Grosvenor Prints

Nihil Invita Minerva. The Academy of the Muses.
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving. Image 191 x 152mm. 283 x 224mm.
A centaur shooting with a bow and arrow standing on top of an argent. The argent has an open music book that sits between two swords in saltire of the first. Either side stand dexter a sinister satyr, and a merman with two tails. Nihil Invita Minerva: Nothing in spite of genius.
[Ref: 12531] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 2:] l'Amours Couronnée.
Mondon le Fils Invenit. A. Aveline Sculpit.
Avec Privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1736.]
Copper engraving. Paper watermarked. 229 x 184mm. 3 x 7¼". Large margins, uncut.
A Rococo design with two cherubs seated on a cloud with bows and arrows, the left cherub placing a laurel crown onto the other; figurative desgins to the top left. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the third set.
[Ref: 22998] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 6:] l'Amoureux Guerrier.
Mondon le Fils invenit. A. Aveline Sculpsit.
[Avec privilege du Roy, 1736.]
Copper ngraving, paper watermarked. Plate 235 x 183mm. 9¼ x 7¼". Large margins, uncut.
Inside a Rococo design, a man sits with a woman's head resting on his lap; a representation of an inn with two figures outside, one holding a sword. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the third set.
[Ref: 23001] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Arms of all the Deaneries in England and Wales together with the Paternal Coat Armour of Each representative Dean alphabetically digested. [&] The Arms of all the Archiepiscopal Sees, in (that part of Great Britain, called) England and Wales, with ye Arms of ye Bishoprick of Man, according to their present Precedencies... [dedicated by] W.m Jackson.
[n.d., c.1715.]
Pair of engravings. Each c.635 x 480mm (25 x 19"), very large margins. 'Sees' with tear entering plate. Slightly dusty in margins.
Extremely rare pair of plates, each with an architectural background and numerous armorials.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 52118] £2,000.00 view all images for this item

A Banner displayed To the Immortal honour of those Worthy Patriots in the House of Commons who opposed and voted against the Excise Scheme April 11 1733. Exhibiting Each of Their Coat-Armour with their Names and Places they Represent in Parliament.
[n.d., c.1733.]
Rare engraving. Sheet 670 x 590mm. Trimmed within plate on three sides, torn with loss to one armorial.
A large plate with 207 armorials, celebrating the defeat of Sir Robert Walpole's Excise Scheme, an attempt to replace the land tax (paid by the local gentry), with excise and customs taxes (paid by merchants and ultimately by consumers). To reduce the threat of smuggling, the tax was to be collected not at ports but at warehouses. At the bottom is a list of MPs who were absent during the debate but supported the opposition to the bill.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 52120] £480.00

Lector [...]
J. Goddard Sculp.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Engraved frontispiece, 17th century watermark. Image 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7"). Toning. Crease in bottom margin and torn right hand margin.
A 'To the Reader' message in Latin, surrounded by the standards of the nobility, possibly early 17th century Members of Parliament. Frontis piece to 'Pisgah: Sight of Palestine' by Thomas Fuller.
See Ref: 30273 for coloured version.
[Ref: 56177] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Cartouche Nouveau 1 [-4].
Babel invenit et delineavit. Avec Privilege de Roy.
A Paris chez Jacques Chereau rue St Jacques au grand St Remy. [n.d., c.1760.]
4 etchings stitched at top. Each plate 200 x 160mm (8 x 6¼") with large margins. Staining on 4th plate. Uncut.
The designs of four baroque frames by Pierre-Edmé Babel (1720-75). A famous engraver and frame-maker, some of whose work are on display in the Hall of Mirrors Versailles. In 1772 he charged the Bishop of Limoge 400 livres for a frame for Joseph-Benoît Suvée's 'St Louis receiving the crown of thorns', now in the Musée Municipal de Limoges.
[Ref: 46275] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

[Banderole with allegorical figures.]
[By Laurent Guyot?]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Aquatint with etching, printed in sepia. 135 x 435mm (5¼ x 17"), very large margins.
An ornamental banderole with six allegorical figures, including Mercury and two figures representing the Arts.
[Ref: 45180] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Tapestry of Bayeux. By Matilda Consort of William the Conqueror 1066.
Lithographed in 1829 by M.A. Gilbert.
