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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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Signor Felice Albinolo, di Torino.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce Blind embossed visiting card on porcelain. Sheet 45 x 75mm (1¾ x 3"). Slight soiling, laid on album paper, with ink mss 'I am happy altho' solo'.
[Ref: 57610] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Scarce Blind embossed visiting card on porcelain. Sheet 45 x 75mm (1¾ x 3"). Slight soiling, laid on album paper, with ink mss 'I am happy altho' solo'.
[Ref: 57610] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Army of Reserve Act. St. Clement Danes, 20th July, 1803. Received of Mr [blank] the Sum of [blank] as a subscription, for which we (by the Consent of a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants, held this day) engage to provide him a Substitute under the Act passed on the 6th of July Instant, intitled, ''An Act to enable his Majesty more effectually to raise and assemble in England an additional Military Force for the better Defence and Security of the United Kingdom, and for more vigorous Prosecution of the War,'' if he shall be drawn by Ballot under the said Act, for the Parish of St. Clement Danes, at any time between the Date of this Receipt, and the 20th Day of July, 1804 [...]
Printed by J. Long, 17 Clements Lane [1803].
Letterpress receipt, unused. Sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Some creasing.
The Army of Reserve Act of July 1803 was intended to counter the renewed threat from Napoleonic France after the Peace of Amiens. It introduced a conscription ballot for militia to serve within the United Kingdom, but also the ability to pay a subscription to avoid being called up, which would be used to pay for another man to take the place of the subscriber.
[Ref: 57607] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by J. Long, 17 Clements Lane [1803].
Letterpress receipt, unused. Sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Some creasing.
The Army of Reserve Act of July 1803 was intended to counter the renewed threat from Napoleonic France after the Peace of Amiens. It introduced a conscription ballot for militia to serve within the United Kingdom, but also the ability to pay a subscription to avoid being called up, which would be used to pay for another man to take the place of the subscriber.
[Ref: 57607] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Army of Reserve Act. St. Clement Danes, 20th July, 1803. Received of Mr [blank] the Sum of [blind stamp 'two pence for Receipts'] as a subscription, for which we (by the Consent of a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants, held this day) engage to provide him a Substitute under the Act passed on the 6th of July Instant, intitled, ''An Act to enable his Majesty more effectually to raise and assemble in England an additional Military Force for the better Defence and Security of the United Kingdom, and for more vigorous Prosecution of the War,'' if he shall be drawn by Ballot under the said Act, for the Parish of St. Clement Danes, at any time between the Date of this Receipt, and the 20th Day of July, 1804 [...]
Printed by J. Long, 17 Clements Lane [1803].
Letterpress receipt with ink mss signatures. Sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Some creasing, two pinholes.
The Army of Reserve Act of July 1803 was intended to counter the renewed threat from Napoleonic France after the Peace of Amiens. It introduced a conscription ballot for militia to serve within the United Kingdom, but also the ability to pay a subscription to avoid being called up, which would be used to pay for another man to take the place of the subscriber. Strangely this example of the subscription receipt has the stamp and signatures of two churchwardens but no name for the draft dodger.
[Ref: 57606] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Printed by J. Long, 17 Clements Lane [1803].
Letterpress receipt with ink mss signatures. Sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Some creasing, two pinholes.
The Army of Reserve Act of July 1803 was intended to counter the renewed threat from Napoleonic France after the Peace of Amiens. It introduced a conscription ballot for militia to serve within the United Kingdom, but also the ability to pay a subscription to avoid being called up, which would be used to pay for another man to take the place of the subscriber. Strangely this example of the subscription receipt has the stamp and signatures of two churchwardens but no name for the draft dodger.
[Ref: 57606] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Botanist.
[probably G. Spratt del.] Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St. Stran[d].
Published by C. Tilt. Fleet Street [c.1830]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 190 x 145mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed, affecting inscriptions, creased, laid on album paper.
An assemblage portrait, with a woman's face and a body created from flowers, with a tulip forming her skirt, one of a series of professions. George Spratt, an English artist, and George E. Madeley, an English engraver and printmaker, produced a series of lithographed satirical designs of tradesmen composed of the objects of their profession. They were published by Charles Tilt, a London book and print seller.
