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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Llangollen Vale.
Drawn by G.F. Robson. Engraved by T. Fielding.
Pub.d Mar. 1st 1820 by T. Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill, London.
Fine coloured aquatint. 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11"), large margins.
A view of Llangollen with the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop and built over the River Dee, opened 1805. It is a Grade I listed building and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
[Ref: 56961] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by G.F. Robson. Engraved by T. Fielding.
Pub.d Mar. 1st 1820 by T. Clay, 18, Ludgate Hill, London.
Fine coloured aquatint. 195 x 280mm (7¾ x 11"), large margins.
A view of Llangollen with the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct designed by Thomas Telford and William Jessop and built over the River Dee, opened 1805. It is a Grade I listed building and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
[Ref: 56961] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Vue du Fort fe Porto Ferrajo et de la Maison du Gouverneur.
Peint par Copley Fielding, d'après l'esquisse de M.r le C.tr de Forbin. Gravé par Thalès Fielding.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Aquatint, printed on india. Sheet: 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12"). Damaged. Some cockling in title area.
A view of Fort Stella and the lighthouse in the town of Portoferraio on the Island of Elba. Napoleon took up residence in the Villa Mulini, located near the fort, during his exile on Elba.
[Ref: 46770] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Copley Fielding, d'après l'esquisse de M.r le C.tr de Forbin. Gravé par Thalès Fielding.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Aquatint, printed on india. Sheet: 250 x 310mm (9¾ x 12"). Damaged. Some cockling in title area.
A view of Fort Stella and the lighthouse in the town of Portoferraio on the Island of Elba. Napoleon took up residence in the Villa Mulini, located near the fort, during his exile on Elba.
[Ref: 46770] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Vue du Tombeau de Theron à Agrigente.
[Peint par Villeneuve, d'après l'esquisse de Cassas. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
The tomb of Theron of Acragas (died 473 BC), a Greek tyrant in Sicily from 488 BC who, according to Polyaenus, came to power by using public funds meant for a temple building project to hire a personal bodyguard. The monument still stands in Agrigento. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44536] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Peint par Villeneuve, d'après l'esquisse de Cassas. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
The tomb of Theron of Acragas (died 473 BC), a Greek tyrant in Sicily from 488 BC who, according to Polyaenus, came to power by using public funds meant for a temple building project to hire a personal bodyguard. The monument still stands in Agrigento. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44536] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de Couvent de St Martin près Palerme.
[Dessiné par Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Thales Fielding. Imprimé par Sauniée.]
[Paris: Imprimerie de P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on buff chine collé. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the convent of St Martin by Louis, Comte de Forbin for Achille Étienne Gigault de la Salle's 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile, 1822-6. 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.
Abbey Travel 262 (source of the attributions).
[Ref: 60926] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Dessiné par Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Thales Fielding. Imprimé par Sauniée.]
[Paris: Imprimerie de P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on buff chine collé. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the convent of St Martin by Louis, Comte de Forbin for Achille Étienne Gigault de la Salle's 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile, 1822-6. 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.
Abbey Travel 262 (source of the attributions).
[Ref: 60926] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Vue de la Chapelle de S.te Rosalie.
[Peint par Ronmy, d'après l'esquisse de Michalon. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
A chapel dedicated to Saint Rosalie of Palermo. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44537] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
[Peint par Ronmy, d'après l'esquisse de Michalon. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
A chapel dedicated to Saint Rosalie of Palermo. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44537] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
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[Cave di Cusa.] Vue des Carrieres de Campo Bello.
[Peint par Moritz, d'après l'esquisse de Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Th. Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾") very large margins; uncut.
The Cave di Cusa ('Quarry of Accusation' in Italian) a stone quarry near Campobello di Mazara, first worked during the first half of the 6th century BC but abandoned in 409 BC when the city was captured by the Carthaginians. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44539] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Peint par Moritz, d'après l'esquisse de Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Th. Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾") very large margins; uncut.
The Cave di Cusa ('Quarry of Accusation' in Italian) a stone quarry near Campobello di Mazara, first worked during the first half of the 6th century BC but abandoned in 409 BC when the city was captured by the Carthaginians. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44539] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)