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The English Pursuing their Victory & Hunting the Indians, from their Places of Retreat.
London Published by Rich.d Evans Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1817.]
Engraving. Sheet: 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8'') very large margins. Trimmed.
A historical scene showing the English settlers attacking the Native Americans in retaliation for an attack on the English settlement in Virginia.
[Ref: 48300] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by Rich.d Evans Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1817.]
Engraving. Sheet: 260 x 200mm (10¼ x 8'') very large margins. Trimmed.
A historical scene showing the English settlers attacking the Native Americans in retaliation for an attack on the English settlement in Virginia.
[Ref: 48300] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Plates from ''The Natural History of the rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia. Including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses, and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observations of Mr John Abbot, many years resident in that country, by James Edward Smith.'']
[Engraved by John Harris.]
[Two plates with ink mss.] Sold by R. Martin Book & Printseller, 47 Great Queen Str.t Lincolns Inn Fields [n.d., latest watermark 1828.]
25 plates (of 104) plus 2 duplicates, engravings with stipple and roulette, all in original hand colour. Each c. 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"), some on Whatman paper, watermarks 1820-8. Separate issue plates thus a few showing signs of wear, two plates without printed titles and numbers.
A collection of plates of the butterflies and moths of the US state of Georgia, illustrated with their larvæ, pupæ and the plants each prefers to feed. Originally published in 1797, the 'Natural History' was the earliest illustrated monograph devoted to the butterflies and moths of North America. However it was not a commercial success and existing sets are particularly rare. The publisher Robert Martin seems to have bought the plates c.1820 and issued them individually, not wishing to take on the expence of reprinting the text, sometimes writing his publisher's inscription on them by hand.
[Ref: 49009] £3,500.00 view all images for this item
[Engraved by John Harris.]
[Two plates with ink mss.] Sold by R. Martin Book & Printseller, 47 Great Queen Str.t Lincolns Inn Fields [n.d., latest watermark 1828.]
25 plates (of 104) plus 2 duplicates, engravings with stipple and roulette, all in original hand colour. Each c. 380 x 290mm (15 x 11½"), some on Whatman paper, watermarks 1820-8. Separate issue plates thus a few showing signs of wear, two plates without printed titles and numbers.
A collection of plates of the butterflies and moths of the US state of Georgia, illustrated with their larvæ, pupæ and the plants each prefers to feed. Originally published in 1797, the 'Natural History' was the earliest illustrated monograph devoted to the butterflies and moths of North America. However it was not a commercial success and existing sets are particularly rare. The publisher Robert Martin seems to have bought the plates c.1820 and issued them individually, not wishing to take on the expence of reprinting the text, sometimes writing his publisher's inscription on them by hand.
[Ref: 49009] £3,500.00 view all images for this item
''Sunnyside'' The Home of Washington Irving.
Artotype, E. Bierstadt, New York.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Collotype with hand colour. Printed area 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13"), with very large margins. Foxed borders. Dusty.
A view of Washington Irving's home in Tarrytown, New York, now a museum. From a photograph by Edward Bierstadt (1824-1906)
[Ref: 45631] £320.00
Artotype, E. Bierstadt, New York.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Collotype with hand colour. Printed area 300 x 330mm (11¾ x 13"), with very large margins. Foxed borders. Dusty.
A view of Washington Irving's home in Tarrytown, New York, now a museum. From a photograph by Edward Bierstadt (1824-1906)
[Ref: 45631] £320.00
The American General Lee taken Prisoner by Lieutenant Colonel Harcourt of the English Army, in Morris Country New Jersey, 1776. Engraved for Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England.
Hamilton delin. Hawkins sculp.
[1783.]
Engraving. Sheet: 365 x 215mm (14½ x 8½''). Trimmed, title excised.
A scene from the American Revolutionary Wars showing General Charles Lee (1732-1782), general in the Continental Army being arrested by William Harcourt following the Battle of White Plains. An illustration from Bernard's 'History of England' 1781-83 published by Alexander Hogg.
[Ref: 49596] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Hamilton delin. Hawkins sculp.
[1783.]
Engraving. Sheet: 365 x 215mm (14½ x 8½''). Trimmed, title excised.
A scene from the American Revolutionary Wars showing General Charles Lee (1732-1782), general in the Continental Army being arrested by William Harcourt following the Battle of White Plains. An illustration from Bernard's 'History of England' 1781-83 published by Alexander Hogg.
[Ref: 49596] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Life in Philadelphia. Have you any Flesh coloured Silk Stockings, young Man? Oui Madame! Her is voen pair of the first qualité!
Engd. by Chas Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London. Pub. by Harrison Isaacs. Charles Street, Soho Sq.re. [n.d. c.1825.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½"). Sheet has been trimmed to plate. Slight discolouring in the margins.
A large black woman asks the man at the counter for flesh coloured stockings, for which he offers her a pair of black stockings. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 53569] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Engd. by Chas Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London. Pub. by Harrison Isaacs. Charles Street, Soho Sq.re. [n.d. c.1825.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½"). Sheet has been trimmed to plate. Slight discolouring in the margins.
A large black woman asks the man at the counter for flesh coloured stockings, for which he offers her a pair of black stockings. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 53569] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Life in Philadelphia. Plate 3. ''How you find yourself dis hot Weader Miss Chloe?'' / ''Pretty well I tank you Mr Cesar only I aspire too much.
Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London, Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St Soho Sq.re. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured aquatint, very large margins. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A satire from an English edition of Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with two black Philadelphians, both over-dressed à la mode, discuss the weather. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 55386] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Eng.d by Cha.s Hunt [after Edward William Clay].
London, Pub. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St Soho Sq.re. [n.d., c.1832.]
Fine coloured aquatint, very large margins. 235 x 190mm (9¼ x 7½").
