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![[Marco Antonio de Dominis] M. Ant. De Dominis Com. Pal.. Archiep. Spalat. Dalm. Et Croat. Primas.](jpegs/56278.jpg)
[Marco Antonio de Dominis] M. Ant. De Dominis Com. Pal.. Archiep. Spalat. Dalm. Et Croat. Primas.
[London: John Bill, n.d., 1617.]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
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 under 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. This is an early version of the portrait: a later version has John Bill's name on the plate, which was likely to be from the 1620 second volume of the ''De Republicâ Ecclesiasticâ''.
[Ref: 56278] £380.00
[London: John Bill, n.d., 1617.]
Rare engraving. Sheet: 275 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed within plate.
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 under 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. This is an early version of the portrait: a later version has John Bill's name on the plate, which was likely to be from the 1620 second volume of the ''De Republicâ Ecclesiasticâ''.
[Ref: 56278] £380.00
W.m Defesch.
A. Soldi pinxit. F. Morellon le Cave Sculpsit, 1751.
Engraving. Fine. Sheet: 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of Willem de Fesch (1687-1761), Dutch muscian and composer, shown holding sheet music and a quill. Willem de Fesch moved to England in the 1740s and played the violone in Handel's orchestra in 1746.
[Ref: 42135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A. Soldi pinxit. F. Morellon le Cave Sculpsit, 1751.
Engraving. Fine. Sheet: 195 x 240mm (7¾ x 9½"). Trimmed within plate and tipped into album sheet.
A half-length portrait of Willem de Fesch (1687-1761), Dutch muscian and composer, shown holding sheet music and a quill. Willem de Fesch moved to England in the 1740s and played the violone in Handel's orchestra in 1746.
[Ref: 42135] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Fontenelle.
Peint pas Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Colour-printed French mezzotint. Sheet: 310 x 230mm (12 x 9''). Trimmed.
A portrait of French writer Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) who contributed to the Age of Enlightenment in France.
[Ref: 48905] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peint pas Garnerey. Gravé par P.M. Alix.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Colour-printed French mezzotint. Sheet: 310 x 230mm (12 x 9''). Trimmed.
A portrait of French writer Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) who contributed to the Age of Enlightenment in France.
[Ref: 48905] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Nicol. Abraham Frambesarius Cons. & Med. Regius Milit. Gall. Archiater. Aetat 63. Pingitur hic pingit qui Frambesarius Orbem: Que sanod Homines tutatur, liberat agros: Que facit insuper illustres ratione, disertos Eloquio, nec-non et Moribus ornat honestis.
F. Hulsius: f.
Franciscus N. AB. Frambesarij F. [n.d. c.1598.]
Engraving. 152 x 102mm. 6 x 4". Trimmed.
Nicolas Abraham de Framboiserie (1577-1640), French physician. Portrait from: 'Bibliotheca Chalcographica, hoc est Virtute et eruditione clarorum Virorum Imagines' by Jean Jacques Boissard. The work with 100 portraits was first published under the title 'Icones virorum illustrium' in 1597-98.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. In the National Library of Medicine. Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 25247] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
F. Hulsius: f.
Franciscus N. AB. Frambesarij F. [n.d. c.1598.]
Engraving. 152 x 102mm. 6 x 4". Trimmed.
Nicolas Abraham de Framboiserie (1577-1640), French physician. Portrait from: 'Bibliotheca Chalcographica, hoc est Virtute et eruditione clarorum Virorum Imagines' by Jean Jacques Boissard. The work with 100 portraits was first published under the title 'Icones virorum illustrium' in 1597-98.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove. In the National Library of Medicine. Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 25247] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Jean François Galoup de la Pérouse.
Engrav'd by Jos.h. Baker.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4¼").
Portrait of Jean François de Galaup, Count of La Pérouse (1741 - disappeared in 1788), naval officer and a French explorer.
[Ref: 64398] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Engrav'd by Jos.h. Baker.
[n.d., c.1790.]
Engraving. 180 x 115mm (7 x 4¼").
Portrait of Jean François de Galaup, Count of La Pérouse (1741 - disappeared in 1788), naval officer and a French explorer.
[Ref: 64398] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
John Francis Galaup de la Pérouse, Commodore of the French Navy, born at Alby in 1741.
Heath sculp.
Published as the Act dircts, Nov.r. 1.st. 1798 by G.G & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row.
Engraving. Sheet: 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within in plate. Diagonal crease in top left corner. Surface dirt. Some staining along left edge.
Half-portrait in oval of Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de la Pérouse, (1741-c.1788), a French naval officer and explorer who disappeared along with his crew off the coast of the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse was appointed in 1785 to lead an exploration around the world, an exploration which would take him to America, Alaska, Asia and Australia. Frontispeice to 'Charts and Plates to La Perouse's Voyage' published in 1798 by G.G & J. Robinson.
[Ref: 35520] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Heath sculp.
Published as the Act dircts, Nov.r. 1.st. 1798 by G.G & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row.
Engraving. Sheet: 190 x 250mm (7½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within in plate. Diagonal crease in top left corner. Surface dirt. Some staining along left edge.
Half-portrait in oval of Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de la Pérouse, (1741-c.1788), a French naval officer and explorer who disappeared along with his crew off the coast of the Solomon Islands. La Pérouse was appointed in 1785 to lead an exploration around the world, an exploration which would take him to America, Alaska, Asia and Australia. Frontispeice to 'Charts and Plates to La Perouse's Voyage' published in 1798 by G.G & J. Robinson.
[Ref: 35520] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Don Vasco de Gama.
C Westermayr f
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 127 x 82mm (5 x 3¼").
Don Vasco de Gama (c.1460-1524), the Portuguese explorer and most successful in the Age of Discovery; he also commanded the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29561] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
C Westermayr f
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with large margins. Plate 127 x 82mm (5 x 3¼").
Don Vasco de Gama (c.1460-1524), the Portuguese explorer and most successful in the Age of Discovery; he also commanded the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India. This discovery was very significant and paved the way for the Portuguese to establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29561] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Le Général Ferdinand, Baron de Geramb, &c. &c. &c.
Huet Villiers pinx.t. N. Schiavonetti sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1810]
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
A half portrait of Ferdinand de Garamb (1772-1848) an aristocrat and soldier who aided the allies of Europe against Napoleon, he later became a Trappist Monk. The origins of de Garamb are unknown as historians have been unable to trace details of his birth.
