Grosvenor Prints

Jefferson Davis.
Metzmacher del et sc.
1862.
Engraving. Plate 286 x 216mm. 11¼ x 8½".
Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as President for its entire history. He also fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment and as the United States Secretary of War under Democratic President Franklin Pierce.
[Ref: 23284] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Jefferson Davis.
Metzmacher del et in. 1862.
Engraving. 290 x 215mm. Some damage.
Jefferson Davis (1808-89), President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to the end of the Cicil War in 1865.
[Ref: 7573] £125.00 (£150.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Davis.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS10. Blackett-Ord T26 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65013] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Davis.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint, 17th century watermark. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Paper toned. Repaired tear on left.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS10. Blackett-Ord T26 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65036] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs. Mary Davis. Of great Saughall near Chester, 1668; when she was 28 an excrescence grew upon her head like to a Wen, which continued 30 years and then grew into two horns.
From an Original Painting in the British Museum.
Published as the Act directs Sep.r 10, 1792, by J.Caulfield, London.& I.Herbert.
Engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), large magins on 3 sides. Trimmed into plate on right side. Stained.
Portrait of Mary Davis, in profile to left. She is wearing a dark cloak with a plain white napkin over her shoulders, tied under her chin, and a horn-like excrescence growing on the side of her head.
[Ref: 67012] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Madame Davis.
P.Lely pinxit. R.Tompson excudit.
[n.d., c.1675.]
Mezzotint. 335 x 247mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and laid on separate sheet repaired tear right side.
Mary 'Moll' Davis, playing a guitar. An actress and mistress of Charles II, her child Mary Tudor (1673-1726) married the second Earl of Derwentwater.
CS: 11: ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17006] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Secretary Davison [in ink under image].
[n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 127 x 94mm. 5 x 3¾". Cut and inset into album page.
William Davison (c.1541-1608), Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I, and chiefly remembered for his part in the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots.
[Ref: 27253] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Humphrey Davy Bar.t President of the Royal Society &c &c &c. Proof.
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds
Pub.d by T. Phillips March 1822.
Rare proof mezzotint. 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"), with large margins.
Sir Humphry Davy, Bt (1778-1829), inventor best known for his miner's safety lamp of 1815. He was Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820.
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; W 69 ii of ii; Wellcome: 772-15.
[Ref: 64749] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Sir Humphry Davy, Bar.t. President of the Royal Society of London]
[Engraved by bWilliam Henry Worthington after James Lonsdale.]
[London: Rudoph Ackermann, Agnew & Zanetti, 1827.
Engraving on india, proof before title. 450 x 320mm (17¾ x 12½") small margins.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), Cornish chemist and inventor best known for the Davy lamp for miners. Here he is shown in his role as President of the Royal Society, with the ceremonial mace.
NPG D34825.
[Ref: 51178] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Humphrey Davy (Chimiste), associé etranger de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris et Président de la Société royale de Londre. Ne à Penzance Comté de Cornwall en 1775.
Dessiné d’après le Portrait original peint par T. Phillips, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple with small margins. Plate 196 x 127mm (7¾ x 5").
Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829), English chemist and inventor. He is remembered mainly for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as his contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. In 1815 he invented the Davy lamp, which allowed miners to work safely in the presence of flammable gases.
W.772 - not in.
[Ref: 29590] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Your M.t humble servt. H.Davy Pres: RS. [facsimile signature]
Engraved on Steel by W.T. Fry, after the Original Picture by T. Phillips, Esq.r R.A.
Published July 1825 by T.Boys, 7, Ludgate Hill.
Stipple engraving. Sheet 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Trimmed.
Sir Humphry Davy, Bt (1778-1829), inventor best known for his miner's safety lamp of 1815. He was Presidency of the Royal Society in 1820.
W: 772.
[Ref: 59696] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Humphrey Davy Bar.t President of the Royal Society &c &c &c
Painted by T. Phillips Esq.r R.A. Engraved by S.W. Reynolds
Pub.d by T. Phillips March 1822
Mezzotint with large margins, proof; platemark 230 x 165mm (9 x 6½"). Rare.
