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Alexander 1.st.
J. Chapman sculp.
Published as the act directs, Jan.y.1-1802.
Half portrait of Alexander 1st of Russia (1777-1825), ruler of Russia from 1801 to 1825, and King of Poland from 1811 to 1825.
[Ref: 33501] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.
Published as the act directs, Jan.y.1-1802.
Half portrait of Alexander 1st of Russia (1777-1825), ruler of Russia from 1801 to 1825, and King of Poland from 1811 to 1825.
[Ref: 33501] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander 1.st.
London. Pub:d May 2.1814, by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur St. Charing Cross.
Very fine.
Alexander I (1777-1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825, and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
Provenance: Elizabeth Anne Hippisley of Ston Easton.
[Ref: 29441] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
London. Pub:d May 2.1814, by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur St. Charing Cross.
Very fine.
Alexander I (1777-1825) served as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825, and the first Russian King of Poland from 1815 to 1825. He was also the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
Provenance: Elizabeth Anne Hippisley of Ston Easton.
[Ref: 29441] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander Emperor of Russia.
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Pater-noster Row, Jan. 21. 1815.
Paper slightly cut.
Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) also known as Alexander the Blessed. He served as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815-1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
[Ref: 28260] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published by Thomas Kelly, Pater-noster Row, Jan. 21. 1815.
Paper slightly cut.
Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) also known as Alexander the Blessed. He served as Emperor of Russia from 1801 to 1825 and Ruler of Poland from 1815-1825, as well as the first Russian Grand Duke of Finland and Lithuania.
[Ref: 28260] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander 1st. Emperor of Russia.
C.MF. Dien sc.
London, Pub. June 14 - 1814, by Hassell & Rickards, 344, Strand.
Wide margins.
Bust profile of Emperor Alexander I of Russia (1777 - 1825).
Provenance: Pemberton family of Trumpington Hall.
[Ref: 13019] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
C.MF. Dien sc.
London, Pub. June 14 - 1814, by Hassell & Rickards, 344, Strand.
Wide margins.
Bust profile of Emperor Alexander I of Russia (1777 - 1825).
Provenance: Pemberton family of Trumpington Hall.
[Ref: 13019] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander I. Kaiser von Russland.
Gez: u. gest. v. E. Henne. [n.d., c.1820]
Trimmed within plate.
A full-length portrait of Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825).
[Ref: 44550] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gez: u. gest. v. E. Henne. [n.d., c.1820]
Trimmed within plate.
A full-length portrait of Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825).
[Ref: 44550] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Two Journals. Jou.l 1. ''Look here upon this picture_and others, [/] The counterfeit presentment of two brothers, Hamlet''.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1814 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Creasing at corners. Small margins.
A series of eight vignettes illustrating the activities of Tsar Alexander I during his visit to London in June 1814. Alexander insisted on staying in the Pulteney Hotel where his sister, the Duchess of Oldenburg had taken up residence. The Duchess is shown wearing her poke-bonnet in a style which became known as an Oldenburgh bonnet. This is a companion to BM Satire 12291 which depicts a day spent by George IV.
BM Satire 12290.
[Ref: 47245] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub.d July 1814 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Creasing at corners. Small margins.
A series of eight vignettes illustrating the activities of Tsar Alexander I during his visit to London in June 1814. Alexander insisted on staying in the Pulteney Hotel where his sister, the Duchess of Oldenburg had taken up residence. The Duchess is shown wearing her poke-bonnet in a style which became known as an Oldenburgh bonnet. This is a companion to BM Satire 12291 which depicts a day spent by George IV.
BM Satire 12290.
[Ref: 47245] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![The Emperor of Russia [Alexander II]](jpegs/43504.jpg)
The Emperor of Russia [Alexander II] The Whitehall Review 13th July 1878
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Foxing.
Alexander II (1818-81), Emperor of Russia. Known as 'Alexander the Liberator' for his emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, Alexander also carried out many other reforms. He oversaw the sale of Alaska to the United States, fought a brief war with Turkey in 1877-8, and incorporated Poland into Russia in response to the uprising of 1863. He was assassinated by revolutionaries in 1881.
[Ref: 43504] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Foxing.
Alexander II (1818-81), Emperor of Russia. Known as 'Alexander the Liberator' for his emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, Alexander also carried out many other reforms. He oversaw the sale of Alaska to the United States, fought a brief war with Turkey in 1877-8, and incorporated Poland into Russia in response to the uprising of 1863. He was assassinated by revolutionaries in 1881.