A satire from an English edition of Edward William Clay's 'Life in Philadelphia', with two black Philadelphians, both over-dressed à la mode, discuss the weather. Clay, inspired by Edward Cruikshank's 'Life in London' series, published his 'Life in Philadelpia' series from 1828-1830. Of the fourteen aquatints ten were satires on the black populace (who were freed when Pennsylvania banned slavery in 1780), which did much to enforce the negative stereotypes held even in the free North. Very popular, they inspired these copies, published in London.
[Ref: 55386] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Marina, et autres femmes données a Cortez.
Cochin fillius inv. delin. C. Baquoy Sculp.
[n.d. c.1750]
Line engraving. 203 x 287mm. 8" x 11¼".
Hernan Cortés (1485-1547), the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, and some of his soldiers are being presented with the gift of several native virgins somewhere on the Mexican coast.
[Ref: 8779] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cochin fillius inv. delin. C. Baquoy Sculp.
[n.d. c.1750]
Line engraving. 203 x 287mm. 8" x 11¼".
Hernan Cortés (1485-1547), the Spanish conqueror of Mexico, and some of his soldiers are being presented with the gift of several native virgins somewhere on the Mexican coast.
[Ref: 8779] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Mills of E.W. Ross & Son. Office of E.W. Ross. Residence of E.W. Ross.
M.G.W. Miss Porter px.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Chromolithograph. 438 x 698mm. 17¼ x 27½". Vertical fold down the centre. Tears and creasing.
Probably E.W. Ross Co, Springfield, Ohio, established 1850, the farm implement manufacturers; who by 1905 had developed a sizable implement line, especially with ensilage cutters and feed cutters.
[Ref: 17492] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
M.G.W. Miss Porter px.
[n.d. c.1860.]
Chromolithograph. 438 x 698mm. 17¼ x 27½". Vertical fold down the centre. Tears and creasing.
Probably E.W. Ross Co, Springfield, Ohio, established 1850, the farm implement manufacturers; who by 1905 had developed a sizable implement line, especially with ensilage cutters and feed cutters.
[Ref: 17492] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Eight plates from the North-West America section of 'Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, an Offering to Youth'.]
[after Joseph Friedrich Josenhans.]
[Mainz: Joseph Scholz, c.1855.]
Eight tinted lithographs with hand colour. Each sheet 325 x 205mm (12¾ x 8"), backed on linen for binding, with letterpress with the titles and a short description. Manuscript pagination on all sheets.
All eight plates from 'Illustrations' relating to America from 'Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, an Offering to Youth', by Joseph Friedrich Josenhans (1812-84), Inspector (head) of the Basel Mission, which contained views from West Africa, India, China and New Zealand as well as the American north-west. There does not appear to be a standard collation. The titles of the plates (from the letterpress) are: 'Dying Indian and Medecine Man'; 'A Missionary's halt in a winter journey'; 'A Missionary descending the rapids in a canoe'; 'Baptism of Indians by the Bishop of Rupert's Land'; 'Public Ordinances prized at the Cumberland Station'; 'A winter congregation at the Red-River Settlement'; 'An Aged Indian, deserted by his tribe, and left to perish'; 'Value set on the Bible' [an interior scene of an Indian boy dying of consumption].
Abbey Travel 10: ''Carefully drawn, and in some cases remarkably powerful illustrations'.
[Ref: 47285] £950.00 view all images for this item
[after Joseph Friedrich Josenhans.]
[Mainz: Joseph Scholz, c.1855.]
Eight tinted lithographs with hand colour. Each sheet 325 x 205mm (12¾ x 8"), backed on linen for binding, with letterpress with the titles and a short description. Manuscript pagination on all sheets.
All eight plates from 'Illustrations' relating to America from 'Illustrations of Missionary Scenes, an Offering to Youth', by Joseph Friedrich Josenhans (1812-84), Inspector (head) of the Basel Mission, which contained views from West Africa, India, China and New Zealand as well as the American north-west. There does not appear to be a standard collation. The titles of the plates (from the letterpress) are: 'Dying Indian and Medecine Man'; 'A Missionary's halt in a winter journey'; 'A Missionary descending the rapids in a canoe'; 'Baptism of Indians by the Bishop of Rupert's Land'; 'Public Ordinances prized at the Cumberland Station'; 'A winter congregation at the Red-River Settlement'; 'An Aged Indian, deserted by his tribe, and left to perish'; 'Value set on the Bible' [an interior scene of an Indian boy dying of consumption].
Abbey Travel 10: ''Carefully drawn, and in some cases remarkably powerful illustrations'.
[Ref: 47285] £950.00 view all images for this item
Montezuma and the Great Temple of Human Sacrifice.
[n.d., c.1863.]
Rare mixed method engraving. Sheet size: 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 5¾").
Montezuma II was Emperor of Mexico from 1502 to 1520 and was in power when the Spanish began their conquest of the Aztec Empire. Montezuma is represented here wearing Roman style armour and sandals. A temple is shown in the background to the right. While human sacrifice was practiced throughout Mesoamerica, the Aztecs, if their own accounts are to be believed, brought this practice to an unprecedented level.
[Ref: 37157] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1863.]
Rare mixed method engraving. Sheet size: 235 x 150mm (9¼ x 5¾").
Montezuma II was Emperor of Mexico from 1502 to 1520 and was in power when the Spanish began their conquest of the Aztec Empire. Montezuma is represented here wearing Roman style armour and sandals. A temple is shown in the background to the right. While human sacrifice was practiced throughout Mesoamerica, the Aztecs, if their own accounts are to be believed, brought this practice to an unprecedented level.
[Ref: 37157] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Lieutenant Moody. This Officer during the American War distinguished himself as one of the most gallant Partizans in the British Service...
Drawn & Engraved by Rob.t Pollard. Aquatinted by F. Jukes.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 19 1785 by R. Pollard No. 15 Brayners Row Spa Fields.
