Grosvenor Prints

[The Thames from the Embankment to Blackfriars]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1925]
Etching. 285 x 365mm.
b.1882. Scotland. Official Artist with the 51st Highlanders 1914-1918.
[Ref: 2437] £330.00

Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794. Containing the various Circumstances of the Embassy, with accounts of Customs and Manners of th Chinese; and a Description of the Country, Towns, Cities, &c. &c.
by Æneas Anderson. Then in the Service of his Excellency Earl Macartney, K.B. Ambassador from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China.
London: Printed for J. Debrett, Opposite Burlington-House, Picadilly. 1795.
Rare book. 4to, original, full calf gilt, marbled endpapers; pp.xxiv + 278 + (26)(appendix, glossary and advert). Fine. Slightly scuffed at corners.
A detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney starting from 5pm Tuesday 25th September when the ship sets sail until 1794. The text includes a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 37515] £1,150.00

Morland's Emblematical Palette. Engraved from the original painted for the Society founded by him, called Knights of the Palette, & attached to the ceiling of their Assembly Room, under which each Candidate drank his wine to the Founder's health, & became a member. "Spite of detraction, long envied Name. "Shall grace the annels of Immortal fame." "Vide Collins's Life of G.Morland".
London Published Jan 1 1806 by J.Linnell, Streatham Street, Bloomsbury. Engraved by S.W.Reynolds.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. 348 x 397mm. Trimmed to plate.
A painter's palette, with a tobacco box, two pipes and a wine glass.
Whitman: 410. Rx: collection of the the Honorable Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 6806] £690.00

M.r Emblin's Academy [in image].
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce aquatint with etching. Sheet 320 x 460mm (12½ x 18"). Trimmed into image, laid on paper. Taped into mount.
A view of a school in the High Road, Leytonstone, with pupils flying kites and playing hoops. The building became known as the Royal Lodge because of an unsubstantiated tale that Charles II stayed there.
[Ref: 67056] £360.00

