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![[The Humours of Hob at the Country Wake in the Opera of Flora.]](jpegs/54148.jpg)
[The Humours of Hob at the Country Wake in the Opera of Flora.]
J. Laguerre Inv.t et Delin. Claude Du Bosc fe.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Oblong folio, 19th century half morocco gilt, morocco title label on front board; eight numbered plates, as called for, laid on contemporary canvas. Last plate with the printseller's label of Thomas Bakewell verso. Verso Old ink mss on front endpaper; some wear to edges of plates with old restoration.
A rare complete set of eight scenes from James Hippisley's "Flora, an Opera" (1729), an adaptation of Thomas Dogget's popular play "The Country Wake" which first appeared in 1696. Flora loves Tom Friendly, but a love letter carried by Hob is intercepted by her uncle, Sir Thomas, who throws Hob down a well to die. Rescued by his parents, Hob vows revenge. A rare set: the BM only has four of this series, of which one is trimmed into the verse and the other three lack plate numbers. They also have a smaller, reversed edition, also engraved by Dubosc, published by Robert Sayer. The famous print & mapseller and publisher, Thomas Bakewell worked between 1729 and 1749, when his widow Elizabeth took over the business.
BM: 1890,0415.334 - 337.
[Ref: 54148] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
J. Laguerre Inv.t et Delin. Claude Du Bosc fe.
[n.d., c.1745.]
Oblong folio, 19th century half morocco gilt, morocco title label on front board; eight numbered plates, as called for, laid on contemporary canvas. Last plate with the printseller's label of Thomas Bakewell verso. Verso Old ink mss on front endpaper; some wear to edges of plates with old restoration.
A rare complete set of eight scenes from James Hippisley's "Flora, an Opera" (1729), an adaptation of Thomas Dogget's popular play "The Country Wake" which first appeared in 1696. Flora loves Tom Friendly, but a love letter carried by Hob is intercepted by her uncle, Sir Thomas, who throws Hob down a well to die. Rescued by his parents, Hob vows revenge. A rare set: the BM only has four of this series, of which one is trimmed into the verse and the other three lack plate numbers. They also have a smaller, reversed edition, also engraved by Dubosc, published by Robert Sayer. The famous print & mapseller and publisher, Thomas Bakewell worked between 1729 and 1749, when his widow Elizabeth took over the business.
BM: 1890,0415.334 - 337.
[Ref: 54148] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
![[Illustration to Pope's Canto 4.]](jpegs/52514.jpg)
[Illustration to Pope's Canto 4.]
Lud. Du Guernier inv. C. Du Bosc sculp.
[n.d. c.1714.]
Etching. 145 x 84mm (5¾ x 3¼").
The engraving accompanying canto 4 shows Belinda, sitting in the middle, resting her head on her hand, in the Cave of Spleen, the poems analogue for the underworld that heroes of epics frequently visit. Allegorical figures of Affectation and Ill-Nature flank her. Illustration to Canto41 in Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' (1714). 1714
Ex Collection: The Right Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Collector's stamp on verso.
[Ref: 52514] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Lud. Du Guernier inv. C. Du Bosc sculp.
[n.d. c.1714.]
Etching. 145 x 84mm (5¾ x 3¼").
The engraving accompanying canto 4 shows Belinda, sitting in the middle, resting her head on her hand, in the Cave of Spleen, the poems analogue for the underworld that heroes of epics frequently visit. Allegorical figures of Affectation and Ill-Nature flank her. Illustration to Canto41 in Pope's 'The Rape of the Lock' (1714). 1714
Ex Collection: The Right Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Collector's stamp on verso.
[Ref: 52514] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Mustafa II swen ünd swansigster Kaiser der Türken in Jahre 1695.
C. du Bosc.
[German, c.1734.]
Engraving, with large margins. 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). strong creases
Mustafa II Ghazi (1664-1703), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703 when he was deposed, dying later in the year. He signed away Hungary by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The portrait is taken from a Turkish-school painting.
[Ref: 29849] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
C. du Bosc.
[German, c.1734.]
Engraving, with large margins. 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). strong creases
Mustafa II Ghazi (1664-1703), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703 when he was deposed, dying later in the year. He signed away Hungary by the Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699. The portrait is taken from a Turkish-school painting.
[Ref: 29849] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Return of the Campaign.
A. Watteau pi. Cl. Du Bosc sculp.
Printed and Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion near the Globe Tavern in Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving with very large margins. 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 17"). Tear entering plate at bottom.
An army returning from a campaign, with camp followers, wounded, plunder, etc. A reversed copy of a plate engraved by Cochin in 1727, one of a pair with 'The Flying Camp'.
[Ref: 30821] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
A. Watteau pi. Cl. Du Bosc sculp.
Printed and Sold by John Tinney at the Golden Lion near the Globe Tavern in Fleet Street, London. [n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving with very large margins. 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 17"). Tear entering plate at bottom.
An army returning from a campaign, with camp followers, wounded, plunder, etc. A reversed copy of a plate engraved by Cochin in 1727, one of a pair with 'The Flying Camp'.
[Ref: 30821] £100.00 (£120.00 incl.VAT)
![[Turkish Girl Sewing.]](jpegs/47022.jpg)
[Turkish Girl Sewing.] Fille Turque qui brode.
JB. C. Du Bosc sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47022] £320.00
JB. C. Du Bosc sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"), mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47022] £320.00