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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Frontispiece du Traite Complèt de L'Anatomie de l'Homme Par M.M. Bougery et Jacob.
Composé et dessiné par N.H. Jacob. Lith de Langlumé.
[n.d., 1831-1854.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9½").
A group of nude figures: an old man, a man and woman in their prime and a small child, possibly after William Blake. From 'Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire', a 16 volume work on anatomy written by Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849), illustrated with over 700 illustrations mostly after Nicholas-Henri Jacob (1782-1871).
[Ref: 68129] £320.00
Composé et dessiné par N.H. Jacob. Lith de Langlumé.
[n.d., 1831-1854.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9½").
A group of nude figures: an old man, a man and woman in their prime and a small child, possibly after William Blake. From 'Traité complet de l'anatomie de l'homme, comprenant la médicine opératoire', a 16 volume work on anatomy written by Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849), illustrated with over 700 illustrations mostly after Nicholas-Henri Jacob (1782-1871).
[Ref: 68129] £320.00
![[John Archer.]](jpegs/68011.jpg)
[John Archer.] Vera Effigies Johanis Archer Medici in Ordinario Regi.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of John Archer (active 1660 - died 1684), Physician to Charles II. An Irish quack doctor.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 68011] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1690.]
Very rare engraving. Sheet 130 x 85mm (5 x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of John Archer (active 1660 - died 1684), Physician to Charles II. An Irish quack doctor.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 68011] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Renatus Descartes, Nobil. Gall. Perroni Dom. Summus Mathem.et Philos..
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650), sitting at a desk, writing in a large volume resting on a table; books on shelf in the background
[Ref: 67865] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1680.]
Engraving. Sheet 205 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Trimmed to plate.
Portrait of French philosopher René Descartes (1596-1650), sitting at a desk, writing in a large volume resting on a table; books on shelf in the background
[Ref: 67865] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Francis Glisson.]](jpegs/68016.jpg)
[Francis Glisson.] Fransisci Glissoni. Med, Dris Effigies. Ætat suæ 80.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597 - 1677), English physician, anatomist, and writer on medical subjects. He did important work on the anatomy of the liver, and he wrote an early pediatric text on rickets. An experiment he performed helped debunk the balloonist theory of muscle contraction by showing that when a muscle contracted under water, the water level did not rise, and thus no air or fluid could be entering the muscle.
Not in Wellcome 1139.
[Ref: 68016] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Francis Glisson (1597 - 1677), English physician, anatomist, and writer on medical subjects. He did important work on the anatomy of the liver, and he wrote an early pediatric text on rickets. An experiment he performed helped debunk the balloonist theory of muscle contraction by showing that when a muscle contracted under water, the water level did not rise, and thus no air or fluid could be entering the muscle.
Not in Wellcome 1139.
[Ref: 68016] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Samuel Haworth.]](jpegs/68033.jpg)
[Samuel Haworth.] Vera Effigies Samuelis Haworth, M.D.
R.White sc.
[1683.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 115 x 65mm (4½ x 2½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Samuel Haworth (born 1659 or 1660), Empirical physician. Frontis to "The True Method of Curing Consumptions", 1683.
W1326. Fl 1679.
[Ref: 68033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R.White sc.
[1683.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 115 x 65mm (4½ x 2½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of Samuel Haworth (born 1659 or 1660), Empirical physician. Frontis to "The True Method of Curing Consumptions", 1683.
W1326. Fl 1679.
[Ref: 68033] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The North London Working Classes, Industrial Exhibition, (West View.) Agricultural Hall Islington.
W.J. Shephard, del. et Lith. Castle S.t Holborn.
[n.d., c.1864.]
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 250mm (8¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, around title at bottom.
The interior of the Agricultural Hall, once one of the largest exhibition halls in the world. Crufts Dog Show was first held in 1891 at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington. It is now the Business Design Centre.
[Ref: 67855] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.J. Shephard, del. et Lith. Castle S.t Holborn.
[n.d., c.1864.]
Scarce tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 250mm (8¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed into image on three sides, around title at bottom.