Lithograph with large margins, very rare. 219 x 291mm (8½ x 11½").
This section shows William the Conqueror aboard the flagship 'The Mora' landing at Pevesney. The Bayeux Tapestry, depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. French legend maintained the tapestry was commissioned and created by Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife, and her ladies-in-waiting. However, scholarly analysis now concludes that the tapestry was probably commissioned by William's half-brother, Bishop Odo.
See Ref: 29054 for coloured copy (missing part of printed area on left).
[Ref: 29053] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Tapestry of Bayeux. By Matilda Consort of William the Conqueror 1066.
Lithographed in 1829 by M.A. Gilbert.
Lithograph with hand colour, very rare. 218 x 285mm (8½ x 11¼"). Some creasing and scuffing.
This section shows William the Conqueror aboard the flagship 'The Mora' landing at Pevesney. The Bayeux Tapestry, depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the Battle of Hastings. French legend maintained the tapestry was commissioned and created by Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife, and her ladies-in-waiting. However, scholarly analysis now concludes that the tapestry was probably commissioned by William's half-brother, Bishop Odo.
See Ref: 29053 for uncoloured copy (with additional printed area on left)
[Ref: 29054] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Tomb of Sir Henry Blount? ]
Printed & Sold by Tim: Jordan & Tho: Bakewell at y.e Golden Lion in Fleetstreet [n.d. c.1720.]
Mezzotint. 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with large margins. Slight creasing.
Effigies of a knight in armour and his wife, lying with hands clasped in prayer. The BM's example has a pencil note suggesting this is the tomb of Henry Blount (1602-82) and his wife Hester in Trinity College chapel, Oxford. However the style of tomb seems anachronistic.
BM 1851,1213.664.
[Ref: 60151] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Bono Eventui.
Fran. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Padova, 1752.]
Etching and engraving, very fine. 140 x 108mm. 5½ x 4¼". Large margins, very slight foxing.
A nude man placing an object on a pedestal. From: "Della Letteratura Italiana, de M. Foscarini, Padova, 1752. Cinq médailles entourées de cadres formés de dauphins, rubans, branches d'arbres, etc".
De Vesme: 1454 II of II..
[Ref: 20602] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

La Victoire déposant sur les Armes de France la Devise et l'ancien Ecu des Bourbons. [Cut out and stuck at top of image.] Bonte et Valeur.
PP. Choffard fect 1788.
Etching. 132 x 197mm. 5¼ x 7¾". Foxing, title cut.
A vignette by Pierre-Philippe Choffard for Joseph-Louis-Ripault Desormeaux's (1724-1793) 'Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon'. Desormeaux was the official historiographer to the Maison de Bourbon and his work was disrupted by the French Revolution and left unfinished at the reign of Henry IV. This 'Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon" was published in five volumes and published between 1772 and 1788.
[Ref: 19980] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Bonte et Valeur.
PP. Choffard fecit. 1775.
[Paris: l'Imprimerie Royale: 1775.]
Two etched plates. Sheet 330 x 254mm. 13 x 10".
Two of the numerous tail-pieces and vignettes by Pierre-Philippe Choffard for Joseph-Louis-Ripault Desormeaux's (1724-1793) 'Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon'. Desormeaux was the official historiographer to the Maison de Bourbon and his work was disrupted by the French Revolution and left unfinished at the reign of Henry IV. This 'Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon" was published in five volumes and published between 1772 and 1788.
[Ref: 19975] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Henri IV. Sous le joug de la Cour et du Blaisir, donne neanimoins des Exemples de Valeur, et d'Humanite au Siege de la Rochelle. [title cut and pasted below image.] [&] Nec Aestus Nec Torret Hyems.
PP. Choffard fecit 1786. [ &] PP Choffard fect 17781.
A pair of etchings. Sheet 335 x 254mm. 13¼ x 10".
Two vignettes by Pierre-Philippe Choffard for Joseph-Louis-Ripault Desormeaux's (1724-1793) 'Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon'. Desormeaux was the official historiographer to the Maison de Bourbon and his work was disrupted by the French Revolution and left unfinished at the reign of Henry IV. This 'Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon" was published in five volumes and published between 1772 and 1788.