[Ref: 43504] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![The Czarewich [Alexander III]](jpegs/43505.jpg)
The Czarewich [Alexander III] The Whitehall Review 14th September 1878.
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Foxing.
Alexander III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland, as a Tsesarivich (heir apparent). Three years after this portrait was published, Alexander succeeded his father Alexander II as emperor, ruling the country in a highly conservative way, reversing some of his father's liberal reforms but also avoiding Russian involvement in any major wars.
[Ref: 43505] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Judd & Co. Lith. Doctors Commons London
Foxing.
Alexander III (1845-94), Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland, as a Tsesarivich (heir apparent). Three years after this portrait was published, Alexander succeeded his father Alexander II as emperor, ruling the country in a highly conservative way, reversing some of his father's liberal reforms but also avoiding Russian involvement in any major wars.
[Ref: 43505] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander III. King of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald, the Ancestor of the Present Mackenzie Family.
B. West pinx. F. Bartolozzi, sculp 1788.
Damage to margins, margin rebuilt in the top left corner.
Colin Fitzgerald pulls the antler of a stag and raises his spear to kill it. Other huntsmen rush to the aid of the fallen king. Alexander (1241-86) may have survived this episode, but he died aged 44 falling from a horse. His heir was his granddaughter, Margaret, Maid of Norway, but she died before she could be crowned, leaving the throne of Scotland to John Balliol.
[Ref: 52663] £390.00
B. West pinx. F. Bartolozzi, sculp 1788.
Damage to margins, margin rebuilt in the top left corner.
Colin Fitzgerald pulls the antler of a stag and raises his spear to kill it. Other huntsmen rush to the aid of the fallen king. Alexander (1241-86) may have survived this episode, but he died aged 44 falling from a horse. His heir was his granddaughter, Margaret, Maid of Norway, but she died before she could be crowned, leaving the throne of Scotland to John Balliol.
[Ref: 52663] £390.00
A Son Altesse Royale Monseigneur le Duc d'orleans.
[n.d. c.1711.]
Some creasing.
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was King of Macedon and is remembered for uniting the states of Greece. He managed to conquer Persia, Egypt and a number of other kingdoms up to the borders of India. He died of a sudden fever, as depicted here on his death bed, at the palace of Nebuchadnezzarr II of Babylon. Engraved in reverse from the painting by Le Sueur now in the National Gallery, London.
IFF 12: ii. BM: X,8.61.
[Ref: 17326] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1711.]
Some creasing.
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was King of Macedon and is remembered for uniting the states of Greece. He managed to conquer Persia, Egypt and a number of other kingdoms up to the borders of India. He died of a sudden fever, as depicted here on his death bed, at the palace of Nebuchadnezzarr II of Babylon. Engraved in reverse from the painting by Le Sueur now in the National Gallery, London.
IFF 12: ii. BM: X,8.61.
[Ref: 17326] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Il Est D'un Roy de se Vaincre Soy Mesme Sui Victoria Indicat Regem.
Car. le Brun pinxit. Audran excudit.
Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran rue et faubourg S.t Jaque vis a vis la rue S.t Dominique. [n.d., c.1675.]
Small margins. Small repaired tear in title left.
A classical scene showing Alexander the Great and Hephaeston being greeted by the Queens of Persia outside Darius's tent. From a series of plates after Charles le Brun's 'Battles of Alexander'.
[Ref: 49662] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Car. le Brun pinxit. Audran excudit.
Se vend a Paris chez B. et I. Audran rue et faubourg S.t Jaque vis a vis la rue S.t Dominique. [n.d., c.1675.]
Small margins. Small repaired tear in title left.
A classical scene showing Alexander the Great and Hephaeston being greeted by the Queens of Persia outside Darius's tent. From a series of plates after Charles le Brun's 'Battles of Alexander'.
[Ref: 49662] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Alexander the Great.
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Sep.r 29.th 1804 by J. Wilkes.
Water stain to lower edge of margin, large margins.
Alexander the Great (356-323BC). Head and shoulders to right, head in profile, wearing armour, a fur-trimmed cloak and a plumed helmet decorated with a dragon. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes' (24 volumes, published 1810-1829, primarily by J. Wilkes, some volumes by G Jones).
[Ref: 23278] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Sep.r 29.th 1804 by J. Wilkes.
Water stain to lower edge of margin, large margins.
Alexander the Great (356-323BC). Head and shoulders to right, head in profile, wearing armour, a fur-trimmed cloak and a plumed helmet decorated with a dragon. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, 1795-1810. They probably appeared as illustrations to the 'Encyclopaedia Londinensis, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature ... Embellished by ... engravings. Compiled ... by John Wilkes' (24 volumes, published 1810-1829, primarily by J. Wilkes, some volumes by G Jones).
