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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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Hospital der Griechen zu Alexandria.
G. Döbler sc.
[Prague: Bohmanns Erben, 1825.]
Sepia aquatint. Sheet 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of the Leper Hospital of Alexandria, etched by Jiri (George) Döbler for the scarce Prague edition of 'Voyage dans le Levant' by Louis, Comte de Forbin. Forbin (1779-1841), a painter and antiquarian, succeded Vivant-Denon (head of Bonaparte's 'Savants') as curator of the Musée du Louvre after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy. He travelled around the Levant 1817-18, painting and collecting artifacts for French museums. The original French edition was illustrated with lithographs.
[Ref: 30314] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Döbler sc.
[Prague: Bohmanns Erben, 1825.]
Sepia aquatint. Sheet 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of the Leper Hospital of Alexandria, etched by Jiri (George) Döbler for the scarce Prague edition of 'Voyage dans le Levant' by Louis, Comte de Forbin. Forbin (1779-1841), a painter and antiquarian, succeded Vivant-Denon (head of Bonaparte's 'Savants') as curator of the Musée du Louvre after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy. He travelled around the Levant 1817-18, painting and collecting artifacts for French museums. The original French edition was illustrated with lithographs.
[Ref: 30314] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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C.te de Forbin pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Grav. du Roi d'Angleterre Sculp.
Déposé. A Paris chez Schroth Editeur M.d de Tabl.x et Dessin, Rue St,, Honoré No. 353, bis et à Londres chez Colnaghi fils et C.ie Pall mall East [n.d., c.1830].
Chine collé mezzotint, proof before title. 530 x 400mm (20¾ x 15¾"), with very large margins. Some spotting. Uncut.
In a tower room a monk and nun question a chained man in oriental dress. In the floor is a trapdoor with a ladder. In the background a skull and hourglass sit on an open book on a chair.
Whitman 367.
[Ref: 55216] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
C.te de Forbin pinx.t. S.W. Reynolds Grav. du Roi d'Angleterre Sculp.
Déposé. A Paris chez Schroth Editeur M.d de Tabl.x et Dessin, Rue St,, Honoré No. 353, bis et à Londres chez Colnaghi fils et C.ie Pall mall East [n.d., c.1830].
Chine collé mezzotint, proof before title. 530 x 400mm (20¾ x 15¾"), with very large margins. Some spotting. Uncut.
In a tower room a monk and nun question a chained man in oriental dress. In the floor is a trapdoor with a ladder. In the background a skull and hourglass sit on an open book on a chair.
Whitman 367.
[Ref: 55216] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)