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[Venice Grand Canal] Caput Canalis et Ingressus in Urbem.
[Venice Grand Canal] Caput Canalis et Ingressus in Urbem. VI.
[Engraved by Antonio Visentini after Canaletto.]
[n.d. c.1751.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 270 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"), large margins Creased on right, stitch holes in left margin.
A view of the entrance to the Grand Canal, with the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute on the left. From "Urbis Venetiarum prospectus celebriores ex Antonii Canal tabulis XXXVIII. Aere expressi ab Antonio Visentini in partes tres distributi. Pars prima", a set of Visentini's prints after Canaletto's views.
[Ref: 67913]   £360.00  
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La Galerie de l'hostel royal des Gobelins
La Galerie de l'hostel royal des Gobelins ou l'on fait voir A Monseig.r Colbert...
Seb. le Clerc fecit.
[n.d. c.1696] [Nicolas Langlois]
Engraving, 150 x 250mm (6 x 9¾"). Slight staining.
From a series of six, 'Les Batailles d'Alexandre.' An interior gallery of the Hôtel des Gobelins (Gobelins Royal Manufactory) in Paris, France, decorated with statues on the left and tapestries on the right; at the center, Edouard Colbert, , Marquess of Villacerf (1629-99) surrounded by courtiers, is presented with tapestries depicting the story of Alexander the Great, with Colbert’s coat of arms shown in the lower margin.
Jombert 1774: 257.
[Ref: 68156]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Igel Column] A Roman Monument at Igel, in the Dutchy of Luxemburgh.
[The Igel Column] A Roman Monument at Igel, in the Dutchy of Luxemburgh. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Viscoutn Palmerston, these six Views, being port of a Collection made for his Lordship in his Travels in the Year 1770, are humbly inscribed.
Drawn by W. Pars. Engraved by Edw. Rooker. Ptinted by Gamble.
Published June 1.st 1774, as the Act directs, by W., Pars, in Percy Street, London.
Engraving. 390 x 520mm (15¼ x 20½"), with large margins. Tears in margins, few fox marks.
A view of the Igel Column, the Roman sandstone burial monument of the Secundinii cloth merchant family, built c. 50AD by two of the family members, Lucius Secundinius Aventinus and Lucius Secundinus Securus. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. William Pars (1742-82) made several trips around Europe as a draughtsman. He accompanied Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (father of the Prime Minister) to Rome. This plate was later published by John Boydell.
[Ref: 67831]   £380.00  
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[View of the port of Livorno]
[View of the port of Livorno]
SDBella.
[n.d. c.1655]
Etching, 17th century watermark; 250 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with large margins. Slight creasing and surface dirt.
A view of Livorno (Leghorn) in the Tuscany coast of Italy. A fortified port: men work on the quay at right, lifting a plank and sacks, while the fortifications extend behind them. To the left is a large boat, with smaller rowing boats clustered in the centre and foreground.
De Vesme 849.
[Ref: 68058]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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[View of Sydney in New South Wales (Taken from Bell Mount).]
[View of Sydney in New South Wales (Taken from Bell Mount).]
[after John Eyre.]
[Published 12th April 1814 by James Whittle & Rich.d Holmes Laurie, No. 53 Fleet Street, London.]
Coloured engraving. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed into image, losing title and inscriptions, tears taped, stain in sky.
A distant view of Sydney just over 25 years after its foundation, with the Blue Mountains in the far distance. It is presumed to be based on a watercolour by John Eyre, a convict who was transported to Australia in 1801. Conditionally pardoned in 1804, he spent several years painting in the area before leaving Australia as a free man in 1812, probably returning to London, where this plate was published.
McCormick: 127 & pp. 277-278. Australian National Maritime Museum 00000897.
[Ref: 67811]   £680.00  
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Ein bewaffneter Tiroler Bauer aus der Gegend bey Innsbruck.
Ein bewaffneter Tiroler Bauer aus der Gegend bey Innsbruck.
I. George Laminit fec.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Hand-coloures stipple, sheet 225 x 155mm (9 x 6). Trimmed to plate.
Costume plate of a Tyrol farmer sitting with sabre in front of a rock wall, holding his rifle with his arms and a morning star. Johann Georg Laminit (1775–1848) was a German artist and engraver, known for detailed hand-colored etchings depicting rural Tyrolean subjects, such as farmers in traditional dress (Tracht) from the Zillertal region, works that reflect the 19th-century (Biedermeier) interest in folk life and regional costume.
[Ref: 68144]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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[St Mark's Basilica and Piazzetta, Venice.]
[St Mark's Basilica and Piazzetta, Venice.]
[Robert Charles Goff]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5").
Proof by Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922).
[Ref: 67844]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Grand Canal, Venice, with goldolas.]
[The Grand Canal, Venice, with goldolas.]
[Robert Charles Goff]
[n.d., c.1900.]
Etching. 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5").
Proof by Robert Charles Goff (1837-1922).
[Ref: 67845]   £120.00   (£144.00 incl.VAT)
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Jument Persan.
Jument Persan. envoyée par le Roi de Perse à S.A.R. le Prince Régent d'Angleterre.
Carle Vernet. Imp. Lithog. de F. Delpech.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Lithograph. Printed area 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15"). Slight mount burn.
A portrait of a Persian mare, held by a groom, other horses and a camel behind. The horse was the one sent to George, Prince Regent. After Antoine Charles Horace Vernet (1758-1835), published in the 'Grande Suite de Chevaux' (1817-21).
[Ref: 67897]   £390.00  
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