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Déliverance de la Corse, le 29 Vendémaire An 5.
Dessiné par Carle Vernet. Terminé par Niquet et Pillement.
[n.d., c.1806.]
Engraving with handcolour. Plate: 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½"). Spotting in sky.
A military scene showing the reconquering of Corsica by the French on 19th October 1796. Following the execution of Louis XVI Pasquale Paoli, leader of Corsica, requested protection from Britain. Seeing the chance to have a naval base in the Mediterranean, a British naval fleet, under the command of Admiral Samuel Hood, set sail in 1794. However, with Spain joining the French in 1795, Britain started to reduce the number of soldiers on the island and by October all troops had been removed leaving the island unguarded and open to French attack. From Carle Vernet's 'Tableaux Historiques des Campagnes D'Italie...' 1806.
[Ref: 41493] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Carle Vernet. Terminé par Niquet et Pillement.
[n.d., c.1806.]
Engraving with handcolour. Plate: 390 x 295mm (15¼ x 11½"). Spotting in sky.
A military scene showing the reconquering of Corsica by the French on 19th October 1796. Following the execution of Louis XVI Pasquale Paoli, leader of Corsica, requested protection from Britain. Seeing the chance to have a naval base in the Mediterranean, a British naval fleet, under the command of Admiral Samuel Hood, set sail in 1794. However, with Spain joining the French in 1795, Britain started to reduce the number of soldiers on the island and by October all troops had been removed leaving the island unguarded and open to French attack. From Carle Vernet's 'Tableaux Historiques des Campagnes D'Italie...' 1806.
[Ref: 41493] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Assemblée des Notables, Tenue a Versailles, Le Fevrier 1787. Cette Assemblée fut composée...
Dessiné par Veny, et Giradet. Gravé apr Cl. Niquet.
[Auber. 1804.]
Engraving. Sheet: 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed withi plate, some foxing.
An interior scene showing the last Assembly of Notables in 1787. The Assembly was a meeting of high-ranking nobles and ecclesiastics convened by the King of France in extraordinary circumstances to discuss matters of state. This meeting was the last Assembly before the Revolution and met to discuss many issues including taxation and reform in order to find a solution to France's dire financial state.
[Ref: 42144] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Veny, et Giradet. Gravé apr Cl. Niquet.
[Auber. 1804.]
Engraving. Sheet: 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Trimmed withi plate, some foxing.
An interior scene showing the last Assembly of Notables in 1787. The Assembly was a meeting of high-ranking nobles and ecclesiastics convened by the King of France in extraordinary circumstances to discuss matters of state. This meeting was the last Assembly before the Revolution and met to discuss many issues including taxation and reform in order to find a solution to France's dire financial state.
[Ref: 42144] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Kiakta
Dessiné par M.r le Ch.r de L'espinasse. Dirigé par Née, Gravé par Niquet.
[Paris, 1783.]
Rare engraving. 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A view of the Russian city Kyakhta, on the border of Siberia and Mongolia. It was built in 1727 as a trading post regulating the trade between Russia and the Qing Empire of China. It was published in Le Clerc's 'Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne'
[Ref: 37072] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par M.r le Ch.r de L'espinasse. Dirigé par Née, Gravé par Niquet.
[Paris, 1783.]
Rare engraving. 240 x 270mm (9½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
A view of the Russian city Kyakhta, on the border of Siberia and Mongolia. It was built in 1727 as a trading post regulating the trade between Russia and the Qing Empire of China. It was published in Le Clerc's 'Histoire physique, morale, civile et politique de la Russie Ancienne'
[Ref: 37072] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)