Grosvenor Prints

[18 Australian Gum leaf paintings with autograph album of Edwardian musicians.]
Album, autographs dated 1906-7.
An autograph album compiled by Miss Willis, daughter? of the proprietor of The Willis Music Company Ltd. Alongside the signatures of composers and musicians she came into contact with are a collection of paintings on gum leaves of Australian trees, including scenes of Sydney Harbour, kookaburras and flowers. There is also a regimental menu and a few watercolours of different subjects. 18 items. Edwardian musicians including H. Trotere, G. Clifton Bingham and Edward Nicholls.
See: Ref: 52938
[Ref: 52979] £1,500.00 view all images for this item

[Two letters from William Armytage, Mate, RN to his mother and a third from William's friend to his mother.]
[Two letters dated 1841, the other undated.]
Three a.l.s., one on two sheets. One letter torn and taped, all with folds.
William Armytage was a Mate on the East India Station, serving on HMS Samarang, Dido (under Henry Kepple) and Cornwallis (flagship of Sir William Parker. In 1841, on Samarang during the First Opium War, he won praise during his actions helping the steamer Nemesis force the passage from Macao to Whampoa, the first time that a European vessel had done so. His letters relate to his return to England on the Sarmarang and his attempts to win promotion; the letter from his friend (William 'Shell'?) also relates to his promotion efforts. Armytage became a lieutenant in 1845, after which he served on the Vesuvius steam sloop in the South America and West Indian Stations. During the Crimean War he server on HMS Viper in the Black Sea; after being promoted to Commander in 1855 he returned to England. He was promoted to Captain in 1860.
[Ref: 53195] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Depiction of a female saint on a shield.]
AH [monogram of Axel Haig] 1881.
Etching. Printed area 105 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Narrow margins.
A decoration in Chartres Cathedral. Published as a tailpiece in the 'Chartres Brochure'.
Mordant Crook & Lennox-Boyd: 31b. Ex: Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 53197] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Land auction catalogue.] Dorsetshire, In the Parish of Gillingham. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a Very Desirable Estate, called Barnabys and Presthays... which will be sold by auction in Lots by Mr. William Taylor, at the Red Lion in Gillingham, on Monday, the 5th Day of February, 1855, at Four O'Clock in the Afternoon.
Printed by R. Whitby, Yeovil.
Pamphlet, pp. (vi), with folding lithographic map, sheet 570 x 430mm (22½ x 17"). Verso in ink J. Parley Rutter. Some wear to paper covers, results inked in.
[Ref: 52860] £220.00 view all images for this item

[Land auction catalogue.] Powerstock, Dorset. Particulars of a valuable Estate, called ''Mappercombe Farm'' situate at Mappercombe, in the Parish of Powerstock, in the County of Dorset [...] for Sale by Public Auction by Mr. Richard Warr. At the Bull Hotel, Bridport, on Friday, the 11th day of May, 1866, at Two for Three o'clock in the Afternoon precisely.
[1866.]
Letterpress auction catalogue, pp. (iv) with a folding lithographic map with hand colour. 570 x 430mm (22½ x 17") With annotations in ink.
[Ref: 52866] £220.00 view all images for this item

[Land auction catalogue.] Hinton St Mary, near Sturminster, Dorset. Particulars and Conditions of Sale of a most desirable Lifehold and Leasehold Estate, Comprising an Excellent Residence Known as Hinton Manor House [...] The Lay Rectory of Hinton St Mary, and Margaret Marsh [...] Also, Five Policies of Insurance For Sums amounting together to £7000; which will be sold by Auction by Mr. W.H. Hewitt, At the Auction Mart, London, opposite the Bank of England, On Thursday, the 26th of August, 1852, At 12 o'Clock, in Eight Lots.
Walton & Mitchell, Printers, Wardour Street, London [1852.]
Letterpress auction catalogue, pp. (viii) with a loose folding lithographic map with hand colour. 565 x 780mm (22¼ x 30¾) With annotations in ink.
[Ref: 52867] £260.00 view all images for this item