The interior of the Agricultural Hall, once one of the largest exhibition halls in the world. Crufts Dog Show was first held in 1891 at the Royal Agricultural Hall in Islington. It is now the Business Design Centre.
[Ref: 67855] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Robert Johnson.]](jpegs/68035.jpg)
[Robert Johnson.] Vera Effigies Roberti Johnson.
R.W.sc.
[n.d., c.1684.]
Rare engraving. Sheet. 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Robert Johnson (fl c.1640), a physician, engraved by R. White. Frontis to "Enchiridion medicum", 1684.
W1539.
[Ref: 68035] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R.W.sc.
[n.d., c.1684.]
Rare engraving. Sheet. 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Robert Johnson (fl c.1640), a physician, engraved by R. White. Frontis to "Enchiridion medicum", 1684.
W1539.
[Ref: 68035] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Joseph Locke, Esq.re M.P.]Joseph Locke April 1849 [facsimile signature.]](jpegs/67819.jpg)
[Joseph Locke, Esq.re M.P.]Joseph Locke April 1849 [facsimile signature.]
Painted by Francis Grant, Esq. A.R.A. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
London, Published June 1st. 1849, by Henry Graves & Comp.y Printsellers in Ordinary to Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert. 6, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, Artist'ss proof, ltd to 100, printed on chine collé. 770 x 490mm (30¼ x 19¼"). Spotting.
A full-length portrait of civil engineer Joseph Locke (1805-1860). Apprenticed to the railway engineer George Stephenson, he was one of the major pioneers of railway development. He worked on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, the Manchester & Sheffield Railway and the London and South Western Railway, including the designs of Richmond Railway Bridge (1848) and Barnes Bridge (1849).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67819] £480.00
Painted by Francis Grant, Esq. A.R.A. Engraved by Henry Cousins.
London, Published June 1st. 1849, by Henry Graves & Comp.y Printsellers in Ordinary to Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert. 6, Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, Artist'ss proof, ltd to 100, printed on chine collé. 770 x 490mm (30¼ x 19¼"). Spotting.
A full-length portrait of civil engineer Joseph Locke (1805-1860). Apprenticed to the railway engineer George Stephenson, he was one of the major pioneers of railway development. He worked on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, Lancaster & Carlisle Railway, the Manchester & Sheffield Railway and the London and South Western Railway, including the designs of Richmond Railway Bridge (1848) and Barnes Bridge (1849).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67819] £480.00
Johannes Mayon.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Johannes Mayon (1655-79), a physician.
W1965.
[Ref: 68041] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait of Johannes Mayon (1655-79), a physician.
W1965.
[Ref: 68041] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Isaac Newton.
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint. 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 ii of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68161] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint. 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"), with large margins.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 ii of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68161] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Issac Newton.
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper at sides.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 ii of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68160] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper at sides.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 ii of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68160] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Issac Newton.
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper. Creasing in upper and lower left corners.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 i of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68158] £360.00
Drawn and scraped MDCCLX by James MacArdell from an Original Portrait Painted by Enoch Seeman now in the Possession of Thomas Hollis F.R and A.SS.
[1760.] MDCCLX.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. Sheet 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Trimmed close to plate and backed onto album paper. Creasing in upper and lower left corners.
Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton (1643 - 1727), mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author and inventor.
CS 138 i of ii. G78. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See Wellcome Collection 7411i for the engraving.
[Ref: 68158] £360.00
![[William Rowland.]](jpegs/68027.jpg)
[William Rowland.]
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of William Rowland (c.1600s), Physician.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 68027] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of William Rowland (c.1600s), Physician.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 68027] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Salmon.]](jpegs/68031.jpg)
[William Salmon.] Guilielmus Salmon, M.D.
R.White delin et sculp.
1700.
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of William Salmon (1644 - 1713), English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts. He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick".
W2588-5.
[Ref: 68031] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
R.White delin et sculp.
1700.
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of William Salmon (1644 - 1713), English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts. He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick".
W2588-5.
[Ref: 68031] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[William Salmon.]](jpegs/68029.jpg)
[William Salmon.] Guilielmus Salmon Medicinæ Professor. Ætatis Suæ 36 annº 1681.