[Ref: 19968] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Standing Bowl & Cover of Silver-gilt presented by William Camden, Clarencieux King at Arms, to the Worshipful Company of Paper Stainers.
R.B. Schnebbelie sculp.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare etching: 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6½''). Trimmed.
A print of an ornate cup presented to the Worshipful Company of Paper-Stainers by historian and herald William Camden (1551-1623).
[Ref: 50461] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Britannia 1696.
MB [M Burghers] d. et sculp.
[n.d. c.1699.]
Engraving. 70 x 166mm (2¾ x 6½"). Cut.
From "Musarum Anglicanarum Analecta" by Joseph Addison, a book on English wit, poetry and satire.
[Ref: 29012] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The British Monarchy.] Introduction.
[Engraved by George Bickham.]
[n.d., 1753.]
Engraving. Sheet 260 x 155mm (10¼ x 6"), with good margins. Slight foxing.
A sheet of stylish engraved italic text explaining the maps in Bickham's 'The British Monarchy or a Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain', with a chapter heading vignette of cherubs with surveying instruments including a theodolite.
[Ref: 45304] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

To The Subscribers. The representation of the Cenotaph erected in St. George's Chapel, Windsor To Perpetuate the Memory of her late lamented Royal Highness The Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. Is Respectfully dedicated by their obedient Servant. Thomas Fairland.
Designed and Executed by M.C. Wyatt, Esq.r Drawn and Engraved by T. Fairland.
London, Published June 1826, by W. Sams, Book & Printseller to the Royal Family St James's Street.
Etching. Plate 400 x 279mm. 15¾ x 11". Uncut.
The beautiful monument of 'romantic' gloom in St George's Chapel, Windsor. Princess Charlotte rising to heaven, accompanied by angels, the one to her right carrying her dead son, who died at birth the day before her own death; mourning figure kneeling on the steps.
[Ref: 20185] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Royal Coat of Arms] Carolo Dei Gratia Fidei Defensori Anno Restaurato DDD CLVIIIII
R. Gaywood fecit [1660]
Etching, sheet 255 x 180mm (10 x 7"). Text and tomb of Charles I verso.
Illustration from 'The Sphere of Gentry' (1661) by the herald-painter Sylvanus Morgan. Although not credited here, the painter and etcher Francis Barlow (d.1704) is known to have worked on designs for the book's illustrations. British Museum cataloguing states that Barlow's hand is visible in the rendering of the lion and unicorn in this print.
[Ref: 42828] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie; a man carrying water in two buckets in a landscape.]
J.J. Avril scul
1773.
Etching, 190 x 125mm. 7½ x 5".
By Paris engraver Jean Jacques Avril (1744 - 1831). Most of his prints were ornamental. Probably from a series of ceramic designs.
[Ref: 11105] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[The Chinese Fishmen.]
Boucher Inv.t
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving with etching. Paper watermarked. Plate 286 x 190mm. 11¼ x 7½". Staining at bottom of image and creasing.
A rare detail of The Chinese Fisherman c.1742 painted by François Boucher (1703-1770).
[Ref: 19772] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 4: An ornamental Rococo design with flowing water and two birds either side.]
Mondon Invenit. Aveline Sculpsit.
Avec privilege du Roy. [n.d. c.1736.]
Copper engraving. Plate 242 x 166mm. 9½ x 6½". Uncut with large margins.
An ornamental Rococo design with flowing water and two birds either side. From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the first set: "Premier livre de formes rocailles et cartels".
[Ref: 22988] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie design; a procession between two gates.]
Pillement Invt. J. June sculp.
London Printed for Robt. Sayer Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1760.]
Etching, 170 x 270mm. 6¾ x 10½". Trimmed within plate and to image at top, moisture spots lower right, laid on conservation tissue.
Some of the figures are riding camels; two are even riding an elephant. Perhaps a ceramic design. Numbered '30' upper right. Ornament print from a series after Jean-Baptiste Pillement (1728 - 1808). A design which appeared in the Robert Sayer's 1760 rich compedium of designs entitled 'The Ladies Amusement'.
Gordon-Smith: 25.
[Ref: 19622] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 7:] Trophée d'Armes d'un Grand de la Chine.
Mondon le fils Inv. A. Aveline Sculp.
[Avec privilege du Roi. 1736.]
