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![[Arctic.] Polar Regions.](jpegs/59113.jpg)
[Arctic.] Polar Regions.
Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
Published by A. Constable & C.o Edin.r 1822.
Engraved map. Sheet 415 x 390mm (16¼ x 15¼"). paper watermarked 'A. Cowan 1820'. Trimmed within plate, small repaired tear, stains and offset, original binding folds.
A map of the Arctic Circle from Lizars' 'Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas'. In North America the mouths of the Coppermine and McKenzie rivers are shown before the results of John Frankin's expeditions of 1819-22 & 1823.
[Ref: 59113] £190.00
Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
Published by A. Constable & C.o Edin.r 1822.
Engraved map. Sheet 415 x 390mm (16¼ x 15¼"). paper watermarked 'A. Cowan 1820'. Trimmed within plate, small repaired tear, stains and offset, original binding folds.
A map of the Arctic Circle from Lizars' 'Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas'. In North America the mouths of the Coppermine and McKenzie rivers are shown before the results of John Frankin's expeditions of 1819-22 & 1823.
[Ref: 59113] £190.00
![[Mercers] No 32 Princes Street Edinburgh. Bo.t of Leechman & Edington, Silk Mercers.](jpegs/33493.jpg)
[Mercers] No 32 Princes Street Edinburgh. Bo.t of Leechman & Edington, Silk Mercers. India & British Muslins and French Cambrics. Foreign & British Laces.
W.H. Lizars sc.
[mss. dated 1823.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 225 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Remains of wax seal. Folds, tear from opening of wax seal.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of the 'Shawl Warehouse'. W.H. Lizars was Edinburgh's most famous engraver: he was employed to engrave the first of Audubon's 'Birds of America', including the Wild Turkey. However, because of a conflict of interest (his working on John Prideaux Selby's series of life-size birds), Audubon dropped him for Havell. However this billhead shows that even the best engravers had to engrave more than bookplates.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33493] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
W.H. Lizars sc.
[mss. dated 1823.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 225 x 180mm (9 x 7"). Remains of wax seal. Folds, tear from opening of wax seal.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of the 'Shawl Warehouse'. W.H. Lizars was Edinburgh's most famous engraver: he was employed to engrave the first of Audubon's 'Birds of America', including the Wild Turkey. However, because of a conflict of interest (his working on John Prideaux Selby's series of life-size birds), Audubon dropped him for Havell. However this billhead shows that even the best engravers had to engrave more than bookplates.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33493] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Mercers] No 20. New Street Birmingham. Boucher & Jackson, Clothiers and Man's Mercers.](jpegs/33494.jpg)
[Mercers] No 20. New Street Birmingham. Boucher & Jackson, Clothiers and Man's Mercers. Successors to Bate's Tailoring Establishment, Exactly opposite King Edward's School.
W.H. Lizars sc.
[mss. dated 1842.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 250 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"), folded vertically. Creases.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of King Edward's School and a vignette of a tailor taking a man's measurements, with a text 'Funerals Completely Furnished'. Addressed to Charles Hancock Executor [in ink]. A very detailed bill of over 20 items.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33494] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W.H. Lizars sc.
[mss. dated 1842.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 250 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"), folded vertically. Creases.
A billhead illustrated with an elevation of King Edward's School and a vignette of a tailor taking a man's measurements, with a text 'Funerals Completely Furnished'. Addressed to Charles Hancock Executor [in ink]. A very detailed bill of over 20 items.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33494] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Napoleon Asleep in his Study. Taken Shortly Before the Battle of Waterloo.
Drawn by Dr Memes from a sketch by David. _ Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 180mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper. Foxed.
Napoleon Bonaparte in uniform, asleep in a chair in a tent.
[Ref: 55824] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Dr Memes from a sketch by David. _ Eng.d by W.H. Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 180mm (4¾ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper. Foxed.
Napoleon Bonaparte in uniform, asleep in a chair in a tent.
[Ref: 55824] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Leaves from the Book of Nature. Deer. For Full Descriptions vide the Naturalist's Library. Published by W.H. Lizars Edinburgh. S. Highley London. & W.Curry Jun.r & Co Dublin. and ssolb by all Book & Printsellers.
Lizars sc.
[Edinburgh? c. 1840.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 550 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight toning.
Ten illustrations of different types of deer, from the Red Deer of Scotland to the Springbok of South Africa and the Chikara of Bengal. It was printed as a salesman's sheet, used to advertise Sir William Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library', a hugely successful series of forty volumes published between 1833-1843. By choosing a small format Jardine could sell the volumes cheaply, bringing natural history to the general public.
[Ref: 30225] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Lizars sc.
[Edinburgh? c. 1840.]
Coloured wood engraving. Sheet 550 x 405mm (21½ x 16"). Slight toning.
Ten illustrations of different types of deer, from the Red Deer of Scotland to the Springbok of South Africa and the Chikara of Bengal. It was printed as a salesman's sheet, used to advertise Sir William Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library', a hugely successful series of forty volumes published between 1833-1843. By choosing a small format Jardine could sell the volumes cheaply, bringing natural history to the general public.
[Ref: 30225] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
New Zealand. Te Kewiti, son of Te Kauwain, young chief of the Ngate Watuas. New Zealander.