[Ref: 35674] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Huet Villiers pinx.t. N. Schiavonetti sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1810]
Stipple, rare. Sheet: 170 x 230mm (6¾ x 9"). Trimmed within plate.
A half portrait of Ferdinand de Garamb (1772-1848) an aristocrat and soldier who aided the allies of Europe against Napoleon, he later became a Trappist Monk. The origins of de Garamb are unknown as historians have been unable to trace details of his birth.
[Ref: 35674] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Madame de Genlis.
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14.th 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple with very large margins and collector's mark. Plate 281 x 222mm (11 x 8¾"). Uncut.
Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830), known as Madame de Genlis, the French writer, harpist and educator. From Hayley's Life of Romney 1809.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 32.
[Ref: 29134] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Caroline Watson (engraver to Her Majesty) from the original Picture.
Published April 14.th 1809, by Thomas Payne, Pall Mall.
Stipple with very large margins and collector's mark. Plate 281 x 222mm (11 x 8¾"). Uncut.
Stéphanie Félicité du Crest de Saint-Aubin, Comtesse de Genlis (1746-1830), known as Madame de Genlis, the French writer, harpist and educator. From Hayley's Life of Romney 1809.
Ex Collection: Earl of Bute. Horne: 32.
[Ref: 29134] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Paule-Marguerite Françoise de Gondi] Paule de Gondy Fille de Pierre de Gondy Duc de Retz [...]](jpegs/66192.jpg)
[Paule-Marguerite Françoise de Gondi] Paule de Gondy Fille de Pierre de Gondy Duc de Retz [...]
A. Pezey Pinx. Cl. Duflos Sculp.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾").
An oval portrait of French noblewoman Paule-Marguerite Françoise de Gondi (1655-1716), Duchess of Retz, Lady of Machecoul, Marquise de Garnache, Countess of Joigny, Baroness de Mortagne and, by her marriage in 1675, with François Emmanuel de Blanchefort-Créquy, Duchess of Lesdiguières and Countess of Sault. Library in background.
[Ref: 66192] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A. Pezey Pinx. Cl. Duflos Sculp.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾").
An oval portrait of French noblewoman Paule-Marguerite Françoise de Gondi (1655-1716), Duchess of Retz, Lady of Machecoul, Marquise de Garnache, Countess of Joigny, Baroness de Mortagne and, by her marriage in 1675, with François Emmanuel de Blanchefort-Créquy, Duchess of Lesdiguières and Countess of Sault. Library in background.
[Ref: 66192] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Regnerus De Graaf. Delphis Medicinae Doctor.
[n.d. c.1780.]
A very rare copper engraving. 140 x 95mm. 5½ x 3¾". Trimmed to the plate and laid on separate sheet.
Regnier de Graaf (1641-1673) was a Dutch physician and anatomist who made key discoveries in reproductive biology. As a Catholic in a protestant country he was unable to follow a university career, so he studied medicine at Utrecht and Leiden, and went onto Angiers where he submitted his doctoral thesis on the pancreas. He then turned to the study of the male genitalia, which led to a publication in 1668. De Graaf's position in the history of reproduction is unique. He made many advances with his personal contributions including the description of testicular tubules, the efferent ducts, corpora lutea and the description of the function of the Fallopian tubes and hydrosalpinx. De Graaf's main discoveries include his research detailing the development of the ovarian follicles and how they contained the oocyte; and his description of the female ejaculation and his references to the erogenous zone in the vagina, which he himself linked with the male prostate.
W:1178 [3 or 4].
[Ref: 16762] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1780.]
A very rare copper engraving. 140 x 95mm. 5½ x 3¾". Trimmed to the plate and laid on separate sheet.
Regnier de Graaf (1641-1673) was a Dutch physician and anatomist who made key discoveries in reproductive biology. As a Catholic in a protestant country he was unable to follow a university career, so he studied medicine at Utrecht and Leiden, and went onto Angiers where he submitted his doctoral thesis on the pancreas. He then turned to the study of the male genitalia, which led to a publication in 1668. De Graaf's position in the history of reproduction is unique. He made many advances with his personal contributions including the description of testicular tubules, the efferent ducts, corpora lutea and the description of the function of the Fallopian tubes and hydrosalpinx. De Graaf's main discoveries include his research detailing the development of the ovarian follicles and how they contained the oocyte; and his description of the female ejaculation and his references to the erogenous zone in the vagina, which he himself linked with the male prostate.
W:1178 [3 or 4].
[Ref: 16762] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Thomas Philip de Grey.]](jpegs/29069.jpg)
[Thomas Philip de Grey.]
Painted by William Robinson. Engraved by Wm. Brett & S. Cousins.
[n.d. c.1828.]
Mezzotint with large margins, rare, early proof before title. Plate 502 x 351mm (19¾ x 13¾").
Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl of Grey (1781-1859), known as Lord Grantham. He was a Tory politician who in 1834 was appointed to the Privy Council, whilst still holding the office as first Lord of the Admiralty. He served as yeomanry aide-de-camp to William IV and a similar position under Queen Victoria. From 1841 to 1844 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Whitman: 72.
[Ref: 29069] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by William Robinson. Engraved by Wm. Brett & S. Cousins.
[n.d. c.1828.]
Mezzotint with large margins, rare, early proof before title. Plate 502 x 351mm (19¾ x 13¾").
Thomas Philip de Grey, 2nd Earl of Grey (1781-1859), known as Lord Grantham. He was a Tory politician who in 1834 was appointed to the Privy Council, whilst still holding the office as first Lord of the Admiralty. He served as yeomanry aide-de-camp to William IV and a similar position under Queen Victoria. From 1841 to 1844 he served as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Whitman: 72.
[Ref: 29069] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Teresa De Giuli Borsi.]](jpegs/23679.jpg)
[Teresa De Giuli Borsi.]
Ve. Hess [?]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 299 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxed.
Seated on a chair with her arms folded in her lap, wearing a wedding ring; she was married to Carlo Antonio Borsi. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23679] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ve. Hess [?]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 299 x 235mm. 11¾ x 9¼". Foxed.
Seated on a chair with her arms folded in her lap, wearing a wedding ring; she was married to Carlo Antonio Borsi. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23679] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
M.me de Giuli Borsi.
V. Hess.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10½ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
V. Hess.
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph with gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 268 x 202mm. 10½ x 8". Some foxing and staining, crease on right & top left.
