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Atom.
Corbould del. Walker sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co. APril 15 1786.
Engraving. 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed to plate on left, damp stains. Large margins on 3 sides.
A 'Japanese' man sits in his study holding up a piece of paper lettered with 'Hob Nob', surrounded by books, a globe and a pair of compasses. A frontispiece to 'The Novelist's Magazine' when it published Tobias Smollett's novel 'The History and Adventures of an Atom', a satire of British politics during the Seven Years' War.
[Ref: 56784] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould del. Walker sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Harrison & Co. APril 15 1786.
Engraving. 115 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Trimmed to plate on left, damp stains. Large margins on 3 sides.
A 'Japanese' man sits in his study holding up a piece of paper lettered with 'Hob Nob', surrounded by books, a globe and a pair of compasses. A frontispiece to 'The Novelist's Magazine' when it published Tobias Smollett's novel 'The History and Adventures of an Atom', a satire of British politics during the Seven Years' War.
[Ref: 56784] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
L'Eclipse. Dediée aux Astronomes, et aux Philosophes du dixhuitieme Steele par VA.
Etch'd by J. Barlow.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 20, 1787, by H. Humphrey No 51, New Bond Street.
Rare etching with fine hand colour. 300 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Mounted in album paper.
A woman's head, topped with a conical hat trimmed with a monstrous arrangement of feathers, peers over a huge fur muff. Eclipses were in the news in 1787 because there were seven full eclipses of the sun and moon, the maximum number possible, which usually happens once every 130 years. A note on the British Museum's example of this print (from the Banks Collection) ascribes it to a Miss V. Aynscombe.
BM Satires 7248. The three examples in the BM are all uncoloured.
[Ref: 43889] £480.00
Etch'd by J. Barlow.
Publish'd as the Act directs, Feb.y 20, 1787, by H. Humphrey No 51, New Bond Street.
Rare etching with fine hand colour. 300 x 215mm (12 x 8½"). Mounted in album paper.
A woman's head, topped with a conical hat trimmed with a monstrous arrangement of feathers, peers over a huge fur muff. Eclipses were in the news in 1787 because there were seven full eclipses of the sun and moon, the maximum number possible, which usually happens once every 130 years. A note on the British Museum's example of this print (from the Banks Collection) ascribes it to a Miss V. Aynscombe.
BM Satires 7248. The three examples in the BM are all uncoloured.
[Ref: 43889] £480.00
A Partial Eclipse.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"). Taped to album sheet.
A half-length portait of a young woman, with some of her face obscured by a veil.
[Ref: 57095] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Sheet 125 x 160mm (5 x 6¼"). Taped to album sheet.
A half-length portait of a young woman, with some of her face obscured by a veil.
[Ref: 57095] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Constitutions of Masonry Frontispiece]](jpegs/57076.jpg)
[Constitutions of Masonry Frontispiece]
G.B. Cipriani & T. Sandby Delin. F. Bartolozzi & J Fittler. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1785]
Scratched proof engraving, sheet 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Illustration to 'Constitutions of Masonry' 1785. An allegorical scene within Free-Masons Hall. Truth stands on clouds holding a mirror in her right hand which shines rays of lights into the hall. Wisdom, Hope, Charity and three children, sit around Truth and a winged figure holding a torch in his right hand, descends from the clouds. In the foreground sits a celestial sphere, a terrestrial sphere, a compass and other Masonic instruments on a table; by its side, a candle and an armillary sphere on the floor
Calabi & De Vesme 2546 State IV of V.
[Ref: 57076] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G.B. Cipriani & T. Sandby Delin. F. Bartolozzi & J Fittler. Sculp.
[n.d., c.1785]
Scratched proof engraving, sheet 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Trimmed within plate.
Illustration to 'Constitutions of Masonry' 1785. An allegorical scene within Free-Masons Hall. Truth stands on clouds holding a mirror in her right hand which shines rays of lights into the hall. Wisdom, Hope, Charity and three children, sit around Truth and a winged figure holding a torch in his right hand, descends from the clouds. In the foreground sits a celestial sphere, a terrestrial sphere, a compass and other Masonic instruments on a table; by its side, a candle and an armillary sphere on the floor
Calabi & De Vesme 2546 State IV of V.
