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Bianka Capello von A.G. Meissner.
Wien in der Wucherischen Buchhandlung 1786.
Engraved titlepage, frontispiece, and 12 engravings, bound with single stitch, largest 115 x 85mm, most c.94 x 70mm.
A set of illustrations from an early Vienna edition of August Gottlieb Meissner's 'Bianka Capello'. It is a tragedy inspired by the life of Bianca Cappello (1548 – 1587), an Italian noblewoman who was first the lover and then the wife of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Meissner (1753 - 1807) was an author and poet who became a professor in Prague in 1785, and in 1805 director of the Lyceum at Fulda. He wrote plays and stories and was active as a translator. His work has a pronounced moralizing trend. Alfred von Meißner was his grandson. All engravings by Mark after Sambach, and inscribed with plate and page numbers from the volume they have been disbound from.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7849] £280.00 view all images for this item
Wien in der Wucherischen Buchhandlung 1786.
Engraved titlepage, frontispiece, and 12 engravings, bound with single stitch, largest 115 x 85mm, most c.94 x 70mm.
A set of illustrations from an early Vienna edition of August Gottlieb Meissner's 'Bianka Capello'. It is a tragedy inspired by the life of Bianca Cappello (1548 – 1587), an Italian noblewoman who was first the lover and then the wife of Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Meissner (1753 - 1807) was an author and poet who became a professor in Prague in 1785, and in 1805 director of the Lyceum at Fulda. He wrote plays and stories and was active as a translator. His work has a pronounced moralizing trend. Alfred von Meißner was his grandson. All engravings by Mark after Sambach, and inscribed with plate and page numbers from the volume they have been disbound from.
Ex: Collection of Alec Clunes.
[Ref: 7849] £280.00 view all images for this item
John Bull playing a Rubber. The Chronologist. No. 4.
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London Sold by J.L. Marks [n.d., 1832.]
Rare etching. Sheet 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate, laid on thick paper.
John Bull playing skittles, using a 'Reform Ball' to knock over the pins with the faces of Tory politicians. William IV watches in anxious dismay, saying 'I'll bet a Crown Jonney you don't knock 'em down in two throws'. Already down are Wellington, Cumberland, Londonderry, Peel and others; still standing are Wetherell and Eldon.
BM Satires 17079.
[Ref: 51735] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Henry Cort] To the Iron Trade of Great Britain, This Portrait of the late Henry Cort,](jpegs/60742.jpg)
[Henry Cort] To the Iron Trade of Great Britain, This Portrait of the late Henry Cort, The Tubal Cain of our Century & of our Country The Father of the British Iron Trade, Times July 29th 1856, is respectfully dedicated by their obedient Ser.t Sydney Marks. Proof.
Engraved and Published by Sydney Marks [n.d., c.1860].
Rare mezzotint. 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Some soiling.
Profile portrait of Henry Cort (c. 1740-1800), an English ironware producer who developed innovative systems for the production of wrought iron from pig iron In 1784 he patented an improved version of the puddling process for refining cast iron, although it was only made economically viable by innovations by ironmasters Crawshay and Homfray, who paid him royalties. This plate was first published by his son, Richard Cort, quoting The Times newspaper's description of his father.
See BM 1931,1211.15 for the original issue.
[Ref: 60742] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved and Published by Sydney Marks [n.d., c.1860].
Rare mezzotint. 270 x 210mm (10¾ x 8¼"). Some soiling.
Profile portrait of Henry Cort (c. 1740-1800), an English ironware producer who developed innovative systems for the production of wrought iron from pig iron In 1784 he patented an improved version of the puddling process for refining cast iron, although it was only made economically viable by innovations by ironmasters Crawshay and Homfray, who paid him royalties. This plate was first published by his son, Richard Cort, quoting The Times newspaper's description of his father.
See BM 1931,1211.15 for the original issue.
[Ref: 60742] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Study in the Egyptian Antiquity Department in the British Museum]](jpegs/41167.jpg)
[A Study in the Egyptian Antiquity Department in the British Museum]
H.S. Marks.
London, Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son, Lith to the Queen.
Etching on india, platemark 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"), with very large margins.
Etching by painter Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98), plate 17 from Passages from 'Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club' (1862). Marks first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853 and regularly exhibited there in the next two decades (mostly with Shakespearean or historical subjects). Family responsibilities forced him to take on additional work, including illustrations such as this, art criticism, and designs for porcelain, church and theatre interiors, and even Christmas cards! He was elected as an Academician in 1878.
[Ref: 41167] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H.S. Marks.
London, Published December 1st 1861 by Day & Son, Lith to the Queen.
Etching on india, platemark 180 x 130mm (7 x 5"), with very large margins.
Etching by painter Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98), plate 17 from Passages from 'Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club' (1862). Marks first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853 and regularly exhibited there in the next two decades (mostly with Shakespearean or historical subjects). Family responsibilities forced him to take on additional work, including illustrations such as this, art criticism, and designs for porcelain, church and theatre interiors, and even Christmas cards! He was elected as an Academician in 1878.
[Ref: 41167] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Arthur Hill Hassall, M.D. F.L.S. Analyst of ''The Lancet'' Sanitary Commission and Author of Reports of that Commission, now published under the title of Food and Its Adulterations. Proof.
From Drawings by the Engraver and a Photograph by Mayall. Engraved by Sydney Marks.
Published at 85 Charlotte Str.t Fitzroy Squ. London [n.d., c.1855.]
Very rare proof mezzotint. 460 x 370mm (18 x 14½"). Some marking in unprinted areas.
Seated portrait of Arthur Hill Hassall (1817-94), physician, chemist and microscopist known for his work in water and food safety. His book 'Food and Its Adulterations', seen here on the desk next to his microscope, was published in 1855.
[Ref: 52814] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
From Drawings by the Engraver and a Photograph by Mayall. Engraved by Sydney Marks.
Published at 85 Charlotte Str.t Fitzroy Squ. London [n.d., c.1855.]
Very rare proof mezzotint. 460 x 370mm (18 x 14½"). Some marking in unprinted areas.
Seated portrait of Arthur Hill Hassall (1817-94), physician, chemist and microscopist known for his work in water and food safety. His book 'Food and Its Adulterations', seen here on the desk next to his microscope, was published in 1855.
[Ref: 52814] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
John Bull Turned Leveller.
[London: J.L. Marks, 1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 165 x 200mm. 6½ x 8". Trimmed to printed border and around title; one stain to sky.
Political satire; John Bull pushing a roller inscribed 'Reform' over wigged representatives of old corruption - he talks of 'Levelling the Land'. No.1 in the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17337] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: J.L. Marks, 1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 165 x 200mm. 6½ x 8". Trimmed to printed border and around title; one stain to sky.
Political satire; John Bull pushing a roller inscribed 'Reform' over wigged representatives of old corruption - he talks of 'Levelling the Land'. No.1 in the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17337] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Three Weeks after Marriage!! Illustration of Plays No 7.
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.
London, Published by J.L. Marks, 11 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate.
Coloured etching. 125 x 175mm (5 x 7") large margins. Laid on album paper.
A couple demonstate their disinterest in each other.
[Ref: 41801] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Small Beer and Porter!
London Published by J.L. Marks 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate [c.1820]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, paper watermarked 'John All'; sheet 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Contast between drinking habits of the rich and poor. Print published by (and probably engraved by) J. Lewis Marks (c.1796-1855). A tradecard describes Marks as 'Engraver & Printer in General' and promises 'Aquatinting Tastefully Executed'. In keeping with the subject of this print, Marks in later life was also landlord of the Portland Arms pub in Long Lane, London.
[Ref: 41476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by J.L. Marks 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate [c.1820]
Etching and aquatint with hand-colouring, paper watermarked 'John All'; sheet 170 x 170mm (6¾ x 6¾"). Trimmed.
Contast between drinking habits of the rich and poor. Print published by (and probably engraved by) J. Lewis Marks (c.1796-1855). A tradecard describes Marks as 'Engraver & Printer in General' and promises 'Aquatinting Tastefully Executed'. In keeping with the subject of this print, Marks in later life was also landlord of the Portland Arms pub in Long Lane, London.