Copper engraving. Paper watermarked. Plate 229 x 178mm. 9 x 7". Large margins, uncut. Some foxing off platemark.
Chinoiserie: a banner flys from a decorated ornament with an urn, parasol, dagger and a drape; a Chinese figure holidng a spear stands over to the right. From "Cinquième Livre de Figures Et Ornemens Chinois, Dédié A ... Monseigneur Alexis Madelaine Rosalie Duc de Chatillon, Pair de France, Gouverneur de Monseigneur le Dauphin". From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the fifth set.
[Ref: 22994] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

To the Memory of the Duke of Marlborough.
D. Creti Eques: et N. Ferravoli et J.P. Mirando Pinx. L. Cars Sculp. et D.M.Fratta delin.
John Boydell excudit London.
Engraving. 650 x 415mm (25¾ x 16¼''). Large margins on 3 sides.
An allegorical scene featuring an invented monument to John Churchill, first Duke of Marlborough, hero of the War of the Spanish Succession, depicting him as a Roman general on horseback. From Boydell's edition of 'Tombeaux des Princes, Grand Capitaines et Autres Hommes Illustres, Qui ont fleuri dans la Grande-Bretagne' by Owen McSwiny, former manager of Drury Lane and the Haymarket Theatres, first published by Basan in Paris c.1737. Boydell has translated the title into English from Latin and added his name as publisher. McSwiny had travelled to Italy where he bought works of Italian painters, including Canaletto, to sell to English collectors. This series of paintings, commemorating the deeds of famous Englishmen, was planned for the decoration of the Duke of Richmond's apartment at Goodwood.
See BM 1859,0709.685 for the first published state. See: 10619
[Ref: 54252] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Arms of the City Companies, Scocieties &c. Plate III. Engraved for Noorthouck's History of London.
Longmate sculp.
[London: R. Baldwin, 1773.]
Engraving. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate at sides.
Thirty costs-of-arms of City Companies, alphabetically from Pewterers to Woomen, and trading companies including those of the African, Hudson's Bay and East India Companies.
[Ref: 55351] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Arms of the Trading Companies, Hospitals, Inns of Court, Scocieties &c. Plate IV. Engraved for Noorthouck's History of London.
Longmate sculp.
[London: R. Baldwin, 1773.]
Engraving. 240 x 190mm (9½ x 7½"). Trimmed into plate on left, notch in bottom edge. Repaired tear on left.
Thirty costs-of-arms, including those of the Russia, South Sea, Turkey or Levant and Virginia Companies.
[Ref: 55350] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Bacchus; a classical cameo] [Plate 13.]
[G.B. Cipriani. F. Bartolozzi.]
[London, c.1781-1791.]
Stipple and etching printed in brown ink on india paper, 270 x 210mm. 10½ x 8¼". Light spotting.
Bust of Bacchus, looking up towards top right; in an oval medallion. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani's (1727 - 1785) study for 'Gemmarum antiquarum delectus: ex præstantioribus desumptus, quæ in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur (Marlborough gems)'; a two volume folio of antiquities in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.
De Vesme 2320, I. See BL 139.h.3,4. 683.k.9,10.
[Ref: 21171] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Bacchanalian festival; a classical cameo] XLIX.
G.B. Cipriani del. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, c.1781-1791.]
Etching printed in brown ink on india paper, sheet 260 x 200mm. 10½ x 8". Trimmed within plate; light spotting.
Two satyr-type male figures and a female reveller. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani's (1727 - 1785) study for 'Gemmarum antiquarum delectus: ex præstantioribus desumptus, quæ in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur (Marlborough gems)'; a two volume folio of antiquities in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.
De Vesme 2306. See BL 139.h.3,4. 683.k.9,10.
[Ref: 21169] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[The Athlete; a classical cameo] XXXV.
G.B. Cipriani del. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, c.1781-1791.]
Etching on india paper, 250 x 185mm. 9¾ x 7¼". Light spotting; a fine impression, with margins.
Nude young male figure with inscription and table with jar; in an oval design. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani's (1727 - 1785) study for 'Gemmarum antiquarum delectus: ex præstantioribus desumptus, quæ in Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis conservantur (Marlborough gems)'; a two volume folio of antiquities in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough.
De Vesme 2292. See BL 139.h.3,4. 683.k.9,10.
