Grosvenor Prints

[Biplane dogfight] S.E.5a.
Howard Leigh [pencil signature].
Etching 250 x 190mm (7½ x 9¾"). Light spotting.
A First World War dogfight between a German and a British Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5, the fastest aircraft in the war. Howard Leigh (1896-1981), an American etcher.
[Ref: 10907] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Angiola Bianchi.
Painted by I. Naish. Engraved by G.S. Facius.
Published by the Proprietor. [n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet: 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Italian singer Angiola Bianchi.
[Ref: 49954] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Auszug aus einer See-Charte die Andreas Bianco im I[ahr] 1436 zu Venedig verfertigte... Auszug aus einer Charte die Fr. Picigano im I[ahr] 1367 zu Venedig verfertigte...
A.G. Ephem 1807. 10. stk.
Weimar, im Verlag des geograph. Instituts, 1807.
Engraved map. 180 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Folds as issued.
Two facsimiles of Venetian charts of the 15th & 16th centuries, showing the Atlantic before the known discovery of America, The presence of 'Y.a d'Antilla', a large island west of Madeira, is often used to argue that the Portuguese discovered America before Colombus.
[Ref: 53128] £140.00

La France de nos Jours. N.º 226. Biarritz. Vue de la Villa Eugénie et de la Côte Impériale.
Des.é d'ap. nat. et lith. en col. par Ch. Mercereau. Imp.é en 3. coul. par Frick fr. r. de la Vielle Estrapade, 17, Paris.
Paris, F. Sinnett, Editeur [n.d., c.1860].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 300 x 385mm (11¾ x 15¼").
The Villa Eugénie, was built for the Empress Eugénie c.1855 as a summer villa but became a hotel and casino in 1880. It is now the Hôtel du Palais. ''La France de nos jours'' was a series of 475 plates published from 1853 to 1876.
[Ref: 62685] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Bias of Priene.] Bias weinet, indem er jemanden zum Tode verurtheilet. Bias, capitis aliquem damnans, lacrymatur. vid. Srobaeus sermone 44. Praenobilissimo Dicasterio Civitatis primariae Gedanensis.
A Stech. inv. 1685. D.D.G. humillimus Servus Matth. Deisch fec. Ged. 1769.
Mezzotint, 18th century watermark. 250 x 420mm (9¾ x 16½"), large margins. Stain top right.
Bias weeps while condemning someone to death. Bias of Priene (6th century BC) was one of the Seven Sages of Greece, renouned for his probity. An illustration of a tapestry after Andrzej Stech (1635-97) that once belonged to the bench of judges in the Artus Court in Gdansk, Poland. The story comes from 'Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers' by Diogenes Laërtius (3rd century AD).
[Ref: 60188] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

My Bible, by William Jolly.
London, Published July 16th 1812 by William Darton Jun.r 58 Holborn Hill.
Coloured etching. 240 x 395mm (9½ x 15½). Trimmed to plate, split in centre fold, laid on album paper.
Six scenes illustrating 12 verses of Christian morality. Centre bottom shows image of an African.
[Ref: 58498] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

The Bible! Dedicated to the Society for the Supression of Vice and Immorality. The following Chapers and Verses selected for the Old and New Testament, are particularly recommended to the serious perusal and attention of the modest, virtuous, and moral Females in Great Britain[...]
Letterpress with woodcut border.Letterpress with woodcut border. Sheet 245 x 185mm (9¾ x 7¼"). Trimmed just into border, mounted on album paper.
The Society for the Supression of Vice and Immorality was founded in 1802 by William Wilberforce, aiming at ''profanation of the Lord's Day and profane swearing; publication of blasphemous, licentious and obscene books and prints; selling by false weights and measures; keeping of disorderly public houses, brothels and gaming houses; procuring; illegal lotteries; cruelty to animals''. In 1809 Absalom Jones founded an American chapter. The Society was absorbed into the National Vigilance Association in August 1885.
[Ref: 42422] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A collection of Christian broadsides.]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Five rare letterpress broadsides. Largest sheet: 390 x 240mm (15½ x 9½''). Creasing.
A collection of broadsides relating to Christianity. Titles are: 'Great and Wonderful News to all Christendom, being a Strange and Wonderful Relation of the Appearance of an Angel', 'The Works of God, Shewn to the Widow and Fatherless', 'Bible Society: State of the World', 'Lines Written on the Death of the Rev. David Stoner, by Ann Foulds, of Great Harwood, Near Blackburn' and 'The Bible Society'.
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The Christian Soldier with the Sword of Truth and the Shield of Faith Vanquishing Infidelity. Fruntispiece.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Engraving. 172 x 109mm (6¾ x 4¼").
A frontispiece to a religious related text.
[Ref: 28617] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Illustrations to Edward Spark's bible] [&] [Illustrations to the Book of Common Prayer]
[London printed for J. Redmayne, Jun, For T. Basset and J. Brome,]
[and are to be sold by J. Williams at the Crown in S.t Paul's Church-yard 1682] [&] [n.d. c.1654]
36 engravings on an album sheet. Sheet size, 610 x 445mm (24 x 17½). All trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
18 illustrations to Edward Spark's, 'Thysiasterion, vel Scintilla altaris : Primitive devotion in the feasts and fasts of the Church of England,' published 1682. 18 illustrations to the Book of Common Prayer including images of the gunpowder plot 'The Powder Plot November 5,' , King Charles I's execution, 'K: Charles I Murthered Pf31,' and 'K Charles II his returne 2 Sam.'
[Ref: 68178] £360.00 view all images for this item