[Ref: 23278] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandre le Grand avalle la medecine, au mesme temps quil fit lire a son medecin la lettre, qui le taxoit d'empoisonnement.
J. Le Potre in. et Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson Catherine Street Strand [n.d., c.1732].
Narrow margins.
The famous scene of Alexander the Great drinking a potion prepared by Philip of Acarnania, despite being warned by Parmenion that his physician had been bribed by Darius III to poison him, showing his trust in his friend. The scene is presented within an elaborate baroque architectural surround. In 1732 Samuel Sympson advertised for sale a volume of '164 different designs of the celebrated Master Le Potre' [Jean Lepautre] ... The said Mr Sympson having purchased the plates from France, the prints will be sold at a very low rate'. Sympson moved to Maiden Lane soon afterwards.
[Ref: 57715] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J. Le Potre in. et Fecit.
Sold by S. Sympson Catherine Street Strand [n.d., c.1732].
Narrow margins.
The famous scene of Alexander the Great drinking a potion prepared by Philip of Acarnania, despite being warned by Parmenion that his physician had been bribed by Darius III to poison him, showing his trust in his friend. The scene is presented within an elaborate baroque architectural surround. In 1732 Samuel Sympson advertised for sale a volume of '164 different designs of the celebrated Master Le Potre' [Jean Lepautre] ... The said Mr Sympson having purchased the plates from France, the prints will be sold at a very low rate'. Sympson moved to Maiden Lane soon afterwards.
[Ref: 57715] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The title-page to a series of 12 prints depicting the life of Alexander the Great. The design features military trophies, a lion, two winged putti and figures of Bellona and Abundance. After Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
[Ref: 26550] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![Alexander 7. Pape [Pope Alexander VII, ms in margin]](jpegs/34842.jpg)
Alexander 7. Pape [Pope Alexander VII, ms in margin] Dicono tutti com se condotto, / Vantano gli altri sua gran Pieta. / Ma per mostrar il suo Merito / Che s'uaguagli a sua Dignita.
[Anon, c.1680]
Unidentified collectors' stamp verso; rare.
Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667), portrait in oval with laudatory verses in Italian below. Alexander VII is remembered for his numerous urban interventions in Rome, often carried out by sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini and the painter Pietro da Cortona.
[Ref: 34842] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon, c.1680]
Unidentified collectors' stamp verso; rare.
Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667), portrait in oval with laudatory verses in Italian below. Alexander VII is remembered for his numerous urban interventions in Rome, often carried out by sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini and the painter Pietro da Cortona.
[Ref: 34842] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
To the President & Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries and to all the other Lovers of the Antique. Elizabeth Alexander, Widow, aged 104, humbly dedicates this Portrait of Herself. Price, 5s. :Pray remember the Poor.
[Drawn & etched by Maria Catherine Fanshawe]
Published as the Act directs May 8, 1806, for Eliza.h Alexander & Eliz.h Atkins, No.11, Hanway Yard.
Etching with aquatint. Sheet: 330 x 230mm (13 x 9''). Trimmed, rubbing and tear in bottom edge. Messy.
A seated portrait of centenarian Elizabeth Alexander. Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834) was best known for her poetry, including the 'Riddle on the Letter H', which was originally mistakenly ascribed to Lord Byron.
[Ref: 48673] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & etched by Maria Catherine Fanshawe]
Published as the Act directs May 8, 1806, for Eliza.h Alexander & Eliz.h Atkins, No.11, Hanway Yard.
Etching with aquatint. Sheet: 330 x 230mm (13 x 9''). Trimmed, rubbing and tear in bottom edge. Messy.
A seated portrait of centenarian Elizabeth Alexander. Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765-1834) was best known for her poetry, including the 'Riddle on the Letter H', which was originally mistakenly ascribed to Lord Byron.
[Ref: 48673] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandra Feodorowna, Empress Of Russia, A Princess of Prussia.
[Anon., c.1825.]
Trimmed within plate, faint ageing in the paper.
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Frederica Louise Charlotte Wilhelmina, 1798 - 1860) was, as Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress consort of Russia as the wife Nicholas I.
[Ref: 13507] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon., c.1825.]
Trimmed within plate, faint ageing in the paper.
Princess Charlotte of Prussia (Frederica Louise Charlotte Wilhelmina, 1798 - 1860) was, as Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress consort of Russia as the wife Nicholas I.