[Ref: 21168] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Classical sculpture: a nude warrior seated on the ground surrounded by his armour, weapon and shields.] Tire du Cabinet de Mr. Denon.
[French, c.1820.]
Rare lithograph, sheet 275 x 265mm. 10¾ x 10½". Cut, repaired damage at top.
Unidentified sculpture from the collection of Dominique Vivant, Baron de Denon (1747-1825), French artist, writer, diplomat, author, and archaeologist. From a series of antiquities depicted by the printmaker and painter Pierre Bouillon (1776-1831). Bouillon, from Thiviers, was joint winner of the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1797 with his painting 'Death of Cato the Younger'.
[Ref: 15794] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates. H 1. Price 2.sh.
Columbani delin ac. sculp.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 150 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed to plate, very small stain.
A large ornamental vase topped by two Graecian spinxes. The title page to a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:3. Alexander pg. 226.
[Ref: 60788] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 3.
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4¼") Trimmed into plate, affecting publication line.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60790] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 4.
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 90mm (7 x 3½") Trimmed to plate.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:9. Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60789] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Vases and Tripods on Twelve Plates.] H 5.
P. Columbani f.
Printed for I. Taylor in Holborn near Chancery Lane [n.d., c.1770].
Etching. Sheet 175 x 90mm (7 x 3½") Trimmed to plate.
A large ornamental vase, from a book of vase designs by Placido Columbani (1744-c.1801), a Milanese architect working in England, whose chimneypieces are often mistaken for the work of the Adam brothers.
V&A 28263:6. Alexander pg. 226
[Ref: 60791] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Plate 5:] Conversation Chinoise.
Mondon le fils In. A. Aveline Sculp.
[Avec privilege du Roy. 1736.]
Engraving, paper watermarked. 229 x 178". 9 x 7". Staining outside platemark. Uncut, large margins.
Below and ornate Rococo design feature sit a Chinese couple in conversation. From "Cinquième Livre de Figures Et Ornemens Chinois, Dédié A ... Monseigneur Alexis Madelaine Rosalie Duc de Chatillon, Pair de France, Gouverneur de Monseigneur le Dauphin". From a series of forty-two ornament prints, divided into six sets of seven plates each; this plates belongs to the fifth set.
[Ref: 23046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Rococo frames]
H. Copland Fecit 16 Ap: 1746.
Scarce etching with engraving. Sheet 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate, corners snipped.
A rococo design from 'A New Book of Ornaments' by Matthew Lock and Henry Copland.
[Ref: 58222] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Divers Costumes représentés dans une peinture d’un MS: intitulé Echects Amoureux. Concerts vocal et instrumental tires du même MS:
A Marotte del.t et sculp.t Gabriel sculp.t
Bibliothèque Nationale. [n.d c.1839.]
Mixed-method, coloured; paper watermarked Blacons. Plate 325 x 215mm. 12¾ x 8½". Four worm holes.
A representation of various costumes; and a musical concert with a boy choir to the right. From "Monuments français inédits pour servir à l'histoire des arts depuis le Vie siècle jusqu'au commencement du XVIIe". Willemin's ambition was to present a parallel of antique and French art and design, but this proved an impossible task, and Willemin, perhaps spurred on by the revival of interest in medieval art across the Channel, decided to devote the latter half of his career to the production of the present volumes, chronicling the best examples of French design of the mediaeval and early renaissance period by examples taken from buildings, works of art, books and manuscripts. Willemin started work on it in 1806 (the engraved title leaf to the first volume bears this date), but he died in 1833 before the plates were quite finished, and it was left to his daughter to arrange for the engravings of the last of the plates and to commission an explanatory text from André Pottier. Willemin was the first to provide such accurate illustrations of French mediaeval decorative art and his plates had considerable influence in forming contemporary taste. It may be noted that he was a personal friend of Augustus Pugin senior, who allowed objects from his personal collection of mediaeval antiquities to be illustrated on one of the plates, and that the frontispiece to the younger Pugin's True Principles was evidently adapted from Willemin's illustration of King René of Anjou in his study.
[Ref: 26641] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Krone, Scepter und Reichsapfel der Konigin Victoria.
[Signed in plate.] Stdr: v.A. Kneisel.