[Ref: 57619] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[probably G. Spratt del.] Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St. Stran[d].
Published by C. Tilt. Fleet Street [c.1830]
Hand coloured lithograph. Sheet 190 x 145mm (7½ x 6"). Trimmed, affecting inscriptions, creased, laid on album paper.
An assemblage portrait, with a woman's face and a body created from flowers, with a tulip forming her skirt, one of a series of professions. George Spratt, an English artist, and George E. Madeley, an English engraver and printmaker, produced a series of lithographed satirical designs of tradesmen composed of the objects of their profession. They were published by Charles Tilt, a London book and print seller.
[Ref: 57619] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sketch of a cottage.]](jpegs/57577.jpg)
[Sketch of a cottage.]
F.B.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pen and ink sketch on the trade card of printer Marius Vidal. Sheet 85 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾"). Remains of album sheet over printing of the trade card.
[Ref: 57577] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
F.B.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pen and ink sketch on the trade card of printer Marius Vidal. Sheet 85 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾"). Remains of album sheet over printing of the trade card.
[Ref: 57577] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Crimean War] Congres de Paris.](jpegs/57603.jpg)
[Crimean War] Congres de Paris. La Paix a été signée, aujourn'hui, à l'heure, à l'hôtel des Affaires Etrangères. Le Plénipotentairies de la France, de l'Austriche, de la Grande-Bretagne, de la Prusse, de la Russie, de la Sardaigne et de la Turquie, on aposé leurs signatures au traité qui met fin à la guerre actuelle, et qui, en réglant la question d'Orient, asseoit le repos de l'Europe sur des bases solides et durables.
[n.d., 30th March, 1856.]
Scarce letterpress broadside with woodcut armorial. Sheet 370 x 210mm (14½ x 8¼"). Some creasing, laid on album paper.
A broadside announcing the signing of the peace treaty to end the Crimean War, with the arms of Napoleon III. On the reverse are news clipping relating to the war, including an account of Inkermann.
[Ref: 57603] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 30th March, 1856.]
Scarce letterpress broadside with woodcut armorial. Sheet 370 x 210mm (14½ x 8¼"). Some creasing, laid on album paper.
A broadside announcing the signing of the peace treaty to end the Crimean War, with the arms of Napoleon III. On the reverse are news clipping relating to the war, including an account of Inkermann.
[Ref: 57603] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Farewell Dinner to J.P. Kemble Esq.r on his retirement from the Stage. Admit [blank] Secretaries. Not Transferable.
Silvester sc. 27 Strand.
[n.d., 1817.]
Etching with engraving; stamped in ink top right John W. Anson;. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed to plate at top, splits to folds, tears to edges, creasing and foxing.
A blank invitation to a dinner held for actor John Philip Kemble, held at the Freemason's Tavern. 27th June, 1819, four days after his last performance, as Coriolanus at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. He spent most of his last years abroad, dying at Lausanne in 1823.
[Ref: 57770] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Silvester sc. 27 Strand.
[n.d., 1817.]
Etching with engraving; stamped in ink top right John W. Anson;. 275 x 205mm (10¾ x 8"). Trimmed to plate at top, splits to folds, tears to edges, creasing and foxing.
A blank invitation to a dinner held for actor John Philip Kemble, held at the Freemason's Tavern. 27th June, 1819, four days after his last performance, as Coriolanus at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. He spent most of his last years abroad, dying at Lausanne in 1823.
[Ref: 57770] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Missionary Hymn. Strengthen, Lord, their hearts and hands...
[n.d., c.1865.]
Chromolithograph and letterpress within a floral-embossed gilt border. Sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2½"). Laid on album paper.
A view of a mountainous island with a junk-type boat in the sea, suggesting China.
[Ref: 57587] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1865.]
Chromolithograph and letterpress within a floral-embossed gilt border. Sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2½"). Laid on album paper.
A view of a mountainous island with a junk-type boat in the sea, suggesting China.