[20 Illustrations to the Book of Common Prayer] [&] [7 Illustrations from Considerations of Drexelius on the eternity of hell torments. Translated into English] [&] [Titlepage to Ecclesia Anglicana] [&] [Ignatius Loyola and 4 Jesuit followers]
J. Drapentier. [A: Hertochs fecit]
[n.d. c.1708] [&] [n.d. c.1703] [&] [n.d. c.1659] [n.d. c.1690]
30 engravings on an album sheet front and back. Sheet size, 610 x 445mm (24 x 17½). All trimmed within plate and glued to backing sheet.
Illustrations to the Book of Common Prayer. It looks like they are from, 'The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches,' Published by Oxford, The University Printers, Oxford, 1708. Illustrations from, 'Considerations of Drexelius on the eternity of hell torments. Translated into English,' by Jeremias Drexel (1581-1638). Frontis to John Gauden's (d.1662), 'Ecclesia Anglicana' engraved by Abraham Hertochs (fl. 1626-1672) and published in London, 1659. Line engraving of Saint Ignatius Loyola and 4 Jesuit followers, 'Suarez, Mariana, Garnet & Parons,'
See Wellcome 5562i for Saint Ignatius with different follower names.
[Ref: 68193] £580.00 view all images for this item

[Frontispiece to Part VII of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica] VII Pars Bibliohecae Chalcographicae Id Est / Continuatio Secunda Iconum Virorum Illustrium
Impensis Clementis Amony, Bibliopolae et Chalcographi
Francfordy ad Moenum Anno MDCLXIX
Engraving, sheet 180 x 140mm (7 x 5½"). Trimmed to image. Small loss top right.
Frontispiece to one of the final parts of the Bibliotheca Chalcographica, a series of portrait prints published in nine parts between 1597 and 1664, initially with text by Jean-Jacques Boissard and engravings by Theodor de Bry but with other writers and engravers becoming involved in the later parts.
[Ref: 46378] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Bichat (Marie; Francois Xavier) Ne le 11. 9bre. 1771 a Thoirette, Dept. de l'ain, mort a Paris dans le mois de Juillet 1802.
Dumont, eleve de Mr. David. Imp. Lithogr. de G. Engelmann, rue Cassette N.18 a Paris.
Rare lithograph. 552 x 368mm (21¾ x 14½"). Some tears and nicks to the edges. Horizontal crease through centre.
A very striking portrait of Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771-1802), French anatomist and physiologist. Bichat is best remembered as the father of modern histology and pathology.
Not in Wellcome.
[Ref: 14574] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Elevation. ['Birches Green/ occupied by Brueton Gibbins' in ink mss. below.]
Lithographic illustration to the sale particulars of the property [Birmingham, n.d., but 1848]. Thin paper, scarce Fold creases as normal; a little soiled, with slightly frayed extremities.
View of a substantial property in its grounds in the Erdington district of Birmingham; figures and a dog walking in the gardens. It was bought by Brueton Gibbins in 1819, a local business man and Quaker philanthropist who owned the Aston Glass and Flintworks. It was put up for sale by auction in 1848. The mansion was later known as 'Rookery House' and was purchased by the municipal council in the early 20th century to serve as a recreational park.
Birmingham Archives & Heritage: Sales catalogues/Robins Vol 2, p.21.
[Ref: 24612] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