Seated on a chair wearing arm-length gloves; she wears a bracelet and a cord around her neck that falls into her lap. Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23680] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Teresa De Giuli Borsi. Cantante di Camera di S.M.il Re di Sardegna e di S.A.J. e Re il Granduca di Toscana.
H=Mibenten. [?]
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on india, rare, gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 343 x 254mm. 13½ x 10". Foxed.
Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
H=Mibenten. [?]
[n.d. c.1855.]
Lithograph on india, rare, gold-leaf ribbed border, on album page. 343 x 254mm. 13½ x 10". Foxed.
Teresa De Giuli-Bórsi (1817-1877) an Italian soprano who studied in Milan. She was acclaimed throughout the major musical centres of Europe. She was one of the first sopranos to have been both a drammatico soprano and one conversant from the start with assoluta roles. The success and length of Giuli-Borsi's career (1839-1866) strongly suggest an enviable ease in all three registers of her voice.
[Ref: 23678] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Francois de Harlay de Chanvalon Conseilier du Roi en tous ces conseils, Archeveque de Paris commandeur des Ordres de sa Majesté, Duc et pair de France Proviseur de la Maison de Sorbonne, et Superieur de celle de Navarre president de dix assemblée g'nal du clerge de France, et nommé au Cadirnalat more le 6e.aoust 1695. agé de 70. ans;
Cl. Duflos Sculp. Le Febure pinxit.
[Watermarked:] 1812.
Engraving. Plate 210 x 138mm. 8¼ x 5½".
Francois de Harlay de Champvallon (1625-1695) was the fifth archbishop of Paris.
[Ref: 16179] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Cl. Duflos Sculp. Le Febure pinxit.
[Watermarked:] 1812.
Engraving. Plate 210 x 138mm. 8¼ x 5½".
Francois de Harlay de Champvallon (1625-1695) was the fifth archbishop of Paris.
[Ref: 16179] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus de Iode. A este tres bon engraveur, et desseigneur tres illustre: il a faict plusieurs chefs des oeuvres il a long temps demeure a Rome, et en l'an 1601. retournoit en Anvers, ville de sa naissance, aijant en pour maistre Henri Goltz, il mourut l'an 1634. le 9.d'auoust.
M. ferdinand pinxit. P de Iode Iunior Sculpsit.
Io. Meyssens excudit. [n.d. c.1650.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 116mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Pieter de Jode I (1570-1634) was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24505] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
M. ferdinand pinxit. P de Iode Iunior Sculpsit.
Io. Meyssens excudit. [n.d. c.1650.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 116mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Pieter de Jode I (1570-1634) was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24505] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus de Iode. Le ieusne, natif d'Anvers en lan 1606, le 22me de novembre: il et apris chez son pere, et il est devenu un graveur fort delicat, il at este avec son pere quelque temps a Paris, pour engraver quelques pieces pour Mons.r Bon enfant, et Sr. L'Imago on trouve plusieurs de ses estampes en lumiere il setient en Anvers.
Tho. Willeborts pinxit. Petr. de Iode Sculpsit.
Io. Meyssens excudit. [n.d. c.1650.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Pieter de Jode II (1606-1674), Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. He learned drawing and engraving from his father, Pieter de Jode I (1570-1634), whose engravings were a source for Karel van Mander. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24507] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Tho. Willeborts pinxit. Petr. de Iode Sculpsit.
Io. Meyssens excudit. [n.d. c.1650.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Pieter de Jode II (1606-1674), Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. He learned drawing and engraving from his father, Pieter de Jode I (1570-1634), whose engravings were a source for Karel van Mander. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24507] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Petrus De Iode. Le jeune, natif d'Anvers….il se tient en Anvers. '112' annotated in ink.
Tho. Willeborts pinxit. Petr. De Iode Sculpsit. Io. Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm.
Pieter de Jode the younger b. 1606, skillful engraver of portraits, religious scenes etc. after painters like Rubens and Van Dyck. From the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 4212] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Tho. Willeborts pinxit. Petr. De Iode Sculpsit. Io. Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm.
Pieter de Jode the younger b. 1606, skillful engraver of portraits, religious scenes etc. after painters like Rubens and Van Dyck. From the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 4212] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Louise Dutchesse of Portsmouth &c.
P.Lely Pinxit. R.Williams Fecit.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at ye 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street.
Mezzotint on 17th century watermarked paper. 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at sides.
Portrait of Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649 - 1734), French mistress of King Charles II of England. She was also made Duchesse d'Aubigny in the peerage of France.
CS 46. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65491] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
P.Lely Pinxit. R.Williams Fecit.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at ye 3 Pigeons in Bedford Street.
Mezzotint on 17th century watermarked paper. 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at sides.
Portrait of Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kéroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649 - 1734), French mistress of King Charles II of England. She was also made Duchesse d'Aubigny in the peerage of France.
CS 46. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65491] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Henri de Keyser. Architects de la ville d'Amstelerdam, il etoit un de mellieurs Sculpteurs d'Hollande, qu'on peult voire pero le tombeau du prince d'Oraigne, qu'il a faict a Delft, et le maison de la ville, le jour de sa naisance fut en l'an 1565, le 15 de may, dans la ville de Utrecht; et il mourut a Amstelredam lan 1651, le 15 de maij.
I. Meyssens fecit excudit.
[n.d.c.1655.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 114mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621) was a Duch sculptor and architect, and who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism in Amsterdam. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24499] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
I. Meyssens fecit excudit.
[n.d.c.1655.]
Engraving. Plate 165 x 114mm. 6½ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Hendrick de Keyser (1565-1621) was a Duch sculptor and architect, and who was instrumental in establishing a late Renaissance form of Mannerism in Amsterdam. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24499] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Henri De Keyser. Architecte de la ville d'Amsterdam….il mourut a Amsterdam l'an 1621. le 15 de maii. '102' annotated in ink.
I. Meyssens fecit excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. One prominent stain, outside plate.
Hendrick De Keyser [1565 - 1629], sculptor and architect. In 1594 he became Amsterdam's municipal sculptor and architect, his most celebrated building being Holland's first Protestant church, Zuiderkerk. In sculpture, de Keyser was particularly talented as a portraitist but is remembered for the tomb of William the Silent in Delft. From the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 4213] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
I. Meyssens fecit excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. One prominent stain, outside plate.
Hendrick De Keyser [1565 - 1629], sculptor and architect. In 1594 he became Amsterdam's municipal sculptor and architect, his most celebrated building being Holland's first Protestant church, Zuiderkerk. In sculpture, de Keyser was particularly talented as a portraitist but is remembered for the tomb of William the Silent in Delft. From the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 4213] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche V.P.R.S.]](jpegs/46957.jpg)
[Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche V.P.R.S.] [Director General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom. President of the Geological Society. To the Fellows of the Geological Society, this Engraving is respectfully inscribed by their obedient Humble Servant William Walker.]