Rare aquatint and engaving. Sheet: 560 x 460mm (22 x 18"). Trimmed to plate. Crease.
A scene showing the daring rescue of a soldier from General Burgoyne's army who had been condemned to death for a crime he did not commit during the American Revolutionary War. The rescue was led by famed loyalist James Moody (c.1744-1809) who took a party of six men into the jail under the cover of darkness to rescue the soldier before his execution.
[Ref: 40916] £520.00
Drawn & Engraved by Rob.t Pollard. Aquatinted by F. Jukes.
London, Pub.d Feb.y 19 1785 by R. Pollard No. 15 Brayners Row Spa Fields.
Rare aquatint and engaving. Sheet: 560 x 460mm (22 x 18"). Trimmed to plate. Crease.
A scene showing the daring rescue of a soldier from General Burgoyne's army who had been condemned to death for a crime he did not commit during the American Revolutionary War. The rescue was led by famed loyalist James Moody (c.1744-1809) who took a party of six men into the jail under the cover of darkness to rescue the soldier before his execution.
[Ref: 40916] £520.00
Peter Stuyvesants Army entering New Amsterdam. See Knickerbocker's New York.
From a Drawing by William Heath of London.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 715mm (10 x 28¼"). Laid on archival paper.
A satire depicting the Dutch colonists of New York in the 1650s, naming the families underneath, including Van Brummel, Van Kloten, Van Pelt, Van Ness, Van Higginbottom, Van Groll, Gardenier, Van Hoesen, Couenhoven, and Van Kortlandt. From 'A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Containing Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter' by 'Diedrich Knickerbocker', a pseudonym of Washington Irving.
[Ref: 49144] £360.00
From a Drawing by William Heath of London.
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 715mm (10 x 28¼"). Laid on archival paper.
A satire depicting the Dutch colonists of New York in the 1650s, naming the families underneath, including Van Brummel, Van Kloten, Van Pelt, Van Ness, Van Higginbottom, Van Groll, Gardenier, Van Hoesen, Couenhoven, and Van Kortlandt. From 'A History of New-York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, Containing Among many Surprising and Curious Matters, the Unutterable Ponderings of Walter the Doubter' by 'Diedrich Knickerbocker', a pseudonym of Washington Irving.
[Ref: 49144] £360.00
![[North America.] Eeen Amerikaan stort...](jpegs/42742.jpg)
[North America.] Eeen Amerikaan stort...
J.C. Philips inv. et fecit.
Te Amsterdam by Isaak Tirion, 1765. Met Privilege.
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed to platemark on left. Stain lower right.
A globe of North America is seen in centre. An allegorical scene showing the various animals, products and people of North America.
[Ref: 42742] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J.C. Philips inv. et fecit.
Te Amsterdam by Isaak Tirion, 1765. Met Privilege.
Engraving. Plate: 110 x 180mm (4¼ x 7"). Trimmed to platemark on left. Stain lower right.
A globe of North America is seen in centre. An allegorical scene showing the various animals, products and people of North America.
[Ref: 42742] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Guillaume Penn Traite avec les Indiens Etablissant la Province de Pensilvanie dans l'Amerique Septentrionale en 1681.
Benj: West Pinxit. D* sculp
[n.d., c.1780]
Engraving, rich impression; sheet 480 x 330mm (18¾ x 13"). Trimmed inside platemark; vertical crease through middle; small tears to edges; hole in centre; laid on conservation tissue.
William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event was painted by the Pennsylvania-born artist Benjamin West, a picture which was engraved in 1775. This French copy, probably made from that engraving, reverses and crops the picture to focus upon the centre of West's composition.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31858] £360.00
Benj: West Pinxit. D* sculp
[n.d., c.1780]
Engraving, rich impression; sheet 480 x 330mm (18¾ x 13"). Trimmed inside platemark; vertical crease through middle; small tears to edges; hole in centre; laid on conservation tissue.
William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event was painted by the Pennsylvania-born artist Benjamin West, a picture which was engraved in 1775. This French copy, probably made from that engraving, reverses and crops the picture to focus upon the centre of West's composition.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 31858] £360.00
William Penn Esq.r Proprietor of Pennsylvania: 1703.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine engraving. 120 x 80mm (4¾" x 3?"). Worm holes in very wide margin. Some foxing.
Bookplate of William Penn (1644-1718), founder and 'Absolute Proprietor' of the Province of Pennsylvania, featuring his armorial.
[Ref: 52818] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1750.]
Fine engraving. 120 x 80mm (4¾" x 3?"). Worm holes in very wide margin. Some foxing.
Bookplate of William Penn (1644-1718), founder and 'Absolute Proprietor' of the Province of Pennsylvania, featuring his armorial.
[Ref: 52818] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Penn achete des Sauvages le Pays qu'il veut occuper
[Anon, c.1780]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed close and glued to backing sheet.
French rendering of the familiar subject of William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here the legend is rather different to in British engravings: 'Penn buys from the savages the land he wants to occupy'.
[Ref: 34861] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c.1780]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Trimmed close and glued to backing sheet.
French rendering of the familiar subject of William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Here the legend is rather different to in British engravings: 'Penn buys from the savages the land he wants to occupy'.
[Ref: 34861] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, when he founded the Province of Pensylvania in North America 1681. To the Proprietaries of the Province of Pensylvania, &c. &c. This Print, Engraved from the Original Painting belonging to the late Thomas Penn Esquire, Is respectfully Inscribed by Their obedient humble Servant John Boydell.
Benj: West pinxit. John Hall sculpsit.
Published, June 12th. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 485 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"). Repairs to edges.