James Bick ye Famous Mimick Trumpetter of Oxford 1712.
[engraved by John Faber snr.]
[Published by Faber.]
Scarce mezzotint. Each sheet: 115 x 105mm (4½ x 4¼"). Trimmed into plate at top, thread margins elsewhere, top left corner torn.
A very rare portrait of James Bick (d.1734), set in a circle. He was a ventriloquist and imitator of musical instruments, especially the trumpet, touring the public houses of Oxford.
CS: 5, i and ii of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67607] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

James Bick ye Famous Mimick Trumpetter of Oxford 1712 [two states].
[engraved by John Faber snr.]
[Published by Faber.] [&] Sold by Tim: Iordan & Tho: Bakewell at ye Golden Lion in Fleet Street.
Mezzotint. Each sheet: 120 x 100mm (4¾ x 4"). Trimmed and laid on card.
A pair of both states of this very rare portrait of James Bick (d.1734, set in an circle. He was a ventriloquist and imitator of musical instruments, especially the trumpet, touring the public houses of Oxford.
CS: 5, i and ii of ii.
[Ref: 43734] £520.00 view all images for this item

[Trade Card of George Bickham the Elder.]
Sold by C. Dicey & Co, in Aldermary Church Y.d [n.d., published by Dicey c.1760, this example later c. 1820's].
Engraving with etching. 335 x 250mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Narrow margins, mounted on album paper.
The trade card of George Bickham the Elder, with his address at Hoop Alley, Old Street. It is a medley including a portrait, a ballad 'The Scotch Wedding', a playing card and a sheet with 'Graven, Written & Sold by George Bickham'.
BM: Heal,59.16.
[Ref: 65059] £320.00

George P. Bidder, Esqre.
Painted & Engraved by John Lucas. Proof.
London: Published January 1st. 1848, By Henry Graves & Compy. Printsellers To The Queen & H.R.R. Prince Albert, 6.Pall Mall.
Mezzotint. 518 x 360mm.
George Parker Bidder (1806-1878).was the son of a stonemason and born at Mortonhampstead in Devon. While still a young child his father took him to local fairs and then around the country showing off his mathematical skills where he earned a good living. In 1819 he came to the attention of Sir Henry Jardine and was tutored privately, by 1820 he was attending Edinburgh University. He settled in Lambeth and became a very successful engineer.
[Ref: 3964] £320.00

George Bidder. The Calculating phenomenon of England. Who at eight years of age & having received no instruction ina rthmatic possessed the power of resolvin difficult arithmetical questions without hesitatin or shewing any appearance if mental operation Which power continues and improves. He was born at Morton Hampstead in Devonshire June 14.th. 1806.
Engraved July 1815 by Freeman from a picture by John King.
Stipple. Sheet: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of George Bidder (1806-1878) who was exhibited by his father around the country on account of his fascinating mental skills. Thanks to an education provided by figures such as Sir J. Herschel and Sir H. Jardine, Bidder went on to be a successful engineer who worked alongside the Stephensons advising on the creation of the railways.
For a portrait of Bidder as an adult see ref: 3964. For another portrait of Bidder as a boy see ref: 31184.
[Ref: 35729] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

George Bidder, of Devonshire, AET.13. Whose extraordinary power of Calculation developed itself without instruction & reached an unprecedented height before he attained his seventh year. From a Miniature in the possession of the Rev.d Tho.s Jephson, of St. John's College Cambridge.
Painted by Miss Hayter. Engraved by J.H. Robinson.
London, Published June 25, 1819, by Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street.
Proof. Engraving. 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Cut inside platemark. Some foxing. Laid on album sheet at edges.
George Parker Bidder (1806-1878), the English engineer, architect and calculating prodigy. In 1834 Robert Stephenson, whose acquaintance he had made in Edinburgh, offered him an appointment on the London & Birmingham Railway, and in the succeeding year or two he began to assist George Stephenson in his parliamentary work, which at that time included schemes for railways between London and Brighton and between Manchester and Rugby via the Potteries. In 1837 he was engaged with Stephenson in building the Blackwall Railway, and it was he who designed the peculiar method of disconnecting a carriage at each station while the rest of the train went on without stopping, which was employed in the early days of that line when it was worked by means of a cable. He also advised on the construction of the Belgian railways; with Robert Stephenson he made the first railway in Norway, from Christiania to Eidsvold; he was engineer-in-chief of the Danish railways, and he was largely concerned with railways in India, where he strongly and successfully opposed break of gauge on through routes. In 1860 he was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was also one of the founders of the Electric Telegraph Company, which enabled the public generally to enjoy the benefits of telegraphic communication. In hydraulic engineering, he was the designer of the Victoria Docks (London). Bidder also investigated the practicality of steam trawlers in conjunction with Samuel Lake.
[Ref: 55257] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