[Ref: 13507] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandretta
[Edward Morrison de Courcy Short]
[1887]
A view of Iskenderun (formerly Alexandretta), a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, from an album of 'sketches made on a trip round the world'. By Edward Morrison de Courcy Short, b.1857, who attended Charterhouse School, Surrey (1870-6). He passed the Ceylon Civil Service exam in 1878, and in 1905 became Chairman of the Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo, retiring in 1910.
List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, by W.D. Parrish
[Ref: 11256] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Edward Morrison de Courcy Short]
[1887]
A view of Iskenderun (formerly Alexandretta), a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, from an album of 'sketches made on a trip round the world'. By Edward Morrison de Courcy Short, b.1857, who attended Charterhouse School, Surrey (1870-6). He passed the Ceylon Civil Service exam in 1878, and in 1905 became Chairman of the Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo, retiring in 1910.
List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, by W.D. Parrish
[Ref: 11256] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Alexandria.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1848.
European and Turkish warships at anchor in the harbour of Alexandria. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40729] £850.00
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1848.
European and Turkish warships at anchor in the harbour of Alexandria. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40729] £850.00
Abord de la Ville d'Alexandrette.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Foxing. Diagonal crease in upper margin into plate.
[Ref: 35420] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1800.]
Foxing. Diagonal crease in upper margin into plate.
[Ref: 35420] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![The Pyramids of Egypt were known 1000 years before the birth of Christ [...]](jpegs/60657.jpg)
The Pyramids of Egypt were known 1000 years before the birth of Christ [...] B.
Parr Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill 1741.
Also showing sphinxes. From a series of classical views.
[Ref: 60657] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Parr Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill 1741.
Also showing sphinxes. From a series of classical views.
[Ref: 60657] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![The Pharos of Ptolemy King of Egypt was built AM 3670 at the entrance of Port Alexandria, [...]](jpegs/60656.jpg)
The Pharos of Ptolemy King of Egypt was built AM 3670 at the entrance of Port Alexandria, [...] G.
R. White Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1741].
A reconstruction of the famous lighthouse. From a series of classical views.
[Ref: 60656] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
R. White Sculp.
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill [n.d., c.1741].
A reconstruction of the famous lighthouse. From a series of classical views.
[Ref: 60656] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
J: B: F: v: E: del:
[Leipzig, 1725.]
Engraving with very large margins. 305 x 430mm (12 x 17"). Spotting.
[Ref: 33738] £420.00
Hospital der Griechen zu Alexandria.
[Prague: Bohmanns Erben, 1825.]
Trimmed within plate.
[Ref: 30314] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Prague: Bohmanns Erben, 1825.]
Trimmed within plate.
[Ref: 30314] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House.
L. Meyer del. T. Milton direx.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, Feb, 1802.
A view of Alexandria with the light house in the distance. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 46225] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Meyer del. T. Milton direx.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, Feb, 1802.
A view of Alexandria with the light house in the distance. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 46225] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Obelisks at Alexandria, Called Cleopatra's Needles.
L. Meyer del.t.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1802.
A view of an Ancient Egyptian obelisk at Alexandra. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 46224] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
L. Meyer del.t.
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall, 1802.
A view of an Ancient Egyptian obelisk at Alexandra. Luigi Mayer (1755-1803), was a Italian-German artist commissioned who travelled extensively through the Ottoman Empire between 1776-1794 as one of the earliest and most important late 18th century European painters of the Ottoman Empire. His 3-volume work, "Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", contained 96 aquatints by Thomas Milton.
Abbey Travel 369.
[Ref: 46224] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Battle of Alexandria, on the 21st of March 1801.]](jpegs/21582.jpg)
[The Battle of Alexandria, on the 21st of March 1801.]
Painted by P.I. de Loutherbourg R.A. Etch'd by Anth.y Cardon.
London Pub.d 1803 by Anth.y Cardon No 31 Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square.
Slight spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
The Battle of Alexandria, in which the British army under General Ralph Abercromby fought the French on the way to lay siege to the city of Alexandria. It shows Abercromby in discomfort from the spent bullet that hit him, causing his death a week later. The finshed print was published in 1804, with a dedication to the Abercromby's memory and a remarque of the trophies of war. From 'de Loutherbourg's Campaigns in Egypt and Italy'.
Government Art Collection: 1537. Ogilby 568: 2. See 60056 for keyplate.
[Ref: 21582] £490.00
Painted by P.I. de Loutherbourg R.A. Etch'd by Anth.y Cardon.
London Pub.d 1803 by Anth.y Cardon No 31 Clipstone Street Fitzroy Square.
Slight spotting. Unexamined out of frame.