[Ref: 41476] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Francis Pettit Smith Esq.r To whose talent & untiring energies the World at large is indebted for the first, practical introduction of the system of Screw Propulsion, Into the Naval & Merchant Services of all its greatest Matatime Nations. Proof.
Painted by William Boxall A.R.A. [...] Engraved by Sydney Marks
[c.1860]
Rare open-letter proof mezzotint. Platemark 460 x 365mm (18 x 14¼"), large margins on two sides.
Sir Francis Pettit Smith (1808-74), inventor of the screw propellor. An enthusiastic builder of model boats as a boy, by 1835 Smith had built a model propelled by a screw, powered by a spring, which he believed would be more efficient than the paddle wheel then universally used by steamships. The following year Smith took out a patent for screw propulsion, and applied his technology to progressively larger vessels. The Admiralty persuaded Smith to build a large ship, the 'Archimedes' (the name is inscribed on the propellor visible in this portrait), but eventually declined to purchase it, leading to the failure of Smith's company. Smith's friends rallied around him, however, and secured him a civil-list pension and the post of director of the Patent Office museum. Smith was knighted in 1871. Fine mezzotint after the portrait by William Boxall now in the Science Museum.
[Ref: 47674] £350.00
Painted by William Boxall A.R.A. [...] Engraved by Sydney Marks
[c.1860]
Rare open-letter proof mezzotint. Platemark 460 x 365mm (18 x 14¼"), large margins on two sides.
Sir Francis Pettit Smith (1808-74), inventor of the screw propellor. An enthusiastic builder of model boats as a boy, by 1835 Smith had built a model propelled by a screw, powered by a spring, which he believed would be more efficient than the paddle wheel then universally used by steamships. The following year Smith took out a patent for screw propulsion, and applied his technology to progressively larger vessels. The Admiralty persuaded Smith to build a large ship, the 'Archimedes' (the name is inscribed on the propellor visible in this portrait), but eventually declined to purchase it, leading to the failure of Smith's company. Smith's friends rallied around him, however, and secured him a civil-list pension and the post of director of the Patent Office museum. Smith was knighted in 1871. Fine mezzotint after the portrait by William Boxall now in the Science Museum.
[Ref: 47674] £350.00
Stuck in the Mud.
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 160 x 190mm. 6¼ x 7½". Trimmed to printed border and around title.
Social satire; a farmer enjoys a joke at the expense of a man from the city, who sinks into the mud clutching his umbrella. From the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17339] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[London: J.L. Marks, c.1833.]
Hand coloured woodcut and letterpress, sheet 160 x 190mm. 6¼ x 7½". Trimmed to printed border and around title.
Social satire; a farmer enjoys a joke at the expense of a man from the city, who sinks into the mud clutching his umbrella. From the series 'Marks's New Caricaturist' by J Lewis Marks (1814 - 1848; fl.).
[Ref: 17339] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[A pair of grotesque figures.]](jpegs/50465.jpg)
[A pair of grotesque figures.]
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Lewis Marks Del.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Pair of hand-coloured etchings. Sheet: 245 x 180mm (10 x 7''). Laid on album sheets, cockling.
A pair of grotesque portraits of a man and a woman with huge, ugly heads. Portraits like these, with unkind verses below, were often given as Valentines.
[Ref: 50465] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.](jpegs/64191.jpg)
[Nicholas Vansittart] The Minister of Vice, or the Great Go, Parent of all the little Goes.
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Marks fec.t
London Pubd. May 15th 1819 by S.W. Fores 50 Piccadilly.
Hand-coloured etching. Sheet 225 x 325mm (8¾ x 12¾"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on album paper at margins.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Nicolas Vansittart (1766-1851), Baron Bexley, stands between a quaker and a lottery contractor. The quaker questions him about the dichotomy of Vansittart’s religious views and his support for the lottery.
BM Satires 13236 with extensive description.
[Ref: 64191] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)