George Bidder, of Devonshire, AET.13. Whose extraordinary power of Calculation developed itself without instruction & reached an unprecedented height before he attained his seventh year. From a Miniature in the possession of the Rev.d Tho.s Jephson, of St. John's College Cambridge.
Painted by Miss Hayter. Engraved by J.H. Robinson.
London, Published June 25, 1819, by Colnaghi & Co. Cockspur Street.
Engraving. 245 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Thread margins.
George Parker Bidder (1806-1878), the English engineer, architect and calculating prodigy. In 1834 Robert Stephenson, whose acquaintance he had made in Edinburgh, offered him an appointment on the London & Birmingham Railway, and in the succeeding year or two he began to assist George Stephenson in his parliamentary work, which at that time included schemes for railways between London and Brighton and between Manchester and Rugby via the Potteries. In 1837 he was engaged with Stephenson in building the Blackwall Railway, and it was he who designed the peculiar method of disconnecting a carriage at each station while the rest of the train went on without stopping, which was employed in the early days of that line when it was worked by means of a cable. He also advised on the construction of the Belgian railways; with Robert Stephenson he made the first railway in Norway, from Christiania to Eidsvold; he was engineer-in-chief of the Danish railways, and he was largely concerned with railways in India, where he strongly and successfully opposed break of gauge on through routes. In 1860 he was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was also one of the founders of the Electric Telegraph Company, which enabled the public generally to enjoy the benefits of telegraphic communication. In hydraulic engineering, he was the designer of the Victoria Docks (London). Bidder also investigated the practicality of steam trawlers in conjunction with Samuel Lake.
See Ref: 55257 for another version.
[Ref: 56988] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[''Biddie and Beauty Queen''.]
[Cynthia Harnett and George Vernon Stokes.]
[n.d., c.1944.)
Drawing. Sheet: 205 x 185mm (8 x 7¼"). On board with pencil annotations.
A scene showing a young girl chasing after a lead. An original illustration by illustrator and author Cynthia Harnett (1893-1981) and animal artist George Vernon Stokes (1873-1954) for Muriel Denison's 'Happy Tramp: the Story of a Little Girl and Her Old English Sheep Dog', 1944. After her father is wounded as a soldier in World War II and her mother is killed by in a German air raid Biddie and her Old English Sheepdog are evacuated to America where her father has found work as a kennel man for a wealthy New York dog breeder.
[Ref: 47833] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[Colonel Biddulph.]
[Painted by the Honorable Henry Graves. Engraved by Thomas L.Atkinson Esq.r.]
[London, Published by Henry Graves & Comp.y Oct 11. 1870; Printsellers to the Queen _ 6 Pall Mall.]
Proof mezzotint on india, with Printsellers' Association blindstamp.530 x 385mm.
Probably Sir Michael Anthony Shrapnel Biddulph (1823-1904).
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 2817] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[William III arriving in Honslaarsdijk in the Hague, in his carriage] Aenkomst van S.K. Maj. op Honslerdyk [parallel text in French].
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"). Fold through centre as normal.
Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
Landwehr: 79
[Ref: 42415] £320.00