William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' was reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This highly detailed depiction of the event, shows Penn in the centre left, with his arms open, his entourage beside him, two of his men kneeling, offering gifts to the Indians who are assembled at the right. Buildings in construction can be seen behind at the left, with boats on the sea at right. The painting by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820), who was born in Pennsylvania, is now in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West was the first American-born artist to receive international recognition and remains one of the most important eighteenth-century painters of historical scenes. He enjoyed a career that endured more than half a century that included serving as president of the Royal Academy. William Penn, quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, was the first great hero of American liberty. During the late seventeenth century, Penn established an American sanctuary which protected freedom of conscience. Almost everywhere else, colonists stole land from the Indians, but Penn travelled unarmed among the Indians and negotiated peaceful purchases. He insisted that women deserved equal rights with men. He gave Pennsylvania a written constitution which limited the power of government, provided a humane penal code, and guaranteed many fundamental liberties. For the first time in modern history, a large society offered equal rights to people of different races and religions. Penn's dramatic example caused quite a stir in Europe. The French philosopher Voltaire, a champion of religious toleration, offered lavish praise. 'William Penn might, with reason, boast of having brought down upon earth the Golden Age, which in all probability, never had any real existence but in his dominions'.
[Ref: 54272] £690.00
Benj: West pinxit. John Hall sculpsit.
Published, June 12th. 1775 by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside London.
Engraving. 485 x 615mm (19 x 24¼"). Repairs to edges.
William Penn's (1644 - 1718) 'Great Treaty' was reputedly signed with Delaware Indian leaders in 1682 under an ancient elm tree at the village of Shackamaxon, located in what are now the borders of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This highly detailed depiction of the event, shows Penn in the centre left, with his arms open, his entourage beside him, two of his men kneeling, offering gifts to the Indians who are assembled at the right. Buildings in construction can be seen behind at the left, with boats on the sea at right. The painting by Benjamin West (1738 - 1820), who was born in Pennsylvania, is now in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. West was the first American-born artist to receive international recognition and remains one of the most important eighteenth-century painters of historical scenes. He enjoyed a career that endured more than half a century that included serving as president of the Royal Academy. William Penn, quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, was the first great hero of American liberty. During the late seventeenth century, Penn established an American sanctuary which protected freedom of conscience. Almost everywhere else, colonists stole land from the Indians, but Penn travelled unarmed among the Indians and negotiated peaceful purchases. He insisted that women deserved equal rights with men. He gave Pennsylvania a written constitution which limited the power of government, provided a humane penal code, and guaranteed many fundamental liberties. For the first time in modern history, a large society offered equal rights to people of different races and religions. Penn's dramatic example caused quite a stir in Europe. The French philosopher Voltaire, a champion of religious toleration, offered lavish praise. 'William Penn might, with reason, boast of having brought down upon earth the Golden Age, which in all probability, never had any real existence but in his dominions'.
[Ref: 54272] £690.00
The Battel between the Spaniards and the Pyrats or Buccaniers before the Citty of Panama. Part .3 Chap.6.
Kip, f.
[London: William Crooke, 1684.]
Etching. 175 x 290mm, 7 x 11½". Repaired tears and creases on this extremely rare print.
Published in the first English edition of Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin's important work, 'The Bucaniers of America', first published in Amsterdam in 1678. A pirate himself, he could write about characters like Henry Morgan from first-hand experience, as he was in Morgan's band at the time of this attack on Panama on January. 28, 1671. 1,500 pirates took the city, but missed a treasure ship. Exquemelin returned to Amsterdam soon after, published this book and joined the Dutch Surgeons' Guild. However the wanderlust had not left him: in 1697 his name was on the muster-roll as a surgeon on a pirate ship in the pay of the French during their attack on Cartagena.
NMM: PAD5128.
[Ref: 17753] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Kip, f.
[London: William Crooke, 1684.]
Etching. 175 x 290mm, 7 x 11½". Repaired tears and creases on this extremely rare print.
Published in the first English edition of Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin's important work, 'The Bucaniers of America', first published in Amsterdam in 1678. A pirate himself, he could write about characters like Henry Morgan from first-hand experience, as he was in Morgan's band at the time of this attack on Panama on January. 28, 1671. 1,500 pirates took the city, but missed a treasure ship. Exquemelin returned to Amsterdam soon after, published this book and joined the Dutch Surgeons' Guild. However the wanderlust had not left him: in 1697 his name was on the muster-roll as a surgeon on a pirate ship in the pay of the French during their attack on Cartagena.
NMM: PAD5128.
[Ref: 17753] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Recounter with a Rattle Snake, on the banks of the Ohio. Voy.s No.XXX.
Neele & Son 352 Strand.
Published by Sir R. Phillips & Co. Bridge Court, Bridge Street. [1821.]
Engraving. Plate 222 x 253mm. 8¾ x 10". Creasing as normal.
A hunter carrying his rifle walks with his dog, when they encounter a rattlesnake. From "A Voyage to North America, and The West Indies, in 1817. By E. Montule. Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour. Author of Travels in Egypt, &c." 1821.
[Ref: 23844] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Neele & Son 352 Strand.
Published by Sir R. Phillips & Co. Bridge Court, Bridge Street. [1821.]
Engraving. Plate 222 x 253mm. 8¾ x 10". Creasing as normal.
A hunter carrying his rifle walks with his dog, when they encounter a rattlesnake. From "A Voyage to North America, and The West Indies, in 1817. By E. Montule. Knight of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour. Author of Travels in Egypt, &c." 1821.
[Ref: 23844] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
La Revanche, eller Europæerne i Misouri. "Her see De, mine Herrer og Damer, Ant. le Coreque, 1ste. Livjæger hos Kong Carl X, dette er et Pragt, Stykke af en Eurpæer; ved Siden af ham Jeanette Pauline de Ceour, 1ste. Kammerpige hos Hertuginden af Angoulême; Manden til Venstre er Hertug C. af Bruns-vigs Ven og Gesandt, Baron Bender v: Bienenthal, han er födt i Schweinfurth og opdraget i London. Bagved Jeanette see De Marquis af Queluz, Don Miguels Premier-Minister, forhen Pirez, Strobarbeer af Portugal. Disse Mennesker leve af Kjöd, Fisk, Grönt, Viin, Brændeviin."