Sir Humphry Davy (1778-1829), chemist and inventor. He is remembered mainly for his discoveries of several alkali and alkaline earth metals, as well as his contributions to the discoveries of the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine. In 1815 he invented the Davy lamp, which allowed miners to work safely in the presence of flammable gases. Davy's reputation was soon eclipsed by that of his one-time assistant Michael Faraday, but Davy was one of the first professional men of science, with a high position and great fame in his own day. Engraved after the portrait by Thomas Phillips (1770-1845), whose over 700 portraits record the leading personalities of his time
Ex: Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd; W 68; Wellcome: 772-15.
[Ref: 34954] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Capt. Wm. Davy.
[Richard James Lane, after Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey]
with Mr. Chantreys comp. 24 Sept 1821.
Lithograph. 222 x 173mm. Some creasing to the right-hand side of the sheet outside the image.
William Davy, (floruit 1821-1826), Captain.
Not in Parker. In the NPG.
[Ref: 12567] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Capt. Wm Davy. with Mr. Chantry's comp, 24 Sept. 1821 [facsimile mss.]
[R. J. Lane.]
[c.1826.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, india 220 x 160mm. 8¾ x 6¼". Some spotting and creasing, mostly outside india.
William Davy (fl.1821 - 1826), Captain. After Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781 - 1841), sculptor. Lithography by Richard James Lane (1800 - 1872).
NPG: D21942.
[Ref: 13186] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

John Dawes Esq.r Highbury Ob 31 Jan 1788 Aet. 64.
Painted by G. Romney. Engraved by R. Slann.
[n.d. c.1788.]
Engraving with collector's mark A. Anderson Weston. 366 x 260mm (14½ x 10¼"). Cut, rare.
John Dawes (1724-1768) was a wealthy stockbroker who acquired the site of Jack Straw's Castle, Highbury.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 25. Lugt 65.
[Ref: 29126] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Miss Salethea Dawkens.
J. Toer pinx. P. Stee fecit.
[n.d. c.1778]
Framed mezzotint, sheet 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Frame 505 x 390mm (20 x 15½"). Trimmed to plate. Unexamined outside of frame.
Miss Salethea (Salathea) Dawkens, leaning over a low wall, wearing a hat and ribbon around her neck and looking at viewer. According to 'Musgrave's Obituary' (The Publications of the Harleian Society, Vol LXV, 1900) Dawkens was a courtesan. The artist, engraver and sitter are unknown.
CS: 1. Le Blanc 388; Russell II of II.
[Ref: 62574] £360.00

Dawlish.
From Nature & on Stone by W. Spreat, Jun.r.
Printed by C. Risdon, Exeter. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph, printed area 215 x 300mm (8½ x 11¾").
A view in Dawlish on the south coast of Devon, showing an early train. During the eighteenth century, Dawlish grew from a small fishing port to become a well-known seaside resort. William Spreat was an accomplished local topographer of Devon scenery (see also his 'The Churches of Devon' and set of views of the 'The Church of St Mary, Ottery'.
[Ref: 40674] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Gores Library, on the Beach, Dawlish.
H. Haseler Delt. D. Havell Sculpt.
Published by J. Wallis, Marine Library, Sidmouth [1819].
Hand coloured aquatint, 125 x 190mm. 5 x 7½". Lacking margin to right and left.
A rather charming prospect of Dawlish on the south coast of Devon, from the sea. During the eighteenth century, Dawlish grew from a small fishing port to become a well-known seaside resort. Note the bathing machines to far left. From 'Scenery of the Southern Coast of Devon, or Picturesque Views (from Drawings by Mr. Haseler) at or near the fashionable Watering Places...' (30 plates).
Abbey, Scenery 116, 15.
[Ref: 20494] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Bridge and Canal, at Dawlish.
H. Haseler Delt. D. Havell, Sculpt.
Published by J. Wallis, Marine Library, Sidmouth [1819].
Hand coloured aquatint, 125 x 190mm. 5 x 7½". A fine impression.
A view in Dawlish on the south coast of Devon. During the eighteenth century, Dawlish grew from a small fishing port to become a well-known seaside resort. From 'Scenery of the Southern Coast of Devon, or Picturesque Views (from Drawings by Mr. Haseler) at or near the fashionable Watering Places...' (30 plates).
Abbey, Scenery 116, 16.
[Ref: 20495] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Views In and Near Dawlish, Devon.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Geo. Rowe.
Published by John Wallis, Royal Marine Library, Sidmouth. Printed by Engelmann, Graf, Coindet & Co.
