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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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M.e. N. de Blegny. Conseiller Medecin Artiste ordinaire du Roy et de Monsieur.
J. Hainzelman adviuum fec.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Nicolas de Blégny (1652 - 1722), French essayist, historian and barber surgeon. He was appointed surgeon of Queen Maria Theresa of Spain in 1678, then physician of King Louis XIV in 1682.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 64445] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
J. Hainzelman adviuum fec.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 120 x 65mm (4¾ x 2½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Nicolas de Blégny (1652 - 1722), French essayist, historian and barber surgeon. He was appointed surgeon of Queen Maria Theresa of Spain in 1678, then physician of King Louis XIV in 1682.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 64445] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
George .Louis Le Clerc, Count de Buffon, Indendant du du Jardin royal des Plantes, de l'Académie Francoise, de l'Academie royale des Sciences, de la Société de Londres & d'Edenbourg, de l'Académie royale de Berlin, de S.t Petersbourg &t.
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken Sc. 1774.
Stipple. 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval, engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, the usual portrait used as the frontispiece for Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle'. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death.
[Ref: 64370] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drouais pinx. 1761. J. Houbraken Sc. 1774.
Stipple. 295 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Small margins.
Portrait bust of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707 - 1788), French naturalist, in an oval, engraved after François-Hubert Drouais, the usual portrait used as the frontispiece for Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle'. Buffon published thirty-five quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle during his lifetime; one additional volume based on his notes was published in 1789 after his death.
[Ref: 64370] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Johannes Case. Med Doctor. Natus Lymæ, in Com. Dorceste.
F.H.van.Hove, sculp.
[n.d., c.1698.]
Engraving. 125 x 75mm (5 x 3"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of John Case (c.1660 - 1700), English astrologer and quack doctor, a writer on anatomy, astrology and medicine. Frontis to his, 'The medical expositor...' 1698.
W 551
[Ref: 64442] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
F.H.van.Hove, sculp.
[n.d., c.1698.]
Engraving. 125 x 75mm (5 x 3"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of John Case (c.1660 - 1700), English astrologer and quack doctor, a writer on anatomy, astrology and medicine. Frontis to his, 'The medical expositor...' 1698.
W 551
[Ref: 64442] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Joannes Dryander. Med Anatomicus et Mathematics. Humanos artus rimatur, et astra Driander Unde gerat famam nominis inde resert.
[n.d., c.1645.]
Engraving. 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Johannes Dryander also known as Johannes Eichmann (1500 - 1560), German academic. He studied anatomy and medicine at the University of Paris and the University of Erfurt from 1528 to 1534 before becoming a professor of medicine at the University of Marburg in 1535.
Wellcome 854.
[Ref: 64440] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1645.]
Engraving. 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Johannes Dryander also known as Johannes Eichmann (1500 - 1560), German academic. He studied anatomy and medicine at the University of Paris and the University of Erfurt from 1528 to 1534 before becoming a professor of medicine at the University of Marburg in 1535.
Wellcome 854.
[Ref: 64440] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The appearance of the Total Solar eclipse from Haradon hill May 11. 1724.
Stukeley del. E. Kirkhall Sculp.
[c.1724.]
Fine mezzotint, printed in green. 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed to plate, creased, laid on album paper.
Three men, two holding their horses, looking across a field at the solar eclipse; rays edged with light radiating from a bank of darkened clouds. In the modern calendar the date of the eclipse was May 22nd. A plate from 'Itinerarium Curiosum, Or, An Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Brittan', by Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765), who best known for his early researches of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire. First published in 1724, there was a second edition in 1776.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CLB state I, before the plate was cut down and title re-engraved.
[Ref: 64472] £450.00
Stukeley del. E. Kirkhall Sculp.
[c.1724.]
Fine mezzotint, printed in green. 180 x 280mm (7 x 11"). Trimmed to plate, creased, laid on album paper.
Three men, two holding their horses, looking across a field at the solar eclipse; rays edged with light radiating from a bank of darkened clouds. In the modern calendar the date of the eclipse was May 22nd. A plate from 'Itinerarium Curiosum, Or, An Account of the Antiquitys and Remarkable Curiositys in Nature or Art, Observ'd in Travels thro' Great Brittan', by Dr William Stukeley (1687-1765), who best known for his early researches of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire. First published in 1724, there was a second edition in 1776.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. CLB state I, before the plate was cut down and title re-engraved.
[Ref: 64472] £450.00
Rev. William Farish, M.A. Jacksonian Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.
Painted by H.P.Briggs. Engraved by Henry Dawe.
