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Leda. Tiré du Cabinet de M.r Watelet. Dediée à Monsieur Pierre. Chevalier de l'Orde du Roy, Professeur de l'Academie Royal de Peinture et de Sculpture, et premier Peintre de Monseigneur le Duc d'Orleans. Par son très humble et très obeissant Serviteur et Ami Lempereur.
J.B.M. Pierre pinx. N. Delaunay sculp.
A Paris, chez Lempereur, Graveur du Roy, rue et porte St Jacques, au dessus du petit Marché [n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving with etching. 18th century watermark, 320 x 370mm (12½ x 14½"), Small margins.
An oval scene of Leda lying naked and looking at the swan. A pair with 'Endymion'.
[Ref: 55071] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
J.B.M. Pierre pinx. N. Delaunay sculp.
A Paris, chez Lempereur, Graveur du Roy, rue et porte St Jacques, au dessus du petit Marché [n.d., c.1763.]
Engraving with etching. 18th century watermark, 320 x 370mm (12½ x 14½"), Small margins.
An oval scene of Leda lying naked and looking at the swan. A pair with 'Endymion'.
[Ref: 55071] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Lord Macartney, Ambassadeur extraordinaire du Roi d'Angleterre, Auprès de l'Empereur de la Chine…
Peint par Hickey. R. De Launay sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Copper engraving. 185 x 114mm. 7¼ x 4½".
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
[Ref: 15771] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Hickey. R. De Launay sculp.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Copper engraving. 185 x 114mm. 7¼ x 4½".
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737-1806) was an Irish-born British statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat.
[Ref: 15771] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Dernieres Paroles de Mirabeau.
Dessiné par Antoiné Borel. Gravé par Delaunay le Jeane.
A Paris chez l'Auteur rue S.t Jacques près la Place du Panthéon Français N.º 122 [n.d., c.1791].
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 400 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, small tear in right edge, ink collector's stamp in inscription area on right.
An allegorical scene of the last words of the Count of Mirabeau (1749-91), with the statesman dying in the arms of France, with Death standing above.
Collector's stamp of Jean-Louis Soulavie (1752-1813), Lugt L1533.
[Ref: 61531] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Antoiné Borel. Gravé par Delaunay le Jeane.
A Paris chez l'Auteur rue S.t Jacques près la Place du Panthéon Français N.º 122 [n.d., c.1791].
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 400 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, small tear in right edge, ink collector's stamp in inscription area on right.
An allegorical scene of the last words of the Count of Mirabeau (1749-91), with the statesman dying in the arms of France, with Death standing above.
Collector's stamp of Jean-Louis Soulavie (1752-1813), Lugt L1533.
[Ref: 61531] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Troisieme Voyage Aerien. Experience faite a Lion le 19 Janvier 1784. Sous la Direction de M.r Joseph Montgolfier avec une Machine Aerostatique de 102 Pieds de Diametre sur 126 de Hauteur. Planche 3. Pag. 67.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, plate 200 x 130mm (8 x 5¼"), with small margins. Small tear in left going into the plate mark but not the image.
A view of the Montgolfier's (Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 -1810) & Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 -1799 )) balloon, le Flesselles (named after Jacques de Flesselles (1730 - 1789)), on it's voyage at Lyon in 1784. This balloon built by the Montgolfiers carried seven passengers as high as 3,000 feet (914 m) however unfortunately gave a rough landing to its passengers.
See Ref: 57654, 57655 & 58172. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58168] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, plate 200 x 130mm (8 x 5¼"), with small margins. Small tear in left going into the plate mark but not the image.
A view of the Montgolfier's (Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740 -1810) & Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (1745 -1799 )) balloon, le Flesselles (named after Jacques de Flesselles (1730 - 1789)), on it's voyage at Lyon in 1784. This balloon built by the Montgolfiers carried seven passengers as high as 3,000 feet (914 m) however unfortunately gave a rough landing to its passengers.
See Ref: 57654, 57655 & 58172. From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58168] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Experience faite a Versaille, en presence de leurs Majestes et de la Famille Royale, per M.r Montgolfier, le 19. Sept. 1783.
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½") Trimmed within plate mark. Some surface dirt. Pencil in image within the sky. A small amount of creasing.
A view of the Aérostat Réveillon's, a Montgolfier brothers balloon, voyage on 19 September 1783. It was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel ("Climb-to-the-sky"), a duck and a rooster. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted and was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes. The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette and a crowd. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles (3 km), and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet (460 m). The craft landed safely after flying.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58169] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dessine par le Ch.er de Lorimier. Grave par N.De Launay.
Engraving, sheet 180 x 115mm (7 x 4½") Trimmed within plate mark. Some surface dirt. Pencil in image within the sky. A small amount of creasing.
A view of the Aérostat Réveillon's, a Montgolfier brothers balloon, voyage on 19 September 1783. It was flown with the first living beings in a basket attached to the balloon: a sheep called Montauciel ("Climb-to-the-sky"), a duck and a rooster. The sheep was believed to have a reasonable approximation of human physiology. The duck was expected to be unharmed by being lifted and was included as a control for effects created by the aircraft rather than the altitude. The rooster was included as a further control as it was a bird that did not fly at high altitudes. The demonstration was performed at the royal palace in Versailles, before King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette and a crowd. The flight lasted approximately eight minutes, covered two miles (3 km), and obtained an altitude of about 1,500 feet (460 m). The craft landed safely after flying.
From the Collection of Christopher Hatton Turnor 1840-1914 Author of "Astra Castra"
[Ref: 58169] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Entreview du Commodore Byron avec les Patagons.
R. de Launay sculp.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1777.]
Engraving. 230 x 380mm (9 x 15"). Trimmed into plate lower left by binder, folded as issued.
John Byron coming ashore to meet the Patagonians, who tower above Byron and his crew. HMS Dolphin is on the right. Before his account was published a rumour spread that the Patagonians Byon met were nine feet tall, confirming older accounts of them being giants; however the text described them as 6 feet 6 inches. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, which contained the official account of Cook's first voyage.
[Ref: 51220] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
R. de Launay sculp.
[Paris, Saillant et Nyon & Panckouke, c.1777.]
Engraving. 230 x 380mm (9 x 15"). Trimmed into plate lower left by binder, folded as issued.
John Byron coming ashore to meet the Patagonians, who tower above Byron and his crew. HMS Dolphin is on the right. Before his account was published a rumour spread that the Patagonians Byon met were nine feet tall, confirming older accounts of them being giants; however the text described them as 6 feet 6 inches. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, which contained the official account of Cook's first voyage.
[Ref: 51220] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Denial of St. Peter.]
David Teniers Pinx. Robert de Launay sc.
[Ramboz.][n.d., c.1803.]
Engraving. Fine proof before title. Plate: 300 x 415mm (11¾ x 16¼"). Thread margins.
A scene in a guardroom showing St Peter standing in front of a fireplace while soldiers sit playing cards around a table.
[Ref: 47585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
David Teniers Pinx. Robert de Launay sc.
[Ramboz.][n.d., c.1803.]
Engraving. Fine proof before title. Plate: 300 x 415mm (11¾ x 16¼"). Thread margins.
A scene in a guardroom showing St Peter standing in front of a fireplace while soldiers sit playing cards around a table.
[Ref: 47585] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)