Hand coloured lithograph, four captioned views on one sheet. Sheet 250 x 370mm. 9¾ x 14½". Allover paper discolouration
Attractive views in Dawlish on the south coast of Devon. During the eighteenth century, it grew from a small fishing port to become a well-known seaside resort. Very rare.
Abbey: undescribed.
[Ref: 13137] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Dawn Island a Tale by Harriet Martineau. Page 18. Written by the National Anti Corn Law Bazaar May. 1845. Dawn Island.
Draw & Etch'd by J. Stephenson.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Uncut before binding. Proof. In pencil at bottom Engraved by Jo Barlow for Stephenson.
Frontispiece and title page to Dawn Island by Harriet Martineau. It is a tale that depicts the confrontations between a native island tribe and white British traders. Martineau (1802-76), writer and journalist, undertook an American tour in 1834-6 and her works include 'Society in America' (1837). 'By inheritance a political radical and dedicated dissenter', in George Eliot's estimation she was 'the only English woman that possesses thoroughly the art of writing'.
DNB
[Ref: 29645] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Dawn on the Broads.]
K.M. Clayton.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 195 x 300mm, 7¾ x 12".
Wild ducks in flight, by 'Miss' K.M. Clayton.
See Ref: 11892
[Ref: 11894] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Dawson's Diorama N.o 8. The British Queen, a first rate Steam Ship, which on holding up to the light changes to her Majesty Queen Victoria, attired in her Robes of State.
London Published by T. Dawson, 39, Bedford S.t Covent Garden [n.d., c.1840].
Scarce lithograph with hand colour, 145 x 185mm (50¾ x 7¼"), prepared as a transparency, mounted on card with title underneath.
A view of a paddle steamer transforms to a portrait of Queen Victoria when held up to the light.
[Ref: 64465] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Dawson's Diorama N.o 8. Windsor Gateway, with a view of the Castle, changing to her Majesty Queen Victoria & her Royal Consort Albert, of Saxe Sobourg & Gotha, on Horseback.
London Published by T. Dawson, 39, Bedford S.t Covent Garden [n.d., c.1840].
Scarce lithograph with hand colour, prepared as a transformation print, mounted on card with title underneath. Card 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Tissue over rear torn, album paper pasted on one edge.
A view of Windsor Castle changes when the card is held up to the light, with Victoria and Albert appearing on horseback.
[Ref: 58959] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Lady Ann Dawson. 6th Daughter to Thomas Fermor Earl of Pomfret Aged 21, 1754.
J. Reynolds pinx.t. J. M.cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [n.d., c.1754.]
Mezzotint, 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"). Creasing, tears in small margins.
Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69), wife of Thomas Dawson, afterwards Viscount Cremorne. She is portrayed as Diana, with a crescent moon diadem, spear and hunting dog. The painting was executed the year of their marriage.
CS 52, state ii of ii, published state. Goodwin 35. Hamilton p95 II. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68424] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Lady Ann Dawson. 6th Daughter to Thomas Fermor Earl of Pomfret Aged 21, 1754.]
J. Reynolds pin.t. J. McArdell fecit.
[Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden] [n.d., c.1754.]
Mezzotint, scratched letter proof before title, 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11").On 18th century watermarked paper. Small margins.
Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69), wife of Thomas Dawson, afterwards Viscount Cremorne. She is portrayed as Diana, with a crescent moon diadem, spear and hunting dog. The painting was executed the year of their marriage.
CS 52, state i of ii, published state. Goodwin 35. Hamilton p95 I. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 68425] £380.00

Lady Ann Dawson. 6th Daughter to Thomas Fermor Earl of Pomfret Aged 21, 1754.
J. Reynolds pinxt. J. M.cArdell fecit.
Sold at the Golden Head in Covent Garden [c.1754.]
Fine mezzotint. 385 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with very large margins.
Lady Anne Dawson (1733-69), wife of Thomas Dawson, afterwards Viscount Cremorne. She is portrayed as Diana, with a crescent moon diadem, spear and hunting dog. The painting was executed the year of their marriage.
CS 52, state ii of ii, published state.
[Ref: 46339] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Day Before Marriage.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 165 x 255mm, (6½ x 10"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet with title separate.
A young maiden seated in her boudoir holding up a necklace. A harp and music score dominate the table space. A small spaniel is seated below on a cushioned stool.
[Ref: 39964] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Liefe Is Deathe and Death is Liefe Ætatis Suæ XXXX. 1563.