[Ref: 57587] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![The Corporation of London request the honor of [blank] Company at the opening of the New Coal Exchange,](jpegs/57555.jpg)
The Corporation of London request the honor of [blank] Company at the opening of the New Coal Exchange, by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, on Tuesday 30th October, 1849. J.no Wood Chairman. The favour of an immediate answer is requested addressed to the City Rememberancer, Guildhall and if honoured with Acceptance a card of admission will be forwarded.
J.B. Bunning, Arch.t. J. Cross & Son sc. Holborn.
Steel engraving on porcelain card with blind embossed border. Sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Some surface abrasion. Creased.
An invitation with a view of the New Coal Exchange on Lower Thames Street, drawn by the architect James Bunstone Bunning. The building was eventually opened by Prince Albert rather than Victoria and was demolished in 1962, despite a campaign by John Betjeman and others.
[Ref: 57555] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.B. Bunning, Arch.t. J. Cross & Son sc. Holborn.
Steel engraving on porcelain card with blind embossed border. Sheet 330 x 250mm (13 x 9¾"). Some surface abrasion. Creased.
An invitation with a view of the New Coal Exchange on Lower Thames Street, drawn by the architect James Bunstone Bunning. The building was eventually opened by Prince Albert rather than Victoria and was demolished in 1962, despite a campaign by John Betjeman and others.
[Ref: 57555] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
King's Theatre, Richmond. By Desire and under the Patronage of Col. Wyndham, and The Officers of The Tenth Royal Hussars. On Friday, the 11th of September 1829, Will be presented, the popular Play (taken from the French of Le Jeune Mari) called The Wealthy Widow: Or, The Bride of Fifty.
E.H, Hall, Printer, Richmond [1829].
Letterpress playbill. Sheet 320 x 185mm (12½ x 7¼"). Some creasing.
A playbill for the King's Theatre (or Theatre Royal) on the south-west side of Richmond Green, built 1765 and demolished 1884. Two years after this bill Edmund Kean became manager, living next door and dying two years later.
[Ref: 57605] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E.H, Hall, Printer, Richmond [1829].
Letterpress playbill. Sheet 320 x 185mm (12½ x 7¼"). Some creasing.
A playbill for the King's Theatre (or Theatre Royal) on the south-west side of Richmond Green, built 1765 and demolished 1884. Two years after this bill Edmund Kean became manager, living next door and dying two years later.
[Ref: 57605] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Royal Oak, In which may be discovered 20 likenesses of Illustrious Individuals. Royal Album.
[Alf.d Carlile, Lithog.r London.]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing printer's inscription.
A puzzle print with portraits 'hidden' in the branches and foliage of the Royal Oak, the tree in which Charles II hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. A key lists only 14 of the twenty portraits of the Victorian royal family and politicians: ''The Duke of Sussex, Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Queen Adelaide, The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Brougham, Lord John Russell, Prince George, Lord Melbourne, Daniel O'Connell, Father Mathew, &c.&c.''.
[Ref: 57622] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Alf.d Carlile, Lithog.r London.]
[n.d. c.1845.]
Lithograph. Sheet 280 x 220mm (11 x 8¾"). Trimmed at bottom, losing printer's inscription.
A puzzle print with portraits 'hidden' in the branches and foliage of the Royal Oak, the tree in which Charles II hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. A key lists only 14 of the twenty portraits of the Victorian royal family and politicians: ''The Duke of Sussex, Her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, Queen Adelaide, The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Brougham, Lord John Russell, Prince George, Lord Melbourne, Daniel O'Connell, Father Mathew, &c.&c.''.
[Ref: 57622] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
St Helena. Visiting his Tomb. The Shade of Napoleon.
Day & Hague Lith.rs to the King, 7 Gate St.
Pub.d by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley & 4 King Street, Holborn [n.d., c.1831].
Lithograph. Sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Above his grave on St Helena, the profile of Napoleon Bonaparte can be discerned within the two trunks of willow trees. A woman in a mourning veil holds a wreath, the French Imperial eagle at her feet. This one of several puzzle-type prints on the same theme published in the aftermath of Napoleon's death.