The Battle of Alexandria, in which the British army under General Ralph Abercromby fought the French on the way to lay siege to the city of Alexandria. It shows Abercromby in discomfort from the spent bullet that hit him, causing his death a week later. The finshed print was published in 1804, with a dedication to the Abercromby's memory and a remarque of the trophies of war. From 'de Loutherbourg's Campaigns in Egypt and Italy'.
Government Art Collection: 1537. Ogilby 568: 2. See 60056 for keyplate.
[Ref: 21582] £490.00
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Plan of the Action of the 21st of March Fought near Alexandria, by the French under General Menou And the English Under Sir Ralph Abercrombie.
[after J. Bathurst.]
[London: William Faden, 1801.]
Binding fold, mount burn around image.
A detailed plan of the British victory at the Battle of Alexandria which allowed them to advance towards the city and lay siege to it. The French garrison surrendered on 2nd September 1801, ending Napoleon's ambitions outside Europe.
[Ref: 27366] £260.00
[after J. Bathurst.]
[London: William Faden, 1801.]
Binding fold, mount burn around image.
A detailed plan of the British victory at the Battle of Alexandria which allowed them to advance towards the city and lay siege to it. The French garrison surrendered on 2nd September 1801, ending Napoleon's ambitions outside Europe.
[Ref: 27366] £260.00
![[The Iron Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons.Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.]](jpegs/31205.jpg)
[The Iron Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons.Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.]
[T.S. Robins Del.t E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.]
[Published May 14.th 1852 by Messers. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.]
A view of the steam yacht 'Alexandria', which was built for the Tsar of Russia in England. The boat steams through the water with a pair of small boats with fishermen using a net in the foreground.
See Ref: 8913 for a lettered version.
[Ref: 31205] £650.00
[T.S. Robins Del.t E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Imp.t.]
[Published May 14.th 1852 by Messers. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.]
A view of the steam yacht 'Alexandria', which was built for the Tsar of Russia in England. The boat steams through the water with a pair of small boats with fishermen using a net in the foreground.
See Ref: 8913 for a lettered version.
[Ref: 31205] £650.00
Interview with the Viceroy of Egypt, at his Palace, Alexandria, May 12th 1839.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1849.
With added colour & crease below title.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40994] £600.00
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1849.
With added colour & crease below title.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40994] £600.00
Fores's Marine Sketches The Iron Steam Yacht 'Alexandria', 416 Tons. Built for H.I.M. the Emperor of Russia, by C J Mare & Co of Blackwall. Designed By Mr. Watermann Junr. &. Fitted With Engines Of 140, Horse Power By Sir John & Mr. George Rennie.
T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
Published May 14th. 1852 By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Some surface soiling; tear in lower inscription.
A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details The ship's length was 195ft. 10in. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in.
[Ref: 8913] £680.00
T.S. Robins Delt. E.T. Dolby Lith. M. & N. Hanhart Impt.
Published May 14th. 1852 By Messrs. Fores, 41, Piccadilly, London.
Some surface soiling; tear in lower inscription.
A fine view of the Imperial Russian Steam Yacht. Also inscribed below the image with statistical details The ship's length was 195ft. 10in. with a breadth of 21ft. 7in.
[Ref: 8913] £680.00
Fac-Simile Of The Alexandrian Manuscript. Proposals For Publishing By Subscription Pentateuchus Graecus E Codice Ms. Alexandrino, Qui Londini In Bibliotheca Musei Britannici Asservatur, Typis Ad Similitudinem Ipsius Codicis Scripturae Fideliter Descriptus Cura Et Labore Henrici Herveii Baber, A.M. Musei Britannici Bibliothecarii. [Details of the publication and how would-be subscribers can obtain copies, as well as price, follow.]
British Museum, October, 1812. Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., Shoe-Lane, London.
Printed letterpress advertisement, broadside, 327 x 202mm. Tatty lower edge.
[Ref: 7618] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
British Museum, October, 1812. Printed by Richard Taylor and Co., Shoe-Lane, London.
Printed letterpress advertisement, broadside, 327 x 202mm. Tatty lower edge.
[Ref: 7618] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alexis of Russia] Alexis Michaelowitz.](jpegs/27672.jpg)
[Alexis of Russia] Alexis Michaelowitz.
C. Mosley Sct.
[British, n.d., c.1750.]
Lacking margins; stain along top.
Portrait of Aleksey Mikhailovich (1629-1676), Tsar of Russia in the mid-17th century. In traditional armoured regalia, including helmet and mace. Charles Mosley (c.1720 - c.1756).
[Ref: 27672] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
C. Mosley Sct.
[British, n.d., c.1750.]
Lacking margins; stain along top.
