A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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![[Cosimo III de' Medici] Cosmus Tertius D.G. Magnus Dux Etruria.](jpegs/40512.jpg)
[Cosimo III de' Medici] Cosmus Tertius D.G. Magnus Dux Etruria.
Dominicus Tempesti Florentinus Delin An.o 1717. I. Simon fec:
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides, small tear taped.
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723), the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, who 53-year reign included reactionary laws including one that prohibited Christians working for Jews. By the time of his death, thanks to him and his profligate wife (Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a granddaughter of Henry IV of France), Tuscany was left one of the poorest nations in Europe.
[Ref: 40512] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dominicus Tempesti Florentinus Delin An.o 1717. I. Simon fec:
[n.d., c.1730.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides, small tear taped.
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723), the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany, who 53-year reign included reactionary laws including one that prohibited Christians working for Jews. By the time of his death, thanks to him and his profligate wife (Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, a granddaughter of Henry IV of France), Tuscany was left one of the poorest nations in Europe.
[Ref: 40512] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Sonate da Camera à Violino, è Violone, ò Cembalo Consecrate All: Ecc.mo Sig.r Duca Di Bedford &c. Da Nicola Cosimi Romano - opera prima.
Tempest Inv: Johannes Smith Anglius Fec: 1702.
In Londra. L'Anno 1702.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 195 x 250 (7¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, laid on 18th century album paper.
A nude winged female, reclining on a cloud on the right, holds a trumpet and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duke of Bedford with the motto 'Che sara sara'. Beneath a monument are three cherubs: one holds a book and sings; another plays a violin; and a third plays a cello with a book of music on the ground before him. The frontispiece to a book of chamber music by Nicolo Cosimi (1660-1717), who worked for Wriothesley Russell (1680-1711), Duke of Bedford, in England 1701-5, dedicating this book to him.
[Ref: 62800] £380.00
Tempest Inv: Johannes Smith Anglius Fec: 1702.
In Londra. L'Anno 1702.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 195 x 250 (7¾ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, laid on 18th century album paper.
A nude winged female, reclining on a cloud on the right, holds a trumpet and a shield with the coat of arms of the Duke of Bedford with the motto 'Che sara sara'. Beneath a monument are three cherubs: one holds a book and sings; another plays a violin; and a third plays a cello with a book of music on the ground before him. The frontispiece to a book of chamber music by Nicolo Cosimi (1660-1717), who worked for Wriothesley Russell (1680-1711), Duke of Bedford, in England 1701-5, dedicating this book to him.
[Ref: 62800] £380.00