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A view of the bay of St. Julian when Mount Wood bears W.S.W. ½ S. and the Port or rivers mouth S.W. distant ten miles.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
George Anson's fleet anchored in Puerto San Julián in Argentina, while they refitted one of their ships, Tryal, and reprovisioned themsleves with salt prior to their attempt to round Cape Horn. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43991] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
George Anson's fleet anchored in Puerto San Julián in Argentina, while they refitted one of their ships, Tryal, and reprovisioned themsleves with salt prior to their attempt to round Cape Horn. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43991] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peter Collinson. F R S. S A S. ACAD. Reg. Berol: et Suec. Soc: Æta: LXXV.
J. Miller [Johann Sebastian Müller] Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1770.]
Engraving. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of Peter Collinson (1694-1768), a Quaker cloth merchant with a pasion for gardening, importing seeds from North America. A fellow of the Royal Society, he was the patron of the artist and natural historian Mark Catesby and corresponded with Hans Sloane, Carl Linnaeus and Benjamin Franklin; it was through Collinson that the Royal Society learned about Franklin's experiments with electricity. This was the frontispiece to Fothergill's 'Some Account of the late Peter Collinson' 1770.
Wellcome 649-1.
[Ref: 57307] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Miller [Johann Sebastian Müller] Sculp.t.
[n.d., 1770.]
Engraving. 215 x 160mm (8½ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper.
Half-length portrait in oval of Peter Collinson (1694-1768), a Quaker cloth merchant with a pasion for gardening, importing seeds from North America. A fellow of the Royal Society, he was the patron of the artist and natural historian Mark Catesby and corresponded with Hans Sloane, Carl Linnaeus and Benjamin Franklin; it was through Collinson that the Royal Society learned about Franklin's experiments with electricity. This was the frontispiece to Fothergill's 'Some Account of the late Peter Collinson' 1770.
Wellcome 649-1.
[Ref: 57307] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius Edwards R.S.S. AEtat Suae 60 AD 1754 Nat. Mar. 23. April 3.
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Stamps of Southampton public library verso.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best knpwn for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1; for a plate from Edwards' work see ref 33511.
[Ref: 44059] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 285 x 225mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Stamps of Southampton public library verso.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best knpwn for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1; for a plate from Edwards' work see ref 33511.
[Ref: 44059] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Georgius Edwards R.S.S. Ætat Suae 60 AD 1754 Nat. Mar. 23. April 3.
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best known for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1.
[Ref: 62079] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dandridg Pinx. J.S. Miller Sculp.
[London: George Edwards, 1758.]
Engraving. Sheet 250 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
George Edwards (1694-1773), ornithologist and artist, best known for his four volume 'A Natural History of Uncommon Birds'. The frontispiece to 'Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c...'.
W890-1.
[Ref: 62079] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
To the Right Honourable John Earl of Rothes, &.ca these plate exhibiting the Funeral Solemnities observed at the Interment of his Grace John Duke of Rothes Lord High Chancelor of Scotland 23 of August 1681, are respectfully inscribed by his Lordship's most obedient & Devoted humble servant, Thomas Summers.
[Etched by Johann Sebastian Muller.]
[Privately printed for Thomas Summers, 1769.]
Four etched plates. Each c.. 490 x 600mm (19¼ x 23½") very large margins. Damaged, some staining. Tatty.
A panorama of the state funeral procession of John Leslie (c.1630-1681), first (and last) Duke of Rothes. An elaborate affair, it stretched over seventeen miles, with regiments of ceremonial guards, soldiers, banners, trumpets, heralds and coaches. The cost ruined the family finances forever.
[Ref: 49513] £650.00 view all images for this item
[Etched by Johann Sebastian Muller.]
[Privately printed for Thomas Summers, 1769.]
Four etched plates. Each c.. 490 x 600mm (19¼ x 23½") very large margins. Damaged, some staining. Tatty.
A panorama of the state funeral procession of John Leslie (c.1630-1681), first (and last) Duke of Rothes. An elaborate affair, it stretched over seventeen miles, with regiments of ceremonial guards, soldiers, banners, trumpets, heralds and coaches. The cost ruined the family finances forever.
[Ref: 49513] £650.00 view all images for this item
The Islands of Lema.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 230 x 520mm (9 x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
A profile of the Lema islands of the Mariana Islands, described by Anson as 'rocky and barren'. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43996] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 230 x 520mm (9 x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
A profile of the Lema islands of the Mariana Islands, described by Anson as 'rocky and barren'. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43996] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A view of the N. W. side of Saypan one of the Ladrones of Marian Islands.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 230 x 520mm (9 x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
A profile of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, now a U.S. commonwealth. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43995] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 230 x 520mm (9 x 20½"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
A profile of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, now a U.S. commonwealth. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43995] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Nero depositing the Ashes of Britannicus.
Le Sauer Pinx.t J. Boydell excud.t 1765 J. S. Muller Sculpsit.