Imprinted at London, by Iohn Day, dwellyng ouer Aldergate beneath Saint Martins. Cum gratia & Privilegio Regiæ Maiestatis per Septennium. These Bookes are to be solde at hys shop under the gate. 1653.
Rare woodcut. Sheet: 240 x 140mm (9½ x 5½''). Creasing, marking and tipped into album sheet. Damage and hole in plate in top, left corner.
A portrait of John Day, frontispiece to John Foxe's 'Acts and Monuments' (Book of Martyrs) published by Day in 1563.
[Ref: 50524] £380.00

Thomas Day Esq.r
Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Picture by Wright of Derby.
London, Richard Bentley, 1844.
Stipple engraving, sheet 225 x 145mm (9 x 5½"). Slight foxing; trimmed inside platemark on three sides.
Thomas Day (1748-89), author and political campaigner. Day was part of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, and his research included adopting two girls from foundling hospitals and trying to educate (in accordance with Rousseau's ideas) one of them into becoming a suitable wife. The project was unsuccessful, but one of the women, Sabrina Sidney, later married Day's friend John Bicknell. With Bicknell, Day wrote the best-selling narrative poem 'The Dying Negro', which told the story of a runaway slave. Day supported American independence and his poem 'The Devoted Legions' (1776) was a scathing indictment of the British government's actions. Day also made an astonishing reputation as a writer of instructive children's fiction such as 'The History of Little Jack' (1787). Day and his wife Esther resided at Anningsley in Surrey from 1783, which they ran primarily as a philanthropic concern. With the welfare of its workers the principal concern, the Days laboured to 'create a new Jerusalem', a quixotic project typical of this 'holder and practitioner of strange ideas...a strange bundle of contradictions' (DNB). Engraved after a portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby (National Portrait Gallery), which had itself been commissioned by Day's friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and was intended to portray Day as a 'man of feeling'.
Not in O'D; for earlier state see ref. 35300.
[Ref: 35297] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Day Esq.r
Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Picture by Wright of Derby.
London, Richard Bentley, 1844.
Stipple engraving, sheet 225 x 145mm (9 x 5½"). Slight foxing; trimmed inside platemark on three sides.
Thomas Day (1748-89), author and political campaigner. Day was part of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, and his research included adopting two girls from foundling hospitals and trying to educate (in accordance with Rousseau's ideas) one of them into becoming a suitable wife. The project was unsuccessful, but one of the women, Sabrina Sidney, later married Day's friend John Bicknell. With Bicknell, Day wrote the best-selling narrative poem 'The Dying Negro', which told the story of a runaway slave. Day supported American independence and his poem 'The Devoted Legions' (1776) was a scathing indictment of the British government's actions. Day also made an astonishing reputation as a writer of instructive children's fiction such as 'The History of Little Jack' (1787). Day and his wife Esther resided at Anningsley in Surrey from 1783, which they ran primarily as a philanthropic concern. With the welfare of its workers the principal concern, the Days laboured to 'create a new Jerusalem', a quixotic project typical of this 'holder and practitioner of strange ideas...a strange bundle of contradictions' (DNB). Engraved after a portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby (National Portrait Gallery), which had itself been commissioned by Day's friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and was intended to portray Day as a 'man of feeling'.
Not in O'D; for earlier state see ref. 35300.
[Ref: 35298] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Day Esq.r
Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Picture by Wright of Derby.
London, Richard Bentley, 1844.
Stipple engraving, sheet 225 x 145mm (9 x 5½"). Slight foxing; trimmed inside platemark on three sides.
Thomas Day (1748-89), author and political campaigner. Day was part of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, and his research included adopting two girls from foundling hospitals and trying to educate (in accordance with Rousseau's ideas) one of them into becoming a suitable wife. The project was unsuccessful, but one of the women, Sabrina Sidney, later married Day's friend John Bicknell. With Bicknell, Day wrote the best-selling narrative poem 'The Dying Negro', which told the story of a runaway slave. Day supported American independence and his poem 'The Devoted Legions' (1776) was a scathing indictment of the British government's actions. Day also made an astonishing reputation as a writer of instructive children's fiction such as 'The History of Little Jack' (1787). Day and his wife Esther resided at Anningsley in Surrey from 1783, which they ran primarily as a philanthropic concern. With the welfare of its workers the principal concern, the Days laboured to 'create a new Jerusalem', a quixotic project typical of this 'holder and practitioner of strange ideas...a strange bundle of contradictions' (DNB). Engraved after a portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby (National Portrait Gallery), which had itself been commissioned by Day's friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and was intended to portray Day as a 'man of feeling'.