[Land auction catalogue.] Sherbourne Wyke Farm, in the County of Dorset. Specifications of a very Valuable & desirable Estate, with the Great and Small Tithes Arising Therefrom, known as Sherbourne Wyke Farm, Held under the Warden and Scholars Clerks of Saint Mary's College, Winchester [...] Which will be Sold at Auction, by Messrs. Driver, at the Auction Mart, Bartholomew Lane, London. On Wednesday, the 20th day of June, 1849, at Twelve o'Clock, in One Lot.
J. Shuttleworth, Printer to Her Majesty, 3, Chapel Place, Poultry. [1849]
Letterpress auction catalogue, pp. (vi) with lithographic map. 370 x 230mm (14½ x 9 ¼"). Verso in ink messrs Rutter & Son. With annotations in ink and pencil.
Wyke Farm, now listed Grade II*.
[Ref: 52863] £130.00 view all images for this item

[Land auction catalogue.] Vale of Blackmoor. Particulars of certain very valuable Freehold Estates, Situate in the Parishes of Henstridge, Hosrsington, Kington Magna, and Manston, in the Counties of Dorset and Somerset, comprising Upwards of 782 Acres of Excellent Grazing and Dairy Land, to be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Taylor, at the Henstridge Ash Inn, Monday, The 18th Day of June, 1849, at Two o'Clock Precisely, in Ten Lots.
Salisbury: James Bennett, Printer, Journal-Office, M.DCCC.XLIX [1849].
Letterpress auction catalogue, pp. 8 with two folding lithographic maps with hand colour. 505 x 605mm (20 x 23¾") Verso in ink messrs Rutter & Son.
[Ref: 52865] £260.00 view all images for this item

[Land auction catalogue.] Symondsbury, Marshwood, and Whitechurch Canonicorum, Dorsetshire. Particulars, Plans and Conditions of Sale of a very Desirable Farm, called Atram Gore and Higher Atram, in the Parish of Symondsbury, Dorset, In the occupation of the Representatives of the lae Mr. Thomas Fooks, deceased, and of Lands, in Marshwood and Whitechurch Caninicorum, In the Occupation of Mr. Simon Warren To Be Sold by Auction Mr. Richard Warr, at the Bull Hotel, Bridport, Dorset, On Friday, the 11th day of May, 1866, at Two for Three o'Clock in the afternoon precisely...
[1866.]
Letterpress auction catalogue, pp. (iv) with two lithographic maps with hand colour. 510 x 325mm (20 x 12¾") Verso in ink messrs Rutter & Son. With annotations in ink and pencil, split in fold of one map.
[Ref: 52864] £220.00 view all images for this item

[Land auction catalogue.] Bourton, Dorset. To be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Joseph Harding, at the Red Lion Inn, Bourton, On Thursday, October 19th, 1854, --- at Three o'Clock in the afternoon [...] A Most Important & Valuable Estate, Comprising Two Very Complete and Desirable Family Residences, A compact Dairy Farm, and several Closes of Rich Orchard, Meadow, Pasture, and Arable Land [...]
Printed by E. Neave, Gillingham.
Letterpress auction catalogue, pp. (iv). 410 x 265mm (16¼ x 10½") With annotations in ink and pencil.
[Ref: 52862] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Preparing for Publication, A Highly-Finished Line Engraving, on Steel, of the Viaduct at Dutton, on the Grand Junction Railway. From a Picture by Thomas Creswick, Esq. Engraved by W. Radclyffe.
[n.d., c.1836.]
Letterpress prospectus. Sheet 255 x 160mm (10 x 6¼"). Edges, worn, creasing.
An advertisment for a view of Joseph Locke and George Stephenson's railway viaduct over the River Weaver, completed 1836. The finished engraving was 'The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver', published by Wrightson and Webb, New Street, Birmingham.
[Ref: 52995] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Fund for the Relief of the Sufferers by the Indian Mutiny. At a Meeting of the Inbabitants of Nottingham and the Neighbourhood...
[Nottingham, 1857.]
Scarce letterpress pamphlet, pp. 4. 250 x 210mm (8¾ x 8¼"). Creased.
A leaflet promoting the fund, listing the subscribers, including the Duke of Portland and Earl Manvers, who contributed £100 each. At the end of the list is written in ink mss 'Your subscription is respectfully solicited'.
[Ref: 53200] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Land grant, Cheshire] Carta Donationis Terrarum in Congilton [Com: Cestriae] a Dno Henrico de Lacy Comite Lincoln Benedicto Filio Walteri de Stanley. circa Annum 1300.28.Ed.1.concessa.
(maxima preservacoe) penes Ric: Rawlinson, LLD et RSS. [British, c.1754].
Engraved facsimile of a c.1300 Latin grant of land to Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln; seal below text. Sheet 210 x 230mm, (8¼ x 9"). Tears and holes, trimmed. Damaged.
The land around Congleton in Cheshire is granted by the de Stanley family to the powerful nobleman de Lacy, who became Chief Councillor to Edward I. While the king was engaged on military conflicts with the Scots, Henry de Lacy was appointed Protector of the Realm. The original document is from the collection of Richard Rawlinson (1690 - 1755), a clergyman and antiquarian who bequeathed a huge collection of books and manuscripts to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. In 1716 he was ordained, but as he was a nonjuror and Jacobite, the ceremony was performed by a nonjuring bishop, Jeremy Collier. In 1728 he became a bishop, but seems to have preferred to pass his time in collecting books and manuscripts, pictures and curiosities, rather than in discharging his episcopal functions. At his death Rawlinson left to the Library 5,205 manuscripts bound in volumes that include many rare broadsides and other printed ephemera, his curiosities, and some other property that endowed a professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford. The Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon was first appointed in 1795. He was also a benefactor to St John's College, Oxford.
[Ref: 53132] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