Danchell lith. N.B. Krossing.
Kglt. Steentr. A . Dir. [Swedish, n.d. c.1720]
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 260 x 340mm (10¼" x 13½"). Some creasing.
A satire of reversing European attitudes to the American natives: a lecturer points to four Europeans in outlandish dress and explains the anthropological background. The woman is described as '1st. Chambermaid of the duchess of Angoulême'.
[Ref: 50343] £450.00
Danchell lith. N.B. Krossing.
Kglt. Steentr. A . Dir. [Swedish, n.d. c.1720]
Etching with hand colour. Sheet 260 x 340mm (10¼" x 13½"). Some creasing.
A satire of reversing European attitudes to the American natives: a lecturer points to four Europeans in outlandish dress and explains the anthropological background. The woman is described as '1st. Chambermaid of the duchess of Angoulême'.
[Ref: 50343] £450.00
![[Jean Ribault at Charlesfort.]](jpegs/39090.jpg)
[Jean Ribault at Charlesfort.]
[from a wall map by Abbé Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 150mm (5½ x 6"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, mounted on card.
A vignette scene of Jean Ribault (1520-65) at Charlesfort, the settlement he founded in Florida (but now South Carolina), shown on good terms with the local native Americans. Unfortunately relations were not so good with the Spanish: following the destruction of his fleet by a hurricane Ribault surrendered his destitute army to a Spanish force, who promptly knifed Ribault and his predomininately Huguenot followers. This is one of twenty vignette scenes decorating the borders of Abbé Clouet's wall map of the Americas, 'Carte d'Amerique Divisee en ses Principaux Pays Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Recents...'.
[Ref: 39090] £450.00
[from a wall map by Abbé Jean Baptiste Louis Clouet.]
[n.d., c.1785.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 150mm (5½ x 6"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, mounted on card.
A vignette scene of Jean Ribault (1520-65) at Charlesfort, the settlement he founded in Florida (but now South Carolina), shown on good terms with the local native Americans. Unfortunately relations were not so good with the Spanish: following the destruction of his fleet by a hurricane Ribault surrendered his destitute army to a Spanish force, who promptly knifed Ribault and his predomininately Huguenot followers. This is one of twenty vignette scenes decorating the borders of Abbé Clouet's wall map of the Americas, 'Carte d'Amerique Divisee en ses Principaux Pays Dressee sur les Memoires les Plus Recents...'.
[Ref: 39090] £450.00
Rocky Mount Sheep. Ovis Montana, Richardson
Drawn and engraved by W.H.Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving, rare. Sheet 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Wear to edges.
A large format engraving of a female Rocky Mountain Sheep, not from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library'.
[Ref: 45660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn and engraved by W.H.Lizars.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured engraving, rare. Sheet 320 x 410mm (12½ x 16"). Wear to edges.
A large format engraving of a female Rocky Mountain Sheep, not from Jardine's 'Naturalist's Library'.
[Ref: 45660] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sleighing in North America.
H. Alken [ms]
London, Pub.d 1844 by J.W. Laird, 1 Leadenhall St.
Aqautint with hand-colouring, rare, platemark 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Repairs.
Sleighing scene by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), one of a famous family of painters and engravers. Beginning in 1813, Henry designed prints for London's leading sporting printsellers, specializing in field sports and coaching scenes. While Alken occasionally provided illustrations for travel books (including one on Rio de Janeiro), this American scene is an oddity in his work as a whole.
Not in Abbey
[Ref: 43411] £480.00
H. Alken [ms]
London, Pub.d 1844 by J.W. Laird, 1 Leadenhall St.
Aqautint with hand-colouring, rare, platemark 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Repairs.
Sleighing scene by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851), one of a famous family of painters and engravers. Beginning in 1813, Henry designed prints for London's leading sporting printsellers, specializing in field sports and coaching scenes. While Alken occasionally provided illustrations for travel books (including one on Rio de Janeiro), this American scene is an oddity in his work as a whole.
Not in Abbey
[Ref: 43411] £480.00
Burt's Solar Compass.
B.P. Wilme, Del. et Sculp. 15, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Engraving, sheet 140 x 225mm. 5½ x 8¾". Trimmed to platemark top and bottom.
The Solar Compass used to survey lands in Wisconsin, USA, and surrounding areas during the 1840s and 1850s. In 1834, while surveying and subdividing the layout of thirteen townships in land that would one day become northern Wisconsin, government surveyor William Austin Burt of Michigan came to a key realization. High levels of iron ore in the region were disturbing Burt's magnetic compass and garbling readings from the earth's magnetic field, making it difficult to determine north-south survey lines. After a year of experimentation, Burt devised a solution to this problem by inventing a solar compass that did not depend on magnetic readings. It was an innovation that would soon become the standard for surveying in areas with high concentrations of iron ore all over the country. U.S. Army Colonel John Garvin Clark used the compass featured here to survey land in what is known today as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri during the 1840s and 1850s, including the establishment of the Iowa-Missouri line in 1852. Made of brass, the solar compass used by Clark was built in the 1840s by William J. Young, an instrument maker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[Ref: 9539] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
B.P. Wilme, Del. et Sculp. 15, Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Engraving, sheet 140 x 225mm. 5½ x 8¾". Trimmed to platemark top and bottom.