[Schematic representation of the paintings decorating the triumphal arch on the square Buitenhof in The Hague, in honour of William III's visit in 1691] Schilderyen binnen de zeegeen eerepoorten voor het Hof [parallel text in French]
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"). Fold through centre as normal.
Four oblong designs and six larger scenes showing queen Mary, reproduced from a triumphal arch erected in honour of William III. Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
For views of the triumphal arch see refs. 42418-9. Landwehr: 79
[Ref: 42405] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Schematic presentation of the two painted scenes decorating the sides of the triumphal arch on the square Buitenhof in The Hague, in honour of William III's visit in 1691] Zyschilderyen der Zeege-en Eerepoorten voor het Hof [parallel text in French]
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"). Fold through centre as normal; crease.
Two scenes showing military and naval victory, reproduced from a triumphal arch erected in honour of William III. Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
For views of the triumphal arch see refs. 42418-9. Landwehr: 79
[Ref: 42407] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Schematic representation of the exterior decorations of the triumphal arch on the square Buitenhof in The Hague, in honour of William III's visit in 1691] Beelden, Devisen, Schilderyen en Zinnebeelden Zich van Buyten Vertoonende op de Zeege-en Eereporten voor het Hof [parallel text in French].
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 330 x 440mm (13 x 17¼"). Crease through centre as normal.
Decorations reproduced from a triumphal arch erected in honour of William III: eight allegorical statues (top row), emblematic representations (second and fourth rows), and scenes from the life of William III (third row). Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
For views of the triumphal arch see refs. 42418-9. Landwehr: 79.
[Ref: 42408] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Schematic presentation of the painted scenes decorating the triumphal arch erected in the court-yard Binnenhof in the Hague in honour of William III] Schilderyen Binnen de Eerepoort op de Plaats en op de Zyde na de Vyverbergh [parallel text in French].
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Tipped into album sheet.
Six allegorical and mythological scenes surmounted by three coats of arms, reproduced from a triumphal arch erected in honour of William III: eight allegorical statues (top row), emblematic representations (second and fourth rows), and scenes from the life of William III (third row). Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
Landwehr: 79
[Ref: 42409] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Schematic presentation of the decorations of the ornamental columns in the firework display held in the Hague in honour of William III] Verbeeldingen der Twee Naalden van het Konstvuurwerk [parallel text in French].
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Tipped into album sheet.
Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
[Ref: 42411] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Celebrations in front of City Hall in the Hague in honour of the visit of William III] Vreugde-en Eereteekenen voor het Stadhuis van 's Gravenhage [parallel text in French]
[Romeyn de Hooghe, published the Hague by Arnold Leers, 1691]
Etching, 17th century watermark; platemark 320 x 205mm (12½ x 8"). Tipped into album sheet.
Illustration to Govert Bidloo's 'Komste van Zyne Majesteit Willem III in Holland' (1691), etched by Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708), exponent of the late Dutch Baroque best known for his political caricatures of Louis XIV and his prints glorifying William III and the Glorious Revolution. De Hooghe's output as an artist was broad, however, and he had other talents and responsibilities: in 1689 he was placed in charge of obtaining building materials for the royal hunting lodge of Het Loo; the same year he became a Doctor of Law at Harderwijk University; he designed ceiling paintings for municipal buildings and church windows; and he wrote several political and historical treatises.
For the firework display (in which some of these ornamental columns can be seen) see ref. 42404. Landwehr: 79
[Ref: 42413] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Joh. Henr. Biehler, Joh. Georg. II et Joh. Georg. III. Electorum Sax. Cubicular. in Dresden. Nat. ueising in Wurtenb. 5 Febr. 1633 Denat. 7 Mart. 1698.
D. Richter pinx.
Pet. Schenck fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privilegio. [n.d., c.1700.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Slight crease. Small margins.
Johann Heinrich Biehler (1633-98), Jeweler and cubicular (i.e. 'Groom of the Stool') to the elector of Saxony, Johann Georg II and his son Johann Georg III.
[Ref: 53349] £380.00

[Ambrosius Karl Bieler] Ambrosius Carolus Bielerus M. D. Reipublicæ Ratisbonensis Physicus Ordinarius. Nat. A.S.R. MDCXCIV, d. III Mart.
M.C. Hirschmann junior pinxit. J. Jac. Haid sculps. Aug. Vind.
[n.d., c.1737]
Fine mezzotint printed in blue. 320 x 200mm (12½ x 8").
Half-length portrait of Ambrosius Karl Bieler (1693-1747) physician of Regensburg, holding a book on botany.
Wellcome Library no. 1103i
[Ref: 58853] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Bienvenue.
Lithog. de C. de Lasteyrie.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Lithograph. Printed area 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"). Spotting.
A group of French soldiers drink together in a camp. Charles Philibert du Saillant, Comte de Lasteyrie (1759-1849), was a pioneer of French lithography.
[Ref: 55747] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[The first 'Big Ben'] The Largest Bell in England, Cast by John Warner & Sons, London, By Order of her most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, for the Clock Tower of the New Palace at Westminster, 1856.
[1856.]
Wood-engraved admission ticket on card, unused. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Old ink mss on top edge, a few spots, mounted on album paper with newspaper clippings, one showing the same image. One print has come away from the album paper.
A ticket to see the first 'Big Ben' bell, shown on the ground with two men added for perspective. The bell cracked during testing so never reached the Clock Tower.
[Ref: 64289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

