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Rt. Hon.ble Sr. Joseph Banks K.B. European Magazine.
Engraved by Ridley.
Pub by J Sewell Cornhill Oct 1 1802 [but later].
Stipple. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½").
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), the English botanist, naturalist and patron of the natural sciences. Banks took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768-1771). He was the leading founder of the African Association, the British organization dedicated to the exploration of Africa, and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy.
[Ref: 58704] £80.00
(£96.00 incl.VAT)
Elizabeth. Cooke's Pocket Edition of Hume.
Engraved by W. Ridley from a Drawing taken from a Picture in the collection of the late Dr Meade.
Printed for C. Cooke 17 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1790.]
Stipple, printed in colours. 150 x 100mm (6 x 4") very large margins. Sur-title weakly inked. Collector's blind-stamp in unprinted area.
[Ref: 51803] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Cupid, Flora, Ceres, and Esculapius, Honouring the Bust of Linnaeus.
Russell R.A. and Opie R.A. pinx.t. Ridley sculp.t.
London, Published by Dr. Thornton, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, May 1.1799.
Stipple engraving. 485 x 330mm (19 x 13"). Trimmed to plate top and right. Repair in centre right.
Carl Linnaeus (1707-78), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. W: 1778-29. Ex Collection of Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 58262] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sir William Parsons Knt. European Magazine.
Engraved by Ridley & Blood from an Original Drawing by Francis Wilkins Jun.r.
Published by J. Asperne at the Bible, Crown & Constitution, Cornhill, 1st September 1808.
Stipple. 140 x 100mm (5½ x 4"), with large margins.
Sir William Parsons (c.1745-1817), Master of the King's Musick under George III, 1786-1817, and the first musician to be honoured with a knighthood, although more for his connections with the Royal Family than his compositions.
[Ref: 43404] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Tipu Sultan] Tippoo Sultaun. European Magazine.
Engraved by W. Ridley.
Pub. by J. Sewell 32, Cornhill July 1. 1800.
Stipple. 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"), with very large margins. Stitch holes in right margin.
Tipu (1749-99), last sultan of Mysore (1782-99).
[Ref: 59519] £120.00
(£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Tipu Sultan] Tippoo Sultaun. European Magazine.
Engraved by W. Ridley.
Pub. by J. Sewell 32, Cornhill July 1. 1800.
Stipple. 160 x 115mm (6¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate, slight soiling.
Tipu (1749-99), last sultan of Mysore (1782-99).
[Ref: 66139] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Ralph Walker.
Eckstien del. Ridley, sculp.t.
Pub by Ja.s Asperne 32, Cornhill Dec.r 1, 1803.
Stipple. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") large margins. Edges spotted.
Ralph Walker (1749-1824), Scottish civil engineer. He was appointed resident engineer of the West India Docks in August 1799; engineer to the East India Docks Company (working with John Rennie) in 1803; engineer for the Surrey Commercial Docks Company in 1807; and engineer to the East London Waterworks Company, 1807-24.
[Ref: 43395] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
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