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of William Salmon (1644 - 1713), English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts. He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick".
W2588-2.
[Ref: 68029] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. Sheet 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders.
Portrait of William Salmon (1644 - 1713), English empiric doctor and a writer of medical texts. He advertised himself as a "Professor of Physick".
W2588-2.
[Ref: 68029] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Dr. Solander, F.R.S.
Drawn by James Sowerby. Engraved by James Newton.
[London, Pub.d 24th, 1784 for the Proprietor, by I Matthews Carver, Guilder & Printseller No 438, Strand.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed, laid on album paper
Profile portrait of Swedish naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander (or Daniel Charles, 1733 - 82), 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. The artist, James Sowerby, was a prolific botanical illustrator.
Kivell p.283.
[Ref: 67846] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by James Sowerby. Engraved by James Newton.
[London, Pub.d 24th, 1784 for the Proprietor, by I Matthews Carver, Guilder & Printseller No 438, Strand.]
Rare stipple. Sheet 150 x 100mm (6 x 4"). Trimmed, laid on album paper
Profile portrait of Swedish naturalist Daniel Carlsson Solander (or Daniel Charles, 1733 - 82), 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. The artist, James Sowerby, was a prolific botanical illustrator.
Kivell p.283.
[Ref: 67846] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Thomson.]](jpegs/68026.jpg)
[George Thomson.] Vera Effugies Georgy Thomsoni, M.D. Ætat suæ 50.
W.Sherwin ad viu faciebat.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾/2). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders. Some time-staining.
Portrait of George Thomson (c. 1619 - 1676), English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer. He was a leading figure in an attempt to create a "College of Chemical Physicians", a rival to the established Royal College of Physicians. He rejected the traditional Galenic approach to medicine and argued against medical bloodletting, purging and the doctrine of curing by "contraries". He performed a splenectomy on a dog which stimulated debate in scientific and medical circles, and challenged prevailing medical theories about the body.
W2927.
[Ref: 68026] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
W.Sherwin ad viu faciebat.
[n.d., c.1670.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾/2). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders. Some time-staining.
Portrait of George Thomson (c. 1619 - 1676), English physician, medical writer and pamphleteer. He was a leading figure in an attempt to create a "College of Chemical Physicians", a rival to the established Royal College of Physicians. He rejected the traditional Galenic approach to medicine and argued against medical bloodletting, purging and the doctrine of curing by "contraries". He performed a splenectomy on a dog which stimulated debate in scientific and medical circles, and challenged prevailing medical theories about the body.
W2927.
[Ref: 68026] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Your Obedient Sert James Watt [facsimile singature].](jpegs/66132.jpg)
Your Obedient Sert James Watt [facsimile singature].
Painted by John Mc. Donald. Engraved by John Le Conte. Printed by A. Mc.Glashon.
Edinburgh. Published. May 1858. By William H. Vannan, Printseller & Published, 46 Home Street.
Mezzotint on chine collé. 570 x 410mm (22½ x 16"), large margins. Six wormholes top margin outside platemark.
A seated portrait of Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819), before a window with a factory behind. The design of one of his engines is at his feet.
W: 3128. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66132] £320.00
Painted by John Mc. Donald. Engraved by John Le Conte. Printed by A. Mc.Glashon.
Edinburgh. Published. May 1858. By William H. Vannan, Printseller & Published, 46 Home Street.
Mezzotint on chine collé. 570 x 410mm (22½ x 16"), large margins. Six wormholes top margin outside platemark.
A seated portrait of Scottish inventor James Watt (1736-1819), before a window with a factory behind. The design of one of his engines is at his feet.
W: 3128. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66132] £320.00
Thomas Willis M.D.
R.W. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Thomas Willis FRS (1621 - 1675), English physician who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry, and was a founding member of the Royal Society, engraved by R. White.
W3196.
[Ref: 68018] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
R.W. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1685.]
Engraving. Sheet 150 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Thomas Willis FRS (1621 - 1675), English physician who played an important part in the history of anatomy, neurology, and psychiatry, and was a founding member of the Royal Society, engraved by R. White.
W3196.
[Ref: 68018] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)