[A kitten playing with a ball of string.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare embossed card with watercolour and bodycolour, sheet 115 x 155mm. 4½ x 6". Vivid colour.
Specially designed for scrap album.
[Ref: 11929] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[A peacock standing on a fence.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Rare embossed card with watercolour and bodycolour, sheet 190 x 150mm. 7½ x 6". Vivid colour.
The impressed verso reveals the impressive level of detail in the bird's feathers and foliage beneath, from an intricately worked metal die. Specially designed for scrap album.
[Ref: 11927] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[A peacock standing on a fence.]
Dobbs. [Embossed in image.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Handcoloured embossed card. Sheet: 150 x 170mm (6 x 6¾").
A vibrantly coloured peacock stands upon a gate. Item specifically designed for scrap albums.
[Ref: 39853] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Pheasant]
Dobbs. [Embossed image.]
[n.d., c.1820s.]
Handcoloured embossed card. Sheet: 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½").
A vibrantly coloured pheasant standing on a tree trunk facing right. An embossed item specifically designed for scrap albums.
[Ref: 39854] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Der Seidensticker.
[Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel. 1699.]
Engraving. Plate: 85 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼"). Slight staining.
A scene in an embroiderer's workshop in which a man leans over a large stretched canvas, a younger figure watched from behind. An illustration from 'Etwas für Alle...' by Abraham à Santa Clara (1644-1709).
[Ref: 38899] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Nottinghamshire.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Lithograph with added colour. 171 x 133mm. 6¾ x 5¼".
Nottinghamshire: a young lady sat at an embroidery easel sewing; a girl watches.
[Ref: 24182] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria Leaving Devonport in the "Emerald" Yacht, Towed by the "Messenger" Steamer, 6th August 1833.
P. Gauci lith.
Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph with hand-colouring, sheet 125 x 165mm (5 x 6½"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet with original title pasted on verso of sheet. In mount with embossed title.
The young princess Victoria leaving Devonport in the 'Emerald' yacht, as seen from Barnpool. The excursion was nearly a tragic one: when the yacht failed to stop in the Hamoaze stretch of the River Tamar (which flows past Devonport Dockyard) it was carried under a hulk, damaging the mainmast which fell onto the deck, only narrowly missing the princess. Lithograph by Paul Gauci, whose originally watercolour is in the Royal Collection as part of a scrapbook compiled by Victoria.
[Ref: 41464] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Engraving of monument to William Emerson, with original drawing] In St Mary Overie's or St. Saviour's Southwar, See Pennant's London
Pub. Jan 11 1791 by N Smith Mays Buildings St Martins Lane
Aquatint (230 x 180mm, 9 x 7") and pen-and-ink drawing (195 x 155mm, 7½ x 6"). Drawing glued to backing sheet; unidentified 'W' collector's stamp on both sheets.
Monument to William Emerson (d.1575) in Southwark Cathedral, or the church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, beside London Bridge south of the river Thames. Emerson and his family were benefactors to the church. The engraving was published in a volume on the antiquities of London, and is here offered with what is claimed to be the original drawing for the print.
[Ref: 39747] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Emigrants Going to Australia.
C.J. Staniland. LR [monogram].
[Illustrated London News, 1887.]
Wood engraving. Printed area 330 x 470mm (13 x 18½"). Centre fold as usual. Large margins.
Six scenes of the voyage to Australia: 'Good Bye'; 'Getting Berth Numbers'; 'In the Bay of Biscay', the effects of rough seas below decks; 'In a Gale'; 'Fine Weather'; and 'Land Ho !'. From The Illustrated London News, 12 February 1887.
[Ref: 39130] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Emigrant Ship Towing Out.
[Anon., c.1850.]
Woodcut illustration to a graphic periodical, sheet 170 x 200mm. 6¾ x 8". Some creasing.
A ship of emigrants is towed out of a British harbour by a steam tugboat, watched by spectators from the quayside in the foreground.
[Ref: 13504] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Emigrants Crossing the Plains.
F.O.C. Darley fecit. H.B. Hall, Jr sc.
New York, D.Appleton & Co. Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1869...
Coloured steel engraving. Printed area 180 x 205mm.
The archetypal western wagon train. The artist is the American Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-1888), regarded as the first American illustrator of note. His works include the illustrations for Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' and 'Sleepy Hollow'. The illustrated edition of James Fenimore Cooper's complete works (1855-61) was advertised as a 'Monument of American Art'.
[Ref: 7141] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Emilia. Der Hochwohlgebohrnen Fräulein Franzisca Freyin von Sickingen...
gemalt von Angelica Kauffman. gestochen von H. Sintzenich.
Heraus gegeben in Mannheim von H. Sintzenich den 1.te Septem: 1781.
Stipple, rare & fine. 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"), with large margins. Slight repair near margin right centre.
Portrait of Emilia, a character in Lessing's drama Emilia Galotti (1772), looking coyly from under her veil.
[Ref: 45212] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Emilius, Bred by Mr. Udney in 1820, get by Orville, out by Emily by Stamford her dam, by Whiskey, out of Grey Dorimant. The Property of Thomas Thornhill Esq.e. To whom this Print is by Permission dedicated by their obedient and much obliged Serv.t S.& J. Fuller.
I.F. Herring Newmarket Pinx.t Cha.s Hunt Sculp.t
London Published Sep.r 18th. 1832 by S.& J. Fuller at their Sporting Gallery 34 Rathbone Place.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 351 x 426mm (13¾ x 16¾").
Emilius started his life with Colonel John Udney, a member of the Jockey club before Robert Robson, the Newmarket trainer took him on; known for schooling so many classic winners for the Dukes of Grafton and Lord Grosvenor. Emilius was undefeated in 1823 during his first season, however this was short-lived, and in his second year he only won one of his four starts and his racing career came to an abrupt end, however his fame lived on.
Hickman: p408.
[Ref: 18394] £520.00