Portrait of Aleksey Mikhailovich (1629-1676), Tsar of Russia in the mid-17th century. In traditional armoured regalia, including helmet and mace. Charles Mosley (c.1720 - c.1756).
[Ref: 27672] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Part of frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature']](jpegs/15827.jpg)
[Part of frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature']
[Ric. Gaywood Sculp]
[1660]
Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Top part of the frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature, being the Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy ... First designed by John Wecker ... and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr R. Read' (London, Simon Miller, 1660). Shows portraits of Saint Alberto Magnus and Alexis of Piedmont, author of 'The secretes of the Reuerende Maister Alexis of Piedmont containing excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidentes, with the maner to make distillations, parfumes [...]' (1592).
BM 1884,1213.36 (full frontispiece)
[Ref: 15827] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Ric. Gaywood Sculp]
[1660]
Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Top part of the frontispiece to 'Secrets of Art and Nature, being the Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy ... First designed by John Wecker ... and now much Augmented and Inlarged by Dr R. Read' (London, Simon Miller, 1660). Shows portraits of Saint Alberto Magnus and Alexis of Piedmont, author of 'The secretes of the Reuerende Maister Alexis of Piedmont containing excellent remedies against diuers diseases, woundes, and other accidentes, with the maner to make distillations, parfumes [...]' (1592).
BM 1884,1213.36 (full frontispiece)
[Ref: 15827] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Alfabete de Sordi-Muti A. Padrecca Sordo-Muts desegno' il 27 Gennajo 1817 in Milano.
Padrecca.
Lithograph. Printed area 400 x 280mm. Creased.
This manual alphabet is executed using only one hand, and are frequently found as parts of sign languages. These are not used for writing per se, but for spelling out words while signing.
[Ref: 4524] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Padrecca.
Lithograph. Printed area 400 x 280mm. Creased.
This manual alphabet is executed using only one hand, and are frequently found as parts of sign languages. These are not used for writing per se, but for spelling out words while signing.
[Ref: 4524] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. de V. Raltier.
Mounted in album paper at borders.
Count Vittorio Alfieri (1749-1803), Italian dramatist and poet considered the 'founder of Italian tragedy'.
[Ref: 63619] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Alfredus Saxonum. Rex Coll. Universitatis Oxon Fundr. Circa A. Chr. 872. Hujus summi Regis Effigiem a Tabula in Bibl Bodleiana factam Reverendo Viro Arthuro Charlett, S.T.P. et istius Collegij Magistro & c:
Summa cum Humil & Observantia D.D.D. H.Parker. A.1712.
[n.d., c.1730.] Printed and Sold by Tho.s Bakewell next door to the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet London.
Portrait of Alfred the Great (c. 84 - 899), King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 89. For many centuries it was agreed that University was founded by King Alfred, to the point that it was formally admitted as fact after a court case in 1727.
CS 34 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65120] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Summa cum Humil & Observantia D.D.D. H.Parker. A.1712.
[n.d., c.1730.] Printed and Sold by Tho.s Bakewell next door to the Horn Tavern in Fleetstreet London.
Portrait of Alfred the Great (c. 84 - 899), King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 89. For many centuries it was agreed that University was founded by King Alfred, to the point that it was formally admitted as fact after a court case in 1727.
CS 34 III of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65120] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
The Alfred, East-Indiaman, 1400 Tons. To Captain A. Henning & the Officers of the Ship This print is respectfully dedicated by their obedient servent, William Foster.
T.G. Dutton, del. et lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, W.m Foster, 114 Fenchurch Street - Portsmouth, A.Hinton. [n.d., c.1870]
Repaired tear in title area and damage in extreme bottom left corner.
A naval scene showing The Alfred, an East Indiaman built by the shipping company R & H Green who were based at Blackwell Yard. An eastindiaman was any ship under the license of the East India Companies.
[Ref: 40165] £520.00
T.G. Dutton, del. et lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, W.m Foster, 114 Fenchurch Street - Portsmouth, A.Hinton. [n.d., c.1870]
Repaired tear in title area and damage in extreme bottom left corner.
A naval scene showing The Alfred, an East Indiaman built by the shipping company R & H Green who were based at Blackwell Yard. An eastindiaman was any ship under the license of the East India Companies.
[Ref: 40165] £520.00
Prince Alfred in Australia. The Duke Opening the Horticultural and Africultural Exhibition of South Australia. The Glenelg Corporation Presenting their Address to the Duke, - Sppe Page 175.
The Illustrated London News. Fer. 22, 1868.
Lacking text.
Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred (1844-1900), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the first member of the British royal family to visit Australia. Although he was well received, he was shot in the back in an assassination attempt less than a month later.
[Ref: 63759] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Illustrated London News. Fer. 22, 1868.
Lacking text.
Queen Victoria's second son, Alfred (1844-1900), Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the first member of the British royal family to visit Australia. Although he was well received, he was shot in the back in an assassination attempt less than a month later.
[Ref: 63759] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Alfredus Saxonum. Rex Coll. Universitatis Oxon Fundr. Circa A. Chr. 872. Hujus summi Regis Effigiem a Tabula in Bibl Bodleiana factam Reverendo Viro Nathan Wetherell, S.T.P. et istius Collegij Magistro & c:
Summa cum Humil & Observantia D.D.D. H.Parker.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Small margins.
Portrait of Alfred the Great (c. 84 - 899), King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 89. For many centuries it was agreed that University was founded by King Alfred, to the point that it was formally admitted as fact after a court case in 1727.
CS 34 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65112] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Summa cum Humil & Observantia D.D.D. H.Parker.
[n.d., c.1740.]
Small margins.
Portrait of Alfred the Great (c. 84 - 899), King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 89. For many centuries it was agreed that University was founded by King Alfred, to the point that it was formally admitted as fact after a court case in 1727.
CS 34 IV of IV. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65112] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Position of the English, and Spanish & French Squadrons, before the Action on the 12 July 1804.
Owen del. Wells sc.
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, Sep.1.1801.
Time staining around the edges.
Saumarez's actions off Algeciras and Gibraltar. On July 12th 1801 aboard Caesar, Admiral Sir James Saumarez led the last attack against the French Admiral Linois. This being the second stage of the battle meant that the extensive damage that the British had received during the first stage allowed for the French and Spanish ships to escape to Cadiz.
[Ref: 20163] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Owen del. Wells sc.
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, Sep.1.1801.
Time staining around the edges.
Saumarez's actions off Algeciras and Gibraltar. On July 12th 1801 aboard Caesar, Admiral Sir James Saumarez led the last attack against the French Admiral Linois. This being the second stage of the battle meant that the extensive damage that the British had received during the first stage allowed for the French and Spanish ships to escape to Cadiz.
[Ref: 20163] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
De Stadt Gigeri.
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Central crease as normal.
A view of Jijel (once known as Djidjelli) in Algeria. In 1664 (four years before this print was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668), the French took the city but were expelled the same year.
[Ref: 30218] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs, 1668.]
Central crease as normal.
A view of Jijel (once known as Djidjelli) in Algeria. In 1664 (four years before this print was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668), the French took the city but were expelled the same year.
[Ref: 30218] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[London: John Ogilby, 1670.]
Centre fold as normal.
A view of Jijel (once known as Djidjelli) in Algeria. In 1664 (less than a decade before this print was first published in Dapper's 'Beschrijvinge der Afrikaanse Gewesten', 1668), the French took the city but were expelled the same year. This example comes from the English edition, published by John Ogilby with the grand title of 'Africa: being, An Accurate Description of the Regions of Egypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the Land of Negroes, Guinee, Aethiopia, and the Abysinnes, with All the Adjacente Islands', with the Dutch title and 10-point key duplicated into English.
[Ref: 30216] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Beschiessung der Stadt Algier durch die englische Flotte, unter den Besehlen des Admirals Exmouth, den 27 August 1816.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Laid on board.
A rare illustration of the bombardment of Algiers, with a five-point key underneath. In an attempt by Britain to force the Dey of Algiers to give up slavery, the British fleet threatened bombardment if their demands weren't met. As they approached the Dey sent out many men in small boats to attempt to board the ships, resulting in the hand-to-hand fighting seen here. The following day the Dey surrendered, not knowing the British had already used up all their ammunition.
[Ref: 15656] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1840.]
Laid on board.
A rare illustration of the bombardment of Algiers, with a five-point key underneath. In an attempt by Britain to force the Dey of Algiers to give up slavery, the British fleet threatened bombardment if their demands weren't met. As they approached the Dey sent out many men in small boats to attempt to board the ships, resulting in the hand-to-hand fighting seen here. The following day the Dey surrendered, not knowing the British had already used up all their ammunition.
[Ref: 15656] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Afbeelding van Algiers, en het Omleggende Land. Wanneerde Moullie W.N.W. een half Myl van uw is na't Lveen Geteekend door Martinus Lambrechts, Captein ter Zee 1734.
[Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen II, c.1734.]
A little restoration to tears in margins.