John Bigg, the Dinton Hermit. [Wonderful Magazine.]
Wilkes Sculp.t.
[Pub.d by C. Johnson.] [n.d. c.1820]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 185mm (9¼ x 7¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Illustration to the Wonderful Magazine. Full-length seated portrait of John Bigg (1629-96). It has been suggested that Bigg was Charles I's executioner, given sanctuary and anonymity on one of the regicide's estates.
[Ref: 67878] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

W. Redmore Bigg. R.A. [facsimile signature]. Proof.
W.m Fisk Pinxit. W.m Narnard Sculp.t.
Published by W.m Fisk, 19, Charles Street, Berniers Street, & W.m Barnard, 53, Pall Mall, June, 20th 1831.
Proof mezzotint. 270 x 215mm (10½ x 8½"). Narrow margins, mounted in album paper at edges.
Half-length portrait of genre painter William Redmore Bigg (1755-1828). During his lifetime he was hugely popular, with the best engravers were employed to reproduce his works in mezzotint.
CS 1, recorded as the only state. Russell 1, state ii of iii.
[Ref: 61631] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Biggleswade. Proof.
Published by T.W. Sprong [n.d., c.1850.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Printed area 260 x 320mm (10¼ x 12½"), on thick paper.
A separate-issue view of the Market Place, Biggleswade.
[Ref: 52205] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Ralph Bigland.] [Somerset Herald.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Stipple proof engraving. Sheet 210 x 120mm (8¼ x 4¾").
Portrait of Ralph Bigland (1712 - 1784), English officer of arms, antiquarian and cheesemaker. He was promoted to the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary in 1759.
[Ref: 68340] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Jérôme Bignon.]
P. de Champaigne pinxit. F. Poilly sculpsit.
1664.
Engraving with large margins. Platemark: 390 x 320mm (15¼ x 12¼"). Light horizontal crease. Small surface marks on sheet.
A portrait of French laywer Jérôme Bignon (1589-1656), after Philippe de Champaigne (1602 - 1674). Bust directed to right, with curled hair and robes, in an oval frame on ledge with a coat of arms below the image. Jérôme Bignon was a French lawyer born in Paris, who gained great reputation after publishing 'Choréographie, ou description de la Terre Sainte' in 1600, which served to introduce the author to Henry IV, who placed him for some time as a companion to the Duke of Vendôme, and made him tutor to the 'dauphin', and afterwards Louis XIII.
[Ref: 33859] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Bill of Rights ratified at the Revolution by King William, and Queen Mary, previous to their Coronation.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Etching and engraving. plate 305 x 210mm (12 x 8¼"). Cut into platemark.
William III and Mary II, enthroned, a cleric standing before them , holding out text of Bill of Rights; passed on 16 December 1689 as a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention of Parliament to William and Mary, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England.
[Ref: 34705] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Distraction d'un Afficheur.
Lith de Langlumé r. de l'Abbaye.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured lithograph, 18th century watermark. Sheet 335 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾").
A bill poster sticks an advert for a lost dog to the back of a man reading the theatrical posters stuck on a wall. Amongst the plays is 'Vampire', probably Charles Nodier's 'Le Vampire' which was performed at the Porte St. Martin Theatre in 1820.
[Ref: 68130] £320.00