Zu Euopa's Salon. Leipzig, E. Guntz. [n.d., c.1838.]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 320 x 260mm. 12½ x 10¼".
The regalia of Queen Victoria. For a series of German prints of the regalia of European monarchs titled 'Europa's Salon'. Fine colour.
[Ref: 11909] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions by Matt.s Darly. Price 4 Sh.
Pub by MDarly according to Act Jan.y 1.st 1772 Where may be had the greatest Variety of Ornamants, Vases, &c.
Scarce etching. 330 x 205mm (13 x 8"), with large margins. Laid on 18th century album paper.
The title page of a book of ornamental designs by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
[Ref: 60784] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A New Book of Ornaments.] 6.
Pub according to Act by MDarly Jan.y 7.th 1772.
Scarce etching. 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"), with large margins. Old ink number in margin, laid on 18th century album paper.
Four ornamental designs including two mirrors and a ceiling rose. Plate 6 of 'A New Book of Ornaments In the Present (Antique) Taste as now used by all Professions' by Matthias (or Matthew) Darly, a drawing master and engraver who had worked with Thomas Chippendale in the 1750s, but is best known now for his caricatures.
[Ref: 60785] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Ornamental design; a woman and child with flying bird.]
White Sc.
De la Cour exc: Accordg. to Act of Parlt. in Katherine Street in ye Strand. 1748.
Etching on laid paper, 220 x 170mm. 8¾ x 6¾".
Vaguely chinoiserie in style; numbered '1' upper right. From a pattern book published by William Delacour (fl.1740 - 1767), portrait, decorative and scene painter; presumably French origins; d. Edinburgh 1767. He published eight books of ornament between 1741 and 1747, engraved by himself, Vivares or Robert White. He is first documented as a scene painter for London theatres.
[Ref: 20224] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Ornamental design]
J.C. delafosse inv. f.
[n.d., c.1770]
Etching with large margins on 3 sides, platemark 330 x 115mm (13 x 4½").
Decorative design by Jean Charles Delafosse (1734-89), who produced over 500 hundred such designs, many in the 'Nouvelle Iconologie Historique' (c.1767-8).
[Ref: 32234] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with two women holding a vase of flowers.]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, platemark 233 x 182mm (9? x 7?"). Glued to backing sheet at three corners.
Plate ten from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1036.ii or iii
[Ref: 24293] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with dogs]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 156 x 247mm (6? x 9?"). Glued to backing sheet at corners; water staining top left and right.
Cartouche adorned with four dogs, a stag, and a boar's head, with two more dogs left and right. Plate thirteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1039.i (before plate numbers added)
[Ref: 24294] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Two overlapping cartouches]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 116 x 192mm (4½ x 7"). Glued to backing sheet at three corners with glue stains at corners; water staining top left and right. Plate number scratched out top right.
Two overlapping cartouches, each showing a combat between an eagle and a serpent. Plate fourteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1040. ii or iii
[Ref: 24298] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Cartouche with two lions]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, 135 x 191mm (5¼ x 7½"). Glued to backing sheet at corners; plate number scratched out top right.
Plate eighteen from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1044. ii or iii
[Ref: 24304] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Decorative cartouche]
Stef. Della Bella in. fecit
F.L.D. Il Ciartres excud. Cum Privil. Regis Chris. [n.d., c.1646.]
Etching, platemark 248 x 180mm (9? x 7?"). Slight foxing around edges, glued to backing sheet at top corners.
Cartouche with two children sitting astride two eagles, and holding a plumed helmet. Palms and ribbons below. Plate five from the 'Raccolta di varii cappricii et nove inventioni di cartelle et ornamenti', a set of eighteen etchings of cartouches by Stefano Della Bella (1610-64).
De Vesme/Massar: 1031.ii or iii
[Ref: 24282] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Chinoiserie design with acrobat.]
Jeanne Deny fecit. [After Pillement]
[n.d. c.1770.]
Etching. 240 x 165mm (9½ x 6½"). Some creasing, very small repairs. Small margins.
A fantastical design engraved by Jeanne Deny (1749-1815), who engraved a number of Pillement's later French chinoiseries. Probably after Pillement from de Deuxieme Cahier de six Baraques Chinoises.
Gordon Smith: Pg 197
[Ref: 58519] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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