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Solar Spots. The Comet of 1811.
Solar Spots. The Comet of 1811. Telescopic Appearances of Venus. Telescopic Appearances of Mars. The Great Meteor of November 13 1803.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[London: Sir Richard Phillips, c.1823.]
Three mezzotint plates on one sheet, scarce. Sheet 450 x 270mm (17¾ x 10½"). Some damage, creasing, laid on archival paper.
From 'The Atlas of Nature: being a Graphic Display of the Most Interesting Subjects in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, for Study and Reference.
[Ref: 56815]   £360.00  
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Astronomie. 159.
Astronomie. 159. Suppl Pl 8.
Benard Direx.
[n.d. c.1780].
Copper engraving, 18th century watermark, 355 x 235mm (14 x 9¼"). Thread margin on right. Couple of brown spots, crease.
Most likely from the 1780's five-volume supplement to 'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,' edited by Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, with the aid of Quensay, Montesquieu, Voltaire, J. J. Rousseau, Turgot, and others.
[Ref: 60628]   £65.00   (£78.00 incl.VAT)
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An Exterior View Of The Devon Haytor Granite Quarries. Plate 1.
An Exterior View Of The Devon Haytor Granite Quarries. Plate 1. [&] An Interior View Of The Devon Haytor Granite Quarries. Plate 2.
From an Original Painting b J. Cartwright. Esq.r. Engraved by Rob.t Havell Jun.r.
London, Published July 1825 for the Proprietor by R. Havell, 79 Newman Street, Oxford Street.
Very rare pair of coloured aquatints, 310 x 430mm (12¼ x 17") Repaired tears, small margins.
A pair of views of the Haytor Quarry in Dartmoor; with men at work mining the stone.
[Ref: 60589]   £690.00   view all images for this item
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[The Grand Jubilee Celebrations in London's Parks.]
[The Grand Jubilee Celebrations in London's Parks.] View of the Bridge and Pagoda, from the Canal, St James's Park.[&] The Chinese Pagoda and Bridge in St James's Park (previous to the Fire.) [&] The Grand Pavillion in Green Park. [&] The View in Hyde Park, with the Fleet at Anchor, on the Serpentine River. [&] The Jubilee Naval Action on the Serpentine in Commemoration of the Battle of the Nile. [&] The Action between the British & American Frigates on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, 1st August, 1814.
Published Aug.t 12 [& 24th], 1814, by Tho. Palser, Surry Side, West.r Bridge.
Six etchings (of 8) with fine hand colour. Each c. 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), with large margins. Laid on contemporary album card
On 1st August 1814 a series of events celebrating both the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the centenary of Hanoverian rule in England. In St James's Park a Chinese bridge with a pagoda was built over the lake; in Green Park a revolving Temple of Concord was constructed by Sir William Congreve (of rocket fame); and in Hyde Park naval battles with miniature frigates were fought (the 'Nile' and 'Trafalgar' against the French and a third against the Americans, a reminder that Britain was still fighting the War of 1812). The battles were successful events: however the pagoda in St James's Park was set alight by fireworks, killing one and injuring another; and the balloon ascent, by James Sadler (1753-1828, the first English balloonist) did not go as planned and he had to make an emergency landing.
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Plate V. To the Right Hon.ble Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, This Plate representing a Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breaking the Flax
Plate V. To the Right Hon.ble Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, This Plate representing a Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breaking the Flax with groved Rollers, and Scutching it with Blades fixt on a Shaft, both turn'd by the Main Wheel, Great Improvements in the Method of Breaking and Scutching of Flax. Is most respectfully Dedicated by his Lordships obedient and much obliged humble Servant, W.m Hincks.
W.m Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by W.m Hincks, July 4.th 1783.
Stipple, sheet 345 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate, nicks and tears at edges. Small holes on image.
An interior view of a 'scutch' mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fibre. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 60381]   £380.00  
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Plate IX. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Bangor, This Plate Representing a Complete Perspective View of all the Machinery of a Bleach Mill, upon the Newest and most approved Constructions.
Plate IX. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Bangor, This Plate Representing a Complete Perspective View of all the Machinery of a Bleach Mill, upon the Newest and most approved Constructions. Consisting of the Wash Mill, Rubbing Boards moved by a Crank, and Beetling Engine for Glazing the Cloth, with a View of the Boiling House. Is most respectfully Inscribed by his Lordships obedient humble Servant. W.m Hincks.
W.m Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by W.m Hincks Aug.t 23, 1783.
Stipple, sheet 340 x 415mm (13¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate on two sides, nicks at edges.
An interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 60378]   £380.00  
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