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Erasmus Darwin, M.D. & F.R.S.
Engraved by H. Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing [by John Wright].
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2 March 1795.
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight staining and spotting.
A half-length portrait of physician and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). His 'Zoonomia' (1794-6) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles (1809-82).
[Ref: 57251] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by H. Wheelwright, from an Original Drawing [by John Wright].
Published by J. Sewell, 32, Cornhill, 2 March 1795.
Engraving. 185 x 110mm (7¼ x 4¼"), large margins on 3 sides. Slight staining and spotting.
A half-length portrait of physician and poet Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802). His 'Zoonomia' (1794-6) anticipated the evolutionary theories of his grandson Charles (1809-82).
[Ref: 57251] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Prospectuses for 1944 publications by the Golden Cockerel Press with wood engravings by John Buckland-Wright and others]](jpegs/41157.jpg)
[Prospectuses for 1944 publications by the Golden Cockerel Press with wood engravings by John Buckland-Wright and others] Per Ardua Ad Victoriam. After Five Years of War the Golden Cockerel is Still Alive & Pecking: He Offers the War-Weary for the Refreshment Some Tasty Pickings
6 prospectuses (each 2pp-4pp) in beige wrappers, 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8").
Prospectuses for the Golden Cockerel Press, founded in 1922 and run by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter. With engravings by John Buckland-Wright (who illustrated seventeen books for the press) and others. The books advertised are Swinburne's 'Hymn to Proserpine', Napoleon's memoirs, volumes of correspondence between the Shelleys, T.J. Hogg and others, and Anders Sparrman's 'A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution'.
[Ref: 41157] £360.00 view all images for this item
6 prospectuses (each 2pp-4pp) in beige wrappers, 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8").
Prospectuses for the Golden Cockerel Press, founded in 1922 and run by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter. With engravings by John Buckland-Wright (who illustrated seventeen books for the press) and others. The books advertised are Swinburne's 'Hymn to Proserpine', Napoleon's memoirs, volumes of correspondence between the Shelleys, T.J. Hogg and others, and Anders Sparrman's 'A Voyage Round the World with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution'.
[Ref: 41157] £360.00 view all images for this item
![[Thomas Hobbes.]](jpegs/48374.jpg)
[Thomas Hobbes.]
[Engraved by C.O. Murray after J.M. Murray.]
[n.d., c.1884.]
Etching. Plate: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½'') very large margins.
A portrait of philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) whose major work 'Leviathan' 1651, was an important influence on many areas of social and political thought.
[Ref: 48374] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Engraved by C.O. Murray after J.M. Murray.]
[n.d., c.1884.]
Etching. Plate: 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½'') very large margins.
A portrait of philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) whose major work 'Leviathan' 1651, was an important influence on many areas of social and political thought.
[Ref: 48374] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. John Lacy, Comedian and Dramatic Writer, in his three Principal Characters. Teague in the Committee, Scruple in the Cheats, and Galliard in the Variety, Died 1681.
[John Michael Wright.] Etched by Hopkins, from the Picture in Windsor Castle.
Published 1825 by Wm. Smith 24, Lisle Street Leicester Square.
Fine Etching. 349 x 266mm. 13¾ x 10½". Trimmed.
John Lacy (c.1615-1681) was an English comic actor and playwright during the Restoration era, and was the favourite comic of King Charles II. Here he stands as his three principle characters; Teague in "The Committee", Seruple in "The Cheats", and Galliard in the "Variety".
Harvard: Vol III: p.6: i of ii.
[Ref: 19078] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[John Michael Wright.] Etched by Hopkins, from the Picture in Windsor Castle.
Published 1825 by Wm. Smith 24, Lisle Street Leicester Square.
Fine Etching. 349 x 266mm. 13¾ x 10½". Trimmed.
John Lacy (c.1615-1681) was an English comic actor and playwright during the Restoration era, and was the favourite comic of King Charles II. Here he stands as his three principle characters; Teague in "The Committee", Seruple in "The Cheats", and Galliard in the "Variety".
Harvard: Vol III: p.6: i of ii.
[Ref: 19078] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Phillips as Umberto in the opera ''The Freebooters''.]](jpegs/64893.jpg)
[Henry Phillips as Umberto in the opera ''The Freebooters''.]
Painted by J.W. Wright. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published March 1, 1829 by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Narrow margins.
An untitled portrait of opera singer Henry Phillips (1801-76) as Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a Florentine bandit, in an English version of Italian composer Ferdinando Paer's 'I fuorusciti di Firenze'. He wears a plumed hat, boots, and a pistol and dagger in his belt.
Whitman 426, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 64893] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by J.W. Wright. Engraved by C. Turner, A.R.A. Engraver in Ordinary to His Majesty.
London, Published March 1, 1829 by M.r Turner, 50, Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 255mm (13½ x 10"). Narrow margins.
An untitled portrait of opera singer Henry Phillips (1801-76) as Umberto degli Ardinghelli, a Florentine bandit, in an English version of Italian composer Ferdinando Paer's 'I fuorusciti di Firenze'. He wears a plumed hat, boots, and a pistol and dagger in his belt.
Whitman 426, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 64893] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)