London: Published by Mr.Briggs Nº6, Old Compton Street, Soho, Oct.r. 21, 1815.
Coloured Mezzotint. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with very large margins. Some foxing and time staining. Creasing across the upper of the image.
Portrait of William Farish (1759 - 1837), British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 950-1.
[Ref: 64560] £390.00
Painted by H.P.Briggs. Engraved by Henry Dawe.
London: Published by Mr.Briggs Nº6, Old Compton Street, Soho, Oct.r. 21, 1815.
Coloured Mezzotint. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with very large margins. Some foxing and time staining. Creasing across the upper of the image.
Portrait of William Farish (1759 - 1837), British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 950-1.
[Ref: 64560] £390.00
Rev. William Farish, M.A. Jacksonian Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.
Painted by H.P.Briggs. Engraved by Henry Dawe.
London: Published by Mr.Briggs Nº6, Old Compton Street, Soho, Oct.r. 21, 1815.
Mezzotint. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with very large margins. Crease down the left of the print and the upper right corner.
Portrait of William Farish (1759 - 1837), British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 950-1.
[Ref: 64562] £480.00
Painted by H.P.Briggs. Engraved by Henry Dawe.
London: Published by Mr.Briggs Nº6, Old Compton Street, Soho, Oct.r. 21, 1815.
Mezzotint. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"), with very large margins. Crease down the left of the print and the upper right corner.
Portrait of William Farish (1759 - 1837), British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 950-1.
[Ref: 64562] £480.00
Rev. William Farish, M.A. Jacksonian Professor of Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.
Painted by H.P.Briggs. Engraved by Henry Dawe.
London: Published by Mr.Briggs Nº6, Old Compton Street, Soho, Oct.r. 21, 1815.
Mezzotint. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). No lower margin. A small tear in the publication line. Crease across the centre of the image. Some damage in margins.
Portrait of William Farish (1759 - 1837), British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 950-1.
[Ref: 64563] £320.00
Painted by H.P.Briggs. Engraved by Henry Dawe.
London: Published by Mr.Briggs Nº6, Old Compton Street, Soho, Oct.r. 21, 1815.
Mezzotint. 500 x 355mm (19¾ x 14"). No lower margin. A small tear in the publication line. Crease across the centre of the image. Some damage in margins.
Portrait of William Farish (1759 - 1837), British scientist who was a professor of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He is best known for the development of the method of isometric projection and development of the first written university examination.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome 950-1.
[Ref: 64563] £320.00
![[Dr Herbert Mayo.]](jpegs/64566.jpg)
[Dr Herbert Mayo.]
Painted by J Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by David Lucas.
[London Published July 20th 1827 by the Engraver 18 Wyndham Street Bryanston Square.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, crease left bottom.
A half-length portrait of anatomist Herbert Mayo (1796-1852), holding a specimen in a jar. He was surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital from 1827 until 1842, founding the Medical School there.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1963-1.
[Ref: 64566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J Lonsdale Esq.r. Engraved by David Lucas.
[London Published July 20th 1827 by the Engraver 18 Wyndham Street Bryanston Square.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed into plate at bottom, losing publication line, crease left bottom.
A half-length portrait of anatomist Herbert Mayo (1796-1852), holding a specimen in a jar. He was surgeon of the Middlesex Hospital from 1827 until 1842, founding the Medical School there.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd. Wellcome: 1963-1.
[Ref: 64566] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Isaac Newton when Bachelor of Arts in Trinity College, Cambridge. Engraved by B.t Reading from a Head painted by Sir Peter Lely in the Possession of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Cremorne.
[n.d., 1799.]
Engraving on chine collé. Sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
Half-length portrait of Sir Isaac Newton as a young man, hands resting on a globe.
[Ref: 64376] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1799.]
Engraving on chine collé. Sheet 340 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼").
Half-length portrait of Sir Isaac Newton as a young man, hands resting on a globe.
[Ref: 64376] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Florence Nightingale. An Angel of Mercy. Scutari Hospital 1855. "When all the Medical Officers have retired for the night, and silence and darkness have settled down upon those miles of prostate sick, she may be observed alone, with a little lampin her hand, making her solitary rounds." Letter from Scutari, in the Times, Feb.y. 1855.
[After] Butterworth. [Engraved by] Tomkins.
London: Published June 30, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & C.º 22, Ludgate Hill.
Very fine & mint coloured mezzotint. 415 x 365mm (16¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Florence Nightingale approaching from the left carrying a lamp, looking at a wounded soldier lying in a bed, with other wounded men in the background, and a table set with a basin, bottle and towel behind to left.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64585] £480.00
[After] Butterworth. [Engraved by] Tomkins.