London, 1765.
Copper engraving, proof before title, 18th century watermark. 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"), with widee margins.
The intrigues of Agrippa to displace Nero and to elevate Britannicus, the son of Claudius, led to Nero’s first domestic tragedy—the poisoning of Britannicus. The painting hangs at Windsor Castle with the title Caligula depositing the ashes of his mother and brother in the tomb of his ancestors. "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title .Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 53955] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Le Sauer Pinx.t J. Boydell excud.t 1765 J. S. Muller Sculpsit.
London, 1765.
Copper engraving, proof before title, 18th century watermark. 510 x 385mm (20 x 15¼"), with widee margins.
The intrigues of Agrippa to displace Nero and to elevate Britannicus, the son of Claudius, led to Nero’s first domestic tragedy—the poisoning of Britannicus. The painting hangs at Windsor Castle with the title Caligula depositing the ashes of his mother and brother in the tomb of his ancestors. "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title .Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints.
[Ref: 53955] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
The west prospect of Staten Island.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 230 x 460mm (9 x 18"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
George Anson's fleet approaching Staten Island, east of Tierra del Fuego, en route to Cape Horn. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43992] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 230 x 460mm (9 x 18"). Folded as issued, backed on paper.
George Anson's fleet approaching Staten Island, east of Tierra del Fuego, en route to Cape Horn. George Anson's circumnavigation, 1740-44, was one of the last great buccaneering voyages, an official expedition to the South Seas to harass the Spanish bases but, more importantly, plunder their shipping. A main target was one of the richly-laden Manila galleons that crossed between Acapulco in Mexico and Manilla the Philippines. A stroke of luck presented them with one laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43992] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The burning of the Town of Payta on the Coast of Santa Fee in the South Sea.
J.S. Müller sculp.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, repaired tear on left, backed on paper.
George Anson burning the Spanish city of Paita in Peru in 1742, during his buccaneering voyage around the world 1740-44. This attack was only a minor success, with booty valued at £30,000. Later a stroke of luck presented them with a Spanish treasure galleon laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43990] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J.S. Müller sculp.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, repaired tear on left, backed on paper.
George Anson burning the Spanish city of Paita in Peru in 1742, during his buccaneering voyage around the world 1740-44. This attack was only a minor success, with booty valued at £30,000. Later a stroke of luck presented them with a Spanish treasure galleon laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43990] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[George Bridges Rodney.] Britons behold the Man.](jpegs/51273.jpg)
[George Bridges Rodney.] Britons behold the Man.
J. Miller del, et sculp.
Published according to Act, June 24, 1783, Dorset Court, near Parliament Street.
Scarce stipple, printed in sanguine. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾") very large margins.
A medallion portrait of Admiral George Brydges Rodney (c.1718-92), held on a plinth by figures of Time and Fame. An open book lists the commanders he beat, including Spaniard Juan de Lángara (Cape St Vincent); Dutchman Count Byland (Sint Eustatius, Dutch Antilles); and Frenchman François Joseph Paul de Grasse (Battle of the Saintes in April 1782)
[Ref: 51273] £320.00
J. Miller del, et sculp.
Published according to Act, June 24, 1783, Dorset Court, near Parliament Street.
Scarce stipple, printed in sanguine. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾") very large margins.
A medallion portrait of Admiral George Brydges Rodney (c.1718-92), held on a plinth by figures of Time and Fame. An open book lists the commanders he beat, including Spaniard Juan de Lángara (Cape St Vincent); Dutchman Count Byland (Sint Eustatius, Dutch Antilles); and Frenchman François Joseph Paul de Grasse (Battle of the Saintes in April 1782)
[Ref: 51273] £320.00
![[Ruins of Rome.]](jpegs/44048.jpg)
[Ruins of Rome.] The Temple of Hercules. Sibylls Temple. The Arches of an Antient Rome Aqueduct. Temple of Fortuna Viritis. The Antique Vase at the Villa Borgese.
Gio: Paolo Pannini Pinx.t. J.S. Muller Sc.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st Feb.ry 1753. London Printed for T. Bowles, John Bowles & Son, Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street.
Etching. Sheet 340 x 475mm (13¼ x 18¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears to edges.
A caprice composite of ruins from the Roman age set in a landscape. The aqueduct resembles the Pont du Gard in southern France.
See BM 1949,1008.192 for example with additional publisher Henry Overton.
[Ref: 44048] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gio: Paolo Pannini Pinx.t. J.S. Muller Sc.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament 1st Feb.ry 1753. London Printed for T. Bowles, John Bowles & Son, Rob.t Sayer in Fleet Street.
Etching. Sheet 340 x 475mm (13¼ x 18¾"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears to edges.
A caprice composite of ruins from the Roman age set in a landscape. The aqueduct resembles the Pont du Gard in southern France.
See BM 1949,1008.192 for example with additional publisher Henry Overton.
[Ref: 44048] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)