[Painted by H.P. Bone in enamel from life. Engraved by W. Walker.]
[London: Jan.y 1.st 1848. W. Walker, Excudit, 64 Margaret St. Cavendish Square.]
Working proof mezzotint, before all letters. Private plate. Plate: 380 x 300mm (18 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A portrait of English geologist and palaeontologist Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796 - 1855), half-length standing in a mountain landscape directed to right, looking away to left, his right elbow resting on an pick-axe next to his hat. De La Beche helped pioneer early geological survey methods, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819,was knighted in 1848 and in 1852, was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 46957] £650.00
[Painted by H.P. Bone in enamel from life. Engraved by W. Walker.]
[London: Jan.y 1.st 1848. W. Walker, Excudit, 64 Margaret St. Cavendish Square.]
Working proof mezzotint, before all letters. Private plate. Plate: 380 x 300mm (18 x 11¾"), with very large margins.
A portrait of English geologist and palaeontologist Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche (1796 - 1855), half-length standing in a mountain landscape directed to right, looking away to left, his right elbow resting on an pick-axe next to his hat. De La Beche helped pioneer early geological survey methods, was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1819,was knighted in 1848 and in 1852, was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 46957] £650.00
Eigentliche Abbildung des Frankosisch-gewesenen Obristen De la Brosse.
[n.d., c.1677.]
Rare engraving, set in letterpress. Sheet: 285 x 175mm (11¼ x 7''). Trimmed.
A caricature portrait of Captain de la Brosse, a French soldier nicknamed 'L’incendiaire' (arsonist) for setting fire to Haguenau (then a German city) on 10th February 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). He is depicted with long hair, wearing a hat, lace cravat, sash and jacket, his face seemingly blackened. The letterpress mocks his appearance. De La Brosse was killed in a melée with Imperial troops soon after.
BM Bb,6.278.
[Ref: 49450] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1677.]
Rare engraving, set in letterpress. Sheet: 285 x 175mm (11¼ x 7''). Trimmed.
A caricature portrait of Captain de la Brosse, a French soldier nicknamed 'L’incendiaire' (arsonist) for setting fire to Haguenau (then a German city) on 10th February 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). He is depicted with long hair, wearing a hat, lace cravat, sash and jacket, his face seemingly blackened. The letterpress mocks his appearance. De La Brosse was killed in a melée with Imperial troops soon after.
BM Bb,6.278.
[Ref: 49450] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Eigentliche Abbildung des Frankosisch-gewesenen Obristen De la Brosse.
[n.d., c.1677.]
Rare engraving, pt 17th century watermark. Sheet 165 x 135mm (6½ x 5¼"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A caricature portrait of Captain De la Brosse, a French soldier nicknamed 'L’incendiaire' (arsonist) for setting fire to Haguenau (then a German city) on 10th February 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). De La Brosse was killed in a melée with Imperial troops soon after, his body stripped and left. In this satire, by Johann Chrisoph Sartorius, he is depicted with long hair, wearing a hat and lace cravat, sash and jacket, his face seemingly blackened. The letterpress mocks his appearance.
See also reference 49450.
[Ref: 62200] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1677.]
Rare engraving, pt 17th century watermark. Sheet 165 x 135mm (6½ x 5¼"). Trimmed to plate, mounted in album paper.
A caricature portrait of Captain De la Brosse, a French soldier nicknamed 'L’incendiaire' (arsonist) for setting fire to Haguenau (then a German city) on 10th February 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War (1672-78). De La Brosse was killed in a melée with Imperial troops soon after, his body stripped and left. In this satire, by Johann Chrisoph Sartorius, he is depicted with long hair, wearing a hat and lace cravat, sash and jacket, his face seemingly blackened. The letterpress mocks his appearance.
See also reference 49450.
[Ref: 62200] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jean de La Bruyère] LaBruiere](jpegs/22197.jpg)
[Jean de La Bruyère] LaBruiere ne en 1644, mort en 1696.
Bachelier del. JCF[rançois] fe. et ex. C.P.R.
[Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, printed area 260 x 190mm. 10¼ x 7½".
Portrait of Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696), French essayist and moralist. By Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
[Ref: 22197] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Bachelier del. JCF[rançois] fe. et ex. C.P.R.
[Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, printed area 260 x 190mm. 10¼ x 7½".
Portrait of Jean de La Bruyère (1645 - 1696), French essayist and moralist. By Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
[Ref: 22197] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
R. P. Franc. de La Chaise S. J. Regi a Confess. Le plus sage des Rois ecoute ses avis...
A. Trouvais sculpsit.
B. Picart ex: C.P.R. [n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins.
François de la Chaise (1624-1709), Jesuit priest and confessor of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 53053] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
A. Trouvais sculpsit.
B. Picart ex: C.P.R. [n.d., c.1690.]
Engraving. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼") very large margins.
François de la Chaise (1624-1709), Jesuit priest and confessor of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 53053] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Anselmus A. De Lamotraye Orbis Utriusque Peragrator.
J. Whead Pinxit. F.M. LaCave Sculp. London.
[n.d., c. 1740.] later
Rare engraving. Plate: 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins.
A portrait of French explorer Aubry de La Motraye (1674-1743) who was the author of 'Travels through Europe, Asia and Parts of Africa' (1723).
[Ref: 47363] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
J. Whead Pinxit. F.M. LaCave Sculp. London.
[n.d., c. 1740.] later
Rare engraving. Plate: 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins.
A portrait of French explorer Aubry de La Motraye (1674-1743) who was the author of 'Travels through Europe, Asia and Parts of Africa' (1723).
[Ref: 47363] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Royal Military College, near Bagshot. With the arrival of their Majesties on the 14th Sept.r 1835.
W.m De La Motte 1835. Drawn on Zinc by W.m Dela Motte R.M.C. Printed by Day & Haghe.
Published by William Dela Motte R.M. College, near Bagshot, Nov.r 1835.
Zincograph on india, laid on paper with publication line, scarce. Total 325 x 415mm (12¾ x 16¼").
The Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Surrey, during the visit of William IV and Queen Adelaide. William de la Motte (1775-1863) won the favour of George III, who helped him gain a place at the Royal Academy under Benjamin West. In 1803 he was appointed drawing master at the R.M.C.
[Ref: 31785] £360.00
W.m De La Motte 1835. Drawn on Zinc by W.m Dela Motte R.M.C. Printed by Day & Haghe.
Published by William Dela Motte R.M. College, near Bagshot, Nov.r 1835.
Zincograph on india, laid on paper with publication line, scarce. Total 325 x 415mm (12¾ x 16¼").
The Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Surrey, during the visit of William IV and Queen Adelaide. William de la Motte (1775-1863) won the favour of George III, who helped him gain a place at the Royal Academy under Benjamin West. In 1803 he was appointed drawing master at the R.M.C.
[Ref: 31785] £360.00
A French Spy taken Prisoner by English Girls.
[by Thomas Colley.]
[n.d., engraved c.1781 but printed later.]
Etching on thick wove paper. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed to plate at sides.
According to a mss. inscription on the BM's example, this is a satire on François Henri de la Motte, who was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered for gathering intelligence on the British fleet dispositions at Portsmouth and other British ports during the American Revolutionary War, in which France was aiding the Americans. In the end the court was merciful: he was hung for nearly an hour, had his heart cut out and burned, but he was spared the dismemberment.
BM 1988,0514.18.
[Ref: 51868] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[by Thomas Colley.]
[n.d., engraved c.1781 but printed later.]
Etching on thick wove paper. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Trimmed to plate at sides.
According to a mss. inscription on the BM's example, this is a satire on François Henri de la Motte, who was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered for gathering intelligence on the British fleet dispositions at Portsmouth and other British ports during the American Revolutionary War, in which France was aiding the Americans. In the end the court was merciful: he was hung for nearly an hour, had his heart cut out and burned, but he was spared the dismemberment.
BM 1988,0514.18.
[Ref: 51868] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ionnes De La Quintinye Regiorum Hortorum Culturae Praefectus. Hanc deorate Deoe, quot quot floretis in hortis, Floribus e vestris supraque infraque tabellam: Hic dedit arboribus florere, e edilibus herbis, Este mirata est tanto Pomona colono.
F. de la Mare Richart pinx acad. C. Vermeulen Sculp.
[Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.]
Rare engraving, sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626 –1688) French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, he created between 1678 and 1683 the Potager du roi ("King's vegetable garden") near the Palace of Versailles. Frontispiece to 'The Compleat Gard'ner: Or, Directions for Cultivating And Right Ordering Of Fruit-Gardens, And Kitchen-Gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry,' Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.
[Ref: 57074] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
F. de la Mare Richart pinx acad. C. Vermeulen Sculp.
[Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.]
Rare engraving, sheet 225 x 165mm (8¾ x 6½"). Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626 –1688) French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, he created between 1678 and 1683 the Potager du roi ("King's vegetable garden") near the Palace of Versailles. Frontispiece to 'The Compleat Gard'ner: Or, Directions for Cultivating And Right Ordering Of Fruit-Gardens, And Kitchen-Gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry,' Published by Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge, Spread Eagle Westminster hall, 1693.
[Ref: 57074] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Madame de la Valiere, Religieuse Carmelite. Elle donna son coeur autre fois à la Terre; Mais un éclat divin luy fit ouvrir les yeux, Et l'oblige a soudain de declarer la guerre Au Monde, & au Demon, po. meriter les Cieux.
Chez N. Bonnart, rue S.t Jaques a l'Aigle avec privil. I. BF. [n.d. c.1680-1700].
Etching with engraving. 270 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"), with wide margins.
Portrait of Louise de la Valliere (1644-1710) wearing the dress of a Carmelite nun. Louise was mistress to King Louis XIV at seventeen years old and had five children with him, two of whom survived infancy. She was religious throughout her life and joined the Carmelite convent after finally leaving the Royal court. She died as sister Louis of Mercy. Published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637-1718) of the Bonnart brothers renowned for their breadth of work on contemporary fashion and costume.
[Ref: 54862] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Chez N. Bonnart, rue S.t Jaques a l'Aigle avec privil. I. BF. [n.d. c.1680-1700].
Etching with engraving. 270 x 185mm (10¾ x 7¼"), with wide margins.
Portrait of Louise de la Valliere (1644-1710) wearing the dress of a Carmelite nun. Louise was mistress to King Louis XIV at seventeen years old and had five children with him, two of whom survived infancy. She was religious throughout her life and joined the Carmelite convent after finally leaving the Royal court. She died as sister Louis of Mercy. Published by Nicolas Bonnart (c.1637-1718) of the Bonnart brothers renowned for their breadth of work on contemporary fashion and costume.
[Ref: 54862] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Paul dAlbert de Luynes. Cardinal, Prêtre de la S,ite Eglise Romaines Archevêque de Sens, Primat des Gaules et de Germanie, P.er Aumonier de Madame la Dauphine.
Latinville pinxit. St. Fessard Sculp 1756.
A Paris chez Fessard graveur du Roi et de sa Bibliotheque ruë S.t Thomas du Louvre. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½"), large margins.
A portrait of Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes (1703-88), an amateur astronomer and a member of the Académie française. The painting, by François Adrien Grasognon Latinville, was one of 94 portraits of academicians begun in 1685. It is now in the collection of the 'Institut de France' at Versailles.
[Ref: 64314] £320.00
Latinville pinxit. St. Fessard Sculp 1756.
A Paris chez Fessard graveur du Roi et de sa Bibliotheque ruë S.t Thomas du Louvre. A.P.D.R.
Engraving, 18th century watermark. 360 x 245mm (14¼ x 9½"), large margins.
A portrait of Paul d'Albert, Cardinal de Luynes (1703-88), an amateur astronomer and a member of the Académie française. The painting, by François Adrien Grasognon Latinville, was one of 94 portraits of academicians begun in 1685. It is now in the collection of the 'Institut de France' at Versailles.
[Ref: 64314] £320.00
Theodorus Turquetus Mayernius, Eq. Aurat. Jacob.I.mi et Carol.I.mi. Magnae Britanniae Regum Archiater. Nat. A.D. 1572. Obiit A.D. 1654.
Ad Tabulam, in Pinacotheca Richardi Mead M.D. asservatam, a P.P. Rubens Eq. Aur: pictam, dekineavit et Sculpt. I.Simon.