[Ref: 57648] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Day & Hague Lith.rs to the King, 7 Gate St.
Pub.d by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley & 4 King Street, Holborn [n.d., c.1831].
Lithograph. Sheet 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
Above his grave on St Helena, the profile of Napoleon Bonaparte can be discerned within the two trunks of willow trees. A woman in a mourning veil holds a wreath, the French Imperial eagle at her feet. This one of several puzzle-type prints on the same theme published in the aftermath of Napoleon's death.
[Ref: 57648] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Certificate for The Shipping Federation.]](jpegs/57809.jpg)
[Certificate for The Shipping Federation.] This Certificate is awarded to [____] by the Executive Council of the Shipping Federation in recognition of his meritorious service as a member of the crew of the [____] on [____] under circumstances demanding an exceptional degree of skill and courage.
Frank Brangwyn. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1906.]
Etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A certificate for 'The Shipping Federation', etched by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956). The design for the certificate was titled 'Shipyard Workers' in the proof stages and depicts a group of workers on the right and two classical figures on the left. In V&A unfinished.
[Ref: 57809] £320.00
Frank Brangwyn. [Signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1906.]
Etching. 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13"), with very large margins. Uncut.
A certificate for 'The Shipping Federation', etched by Sir Frank William Brangwyn RA (1867 - 1956). The design for the certificate was titled 'Shipyard Workers' in the proof stages and depicts a group of workers on the right and two classical figures on the left. In V&A unfinished.
[Ref: 57809] £320.00
The Society for the Propagation of Practical Christianity in All Nations.
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Scarce lithographic leaflet. 450 x 580mm (17½ x 22¾"), folded once as issued.
A prospectus for 'The Society for the Propagation of Practical Christianity in All Nations', a Lutheran body founded in Augsburg in 1775.
[Ref: 57594] £280.00
Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Scarce lithographic leaflet. 450 x 580mm (17½ x 22¾"), folded once as issued.
A prospectus for 'The Society for the Propagation of Practical Christianity in All Nations', a Lutheran body founded in Augsburg in 1775.
[Ref: 57594] £280.00
The first Sock. 36 Stitches.
Jesse W. Ward, Steam Printer, Croydon [n.d., c.1885].
Leaflet. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"), folded twice. A little toning in edges.
A guide to knitting socks with 'Scotch Yarn, or Knitting Cotton'.
[Ref: 57588] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Jesse W. Ward, Steam Printer, Croydon [n.d., c.1885].
Leaflet. Sheet 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"), folded twice. A little toning in edges.
A guide to knitting socks with 'Scotch Yarn, or Knitting Cotton'.
[Ref: 57588] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Directions for Self-Measurement from Frederick Besch & Comp.y 10 & 11 Hanover Street, Hanover Square, London.
[n.d., c.1880.]
Engraved form, with old ink mss, unique. Sheet 375 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"). Creasing, toning, splits in folds.
A tailor's form with instructions of how to measure oneself for fitting coats and trousers, filled in by 'Santa Maria', April 1880 in ink.
[Ref: 57570] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1880.]
Engraved form, with old ink mss, unique. Sheet 375 x 235mm (14½ x 9¼"). Creasing, toning, splits in folds.
A tailor's form with instructions of how to measure oneself for fitting coats and trousers, filled in by 'Santa Maria', April 1880 in ink.
[Ref: 57570] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Westimster Abbey. Funeral of Lord Tennyson. Wednesday, October 12th, 1892, At 12.30 o'clock precisely. Admit One Person by the West Cloister Door, Through Dean's Yard, (at 12 O'Clock.) G.G. Bradley, D.D. Dean. South Transept. You are requested to take your seat in the South Transept immediately on entering the Abbey.
[1892.]
Printed invitation with black wax seal. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Some staining.
[Ref: 57592] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[1892.]
Printed invitation with black wax seal. Sheet 90 x 125mm (3½ x 5"). Some staining.
[Ref: 57592] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cut-outs for a toy theatre] No. 53.](jpegs/57596.jpg)
[Cut-outs for a toy theatre] No. 53.