[Ref: 57076] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to Vol. II. of Howard's New Royal Cyclopaedia & Encyclopaedia.
G. Noble sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. small margins.
A composite scene within classical architecture, with two men examining a globe, surrounded by reference to sciences, with multiple instruments and books.
[Ref: 57045] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Noble sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. small margins.
A composite scene within classical architecture, with two men examining a globe, surrounded by reference to sciences, with multiple instruments and books.
[Ref: 57045] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to Vol. III. of Howard's New Royal Cyclopaedia & Encyclopaedia.
Frawn by W. Chalmers. Engraved by G. Noble.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. Trimmed on right margin.
A composite scene within a library, with men examining an orrery, surrounded by reference to arts and sciences, with instruments and books.
[Ref: 57049] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frawn by W. Chalmers. Engraved by G. Noble.
Published as the Act directs by Alex.r Hogg at the Kings Arms, No 16 Paternoster Row, London [n.d., c.1788].
Engraving. 370 x 240mm (14½ x 9½"). Foxing. Trimmed on right margin.
A composite scene within a library, with men examining an orrery, surrounded by reference to arts and sciences, with instruments and books.
[Ref: 57049] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mineralogy.
J.Chapman sculp.t.
Engraving, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
Zeus and Hera sit on thrones surrounded by the other gods; Apollo, Artemis, Hades, Hephaestus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Aries and Hermes. The floor is covered in minerals and gems that putti are excavating and handing over to Hera who holds a set of scales. Cupid soars above them holding a rod.
[Ref: 57067] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J.Chapman sculp.t.
Engraving, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
Zeus and Hera sit on thrones surrounded by the other gods; Apollo, Artemis, Hades, Hephaestus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Aries and Hermes. The floor is covered in minerals and gems that putti are excavating and handing over to Hera who holds a set of scales. Cupid soars above them holding a rod.
[Ref: 57067] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Mars. De La Sphere. Figure XLVII.
[after Alain Manesson Mallet.]
[Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683.]
Engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"), with letterpress.
A view of Mars above a beseiged city, as befits the planet named after the god of War. From Mallet's classic five-volume work 'Description de l'Univers'.
[Ref: 56839] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[after Alain Manesson Mallet.]
[Paris: Denys Thierry, 1683.]
Engraving. 150 x 105mm (6 x 4¼"), with letterpress.
A view of Mars above a beseiged city, as befits the planet named after the god of War. From Mallet's classic five-volume work 'Description de l'Univers'.
[Ref: 56839] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Psyche
Drawn by T. Harper. Engraved by G. Maile.
London. Published Jan.y 1. 1824, by J. Brooker. 5, Southampton Row. Russell Square.
Fine coloured mezzotint. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Thread margins, very slight foxing.
A beautiful half portrait of Psyche with butterfly wings and holding a butterfly to her left on a small box.
See Ref: 54056
[Ref: 56909] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by T. Harper. Engraved by G. Maile.
London. Published Jan.y 1. 1824, by J. Brooker. 5, Southampton Row. Russell Square.
Fine coloured mezzotint. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Thread margins, very slight foxing.
A beautiful half portrait of Psyche with butterfly wings and holding a butterfly to her left on a small box.
See Ref: 54056
[Ref: 56909] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Pythagoras. N.25 Magnus Philosophus tanta apud suos Auctoriate ut Auditoribus fuerit satis: Ipse dixit suis.
I.E Nilson, del. Ioh. George Hertel, exud A.V.2.
[n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, plate 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"), with very large margins. Some creasing.
Pythagoras teaching students in a very ornate decorative allegorical setting.
[Ref: 57104] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
I.E Nilson, del. Ioh. George Hertel, exud A.V.2.