Not in O'D; for earlier state see ref. 35300.
[Ref: 35299] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Day Esq.r
Engraved by Henry Meyer from a Picture by Wright of Derby
Published March 30th 1820 by R. Hunter No 12 St Paul's Church Yard London
Stipple engraving, sheet 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5"). Slight foxing.
Thomas Day (1748-89), author and political campaigner. Day was part of the Lunar Society of Birmingham, and his research included adopting two girls from foundling hospitals and trying to educate (in accordance with Rousseau's ideas) one of them into becoming a suitable wife. The project was unsuccessful, but one of the women, Sabrina Sidney, later married Day's friend John Bicknell. With Bicknell, Day wrote the best-selling narrative poem 'The Dying Negro', which told the story of a runaway slave. Day supported American independence and his poem 'The Devoted Legions' (1776) was a scathing indictment of the British government's actions. Day also made an astonishing reputation as a writer of instructive children's fiction such as 'The History of Little Jack' (1787). Day and his wife Esther resided at Anningsley in Surrey from 1783, which they ran primarily as a philanthropic concern. With the welfare of its workers the principal concern, the Days laboured to 'create a new Jerusalem', a quixotic project typical of this 'holder and practitioner of strange ideas...a strange bundle of contradictions' (DNB). Engraved after a portrait by Joseph Wright of Derby (National Portrait Gallery), which had itself been commissioned by Day's friend Richard Lovell Edgeworth and was intended to portray Day as a 'man of feeling'.
Not in O'D
[Ref: 35300] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[Days of Mourning.]
[Painted by Edwin Long, R.A. Engraved by G. Sidney Hunt.] Signed in pencil.
London June 1st. 1892. Published by Fairless & Beeforth. 128, New Bond Street, W. Copyright Registered.
A mixed-method engraving. Signed artist's proof. 673 x 458mm. 26½ x 18". Uncut. Mint.
Edwin Long (1829-1891) was born in Bath, had an early and precocious talent for drawing, studied at the RA Schools from 1849, and also was a student under John Phillip, who encouraged him to travel. in 1874 he visited Egypt and Syria, and this was the start of his career as an Orientalist painter. He developed a rich, exotic style, strong in detail and often on canvases of large size, allowing him to show long processions, enormous palaces or sweeps of mountains on an epic scale. His best years were in the 1870s-80s, when he was a popular, successful artist specialising in biblical stories and life in ancient Egypt. He became ARA in 1876 and RA in 1881. Fairless and Beeforth commissioned the trilogy of paintings taken from Judges xi, 30-40, where Jepthah's Vow is recorded. This picture with The Martyr and the Return [see ref:14087 & 14094] make the trilogy.
[Ref: 14085] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[India] Alfonso de Albuquerque, A.D.1509. Governor of India.
[n.d., c.1792. Published by C.Forster.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 90mm (4¼ x 3½"). Trimmed and backed into album paper.
Portrait of Afonso de Albuquerque, 1st Duke of Goa (c. 145 - 1515), Portuguese general, admiral, statesman and conquistador. He served as viceroy of Portuguese India from 1509 to 1515, during which he expanded Portuguese influence across the Indian Ocean and built a reputation as a fierce and skilled military commander.
[Ref: 66975] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

M. de Balzac.
Julien del. Lith de Delarue.
Supplement au Voleur No.18. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph, sheet 240 x 155mm. 9½ x 6". Stains to left extremity.
Honoré de Balzac (1799 - 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels, short stories and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the fall of Napoléon Bonaparte in 1815. Due to his keen observation of detail and unfiltered representation of society, Balzac is regarded as one of the founders of realism in European literature. For a French periodical.
[Ref: 15801] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Iean Louis Guez, Seigneur De Balzac.
G. Vallet sculp. 1665.
[Paris, G. Vallet.]
Engraving, sheet 290 x 190mm. 11½ x 7½". Trimmed to plate and tipped into album page.
Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1594 - 1654), man of letters and critic, one of the original members of the Académie Française; he had a great influence on the development of Classical French prose. Six lines of tribute to plinth below oval portrait. Engraved by Guillaume Vallet (c.1634 - 1704).