London: Published June 30, 1855, by Lloyd Brothers & C.º 22, Ludgate Hill.
Very fine & mint coloured mezzotint. 415 x 365mm (16¼ x 14¼"), with very large margins.
Florence Nightingale approaching from the left carrying a lamp, looking at a wounded soldier lying in a bed, with other wounded men in the background, and a table set with a basin, bottle and towel behind to left.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64585] £480.00
Joseph Priestley, L.L.D. F.R.S.
W. Artaud pinx.t. T. Holloway sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs, July 15. 1795 & sold by T. Holloway, Newington Green, Middlx. R. Wilkinson, Cornhill, & Messr.s Darling & Thompson, Great Newington Street, Leicester Fields.]
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½. Trimmed into plate, close to image at top and losing publication line at bottom.
A half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. He sits, quill in hand and boiling flask at his elbow. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals.
Wellcome Library 2385-9.
[Ref: 64367] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
W. Artaud pinx.t. T. Holloway sculp.t.
[Published as the Act directs, July 15. 1795 & sold by T. Holloway, Newington Green, Middlx. R. Wilkinson, Cornhill, & Messr.s Darling & Thompson, Great Newington Street, Leicester Fields.]
Engraving. Sheet 340 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½. Trimmed into plate, close to image at top and losing publication line at bottom.
A half-length portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), theologian, Dissenting clergyman and scientist, renowned for his discovery of oxygen and carbon monoxide. He sits, quill in hand and boiling flask at his elbow. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, he was an avid supporter of the American and French Revolutions, resulting in him leaving for the USA as the British government cracked down on radicals.
Wellcome Library 2385-9.
[Ref: 64367] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Andreas Reyher] Reyheri Theatrum Latino Germanico Graecum.](jpegs/64365.jpg)
[Andreas Reyher] Reyheri Theatrum Latino Germanico Graecum.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 110mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into image on all sides, laid on album paper.
A medallion portrait of German teacher Andreas Reyher (1601-73), within the engraved title of one of his books.
W 2477- not in.
[Ref: 64365] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1730.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 190 x 110mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into image on all sides, laid on album paper.
A medallion portrait of German teacher Andreas Reyher (1601-73), within the engraved title of one of his books.
W 2477- not in.
[Ref: 64365] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Solander.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 100 x 105mm (4 x 4¼"), with large margins.
Profile portrait of Swedish naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander (or Daniel Charles, 1733 - 1782), an 'apostle of Carl Linnaeus', taught by the great botanist. After working on cataloguing the natural history collections of the British Museum he joined Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's first voyage, becoming the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil and the first Swede to circumnavigate the world.
Kivell p.283.
[Ref: 64424] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching. 100 x 105mm (4 x 4¼"), with large margins.
Profile portrait of Swedish naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander (or Daniel Charles, 1733 - 1782), an 'apostle of Carl Linnaeus', taught by the great botanist. After working on cataloguing the natural history collections of the British Museum he joined Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's first voyage, becoming the first university-educated scientist to set foot on Australian soil and the first Swede to circumnavigate the world.
Kivell p.283.
[Ref: 64424] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Edwardus Waring, M.D, F.R.S. Olim Matheseos Professor Lucasianus apud Cantabrigienses; et Colegii Sanctæ Mariæ, Magdalenæ Socius.
Drawn by T.s Kerrich. Engraved by Facius.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Stipple. 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Thread margin on left.
Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Waring (c. 1736-98), Lucasian professor of mathematics, one of the highest positions in Cambridge.
W 3113.
[Ref: 64368] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by T.s Kerrich. Engraved by Facius.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Stipple. 320 x 230mm (12½ x 9"). Thread margin on left.
Head and shoulders portrait of Edward Waring (c. 1736-98), Lucasian professor of mathematics, one of the highest positions in Cambridge.
W 3113.
[Ref: 64368] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Jakob Wepfer.]](jpegs/64435.jpg)
[Johann Jakob Wepfer.]
Diet, Seiller Scaphusian, sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1727.]
Line engraving. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Johann Jakob Wepfer (1620 - 1695), Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist who was a native of Schaffhausen. Frontis to his book 'Observationes medico-practicae de affectibus capitis internis & externis.. 1727'
W 3169-1
[Ref: 64435] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Diet, Seiller Scaphusian, sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1727.]
Line engraving. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Johann Jakob Wepfer (1620 - 1695), Swiss pathologist and pharmacologist who was a native of Schaffhausen. Frontis to his book 'Observationes medico-practicae de affectibus capitis internis & externis.. 1727'
W 3169-1
[Ref: 64435] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)