[Emily.]
Drawn by Miss Julia Conyers. Engraved by P.W. Tomkins Historical Engraver to Her Majesty.
[London: Pub.d as the Act Directs, July 1st, 1796, by P. W. Tomkins No: 49 New Bond Street.]
Stipple, proof before title and publisher's inscription. Sheet 185 x 155mm (7¼ x 6"). Trimmed within plate,
A woman sitting at a large window, trees outside. Conyers (d.1860) married John Wrottesley, 1st Baron Wrottesley, in 1819. A keen amateur artist, The New York Public Library holds her album of sketches and watercolours by herself and others, including Caroline Lamb.
[Ref: 44108] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Emine Sultane Principale du Grand Turc Hibraim.
[n.d. c.1700.]
Very rare engraving. Plate 228 x 165mm. 9 x 6½". Trimmed close to plate.
A wife of a sultan.
[Ref: 25057] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[An Emir.] Emir homme de Loy de la Race de Mahomet.
JB. G. Scotin sculp.
Avec Privil. du Roi. [n.d. c.1714.]
Engraving. Platemark 360 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾") mint with very large margins.
Plate from 'Recueil de cent estampes représentant différentes nations du Levant', a set of one hundred plates depicting the costume of the Levant, based on paintings in the collection of the Marquis Charles de Ferriol, ambassador from the court of Versailles to the Sublime Porte from 1699 to 1710. The work had a profound effect on how the European conception of Turkey. After Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (1671-1737), the Flemish-French painter, who Ferriol brought with him to Istanbul at the age of eighteen. Ferriol commissioned at least a hundred paintings from Vanmour, which served as the source for the engravings in the 'Recueil' and are now in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
[Ref: 47044] £330.00

Emir Hadge. Caia. A Plebeian.
R. Dalton delt. et sculpt.
[London, n.d., c.1780s.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 190 x 260mm. 7½ x 10¼". Untrimmed folio sheet. Slight fixing off image.
Three Egyptians. From a series of prints depicting the customs, manners, costume etc. of Turkey and Egypt, drawn and engraved by Richard Dalton (1715? - 1791). Dalton, who was trained as an artist, went to Rome to pursue his studies, and in 1749 travelled with Roger Kynaston and John Frederick to Naples and Sicily, where they joined a party consisting of James Caulfeild, Earl of Charlemont, Francis Pierpoint Burton, and others. From thence Dalton accompanied Lord Charlemont on his tour to Constantinople/Istanbul, Greece, and Egypt. Dalton managed to obtain the position of librarian to George III. He was subsequently appointed keeper of the pictures and antiquary to his majesty. He was one of the original members of the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1765, and became their treasurer. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1767. 'Antiquities and Views in Greece and Egypt, with the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, from Drawings made on the Spot.' was published in London in 1791 and is all three of Dalton's Tours in one volume.
DNB.
[Ref: 21948] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Thomas Emlyn. V.D.M. Nat. 27 Maij. 1663. Obiit. 30. Julii. 1741.
J. Highmore pin: G. Van der Gucht Scul.
[n.d., c.1742.]
Engraving. Sheet 185 x 105mm (7¼ x 4"). Trimmed within plate, laid on album paper at edges.
Thomas Emlyn (1663-1741), England's first openly unitarian minister. When he published 'An Humble Inquiry into the Scripture Account of Jesus Christ' in 1702, he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment for blasphemy and fined £1000. After two years he was released upon payment of £90.
[Ref: 64361] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Emma. She reach'd with trembling step, Her aged Mother's door, He's gone! she cry'd;.
S. Shelley pinx.t. C. Taylor sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Dec.r 1;st 1788, by C. Taylor No.10 near Castle Street, Holborn.
Stipple. Plate: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½''), with very large margins.
A scene showing a young woman entering a door.
[Ref: 50299] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Emma's Favourite.
W. Thomas Esq.r Pinx.t. H. Dawe Sculp.t.