[Ref: 13374] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Jos de Beauchamp. Astronomer.
Eng.d by Mackenzie from an Original Picture. [after François Marie Rosset]
[Published by A. Tilloch Carey Street June 1.st 1802]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 130mm (8¾ x 5"). Trimmed within publication line. Glued to backing sheet.
Head and shoulders portrait of Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp, wearing a headscarf and fur trimmed coat. Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp (1752-1801) was a French diplomat, clergyman and astronomer.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 57162] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Eugêne Napoléon Vice Roi D'Italie. Dedié et Présenté à Sa Majesté Josephine Impératrice des Française et Reine d'Italie. Par son trés humble et Respectueux Sujet L.C. Ruotte.
D'après le Buste de Chinard qui appartient à S.M. Dessiné par Grégorius, L.C. Ruotte Sculp.
Déposé à la Bibliothèque Imp.le. Se vend à Paris chez Potrelle Editeur, M. d'Estampes, rue St. Honoré, No.142. [n.d. c.1806.]
Stipple. 432 x 342mm (17 x 13½"). Scratched across image top right.
Eugène de Beauharnais (1781-1824), son of the Empress Josephine and her first husband, who was executed during the revolutionary Reign of Terror. Napoleon adopted him on his marriage to Josephine, and was obviously very fond of him. Eugène was given command of the Army of Italy and was viceroy of Italy. From a series of plates representing members of the French Imperial family and European Kings, engraved by Ruotte or Bourgeois de la Richardière and published by Potrelle, 1805-1810.
Ex Collection: William Fitzwilliam Burton [1796-1844], of Burton hall, Carlow; Eire, landowner. In the British Museum.
[Ref: 21102] £360.00

[Richard Benyon De Beauvoir.]
Painted by S. Lane Esq.r. Engraved by H. Dawe.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Private plate mezzotint, proof before title. 380 x 280mm (15 x 11), with very large margins.
Richard Benyon De Beauvoir (1769-1854), MP and High Sheriff of Berkshire. The richest commoner in Berkshire, he contributed £5,000 for the foundation of the Royal Berkshire Hospital in 1839, with a ward being named after him.
[Ref: 55226] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Sig.r de Begnis.
[n.d. C.1825.]
Lithograph. 216 x 127mm (8½ x 5"). Trimmed.
Giuseppe De Begnis (1793-1849), the Italian bass opera singer. In 1816 he married the noted prima-donna and famous beauty, Signorina Giuseppina Ronzi. They sang throughout Italy with great success. In 1819 they appeared in Paris and then in London in 1821 at the King's Theatre. They continued to appear in opera together until their separation in 1825. Begnis then remained at the King's Theatre until 1827, but also served as an opera manager in Bath (1823-24) and later in Dublin (1834-37) before settling in New York.
[Ref: 34569] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Sigr: Giuseppe De Begnis of the Italian Opera London.
Engrav'd by C. Knight 1822 from a Miniature Painted by Titus G. Perlotti.
[British, c.1822.]
Scarce stipple, sheet 260 x 200mm. 10¼ x 8". Sheet trimmed.
Portrait of Giuseppe De Begnis (1793 - 1849), bass opera singer. In 1816 he married the noted prima-donna and famous beauty, Signorina Giuseppina Ronzi. They sang throughout Italy with great success, and in 1819 made their first appearance at the Italian opera in Paris, remaining three seasons. In 1821 they came to London, Begnis debuting there as Don Geronio opposite his wife's Fiorilla in Rossini's 'Il Turco in Italia' at the King's Theatre on May 19, 1821. They continued to appear in opera together until their separation in 1825. Begnis remained at the King's Theatre until 1827, but also served as an opera manager in Bath (1823-24) and later in Dublin (1834-37) before settling in New York.
[Ref: 19542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Pierre de Besse Docteur en Theologie. Aetat 50. 1618. Si le burin eust peu, en gravant ce visage Representer au vray l'Ame de ses escrits; Tout le Monde diroit admirant cet ouvrage Heureux le Limosin qui à de tels esprits.
L. Gaultier incidit.
[n.d. c.1620.]
Engraving, with small margins. Plate 152 x 102mm. 6 x 4".
Pierre de Besse (1567-1639) was a Theologian and predicator.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25344] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

La Mort. [Charles-Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duke de Berry.]
Lith. de Langlume r. de l'Abbaye. N.4.
[n.d., c.1821.]