[n.d., c.1750]
Engraving, plate 325 x 200mm (12¾ x 8"), with very large margins. Some creasing.
Pythagoras teaching students in a very ornate decorative allegorical setting.
[Ref: 57104] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Solar Eclipse] Luna velut fratri propius coniuncta, perisse Stultis videtur funditus,](jpegs/56814.jpg)
[Solar Eclipse] Luna velut fratri propius coniuncta, perisse Stultis videtur funditus, / Quae tamen admoti spectat quâ lumina Solis, / Longè refulget clarior. / Sic periisse pii vulgo qui morte videntur, / Absit perisse dixerim, / Ipso qui potiùs Christo propriore potiti, / Quod quaesierunt obtinent.
[Hendrik Hondius.]
[n.d., c.1599.]
Etching with engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate. Laid on paper at edges.
An illustration of a solar eclipse with eight lines of engraved verse, used as an allegory of the conflict of Protestants and the Catholic Church. From Hendrik Hondius's 'Icones virorum'.
[Ref: 56814] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Hendrik Hondius.]
[n.d., c.1599.]
Etching with engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"). Trimmed to plate. Laid on paper at edges.
An illustration of a solar eclipse with eight lines of engraved verse, used as an allegory of the conflict of Protestants and the Catholic Church. From Hendrik Hondius's 'Icones virorum'.
[Ref: 56814] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A Newly discovered Star of the Greatest Magnitude.
Painted in Enamel by J. Barrow. Engraved by G. Maile 34 Fred.k Place Hampstead R.d.
London Published Feb.y 14.th 1822 by J. Barrow Weston Place S.t Pancras.
Extremely fine coloured mezzotint. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8") very large margins. Top margin trimmed to plate mark.
A star depicted as young woman with plumes in her hair, shining amid dark clouds and an inky blue night sky.
[Ref: 56910] £360.00
Painted in Enamel by J. Barrow. Engraved by G. Maile 34 Fred.k Place Hampstead R.d.
London Published Feb.y 14.th 1822 by J. Barrow Weston Place S.t Pancras.
Extremely fine coloured mezzotint. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8") very large margins. Top margin trimmed to plate mark.
A star depicted as young woman with plumes in her hair, shining amid dark clouds and an inky blue night sky.
[Ref: 56910] £360.00
A Comet.
Drawn by T. Harper Esq.r. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published Sep.r 1st. 1820, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row, Russell Square.
Coloured mezzotint. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Crease across lower third. Trimmed to plate mark with small nicks in the upper left margin
A comet shown as a young woman's head rising from clouds, with light shining as the tail.
See BM 2010,7081.7217 for a proof from the Lennox-Boyd collection. See ref: 38818 for another version and Ref: 56910
[Ref: 56974] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by T. Harper Esq.r. Engraved by G. Maile.
London, Published Sep.r 1st. 1820, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row, Russell Square.
Coloured mezzotint. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Crease across lower third. Trimmed to plate mark with small nicks in the upper left margin
A comet shown as a young woman's head rising from clouds, with light shining as the tail.
See BM 2010,7081.7217 for a proof from the Lennox-Boyd collection. See ref: 38818 for another version and Ref: 56910
[Ref: 56974] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Town and Country Magazine] Frontispiece Vol VII. No 1.](jpegs/56786.jpg)
[Town and Country Magazine] Frontispiece Vol VII. No 1.
I. Taylor f.
[1775.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins.
An allegorical frontispiece for the 'Town and Country Magazine', featuring classical gods, including Apollo and Cupid, around a globe. Isaac Taylor's original artwork, a pen and ink sketch with grey wash, is in the Yale Center for British Art.
[Ref: 56786] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
I. Taylor f.
[1775.]
Engraving. 170 x 115mm (6¾ x 4½") very large margins.
An allegorical frontispiece for the 'Town and Country Magazine', featuring classical gods, including Apollo and Cupid, around a globe. Isaac Taylor's original artwork, a pen and ink sketch with grey wash, is in the Yale Center for British Art.
[Ref: 56786] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)