Twenty five to win, & ten minutes to go [ink.] Yours Very Sincerly, Willie [ink signature.]
[n.d. c.1890.]
Watercolour with pen and ink. 152 x 235mm (6 x 9¼").
A man with his chest on the billard table and feet on the piano behind; keys and money fall out of his pockets with his pocket watch on the table. Balls bounce on the table.
[Ref: 24965] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Writing the Billet. To David Garrick Esq.r This Plate is Inscribed by his most Obed.t Hble Serv.t John Miller. [&] Delivering the Billet. To C.G. de Murr of Nuremburg, This Plate is Inscribed by his sincere and Humble Serv.t John Miller.
Juan Pantoja de la Cruz pinxt. J. Miller Sculp.t.
Publish'd by J. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, London [n.d., c.1773 but later.]
Pair of engravings. 375 x 330mm (14¾ x 13"), with large margins.
Two scenes: a woman writes a love letter by candlelight; and another woman receives a love letter. The painter was Juan Pantoja de La Cruz (1553-1608), court painter to Philip II and Philip III of Spain. The engraver was German Johann Sebastian Müller (1715-92), who emigrated to England in 1744, anglicising his name to John Miller.
[Ref: 63522] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Le Billet Doux [scratched title in vignette].
Peint é la Gouasse par N. Lavreince. et gravé par N. De Launay.
[Paris: Nicolas de Launay, c.1778.]
Engraving, proof before full title and dedication. 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"). Repaired tear left margin. Bit messy at top.
A rich interior with musical instruments on the right. A young man discusses a musical score with an older lady, while furtively passing a love letter to a young woman sitting behind him with an embroidery hoop Engraved by Nicolas De Launay (1739- c.1792) after Swedish miniature painter Nicolas Lavreince (1737-1807). This print was advertised in the 'Journal des Sciences et des Beaux Arts' on 30 March 1778.
L & D 95, state ii.
[Ref: 63354] £360.00

The Billet Doux, [The Love Letter]
Engraved by F.C. Lewis from a picture by G.S. Newton in the possession of Watson Taylor Esqr.
London, Published by Mr. F.C. Lewis, 12, Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place, 1827.
Stipple with etching and some aquatint, india paper; 285 x 205mm. 11¼ x 8". A fine impression; trace of crease through lower right corner.
A young woman contemplating the contents of the valentine she holds in her left hand; balustrade behind and a ship at sea in the background. Four lines of verse below title. After Gilbert Stuart Newton (1794 - 1835).
From the Encombe Collection, Lord Eldon.
[Ref: 21652] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Archery supplies Invoice.] Bo.t of James Buchanan, Archery Manufacturer to the Royal Family and the Empreror of Russian [...]
[c.1860]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 170 x 200mm (6¾ x 7¾"). Folds; pinholes upper left.
Invoice for the purchases from London James Buchanan, whose premises was located by Piccadilly Circus. Buchanan also provided bows and arrows for his archer friend Horace Alfred Ford (1821/2-1880), author of 'The Theory and Practice of Archery'.
Ex: Norman Blackburn
[Ref: 33082] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Artists' supplies Invoice] Bo.t of Cullen at his Oil and Colour Stores [...]
1844
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 140 x 195mm (5½ x 7½"). Folds; hole upper centre.
Invoice for the purchases from a Wexford colour seller, with vignette of the premises upper left.
Ex: Norman Blackburn
[Ref: 33083] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Builders.] Sir To provide Parts and Gates painted grained and varnished complete as per sketch... £ 21, 9 - 0d Yours &c A. Sheppard.
Reading 13 April 1860.
Ink mss. builder's invoice (ANS), made out to 'Towgood Esqre Arbourfield(?)' sheet 110 x 180mm. 4¼ x 7". Together with author's original pencil diagram to scale of the gate, to which he refers. On tissue sheet 140 x 350mm, 5½ x 13¾"(2). Plan severely browned and glue stained.
Provenance: from a scrap album compiled c.1840 - 1880 by Alfred Towgood of Riverside, a paper mill owner at St. Neots, Huntingdon. He was also a Lieutenant in the Duke of Manchester's Light Horse.
[Ref: 16465] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Coal Merchants] Bo.t of James Poole, Jun.r Coal Merchant &c. Park End & Pen Van Wharf, Hotwell-Road, Clifton, and St Stephen's Wharf, Quay.
[mss. dated 1839.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, sheet 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"), folded vertically, remains of wax seal. Creases, torn when opening wax seal.
A billhead illustrated with a vignette of a sailing collier, addressed to Mrs. Codrington [in ink].
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33500] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Drapers] Bo.t of James Spittal & Son, Silk Mercers Lace Men & Drapers. Wholesale & Retail. No 84 South Bridge Street , West Side. Edinburgh. India Shawls & Muslins, Silks, Velvets, Laces, Straw & Chip Hats, Muffs, Tippets, &c. [With a notarised receipt of payment.]
[mss. dated 1824 & 1825.]
Engraved invoice with manuscript, Snelgrove watermark; sheet 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼"); with mss receipt with blindstamp, sheet 85 x 210mm (3¼ x 8¼"), attached with wax. Folds.
With a vignette view of South Bridge Street.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 33448] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

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