The Solar Compass used to survey lands in Wisconsin, USA, and surrounding areas during the 1840s and 1850s. In 1834, while surveying and subdividing the layout of thirteen townships in land that would one day become northern Wisconsin, government surveyor William Austin Burt of Michigan came to a key realization. High levels of iron ore in the region were disturbing Burt's magnetic compass and garbling readings from the earth's magnetic field, making it difficult to determine north-south survey lines. After a year of experimentation, Burt devised a solution to this problem by inventing a solar compass that did not depend on magnetic readings. It was an innovation that would soon become the standard for surveying in areas with high concentrations of iron ore all over the country. U.S. Army Colonel John Garvin Clark used the compass featured here to survey land in what is known today as Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri during the 1840s and 1850s, including the establishment of the Iowa-Missouri line in 1852. Made of brass, the solar compass used by Clark was built in the 1840s by William J. Young, an instrument maker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
[Ref: 9539] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
![[Office Scene].](jpegs/5848.jpg)
[Office Scene].
Dwight C. Sturges. 1931.
Etching, signed in pencil, 9¾ x 12¼ "
Two men discussing legal matters, Lincoln's portrait on the wall in the background.
[Ref: 5848] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Dwight C. Sturges. 1931.
Etching, signed in pencil, 9¾ x 12¼ "
Two men discussing legal matters, Lincoln's portrait on the wall in the background.
[Ref: 5848] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![Tabacs [lettered banner in sky].](jpegs/23305.jpg)
Tabacs [lettered banner in sky]. die Tabacks = pflantzung. Fig: 33 [faint, to upper margin].
[Frankfurt, 1686.]
Engraving, thin laid paper, image 135 x 95mm. 5¼ x 3¾". With excess ink above and to left of image, from uncleaned plate edge.
A tobacco plantation in the New World, a European man with walking stick in foreground presiding over black African slave labour. Includes crop-picking and other production processes; large colonial European house and other smaller (slave) habitations to background. From a German edition of Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
[Ref: 23305] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Frankfurt, 1686.]
Engraving, thin laid paper, image 135 x 95mm. 5¼ x 3¾". With excess ink above and to left of image, from uncleaned plate edge.
A tobacco plantation in the New World, a European man with walking stick in foreground presiding over black African slave labour. Includes crop-picking and other production processes; large colonial European house and other smaller (slave) habitations to background. From a German edition of Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
[Ref: 23305] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[In pencil:] A Hundred Years' Peace. The Signature of the Treaty of Ghent between Great Britain and the United States of America. December 24th 1814.](jpegs/19629.jpg)
[In pencil:] A Hundred Years' Peace. The Signature of the Treaty of Ghent between Great Britain and the United States of America. December 24th 1814. [In pencil:] A.St. John Baker; Henry Boulburn; John Quincy Adams; Christopher Hughes; (a secretary); Jonathan Russell; Walliam Adams; Admiral Lord Gambier; Albert Ballatin; James A. Bayard; Henry Clay. (British Delegates.) (American Delegates.)
Aforestier 1914. [Pencil signature:] Forestier.
No. 3014. Copyright 1914 in London & Washington by the Fine Arts Publishing Co Ltd. 15 Green Street, London. Printed in England.
Coloured lithograph. Stamped: zz3. Remarque to lower right. Board 692 x 832mm.
The Treaty of Ghent, 1814, was the peace treaty that marked the end of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took so long for news of the treaty to reach the United States, that in fact the Battle of New Orleans was fought after it was signed. Remarque of the British and American flags intertwined to suggest unity. Print after the painting 'The Signing of the Treay of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814' (1914) by Sir Amèdée Forestier (1854-1930) in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
[Ref: 19629] £520.00
Aforestier 1914. [Pencil signature:] Forestier.
No. 3014. Copyright 1914 in London & Washington by the Fine Arts Publishing Co Ltd. 15 Green Street, London. Printed in England.
Coloured lithograph. Stamped: zz3. Remarque to lower right. Board 692 x 832mm.
The Treaty of Ghent, 1814, was the peace treaty that marked the end of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took so long for news of the treaty to reach the United States, that in fact the Battle of New Orleans was fought after it was signed. Remarque of the British and American flags intertwined to suggest unity. Print after the painting 'The Signing of the Treay of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814' (1914) by Sir Amèdée Forestier (1854-1930) in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C.
[Ref: 19629] £520.00
Triumphant return of the American Squadron under Com. Bainbridge from the Mediterranean 1815.
M. Corne del. Printed by Sam.l Maverick N.Y. W.S. Leney sc.
[Boston: Published by Barber Badger. 1816.]
Engraving. 128 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Torn with missing section top right and lower left, repaired tears.
The squadron led by Commodore William Bainbridge which had spent the summer of 1815 in operation against pirates of Algiers in the Mediterranean. From "The Naval Temple: Containing A Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States".
[Ref: 23820] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
M. Corne del. Printed by Sam.l Maverick N.Y. W.S. Leney sc.
[Boston: Published by Barber Badger. 1816.]
Engraving. 128 x 215mm (5 x 8½"). Torn with missing section top right and lower left, repaired tears.
The squadron led by Commodore William Bainbridge which had spent the summer of 1815 in operation against pirates of Algiers in the Mediterranean. From "The Naval Temple: Containing A Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States".
[Ref: 23820] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, presenting in pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the Eighth Instant, A Statement of Lands, Lots, Swelling Houses, and Slaves. Feburary 15, 1816, Read, and Ordered to lie upon the Table.
Washington: Printed by William A. Davis. 1816.
Pamphlet; pp. (4), rare. Worn edges.
A statement to Congress of the taxable value of each state, written by Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817), Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. Of the 18 states of the Union only 14 supplied statistics. According to the covering note: ''From the States of Southern Carolina and Louisiana, returns from the boards of principal assessors have not been received; and the returns received from the boards for the States of Virginia and Tennesse [sic] are incomplete and erroneous''.
[Ref: 52650] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Washington: Printed by William A. Davis. 1816.