Lithograph, sheet 230 x 280mm. 9 x 11". Sheet trimmed.
Charles-Ferdinand de Bourbon, Duke de Berry (1778-1820) was on his death bed, his face covered and a crucifix to his chest; surrounded by grieving officers, and a woman and child in another room through a doorway in the background. The Duke de Berry was murdered by the Louis Pierre Louvel (c.1783-1820). It was 13th February 1820 as he left the opera house in Paris that Louvel stabbed and mortally wounded him. Louvel was tried and sentenced to death and guillotined a day later on 7 June 1820. Charles-Ferdinand was to be the future king of France, and his death hastened the downfall and replacement of the Decazes government and the polarisation with new liberal and royalist groups.
See Ref: 16813
[Ref: 16650] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Cornelius de Bruyn Pictor.
Godfres Kneller Eques Pinxit. G. Valck sculp.
Sold by C. Dicey & Co, in Aldermary Church Yard. [n.d., c.1740
Engraving with large margins, 154. Plate 274 x 179mm. 10¾ x 7". Tear in margin.
Cornelis de Bruijn (1652-c.1727) was a Dutch artist and traveller in the Levant and Russia. Following two large tours he published illustrated books of his observations of the people, buildings, plants and animals. The output of publisher, Cluer Dicey (c.1713 - 1775) consisted mostly of re-issued plates, in this case a Dutch plate from about 1690. He is most famous as the last publisher of John Speed's county maps in 1770, over one-and-a-half centuries after their first issue!
See ref 17356 for a proof impression.
[Ref: 35803] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Cornelius de Bruyn Pictor.
Godfr: Kneller Eques Pinxit. G. Valck sculp.
[n.d. c.1698.]
Engraving. 275 x 180mm (10¾ x 7"), very large margins.
Cornelis de Bruijn (1652-c.1727) was a Dutch artist and traveller in the Levant and Russia. Following two large tours he published illustrated books of his observations of the people, buildings, plants and animals.
See ref 17356 for a proof impression.
[Ref: 48922] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Le B.on Leopold de Buch (Géologiste,) Membre de l’Académie des Science de Berlin et Correspondant de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris, Né dans les Etats prussiens.
Dessiné d’après Nature à Paris en 1823 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 215 x 145
Christian Leopold von Buch (1774-1853) the German geologist and paleontologist. He is remembered as one of the most important contributors to geology in the first half of the 19th century. He was particularly interested in volcanism, fossils and stratigraphy. His main accomplishment was his scientific definition of the jurassic system.
[Ref: 29591] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Alex.dre H.y G.l de Cassini. (Botaniste). Membre de l’Académie Royale des Sciences. Né à Paris le 9 Mai 1781.
Dessiné d’après Nature en 1827, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 215 x 152mm (8½ x 6").
Alexander Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781-1832) the French botanist and naturalist who specialised in the sunflower family. He named many flowering plants and new genera in the sunflower family, many of them from North America.
W: 553.
[Ref: 29592] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d Mr. David de Crasto.
Wm. Hinckes Del.t et Sculp.t 1790.
London Publish'd Nov.r 2nd 1790, by W.m Hincks No.7 Charing Cross.
Rare stipple engraving. 215 x 155mm (8½ x 6"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of Reverend Mr. David de Crasto.
[Ref: 65268] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

M. Ant. De Dominis Com. Pal.. Archiep. Spalat. Dalm. Et Croat. Primas.
Joannes Bill excud. [London, n.d., c.1620.]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 280 x 185mm (11 x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper.
Marco Antonio de Dominis (1560-1624), former Archbishop of Split and Primate of Dalmatia and all Croatia, frontispiece to his ''De Republicâ Ecclesiasticâ contra Primatum Papæ''. Perhaps engraved by Renold Elstracke. Having sided with Venice in a row with the Papacy, he resigned his position and travelled to England to avoid the Inquisition. There he wrote ''De Republicâ Ecclesiasticâ'', anti-Roman sermons, two volumes of which were published in London by John Bill with royal patronage, the first in 1617 and a second in 1620; a third was published in Hanau in 1622. In 1623 he recanted and returned to Rome, but soon he erred and was declared a relapsed heretic and was confined to the Castel Sant'Angelo where he died 1624. With Bill's name on the plate, this is likely to be from the 1620 second volume of the ''De Republicâ Ecclesiasticâ''.
[Ref: 56277] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

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