Published for the proprietor by T. Bird, 40, Wigmore St.t May 1.st 1830.
Mezzotint. Sheet: 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5''). Trimmed.
An interior scene showing a young girl holding a kitten while sitting on her mother's lap.
[Ref: 50287] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy.]
[Innsbruck: D. Baur, 1603.]
Engraving with large margins. 425 x 295mm (16¾ x 7¾").
Emmanuel Philibert (1528-80), Duke of Savoy from 1553 until his death. At the time his duchy was occupied by the French so he entered the service of his cousin Philip II of Spain, becoming Governor of the Netherlands (1555-59). In 1557 he led the Spanish invasion of France: in the peace talks of 1559 Savoy was returned to him and he married the daughter of the King of France. In 1580 he was a claimant to the throne of Portugal, but lost out to Philip. He moved his capital from Chambéry to Turin, where he died and was buried in the Chapel of the Holy Shroud in Turin Cathedral. He is shown in armour within an alcove with superb architectural details, a strap-work cartouche for a title left blank. On the reverse is a German-text biography relating to another portrait, within an ornate woodcut frame. Published in Jacob Schrenck von Notzing's 'Der aller Durchleuchtigisten und Grossmächtigen Kayser, Durchleuchtigisten unnd Großmächtigen Königen'.
[Ref: 32687] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Faire Emmeline. Faire Emmeline sighde, faire Emmeline wept...
Stodhart Pinxit. Simon sculpsit.
Published May 1st 1787 by John & Josiah Boydell No9. Cheapside London.
Stipple, fine. Plate: 315 x 380mm (12¼ x 15"), with large margins.
An illustration to an excerpt from 'Percy's Ancient Poetry The Child of Elle' in which Emmeline elopes, escaping down a ladder.
[Ref: 44475] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Pleasure. [&] Sorrow.
H. Corbould Del. R. Cooper sculp.
London, Published Feb.y 1. 1814. by S. & J. Fuller, at the Temple of Fancy, Rathbone Place.
Pair of stipples, printed in colours with fine hand finishing. Sheets c. 300 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plates.
Two small children admire a captive bird, then mourn its death.
The BM has 'Sorrow' (1940,1109.52, trimmed losing title) and 'Tenderness', with the same children playing with a cat and kittens.
[Ref: 55420] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Approach of the Emperor of China, to Receive the British Ambassador.
Drawn by B.Clayton, from a Painting by W. Alexander Esq. On Stone by J.W. Giles.
[1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼'').
A scene showing the Emperor of China being brought before a group of Europeans. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 50121] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 3: Chinese Emperor on Throne.]
Mondon le fils Inv. A. Aveline Sculp.
Avec privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1736.]
Copper engraving, paper watermarked. Plate 235 x 178mm. 9¼ x 7". Large margins, uncut. Some toning around the edges.
A Chinese Emperor sat on a Rococo style ornate throne, with an advisor stood in the background behind, and a huntsman on his knees begging in the front. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the fourth set: "Quatrième livre de formes ornées de rocailles".
[Ref: 23005] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Empress and Her Attendants Proceeding to the Temple from the Mulberry Grove.
Drawn by Clayton, from an original painting by Fo Shang. On Stone by J.W. Giles.
[1847.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼'').
A view of a Chinese Empress followed by her handmaids in a garden. An illustration from 'The History of China and India Pictorial and Descriptive...' by Julia Corner 1847.
Abbey 468.
[Ref: 50117] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Empress of Russia Travelling.
Burney. del. Thornthwaite sculp.
Published by Dr Trusler Jan.y. 1790.
Trimmed. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5). Trimmed to platemark.
Russian scene in which a large sledge, containing the Empress of Russia, is being driven through the snow at the end of a large procession. Beacons burn on the mountain tops and figures watch the procession as it passes.
[Ref: 32119] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