Pamphlet; pp. (4), rare. Worn edges.
A statement to Congress of the taxable value of each state, written by Alexander James Dallas (1759-1817), Treasury Secretary under President James Madison. Of the 18 states of the Union only 14 supplied statistics. According to the covering note: ''From the States of Southern Carolina and Louisiana, returns from the boards of principal assessors have not been received; and the returns received from the boards for the States of Virginia and Tennesse [sic] are incomplete and erroneous''.
[Ref: 52650] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
Americus Vesputius.
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 285 x 170mm (11¼ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
A half length portrait of Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512), seated at a table with an open atlas, a globe, and a compass. Within an oval decorated with sea monsters. The continent of America was named after Vespucci, who played a prominent role in exploring the New World. Plate 8 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39273] £320.00
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 285 x 170mm (11¼ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
A half length portrait of Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (1454 - 1512), seated at a table with an open atlas, a globe, and a compass. Within an oval decorated with sea monsters. The continent of America was named after Vespucci, who played a prominent role in exploring the New World. Plate 8 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39273] £320.00
The Village Elms. Sunday Morning in New England.
A.F. Bellows, J. Duthie.
William Pate & Company, New York & London. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1878 by Wm. Pate & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C.
Engraving, 23 x 29½".
[Ref: 605] £520.00
A.F. Bellows, J. Duthie.
William Pate & Company, New York & London. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1878 by Wm. Pate & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D.C.
Engraving, 23 x 29½".
[Ref: 605] £520.00
![[Five plates from ''The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw: Or, Scenes on the Mississippi''.]](jpegs/51287.jpg)
[Five plates from ''The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw: Or, Scenes on the Mississippi''.]
Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1836.]
Five engravings (of fifteen). Each sheet c. 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Bottom edges frayed by binding damage.
Five plates from Frances Milton Trollope's searing indictment of slavery in the Southern states of America, written from personal observations made during a stay in America (1827-31), including a journey from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Nashoba, Tennessee, and Cincinatti. The artist, Auguste Hervieu, accompanied them. The book was published fifteen years before ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Frances's fourth son was Anthony Trollope, author of the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
[Ref: 51287] £300.00
Drawn & Etched by A. Hervieu.
[London: Richard Bentley, 1836.]
Five engravings (of fifteen). Each sheet c. 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8"). Bottom edges frayed by binding damage.
Five plates from Frances Milton Trollope's searing indictment of slavery in the Southern states of America, written from personal observations made during a stay in America (1827-31), including a journey from New Orleans up the Mississippi to Nashoba, Tennessee, and Cincinatti. The artist, Auguste Hervieu, accompanied them. The book was published fifteen years before ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Frances's fourth son was Anthony Trollope, author of the 'Chronicles of Barsetshire'.
[Ref: 51287] £300.00
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. This Justly Celebrated Treaty, was formed in the year 1682; Under the Large Elm at Shackamaxon, Now Kensington, Philadelphia. How beautiful the scene portrayed above, A treaty, framed in Justice, Truth and Love! Our City's Founder and the peaceful "Friends" Stoop to no subterfuge, to gain their ends; While with unswerving confidence, around Their Indian brethren occupy the ground. This incident, a maxim may afford, And prove our PENN was "mightier than the sword".
Engraved & Printed by Illman & Sons, 211 Arch St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Engraving. Plate 356 x 280mm. 14 x 11".
Historical print depicting a seaside encounter between American colonists and Native Americans. A group of natives crowds around two young colonists, who kneel at the center of the image with a roll of cloth. Behind them, William Penn stands with a large sheet of paper in his left hand. In the right foreground is a large wooden chest; in the left, a bow and quiver of arrows. Sailors unload cargo from ships on the sea in the right background. Behind the central figures, the main street of a colonial town rise up beside Indian tents.
[Ref: 23249] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved & Printed by Illman & Sons, 211 Arch St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Engraving. Plate 356 x 280mm. 14 x 11".
Historical print depicting a seaside encounter between American colonists and Native Americans. A group of natives crowds around two young colonists, who kneel at the center of the image with a roll of cloth. Behind them, William Penn stands with a large sheet of paper in his left hand. In the right foreground is a large wooden chest; in the left, a bow and quiver of arrows. Sailors unload cargo from ships on the sea in the right background. Behind the central figures, the main street of a colonial town rise up beside Indian tents.
[Ref: 23249] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
William Penn's Treaty with the Indians. This Justly Celebrated Treaty, was formed in the year 1682; Under the Large Elm at Shackamaxon, Now Kensington, Philadelphia. How beautiful the scene portrayed above, A treaty, framed in Justice, Truth and Love! Our City's Founder and the peaceful "Friends" Stoop to no subterfuge, to gain their ends; While with unswerving confidence, around Their Indian brethren occupy the ground. This incident, a maxim may afford, And prove our PENN was "mightier than the sword".
Engraved & Printed by Illman & Sons, 211 Arch St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Coloured engraving. Plate 362 x 280mm. 14¼ x 11".
Historical print depicting a seaside encounter between American colonists and Native Americans. A group of natives crowds around two young colonists, who kneel at the center of the image with a roll of cloth. Behind them, William Penn stands with a large sheet of paper in his left hand. In the right foreground is a large wooden chest; in the left, a bow and quiver of arrows. Sailors unload cargo from ships on the sea in the right background. Behind the central figures, the main street of a colonial town rise up beside Indian tents.
Crace: XXIX.72.
[Ref: 23250] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved & Printed by Illman & Sons, 211 Arch St. [n.d. c.1857.]
Coloured engraving. Plate 362 x 280mm. 14¼ x 11".
