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Henry Andrews, Astronomer and the celebrated Author of Moore's Almanack. Aged 71 -- 1815.
J. Watson Pinxt. T. Blood Sculpt.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Stipple. Plate 165 x 114mm. 6½ x 4½". Creasing.
W: 72.
[Ref: 15775] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Andrews, Astronomical Calculator to the Board of Longitude and the celebrated Author of Moore's Almanack. Born at Frieston, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, Feb.y 4.th 1744. and Died at Royston, in Hertfordshire, Jan.y. 26.th 1820. Aged 76 Years.
J: Watson Pinx.t T: Blood Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1835.]
Stipple. 135 x 113mm (5¼ x 4½").
Henry Andrews (1744-1820), the English mathematician and astronomer. For 43 years he worked in his spare time as 'Compiler of the tables detailing the movements of the planets' for Old Moore's Almanac. His day job was Calculator to the Board of Longitude. He also set up a boarding school which taught trigonometry and navigation as extra subjects. See Ref: 15775 for another impression. Wellcome: 72.
[Ref: 34754] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Andrews, Astronomer and the celebrated Author of Moore's Almanack. Aged 71 -- 1815. Born at Frieston, near Grantham, February 4th 1744; Died at Royston, in Hertfordshire, January 26th, 1820, aged 76 years.
J. Watson Pinxt. T. Blood Sculpt.
[n.d. c.1815.]
Very rare stipple with letterpress attachment. Plate 165 x 114mm (6½ x 4½"), very large margins. Some age spots and creasing.
Half portrait of Henry Andrews (1744 –1820) mathematician and astronomer. For 43 years he worked in his spare time as 'Compiler of the tables detailing the movement of the planets' for Old Moore's Almanac aside his day job as Calculator to the Board of Longitude. W: 72.
[Ref: 56979] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Fevzi Cakmak.]
J Watson Pinxt 1905.
A very scarce photogravure, proof on chine collé. 761 x 443mm (30 x 17½").
Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak (1876-1950) was a Turkish soldier, politician, Minister of War of the Ottoman Empire, National Defence Minister, and Prime Minister of the Ankara Government, the second Chief of the General Staff of the Army of the Grand National Assembly, and the first Chief of the General Staff of the Republic of Turkey. He was present as an Ottoman military official in the Albanian Uprising, Balkan Wars, First World War, War of Independence, Sheikh Said Rebellion, Ararat Rebellion, Dersim Rebellion and the Italo-Turkish War.
[Ref: 19900] £380.00
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