[n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm. 14 x 10". Cut.
Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne (1572-1654) was a Swiss-born physician who treated kings of France and England and advanced theories of Paracelsus. Mayerne's estate included copious amount of medical manuscripts, including detailed notes about his patients, most of it in Latin and French. His patients ranged from John Donne to Oliver Cromwell. His influences included the first suggestion of socialized medicine in England and the standardisation of chemical cures.
CS: 102: state undescribed. Russell: 102: ii. Schneevoogt: 184.262.
[Ref: 15062] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ad Tabulam, in Pinacotheca Richardi Mead M.D. asservatam, a P.P. Rubens Eq. Aur: pictam, dekineavit et Sculpt. I.Simon.
[n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 254mm. 14 x 10". Cut.
Sir Theodore Turquet de Mayerne (1572-1654) was a Swiss-born physician who treated kings of France and England and advanced theories of Paracelsus. Mayerne's estate included copious amount of medical manuscripts, including detailed notes about his patients, most of it in Latin and French. His patients ranged from John Donne to Oliver Cromwell. His influences included the first suggestion of socialized medicine in England and the standardisation of chemical cures.
CS: 102: state undescribed. Russell: 102: ii. Schneevoogt: 184.262.
[Ref: 15062] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Don Ios. de Mendoza y Rios. Köngl. Span. Schifs, Capitain Mitglied der Köngle. Gesellsch. d.Wiss. zu London u. Corresp. d. Köngl. Acad. d. Wiss. zu Lisabon. Gebohr. zu Sevilla. 1763.
C. Westermayr sc.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with small margins. Plate 171 x 95mm (6¾ x 3¾"). Slight creasing and crinkling.
Jose de Mendoza y Rios (1763-1816) the Spanish astronomer and mathematician, famous for his work on navigation. He published his treatise about the science and technique of navigation in 1787 and later published several tables for facilitating the calculations of nautical astronomy and useful in navigation to calculate the latitude of a ship at sea from two altitudes of the sun, and the longitude from the distances of the moon from a celestial body. He developed the nautical instrument, the reflecting circle. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29750] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Westermayr sc.
[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]
Stipple with small margins. Plate 171 x 95mm (6¾ x 3¾"). Slight creasing and crinkling.
Jose de Mendoza y Rios (1763-1816) the Spanish astronomer and mathematician, famous for his work on navigation. He published his treatise about the science and technique of navigation in 1787 and later published several tables for facilitating the calculations of nautical astronomy and useful in navigation to calculate the latitude of a ship at sea from two altitudes of the sun, and the longitude from the distances of the moon from a celestial body. He developed the nautical instrument, the reflecting circle. The portrait was published in 'Allgemeine Geographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuch et al.
[Ref: 29750] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Montagne. ne en 1533, mort en 1592.
Jorai del. JCF[rançois] ex. C.P.R.
[Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, printed area 270 x 185mm. 10½ x 7¼".
Portrait of Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre, and popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. His massive volume Essais ("Attempts") contains, to this day, some of the most widely influential essays ever written. Montaigne had a direct influence on writers the world over, including René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Stefan Zweig, Eric Hoffer, Isaac Asimov, and perhaps even William Shakespeare. By Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
[Ref: 22204] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Jorai del. JCF[rançois] ex. C.P.R.
[Paris: Brunet, c.1760.]
Crayon manner printed in reddish-brown ink, printed area 270 x 185mm. 10½ x 7¼".
Portrait of Lord Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533 - 1592), one of the most influential writers of the French Renaissance, known for popularising the essay as a literary genre, and popularly thought of as the father of Modern Skepticism. His massive volume Essais ("Attempts") contains, to this day, some of the most widely influential essays ever written. Montaigne had a direct influence on writers the world over, including René Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friedrich Nietzsche, Stefan Zweig, Eric Hoffer, Isaac Asimov, and perhaps even William Shakespeare. By Jean Charles François (1717 - 1769), inventor the crayon manner technique of etching in 1757. For Alexandre Savérien's 'Histoire des Philosophes modernes', published in eight 4to volumes from 1760-1767. 79 plates (and eight frontispieces) were engraved for the book.
[Ref: 22204] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Philippus: de: Monte:
NLarmessin sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1682.]
Engraving. Plate 183 x 138mm. 7¼ x 5¼".
Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'. Philippe de Monte (1521-1603) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other composer of the time. Monte's professional career began at home in Mechelen as a singer, composer and teacher. He later moved to Naples, in the employ of Cardinal Orsini before moving to England briefly, working in Philip II's choir. In 1568 Monte was appointed as successor to Jacobus Vaet as Kapellmeister to the Chapel of Maximilian II. During his ten years at the Imperial Court in Vienna, Monte served as an active teacher. He spent the remainder of his years in Habsburg courts both in Vienna and Prague.
[Ref: 17106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
NLarmessin sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1682.]
Engraving. Plate 183 x 138mm. 7¼ x 5¼".
Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'. Philippe de Monte (1521-1603) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was a member of the 3rd generation madrigalists and wrote more madrigals than any other composer of the time. Monte's professional career began at home in Mechelen as a singer, composer and teacher. He later moved to Naples, in the employ of Cardinal Orsini before moving to England briefly, working in Philip II's choir. In 1568 Monte was appointed as successor to Jacobus Vaet as Kapellmeister to the Chapel of Maximilian II. During his ten years at the Imperial Court in Vienna, Monte served as an active teacher. He spent the remainder of his years in Habsburg courts both in Vienna and Prague.
[Ref: 17106] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Countess of Ossory.
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00
W: Wissing pinxit. I. Beckit fecit.
E. Cooper excudit. [n.d. c. 1680-7.]
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 10"). Small margins. Slightly time stained.
An almost full length portrait of Emilie de Nassau (c.1635-88), Countess of Ossory, seated by a tree petting a little dog with a castle in the distance. She moved to England after her marriage to Lord Thurles, who became the earl of Ossory in 1662. Emilie served as a lady in waiting to Catherine of Braganza soon after she arrived in England until the death of the queen's husband Charles II. She was renowned for her beauty and sat for her portrait by Wissing, who painted numerous portraits of British Royals.
CS 83 only state.
[Ref: 56238] £490.00
Marie de Neufville Veufve du Comte Doriat, et Maintenant Dame de Courselle Agée de 20ans en l'Année 1633.
Grignon fc.