William Empson, M.A. Law Professor E.I.College, Hailybury.
Painted by J.Linnell. Engraved by W.Walker. [Private Plate]
[n.d. c.1850]
Mezzotint. Plate 431 x 332mm.
William Empson (1791-1852), barrister, professor and journalist, law professor at the East India Company College, Haileybury, 1824-52. After John Linnell (1792-1882).
[Ref: 3911] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Le carquois épuisé.]
Peint é la gouasse par P.A. Baudouin. Gravé par N. de Launay.
[Paris: Nicolas de Launay, 1775.]
Etching with engraving, rare proof before title. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Top left corner of margin rebuilt.
'The Empty Quiver'. A young man lounges on a bed watching a woman tidying herself up after their encounter.
[Ref: 63337] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

Dromæus Irroratus. Trans. Zool. Soc. Vol 4. Pl 76.
J.Jury, ad nat. lith. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Coloured lithograph.
An accurate depiction of an emu.
[Ref: 39108] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Emu Sneaking.
S.T.G. [Samuel Thomas Gill.]
Printed in colors by [& published] by Hamel & Ferguson, Melboune [n.d., c.1865].
Rare chromolithograph. Printed area 200 x 255mm (8 x 10"), large margins.
An Aboriginal prepares to throw a spear at grazing emus. One of 25 studies in 'The Australian Sketchbook' by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880), the second book published in Australia to use chromolithography.
[Ref: 57917] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Les Invalides en Goguette.
[Charlet.] [printed in image.]
Lithog de C. de Last.
Lithograph. Sheet: 335 x 500mm, (13¼ x 19¾"). Large margins. Some foxing and water staining to margins.
Two elderly soldiers support each other as they drunkenly walk home.
[Ref: 36170] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Rue d'un Camp Destiné pour une Brigade des Gardes du Corps. Dedié a Monseigneur le Duc de Villeroy Pair de France [...]
Chantreau pinxit. J.P. Le Bas Sculp. 1742.
A Paris chez J.P. Le Bas Graveur du Roy rue de la Harpe, vis a vis la rue Percée.
Etching, rare & good impression, platemark 220 x 275mm (8¾ x 10¾"), with very large margins.
Fine encampment scene after a painting by the little-known Frennch painter Jérôme François Chantereau (1710-57). Influenced by Watteau and Chardin, Chantereau painted a number of pictures for the king of Denmark.
[Ref: 44116] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

G.W.'s Improved Magic Oddities No. 3: The Enchanter, Niw Ladies I'll turn that Cat Blue, the Camelion Green and Miss Hinks' Parrot all the colors of the Rainbow [...]
London- Published for the Original Inventor by W Morgan 49 Judd St. New Rd [...]
Scarce lithograph with fine hand-colouring, sheet 235 x 340mm (9¼ x 13½"). Tears; glued to backing sheet.
A magician terrifies his audience with his threatened spells. Rare representation of a chameleon in an early 19th century satirical print.
[Ref: 41482] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Encombe, the Seat of William Morton Pitt, Esqr.
W. Tompkins del. V.M. Picot sculp.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Plate 253 x 427mm. 10 x 16¾".
William Pitt Morton, son of John Pitt who built the house that stands today, sold the house on in 1807 to John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, who was then the Lord Chancellor.
[Ref: 15741] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Encombe House, Dorset.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving, proof before all letters. 240 x 370mm (9½ x 14½"). Edges chipped.
Encombe House, on the Isle of Purbeck, built by John Pitt in 1770. In 1807 the house was sold to John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon (the Lord Chancellor), whose family kept the estate until 2002.
[Ref: 31576] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Frontis to 'Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...'].
Le Clerc pinxt. A.Bell Prin Wal. Sculptor Auxit et exornavit.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Engraving. Sheet 220 x 350mm (8¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate, creasing.
Figures engaged busily in feats of human endeavour, emblematic of science, art, painting, anatomy, medicine, music, geometry, history, figure sculpture, architecture, a magic lantern in the left foreground. In the background there is Moses with the Ten Commandments, the pyramids, and Adam and Eve with animals. Overhead is a balloon with gondola oars and two people. An amalgamation of a 1698 engraving by Sébastien Le Clerc 'L'Académie des Sciences et des Beaux-Arts' and some religious imagery. Frontis for an edition of Matthew Flinders's (1774-1814) 'Encyclopaedia Britannica; or, a dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature...'
See BL 001571943.
[Ref: 58173] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