Drawn in London. Lizars sc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 165 x 100mm (6½ x 4"). Creased.
The heads of two tattoo'd maori.
[Ref: 44664] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn in London. Lizars sc.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 165 x 100mm (6½ x 4"). Creased.
The heads of two tattoo'd maori.
[Ref: 44664] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Peron.
Lizars sc.
Engraved for the Naturalist's Library.
Engraving. Sheet 171 x 105mm. 6¾" x 4¼". Slight staining.
François Péron (1775 - 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer. In 1801 Péron travelled to Australia as a naturalist on the expedition of Nicolas Baudin. With the artist Charles Alexandre Lesueur he took over the duties as naturalist after the death of the expedition's zoologist Maugé de Cely. Together they collected over 100,000 zoological specimens.
[Ref: 26917] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Lizars sc.
Engraved for the Naturalist's Library.
Engraving. Sheet 171 x 105mm. 6¾" x 4¼". Slight staining.
François Péron (1775 - 1810) was a French naturalist and explorer. In 1801 Péron travelled to Australia as a naturalist on the expedition of Nicolas Baudin. With the artist Charles Alexandre Lesueur he took over the duties as naturalist after the death of the expedition's zoologist Maugé de Cely. Together they collected over 100,000 zoological specimens.
[Ref: 26917] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Plan of Edinburgh and Leith. From the Best Authorities.
Engraved Expressly for the Letter Carriers Directory by W.H.Lizars. 1836.
Coloured engraving. 560 x 420mm, 22 x 16½". Damaged.
Scotland's capital, with fine colour and an inset on its environs. This map was apparently used in part of the Great Post Office Reform started 1839, championed by Rowland Hill. Two extra manuscript circles of red probably marks the extent of free postal delivery. With manusript on verso: 'to be put with Regl. St. 6061 Minute [?] 5th. May 1836.'
[Ref: 10217] £220.00
Engraved Expressly for the Letter Carriers Directory by W.H.Lizars. 1836.
Coloured engraving. 560 x 420mm, 22 x 16½". Damaged.
Scotland's capital, with fine colour and an inset on its environs. This map was apparently used in part of the Great Post Office Reform started 1839, championed by Rowland Hill. Two extra manuscript circles of red probably marks the extent of free postal delivery. With manusript on verso: 'to be put with Regl. St. 6061 Minute [?] 5th. May 1836.'
[Ref: 10217] £220.00
Rocky Mount Sheep. Ovis Montana, Richardson
Drawn and engraved by W.H.Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving, rare. Sheet 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Wear to edges.
A large format engraving of a female Rocky Mountain Sheep, not from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library'.
[Ref: 45660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and engraved by W.H.Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving, rare. Sheet 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Wear to edges.
A large format engraving of a female Rocky Mountain Sheep, not from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library'.
[Ref: 45660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Salmo trutta. Sea Trout. Solway Firth in July. Male. Size of Life. Weight 4lb 3oz. No. 9.
Drawn by Will.m Jardine, Bar.t. [Engraved by W.H. Lizars.]
[Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars, 1841].
Engraving. Sheet 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate at sides, margins frayed, ink speckles across sea area.
A large plate of a sea trout, usually published in Sir William Jardine's 'British Salmonidæ', but this example apparently a plate spoiled in production. Jardine (1800-74), best-known for his populist 'Naturalist's Library' series, was a keen angler and authority on salmon and trout in the British Isles, recognised in 1860 by his appointment to the Royal Commission on the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales. The fish shown here was caught near Jardine Hall, his estate in Annandale.
From ex Jardine Estate Sale. Thomson Roddick; Little Dyke, Dalton.
[Ref: 36883] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Will.m Jardine, Bar.t. [Engraved by W.H. Lizars.]
[Edinburgh: W.H.Lizars, 1841].
Engraving. Sheet 500 x 630mm (19¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed within plate at sides, margins frayed, ink speckles across sea area.
A large plate of a sea trout, usually published in Sir William Jardine's 'British Salmonidæ', but this example apparently a plate spoiled in production. Jardine (1800-74), best-known for his populist 'Naturalist's Library' series, was a keen angler and authority on salmon and trout in the British Isles, recognised in 1860 by his appointment to the Royal Commission on the Salmon Fisheries of England and Wales. The fish shown here was caught near Jardine Hall, his estate in Annandale.
From ex Jardine Estate Sale. Thomson Roddick; Little Dyke, Dalton.
[Ref: 36883] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Arthur Duke Of Wellington Field Marshall &c.&c.
Engd. by W.H. Lizars Edinr.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple engraving with hand coloured aquatint, sheet 260 x 195mm. Trimmed to plate, into printed area.
A portrait of Arthur Wellesley (1769 - 1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, in uniform in later years.
[Ref: 7933] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Engd. by W.H. Lizars Edinr.
[n.d., c.1815.]
Stipple engraving with hand coloured aquatint, sheet 260 x 195mm. Trimmed to plate, into printed area.
A portrait of Arthur Wellesley (1769 - 1852), 1st Duke of Wellington, in uniform in later years.
[Ref: 7933] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)