Albrecht Schmidt excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1720.]
Engraving with hand colour. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"), with an 18th century watermark. Creasing.
Figures for an outdoor scene, with men, women and children, dogs, cats and fowl.
[Ref: 57596] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Albrecht Schmidt excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1720.]
Engraving with hand colour. Sheet 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"), with an 18th century watermark. Creasing.
Figures for an outdoor scene, with men, women and children, dogs, cats and fowl.
[Ref: 57596] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cut-outs for a toy theatre] No. 74.](jpegs/57595.jpg)
[Cut-outs for a toy theatre] No. 74.
Albrecht Schmidt excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1720.]
Engraving with hand colour, 18th century watermark. Sheet 305 x 370mm (12 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears.
Figures and furniture for a bedroom scene, with a bed with awnings, toys including a horse on wheels and a hobby-horse, babies in swaddling and nurses.
[Ref: 57595] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Albrecht Schmidt excud. A.V. [Augsburg, c.1720.]
Engraving with hand colour, 18th century watermark. Sheet 305 x 370mm (12 x 14½"). Trimmed within plate, repaired tears.
Figures and furniture for a bedroom scene, with a bed with awnings, toys including a horse on wheels and a hobby-horse, babies in swaddling and nurses.
[Ref: 57595] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vauxhall Gardens] The Adieu to the Spring-Gardens.](jpegs/57799.jpg)
[Vauxhall Gardens] The Adieu to the Spring-Gardens. To the R.t Hon. ye Earl of Anglesea, These four Plates are humbly Inscrib'd.
Bickham sc.
[n.d., 1737.
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 325 x 195mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Narrow margins.
A music sheet with a scene in Vauxhall Gardens, illustrating a song with words by John Lockman and music by William Boyce. No XIII of 'The Musical Entertainer'.
[Ref: 57799] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Bickham sc.
[n.d., 1737.
Etching with engraving, 18th century watermark. 325 x 195mm (12¾ x 7¾"). Narrow margins.
A music sheet with a scene in Vauxhall Gardens, illustrating a song with words by John Lockman and music by William Boyce. No XIII of 'The Musical Entertainer'.
[Ref: 57799] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Langley's New Characters. The Victoria Cake. May joy light their way to life's latest day...
London J. Fairburn, 100 Minories [n.d., 1840].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper.
A vibrant popular print celebrating Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert in 1840. Men hold up different drinks, including Mr Punch, while women sing and play the harp. Langley's Twelfth Night Characters.
See Ref: 57590
[Ref: 57591] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London J. Fairburn, 100 Minories [n.d., 1840].
Engraving with very fine hand colour. Sheet 215 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"). Trimmed to image, laid on album paper.
A vibrant popular print celebrating Queen Victoria's wedding to Prince Albert in 1840. Men hold up different drinks, including Mr Punch, while women sing and play the harp. Langley's Twelfth Night Characters.
See Ref: 57590
[Ref: 57591] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Political Death and Burial of the Departed Whigs.
C. Bennett, Printer, 34, Vere Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper, glue stains in corners, small tears, ink mss. date 'Nov.r 1834'.
A satire of the recent change of government from Whig (under William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the last Prime Minister to be sacked by a monarch) to Tory (under Robert Peel), taking the form of a service at a funeral, with a speaker/minister and respondant, praying to William IV for deliverance. The satire is not partisan: the Speaker says 'although we despise the Whigs, yet do we utterly detest the Tories'.
[Ref: 57601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C. Bennett, Printer, 34, Vere Street, Clare Market [n.d., 1834].
Letterpress broadside. Sheet 250 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper, glue stains in corners, small tears, ink mss. date 'Nov.r 1834'.
A satire of the recent change of government from Whig (under William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, the last Prime Minister to be sacked by a monarch) to Tory (under Robert Peel), taking the form of a service at a funeral, with a speaker/minister and respondant, praying to William IV for deliverance. The satire is not partisan: the Speaker says 'although we despise the Whigs, yet do we utterly detest the Tories'.
[Ref: 57601] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)