque ruë S.t Thomas du Louvre. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½"), large margins.
A portrait of Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes (1703-88), an amateur astronomer and a member of the Académie française. The painting, by François Adrien Grasognon Latinville, was one of 94 portraits of academicians begun in 1685. It is now in the collection of the 'Institut de France' at Versailles.
[Ref: 64314] £320.00
Dr. Bossy on Tower Hill. From the spot; taken a short time before the Doctor died.
[n.d., c.1792.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed into plate on upper and bottom. Some time-staining.
Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor performing on stage to a crowd at Tower Hill in an attempt to sell his wares.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 64236] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1792.]
Etching. Sheet 210 x 150mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed into plate on upper and bottom. Some time-staining.
Doctor Bossy, an infamous medicine vendor performing on stage to a crowd at Tower Hill in an attempt to sell his wares.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 64236] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Iohann Reinhold Forster. Iohann Georg Forster.
von D. Berger Geatz 1782.
Scarce stipple. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A double portrait in oval of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98) and his son, Johann Georg Forster (1754-94), the naturalists on James Cook's second Pacific voyage.
[Ref: 64354] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
von D. Berger Geatz 1782.
Scarce stipple. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
A double portrait in oval of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-98) and his son, Johann Georg Forster (1754-94), the naturalists on James Cook's second Pacific voyage.
[Ref: 64354] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)