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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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Second Voyage Aérien. Expériénce faite dans le Jardin Thueilleries par M.M. Charles et Robert, le 1.er x.bre 1783. Le Globe en Taffettas gommé de 26 Pieds de diamètre était plein d'Air inflammable.
Dessiné par le Ch.r de Lorimier. Gravé par N. De Launay.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, repair on right edge, paper toned.
A view of a balloon carrying professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert away from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, on the 1st December 1783. Coming less than a fortnight after Montolfier's first balloon flight, this was the first using hydrogen rather than hot air. Among the 400,000 spectators reported were Montgolfier and Benjamin Franklin.
[Ref: 57654] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par le Ch.r de Lorimier. Gravé par N. De Launay.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate, repair on right edge, paper toned.
A view of a balloon carrying professor Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert away from the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris, on the 1st December 1783. Coming less than a fortnight after Montolfier's first balloon flight, this was the first using hydrogen rather than hot air. Among the 400,000 spectators reported were Montgolfier and Benjamin Franklin.
[Ref: 57654] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
''The Convict Ship.'' page 110.
H. Adlard.
[London, c.1825.]
Rare steel engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Convicts being taken to a convict ship about to set sail for Australia. Possibly an illustration to Thomas Kibble Hervey's 'The Convict Ship'.
[Ref: 57653] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
H. Adlard.
[London, c.1825.]
Rare steel engraving. Sheet 110 x 60mm (4¼ x 2¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Convicts being taken to a convict ship about to set sail for Australia. Possibly an illustration to Thomas Kibble Hervey's 'The Convict Ship'.
[Ref: 57653] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Palanquin presented by the Marquis of Cornwallis to Prince Abdul Calic, Eldest Son of Tippoo Sultaun. [European Magazine/]
T. Prattent Sculp.t.
Publish'd by J. Sewel, Sep.r 1796.
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 185mm (4¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing sub-title.
A side view of the Oriental style palanquin, with four shutters and four panels, about 17 feet long.
[Ref: 57569] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
T. Prattent Sculp.t.
Publish'd by J. Sewel, Sep.r 1796.
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 185mm (4¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed, losing sub-title.
A side view of the Oriental style palanquin, with four shutters and four panels, about 17 feet long.
[Ref: 57569] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Funeral Car of the Late Duke of Wellington.
Elliot. Holywell-street, Strand, London.
[n.d. c.1852.]
Woodcut with hand colour. Printed area 240 x 735mm (9½ x 29"). Original folds, creasing.
A popular print of the funeral car of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington. A canopied carriage drawn by twelve black horses, it carried his body through London to St Paul's Cathedral where Wellington was laid next to Lord Nelson.
[Ref: 57586] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Elliot. Holywell-street, Strand, London.
[n.d. c.1852.]
Woodcut with hand colour. Printed area 240 x 735mm (9½ x 29"). Original folds, creasing.
A popular print of the funeral car of Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852), 1st Duke of Wellington. A canopied carriage drawn by twelve black horses, it carried his body through London to St Paul's Cathedral where Wellington was laid next to Lord Nelson.
[Ref: 57586] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)