No. [528] Ministére de la Maison de l'Empereur. Musées Imperiaux. Carte d'entrée personelle pour les jours d'étude. M. [Daudrin?] présenté par M. [Belloc] Le Directeur général des Musées impériaux, pendant des Beau Arts de la Maison de l'Empereur. Enrégestré le [24 Sept. 1859].
[1859.]
Engraved ticket, completed in ink mss. Sheet 70 x 115mm (2¾ x 4½").
An admission ticket for a study day run by the 'Ministry of the Emperor's House', which managed the royal residences of Napoleon III.
[Ref: 53191] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Rob.t Dunthorne has the honour to invite [-] to see a New Etching by A.H. Haig. The Cathedral of Saint George Limburg on the Lahn. at The Rembrandt Head, 5, Vigo St London W. Saturday 26th Feb.y 1887.
AH [monogram of Axel Haig] 1887.
Etching. Sheet 80 x 115mm (3¼ x 4½"). Invitee's name scraped off.
An invitation to a private view, decorated with a view of the cathedral and a representation of St George and the Dragon.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 53198] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

St. Christopher and the Christ Child. Whoever shall behold the image of Saint Christopher on that day shall not faint or fail [ink mss.].
Axel H. Haig [ink signature.]
Christmas 1904.
Etching, signed and inscribed by the artist in ink. 135 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼").
Within an elaborately decorated border. The ink inscription is apparently standard on impressions of the Christmas print.
Mordant Crook & Lennox-Boyd: 190. Ex: Collection Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd
[Ref: 53199] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Amateur Concert of Vocal & Instrumental Music in the School-Room of Weston-under-Penyard, on Wednesday, April 20th, 1864.
Ross: Printed by Richard Powle, MDCCCLXIV.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 12. 180 x 125mm (7¼ x 4¾").
With music by Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Gluck, Gounod and Dibdin.
[Ref: 53201] £60.00

Amateur Concert of Vocal & Instrumental Music in the School-Room of Weston-under-Penyard, on Tuesday, The 2nd of May, 1865.
Ross: Printed by Richard Powle, MDCCCLXV.
8vo, printed wrappers; pp. 12. 180 x 125mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Some pencil mss.
With music by Beethoven, Gounod Haydn and Rossini.
[Ref: 53202] £60.00

Wynnstay Theatre.
[after Henry William Bunbury, attributed to James Bretherton.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Etching, private plate. 220 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾") very large margins. Some foxing, mainly in margins.
Two people sitting against a pedestal; a laughing man holds a sheet inscribed 'Rule a Wife and have a Wife' and 'Bon Ton', and a sad woman holds a sheet with 'Richard III' and 'Lyar'. This plate was was produced as a ticket for use at the private theatre built by Robert Adam for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (1749-89) at Wynnstay in Denbighshire. In 1777 David Garrick performed there.
[Ref: 53187] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

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