George R. We being willing to give all due Encouragement unto this work, intitled Encyclopædia Londinensis; do by these Presents grant unto John Wikes, of Milland House, in the County of Sussex, Esquire, Proprietor thereof, Our Royal Licence and Authority for the sole printing, publishing and vending the said work [...] By His Majesty's Command, Portland.
J. Pass del.t sculp.t.
[London: John Wilkes, c.1795.]
Engraving. 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾"). Paper toned with damage, messy.
A copy of the royal warrent allowing publication of the 'Encyclopædia Londinensis', with a large stylised royal arms.
[Ref: 34456] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de la Riviere d'Endeavour sur la Côte de la Nouvelle Holland où le Vaisseau fut mis à la Bande.
Duret Sculp.
[Paris: c.1777.]
Fine engraving. 240 x 360mm (9½ x 14¼") Trimmed into plate lower right by binder, folded as issued.
Captain Cook's ship, 'Endeavour', beached on the shore of New South Wales for repairs. The scene was sketched by Sydney Parkinson, who had died before the expedition reached England; however, after a dispute over ownership of his work with Parkinson's brother, Hawkesworth removed every reference to Parkinson from the Official Account of Cook's first voyage. This scene was copied for the first French edition of Hawkesworth, 'Relation des voyages..' published 1774, but this example comes from a volume of Abbé Prevost's 'Histoire des Voyages', c.1777.
[Ref: 41914] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A View of Endeavour River, in New South Wales; with the Endeavour Bark laid up, after a wonderful escape from shipwreck. No.15.
Page sc.
Engraved for Payne's Universal Georgraphy. Vol.1. page.557. [1798.]
Copper engraving. Plate 178 x 260mm. 7 x 10¼".
On 11 June 1770, Captain James Cook, whilst charting the coast of Australia, struck the Great Barrier Reef, aboard HMS Endeavour, the British Royal Navy research vessel. She was then beached on the mainland for seven weeks to permit rudimentary repairs to her hull, before she limped into port in Batavia for more susbstanial repairs. From John Payne's "New and Complete Universal Georgraphy", Volume I, 1798-99.
[Ref: 20906] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Georg Endte der ällte, Seines Alters 66. Jah. A.º 1628. denatus 1630.
HAE. Cornelis Nicolas Schurtz sc.
[n.d., c.1650-80]
Engraving. Sheet 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Trimmed to plate; painted border around edge.
Portrait of George Endter the Elder, a Nuremburg bookseller, with his grandson, Johann Andreas Endter who is holding a bird in his left hand. Twelve lines of verses by Simon Bornmeister below. Engraved by Cornelius Nicolas Schurtz, also of Nuremburg.
Hollstein 29
[Ref: 31806] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Georgius Andreas Endterus, Noribergensis. Civis Bibliopola et Typographus Reipublicae patriae optime meritus. Nat. A.1654 d.3. May. Den. A. 1717. d.11. Decembr. Aet.Suae LXIV. Ex collectione Friderici Roth-Scholtzü. Noriberg.
Beck sc.
[Norimbergae et Altdofii. Apud Haeredes Joh. Dan. Tavberi. A.C. MDCCXXVI.] [n.d. c.1726.]
Engraving. 140 x 102mm. 5½ x 4". Cut. Small hole top right.
Georg Andreas Endter (1654-1717) was a printer and publisher at Nuremberg. From "Icones Bibliopolarum et Typographorum de Republia Litteraria Bene Meritorum ab Incunabulis Typographiae", by Friedrich Roth-Scholtz.
[Ref: 26041] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Harbour of Incada_Black Sea.
A.N.del. I.Clark sc.
[Published by Mess.rs Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1818.]
Coloured aquatint, rare. 140 x 203mm (5½ x 8").
A view of the harbour that is referred to as 'Eneada' (Igneada). Neal described Eneada as 'the only safe anchorage between the Danube and the Bosphorus'. From Adam Neal, M.D. 'Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey', London, 1818.
In the VAM.
[Ref: 31161] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Enfant du Soleil.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Rare stipple, printed in colours. Sheet 130 x 95mm (5¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed around image and title, laid on album paper.
A child with a headdress with five ostrich feathers printed in three colours, pearl earrings and a fur cape.
[Ref: 56354] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Mercury Delivering the Enfant Bacchus.] All' Ill.mo Sig.re Sig.re Pron Colmo Il Sig.r Marchese Nicolo Maria Pallauicino...
Eques Carol Maratti inv. Andreas Procaccini sculp.
Cum Privil. Sum. pont et Regis Christianissimi. [n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Sheet: 310 x 430mm (12 x 17''). Trimmed, repaired tear, light staining.
A classical scene showing Mercury delivering the infant Bacchus to a group of women, in the background the house from which the child has been saved from the flames. Engraved by Andrea Procaccini after Carlo Maratti.
[Ref: 49747] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Cedar in the Palace Garden at Enfield. 7.
J.G. Strutt.
[n.d. c.1824.]
Etching, 375 x 310mm (14¾ x 12) with large margins. Glued to backing paper.
Large tree in foreground, gardener at work, buildings in the background. The tree is reputed to have been planted by Dr Robert Uvedale (1642–1722) (who lived at the Palace for many years) in 1670, the plant being brought from the Lebanon by a former pupil.
[Ref: 64547] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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