A view of Algiers from the sea, with a 17-point key. It was drawn by Martinus Lambrechts, a sea-captain who regularly patrolled the area protecting Dutch merchants from the Barbary pirates, and who published 'Handboekje voor den Zeeleerling' (Handbook for the sea-farer) in 1731. The dedication is to Reynier Crabeth, a former Mayor of Gouda and commissioner of the admiralty of Amsterdam. The van Keulen family were the premier sea chart publishers in Amsterdam from the the 1680s to the beginning of the 19th century.
[Ref: 54908] £390.00
[Amsterdam: Johannes van Keulen II, c.1734.]
A little restoration to tears in margins.
A view of Algiers from the sea, with a 17-point key. It was drawn by Martinus Lambrechts, a sea-captain who regularly patrolled the area protecting Dutch merchants from the Barbary pirates, and who published 'Handboekje voor den Zeeleerling' (Handbook for the sea-farer) in 1731. The dedication is to Reynier Crabeth, a former Mayor of Gouda and commissioner of the admiralty of Amsterdam. The van Keulen family were the premier sea chart publishers in Amsterdam from the the 1680s to the beginning of the 19th century.
[Ref: 54908] £390.00
Algier.
[Frankfurt c.1650.]
Torn, creased.
A bird's-eye view of Algiers in Algeria, with the city walls, outlying forts and several galleys in the harbour. At the time the city was nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, but it was essentially independent, with piracy the main source of income.
[Ref: 30213] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Frankfurt c.1650.]
Torn, creased.
A bird's-eye view of Algiers in Algeria, with the city walls, outlying forts and several galleys in the harbour. At the time the city was nominally part of the Ottoman Empire, but it was essentially independent, with piracy the main source of income.
[Ref: 30213] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Conference of Capt.n Sir Ja.s Brisbane with the Dey of Algiers, August 30th 1816.
Drawn by G.F.L. [George Francis Lyon.]
[London: James Jenkins, c.1816.]
Trimmed into aquatint border.
[Ref: 56655] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by G.F.L. [George Francis Lyon.]
[London: James Jenkins, c.1816.]
Trimmed into aquatint border.
[Ref: 56655] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![To the Kings most Excellent Majesty, This Plate, the North East View of ye City, Mole, Fortifications, & Port of Algiers in Barbary [...]](jpegs/38490.jpg)
To the Kings most Excellent Majesty, This Plate, the North East View of ye City, Mole, Fortifications, & Port of Algiers in Barbary [...] [parallel text in French]
R. Wilkins pinx.t / J. Basire sculp.t
Published as the Act directs, by R. Ball April 12th 1776
Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
Detailed view of Algiers, now the capital of Algeria. Some parts of image lettered, referring to a separate key (not included). After a painting by the obscure marine painter Robert Wilkins (c.1740-90), who exhibited in London 1772-78.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38490] £620.00
R. Wilkins pinx.t / J. Basire sculp.t
Published as the Act directs, by R. Ball April 12th 1776
Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
Detailed view of Algiers, now the capital of Algeria. Some parts of image lettered, referring to a separate key (not included). After a painting by the obscure marine painter Robert Wilkins (c.1740-90), who exhibited in London 1772-78.
Ex Collection Duke of Westminster.
[Ref: 38490] £620.00
Outline of the Attack upon Algiers exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square.
R. & E. Williamson sculp.t [after Henry Aston Barker].
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1818.]
Folds and staining.
[Ref: 50454] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
R. & E. Williamson sculp.t [after Henry Aston Barker].
[London: Henry Aston Barker, n.d., 1818.]
Folds and staining.
[Ref: 50454] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Sala de las dos Hermanas.
[engraved by William Gauci after John Frederick Lewis.]
[London: Hodgson, Boys and Graves, 1835.]
'The Hall of the Two Sisters', from 'Lewis's Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra: Made During a Residence in Granada, in the Years 1833-4'. John Frederick Lewis (1804-76) RA, became known as 'Spanish Lewis' to differentiate him from his artist brother, Frederick Christian Lewis ('Indian Lewis'), who travelled to Asia.
Abbey Travel, 148.
[Ref: 40266] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[engraved by William Gauci after John Frederick Lewis.]
[London: Hodgson, Boys and Graves, 1835.]
'The Hall of the Two Sisters', from 'Lewis's Sketches and Drawings of the Alhambra: Made During a Residence in Granada, in the Years 1833-4'. John Frederick Lewis (1804-76) RA, became known as 'Spanish Lewis' to differentiate him from his artist brother, Frederick Christian Lewis ('Indian Lewis'), who travelled to Asia.
Abbey Travel, 148.
[Ref: 40266] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)