Fine engraving, Collector's mark of Alfred Morrison. Plate: 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Marie de Neufille de Villeroy (1609-1688).
Lugt: 151.
[Ref: 49287] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Grignon fc.
Fine engraving, Collector's mark of Alfred Morrison. Plate: 295 x 225mm (11½ x 9''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Marie de Neufille de Villeroy (1609-1688).
Lugt: 151.
[Ref: 49287] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![Baron de Noé [autograph, pencil].](jpegs/21940.jpg)
Baron de Noé [autograph, pencil].
A. d'Orsay fecit 1842- [artist's signature.]
Pencil drawing on artist's paper, mounted to album leaf, with ink-ruled border. Sheet 280 x 205mm, 11 x 8". A little surface-soiled.
Portrait of Charles Amédée de Noé (1818, Paris - 1879), French caricaturist and lithographer known by his pseudonym "Cham". In 1843 he began to be published in newspapers like Le Charivari, whose staff he was on for thirty years. An original sketch by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 21940] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A. d'Orsay fecit 1842- [artist's signature.]
Pencil drawing on artist's paper, mounted to album leaf, with ink-ruled border. Sheet 280 x 205mm, 11 x 8". A little surface-soiled.
Portrait of Charles Amédée de Noé (1818, Paris - 1879), French caricaturist and lithographer known by his pseudonym "Cham". In 1843 he began to be published in newspapers like Le Charivari, whose staff he was on for thirty years. An original sketch by Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852), Paris-born artist and gentleman of fashion. His profile sketches of his contemporaries, to the number of 125, include among them nearly all the literary, artistic, and fashionable celebrities of that time.
Not in O'Donoghue.
[Ref: 21940] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Melchior S.R.E. Presbyter, tituli S.tæ Mariæ de Angelis ad terminos Cardinalis de Polignac, Archiepiscopus Auscitanus, Abbas e Comes Corbeiæ, Aquiscineti, Boniportus, Mausonii et Begarü, Regiorum Ordinum Commedator, Regüs apud Sanctam Sedem negotüs Præfectus, antea Ludivici Magni Legatus in Poloniam et Bataviam, Sacræ Rotæ Auditor et Regü Sacelli Magister.
Peint par Hyacinte Rigaud, Chevalier de l'Orde de St. Michel. Gravé par Francois Chereau, Graveur du Cabinet du Roi 1729.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13½"). Worm holes, unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, Archbishop of Auch (1661-1741), also diplomat and poet. He is shown wearing the Collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit, awarded to him in 1728. After his death Frederick the Great bought his acclaimed collection of marble statues, which he had collected through his archaeological work in Rome.
[Ref: 57237] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Peint par Hyacinte Rigaud, Chevalier de l'Orde de St. Michel. Gravé par Francois Chereau, Graveur du Cabinet du Roi 1729.
Engraving. Framed, visible area 470 x 340mm (18½ x 13½"). Worm holes, unexamined out of frame.
A portrait of Cardinal Melchior de Polignac, Archbishop of Auch (1661-1741), also diplomat and poet. He is shown wearing the Collar of the Order of the Holy Spirit, awarded to him in 1728. After his death Frederick the Great bought his acclaimed collection of marble statues, which he had collected through his archaeological work in Rome.
[Ref: 57237] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
D. De Rienzi. Soyez toujours mon guide. ò sainte vérité, Justice, Humanité, Patrie et Liberté!
[n.d. c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. 118 x 82mm.
French chronicler and scientist, Grégoire Louis Domeny de Rienzi (1789-1843). Author of: Océanie ou cinquième partie du monde. Revue géographie et ethnographie de la Malaise, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie; offrant les résultats des voyages et des découvertes de l'auteur et de ses devanciers, ainsi que ses nouvelles classifications et divisions de ces contrées.
[Ref: 12592] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1830.]
Rare lithograph. 118 x 82mm.
French chronicler and scientist, Grégoire Louis Domeny de Rienzi (1789-1843). Author of: Océanie ou cinquième partie du monde. Revue géographie et ethnographie de la Malaise, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie; offrant les résultats des voyages et des découvertes de l'auteur et de ses devanciers, ainsi que ses nouvelles classifications et divisions de ces contrées.
[Ref: 12592] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Michiel De Ruiter,]](jpegs/59353.jpg)
[Michiel De Ruiter,] [Hartog, Ridder, &c. L. Admiral General van Hollandt en West-vrieslandt.]
[Atrributed to Bernard Picart]
[Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals: Amsterdam 1687]
Proof engraving, sheet 255 x 165mm (10 x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet at edges.
Illustration to Gerard Brandt's "Het Leven en Bedrijf van den Heere Michiel De Ruiter..." Half-length portrait of Dutch Admiral Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter (1607-1676) ; standing with his left hand on his hip, in front of a drapery; wearing armour and a chain with pendant, holding a batton in his right hand; behind him stands a black boy servant holding a helmet; coat of arms at upper left, a view at sea with ships at the right. Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably being the Raid on the Medway.
See also references: 56266 & 28434.
[Ref: 59353] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Atrributed to Bernard Picart]
[Wolfgang, Waasberge, Boom, Van Someren & Goethals: Amsterdam 1687]
Proof engraving, sheet 255 x 165mm (10 x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet at edges.
Illustration to Gerard Brandt's "Het Leven en Bedrijf van den Heere Michiel De Ruiter..." Half-length portrait of Dutch Admiral Michiel Adriaensz de Ruyter (1607-1676) ; standing with his left hand on his hip, in front of a drapery; wearing armour and a chain with pendant, holding a batton in his right hand; behind him stands a black boy servant holding a helmet; coat of arms at upper left, a view at sea with ships at the right. Michiel Adriaenszoon de Ruyter is the most famous and one of the most skilled admirals in Dutch history. De Ruyter is most famous for his role in the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the 17th century. He fought the English and French and scored several major victories against them, the best known probably being the Raid on the Medway.
See also references: 56266 & 28434.
[Ref: 59353] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Corneille Danckerts de Ry. Fut ne a Amsterdam l'an 1516, mourut 1634, age de 73 ans, a este environ 40 ans maistre macon et Architecte de ceste tant renommee Ville, il vient en la place du feu son Pere du mesme nom, qui avoit en son pivant servi la Ville dans ceste mesme charge il a faict une grande nombre de grands et signales bastiments (parce que l'aggrandis sement de la Ville se fit en son temps, il a basti la novelle porte de Haerlem, les trois novelles Eglises, la Bourse de marchants, et innummerables ouvrages apartenants a l'ornement de ceste Ville, il trouva par grande experience linvencion de bastir desponts de pierre sans restaindre le cours de l'eau sur des grandes Rivieres comme il en fit la preuve lan 1632 par dessus la Rivere d'Amstel large de 200 pieds ayant 7.arcqs.
