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A woman selling bread.
A woman selling bread.
[Engraved by Daniel Lizars after Carsten Niebuhr.]
[Edinburgh, 1792.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image and around title.
A view from 'Travels through Arabia' by Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), translated into English by Robert Heron. The German explorer is renowned for his travels through the Arabian peninsula as a member of an expedition of which he was the only survivor.
[Ref: 37806]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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An Arab on Horseback.
An Arab on Horseback.
Daniel Lizar[s] [after Carsten Niebuhr.]
[Edinburgh, 1792.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image and around title, losing part of the inscription.
A view from 'Travels through Arabia' by Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), translated into English by Robert Heron. The German explorer is renowned for his travels through the Arabian peninsula as a member of an expedition of which he was the only survivor.
[Ref: 37805]   £40.00   (£48.00 incl.VAT)
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Burckhardt.
Burckhardt.
Stewart delt. Lizars sc.
Engraved for the Naturalist's Library [n.d., c.1830].
Engraving, sheet 165 x 100mm. 6½ x 4".
Johann Ludwig (also known as John Lewis, Jean Louis) Burckhardt (1784 - 1817) was a Swiss traveller and orientalist. He is best known for rediscovering the ruins of the city of Petra (today in Jordan).
[Ref: 24046]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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The Death of Captain James Cook, F.R.S. at Owhyhee in MDCCLXXIX.
The Death of Captain James Cook, F.R.S. at Owhyhee in MDCCLXXIX.
D. Lizars Sculpt.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving, image 150 x 205mm. 6 x 8". Trimmed within plate. Vertical fold, as normal.
James Cook (1728 - 1779) was killed at Kealakakua Bay, Hawaii during a skirmish on his third voyage. For an edition of Cook's Voyages.
[Ref: 13499]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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Sir Robert Sibbald Bar.t M.D.
Sir Robert Sibbald Bar.t M.D. 1761_AEtatis 60.
Lizars. sc.
Engraved for the Naturalist's Library. [n.d. c.1838.]
Engraving, cut. 156 x 96mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Sir Robert Sibbald (1641-1722) the Scottish physician and antiquary. In 1667 he started the botanical garden in Edinburgh with Sir Andrew Balfour, and he took a leading part in establishing the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. In 1685 he was appointed the first professor of medicine at the University of Edinburgh; he was also appointed Geographer Royal in 1682.
W: 2724.
[Ref: 29904]   £35.00   (£42.00 incl.VAT)
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Dress of the women in the back parts of yemen.
Dress of the women in the back parts of yemen.
[Engraved by Daniel Lizars after Carsten Niebuhr.]
[Edinburgh, 1792.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image and around title.
A view from 'Travels through Arabia' by Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), translated into English by Robert Heron. The German explorer is renowned for his travels through the Arabian peninsula as a member of an expedition of which he was the only survivor.
[Ref: 37804]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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Prospect among the Coffee Mountains of Yemen.
Prospect among the Coffee Mountains of Yemen.
[Engraved by Daniel Lizars after Carsten Niebuhr.]
[Edinburgh, 1792.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 100 x 145mm (4 x 5¾"). Trimmed close to image and around title.
A view from 'Travels through Arabia' by Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), translated into English by Robert Heron. The German explorer is renowned for his travels through the Arabian peninsula as a member of an expedition of which he was the only survivor.
[Ref: 37803]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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