Historical print depicting a seaside encounter between American colonists and Native Americans. A group of natives crowds around two young colonists, who kneel at the center of the image with a roll of cloth. Behind them, William Penn stands with a large sheet of paper in his left hand. In the right foreground is a large wooden chest; in the left, a bow and quiver of arrows. Sailors unload cargo from ships on the sea in the right background. Behind the central figures, the main street of a colonial town rise up beside Indian tents.
Crace: XXIX.72.
[Ref: 23250] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
General Wool Rescuing a Mexican Family.
H. Warren, Hon. Mem. Philadelphia Soc. of Fine Arts, &c. &c. C.H.Jeens.
[n.d. c.1856] George Virtue, London & New York.
Engraving. Sheet 173 x 252mm. 6¾" x 10". Two small tears, and a crease. One visible stain outside of the image.
General Wool intervenes and rescues a Mexican lady and her child from being captured by Native Indians. John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) led the Chihuahuan Expedition during the Mexican–American War (1846-8)
[Ref: 8775] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
H. Warren, Hon. Mem. Philadelphia Soc. of Fine Arts, &c. &c. C.H.Jeens.
[n.d. c.1856] George Virtue, London & New York.
Engraving. Sheet 173 x 252mm. 6¾" x 10". Two small tears, and a crease. One visible stain outside of the image.
General Wool intervenes and rescues a Mexican lady and her child from being captured by Native Indians. John Ellis Wool (1784-1869) led the Chihuahuan Expedition during the Mexican–American War (1846-8)
[Ref: 8775] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The World Displayed; or a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, Selected from The Writers of all Nations. In which the Conjectures and Interpolations of Several vain Editors and Translators are expunged, Every Relation is madde concise and plain, And The Divisions of Countries and Kingdoms are clearly and distinctly noted. With Variety of Maps and Prints By the best Hands,. Vol IV.
[Edited by Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith & Christopher Smart.]
London: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Hoey, jun. in Skinner-Row, Dublin MXCCLX (1760).
One volume only (of 20); 6to, contemporary full calf, maroon morocco title labelpp. (viii)(title & contents)+214+(2)(ads); 8 engraved plates. Front cover detached.
The volume relating to the English discoveries in America, starting with John & Sebastian Cabot, with chapters on voyages include those of Drake, Raleigh & Davis, and the settlment of New England, Virginia, Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Bermuda, Bahamas and Jamaica.
[Ref: 38000] £220.00
[Edited by Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith & Christopher Smart.]
London: Printed for J. Newbery, at the Bible and Sun, in St Paul's Church-Yard; and J. Hoey, jun. in Skinner-Row, Dublin MXCCLX (1760).
One volume only (of 20); 6to, contemporary full calf, maroon morocco title labelpp. (viii)(title & contents)+214+(2)(ads); 8 engraved plates. Front cover detached.
The volume relating to the English discoveries in America, starting with John & Sebastian Cabot, with chapters on voyages include those of Drake, Raleigh & Davis, and the settlment of New England, Virginia, Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Bermuda, Bahamas and Jamaica.
[Ref: 38000] £220.00
Wounded Buffalo Bull. No.16.
Catlin del._on Stone by Mc.Gahey. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
(From Catlins N.A. Indian Collection.) [London: Geo. Catlin, 1844.]
Tinted lithograph. 411 x 565mm (16¼ x 22¼"). Tear to lower edge.
Buffalo wounded by a spear or arrow in the snow. "The reader has here, a striking illustration of the deadly effects of the Indian's arrow, and also as an emphatic representation of one of the largest specimens of the buffalo bull, shot through the heart, at his last halt; his legs bending under his great weight, and his huge carcass ready to tumble down from loss of blood, which is pouring from his nostrils and mouth, as well as from the wounds in his side. Not only shot, but pinioned, by the arrows of the hunter, (who has already counted him amongst his victims and passed on to claim others of the throng,) the bull is thus left to struggle with death; and in that struggle, hobbles and reels along but a brief distance, wheezing and sighing through streams of frothy blood until he sinks upon his haunches, where he invariably rests for a few moments, bracing up with his fore legs, the noblest object of pity, until his last deep-drawn breath is gushed out, when he falls and rolls in death, without a kick or struggle." An exhibition of Catlin's 'American Indian Portraits' is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. From Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio".
Abbey Travel: 653.16.
[Ref: 29517] £620.00
Catlin del._on Stone by Mc.Gahey. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
(From Catlins N.A. Indian Collection.) [London: Geo. Catlin, 1844.]
Tinted lithograph. 411 x 565mm (16¼ x 22¼"). Tear to lower edge.
Buffalo wounded by a spear or arrow in the snow. "The reader has here, a striking illustration of the deadly effects of the Indian's arrow, and also as an emphatic representation of one of the largest specimens of the buffalo bull, shot through the heart, at his last halt; his legs bending under his great weight, and his huge carcass ready to tumble down from loss of blood, which is pouring from his nostrils and mouth, as well as from the wounds in his side. Not only shot, but pinioned, by the arrows of the hunter, (who has already counted him amongst his victims and passed on to claim others of the throng,) the bull is thus left to struggle with death; and in that struggle, hobbles and reels along but a brief distance, wheezing and sighing through streams of frothy blood until he sinks upon his haunches, where he invariably rests for a few moments, bracing up with his fore legs, the noblest object of pity, until his last deep-drawn breath is gushed out, when he falls and rolls in death, without a kick or struggle." An exhibition of Catlin's 'American Indian Portraits' is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. From Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio".
Abbey Travel: 653.16.
[Ref: 29517] £620.00
The Wretched Slaves in the West Indies.
[n.d. c.1880.]
Lithograph. 151 x 115mm. 6 x 4½". Very cut down.
A group of slaves sit around eating and dancing.
[Ref: 15476] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1880.]
Lithograph. 151 x 115mm. 6 x 4½". Very cut down.
A group of slaves sit around eating and dancing.
[Ref: 15476] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)