Pet. Danckert de Rey delin. Pet de Iode Sculpsit.
Io. Meyssens excudit. [n.d. c.1650.]
Engraving. Plate 171 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾". Glued to backing sheet.
Cornelis Danckerts de Ry (1561-1634) was a Dutch Golden Age architect and sculptor, here in the process of executing an architectual drawing. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24500] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Pet. Danckert de Rey delin. Pet de Iode Sculpsit.
Io. Meyssens excudit. [n.d. c.1650.]
Engraving. Plate 171 x 120mm. 6¾ x 4¾". Glued to backing sheet.
Cornelis Danckerts de Ry (1561-1634) was a Dutch Golden Age architect and sculptor, here in the process of executing an architectual drawing. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24500] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Pierre Danckerse de Ry. Natiss a Amsterdam l'an 1605. Peintre en pourtraict de Sa maj.te Vladislaus IV. de nom Roy de Polgne, et Swede, etc.
Petr. Danckerse de Ry pinxit:
Ioan Meyssens excud. [n.d. c.1662.]
Engraving. Plate 159 x 114mm. 6¼ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Pieter Dankerts de Ry (1605-1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24493] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Petr. Danckerse de Ry pinxit:
Ioan Meyssens excud. [n.d. c.1662.]
Engraving. Plate 159 x 114mm. 6¼ x 4½". Glued to backing sheet.
Pieter Dankerts de Ry (1605-1661) was a Dutch Golden Age painter. From Cornelis de Bie's "Het gulden cabinet vande edel vry schilder const".
[Ref: 24493] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Corneille Danckerts De Ry. Fut ne a Amsterdam l'an 1561….la Riviere d'Amstel large de 200 pieds ayant 7. arcqs. '99' annotated in ink.
Pet. Danckert de Rey delin. Pet. De Iode Sculpsit. Io. Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. Light foxing, outside plate.
Described as a master mason and architect in Amsterdam [1561 - 1634] who also did a lot of building in the port of Haarlem and constructed a dam in the river Amstel in 1632. From the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 4210] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Pet. Danckert de Rey delin. Pet. De Iode Sculpsit. Io. Meyssens excudit.
[n.d. c.1694].
Engraving. 160 x 110mm. Light foxing, outside plate.
Described as a master mason and architect in Amsterdam [1561 - 1634] who also did a lot of building in the port of Haarlem and constructed a dam in the river Amstel in 1632. From the 'True Effigies Of the most Eminent Painters, and other Famous Artists That have Flourished in Europe' published in 1694 in Antwerp.
[Ref: 4210] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Effigies Sancti Francisci de Sales Epi Genevensis.
Carolus Maratti Inv. et pinx. L. Visscher Sculpsit.
Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templii Pacis cu Priv S. Pont. [n.d., c.1675.]
Engraving. Sheet: 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½''). Trimmed and stained.
A portrait of Swiss saint St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), shown at prayer and surrounded by angels. After Carlo Maratti and engraved by Lambert Visscher.
[Ref: 49751] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Carolus Maratti Inv. et pinx. L. Visscher Sculpsit.
Io. Iacobus de Rubeis formis Romae ad Templii Pacis cu Priv S. Pont. [n.d., c.1675.]
Engraving. Sheet: 405 x 290mm (16 x 11½''). Trimmed and stained.
A portrait of Swiss saint St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622), shown at prayer and surrounded by angels. After Carlo Maratti and engraved by Lambert Visscher.
[Ref: 49751] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Messire Geogre de Scudery Gouverneur du Fort de Nostre Dame de la Garde et Capitaine Entretenu.
Robertus Nantueil ad Vivum faciebat.
[n.d., c.1656.]
Engraving. Plate: 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8''), with large margins. Foxing.
A portrait of George de Sudéry (1601-1667) a novelist and playwright who started his career as an officer in the army and then started to write. He became the governor of the fortress of Notre Dame de la Garde in 1643 and then entered the Académie Française in 1650.
Petitjean & Wickert 1925 206.I.
[Ref: 49260] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Robertus Nantueil ad Vivum faciebat.
[n.d., c.1656.]
Engraving. Plate: 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8''), with large margins. Foxing.
A portrait of George de Sudéry (1601-1667) a novelist and playwright who started his career as an officer in the army and then started to write. He became the governor of the fortress of Notre Dame de la Garde in 1643 and then entered the Académie Française in 1650.
Petitjean & Wickert 1925 206.I.
[Ref: 49260] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Lope de Vega. Plate 4th.
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Stipple, 170 x 105mm. 6¾ x 4¼". Slight crease at bottom.
Portrait of Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635), Spanish playwright and poet. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Cervantes.
[Ref: 27082] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[British, n.d., c.1790s.]
Stipple, 170 x 105mm. 6¾ x 4¼". Slight crease at bottom.
Portrait of Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio (1562-1635), Spanish playwright and poet. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Cervantes.
[Ref: 27082] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sir Thomas De Veil Knight, One of his Majesties Justies of the Peace for the Counties of Middx, Essex, Surrry, & Hertfordshire: the City & Liberty of Westm,r - the Tower of London & the Liberties thereof.
De la Cour pinxit ad vivum. T. Ryley fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t June ye 1. 1747. Sold by De la Cour Katherine Street in ye Strand.
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Thread margins, creasing, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of Thomas De Veil (1684-1746), Bow Street's first magistrate, whose implementation of the Gin Act of 1736 led to his appearence in William Hogarth's 'Night', one of the 'Four Times of Day' set.
CS 7, only state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66428] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
De la Cour pinxit ad vivum. T. Ryley fecit.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t June ye 1. 1747. Sold by De la Cour Katherine Street in ye Strand.
Mezzotint. 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Thread margins, creasing, laid on album paper at corners.
A half-length portrait in oval of Thomas De Veil (1684-1746), Bow Street's first magistrate, whose implementation of the Gin Act of 1736 led to his appearence in William Hogarth's 'Night', one of the 'Four Times of Day' set.
CS 7, only state. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66428] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)