Grosvenor Prints

A View from the Pillar of S.t Theodore to the Entrance of the Great Canal at Venice.
Ant. Canale delin.
London Printed for & sold by J. Boydell Engraver, at the Unicorn the corner of Queen Street, Cheapside, & R. Sayer, Map & Printseller; facing Fetter Lane End; Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine original hand colour. 275 x 430mm (10¾ x 17"), with very large margins. Laid on album paper. Foxing top left corner.
A bustling street view of the area between Piazza San Marco and the canal.
[Ref: 55170] £320.00

Lombardie. Venise. Pont de Rialto. Venezia. Ponte di Rialto.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par Bachelier. Imp. per Lemercier à Paris.
Paris, Bulla éditeur rue Tiquetonne 18 et M.on Aumont Francois Delarue, Succio rue J.J. Rousseau 10. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 250 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"); large margins.
The famous Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal, Venice, designed by Antonio da Ponte and completed in 1591.
[Ref: 40688] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Lombardie. Venise. Quai des Esclavons. Venezia. Riva degli Schiavoni.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par Bachelier. Imp. per Lemercier à Paris.
Paris, Bulla éditeur rue Tiquetonne 18 et M.on Aumont Francois Delarue, Succio rue J.J. Rousseau 10. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 250 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"); large margins.
A view of the Riva degli Schiavoni, the promenade on the waterfront at St. Mark's Basin in Venice. It got its name for being the landing point of goods from the Balkans, including the trunks of alder trees than form the foundations of the city.
[Ref: 40689] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[South Transept, St Mark's.]
A.H. Haig [signed in pencil lower right.]
London Published September 16th 1911 by Robt. Dunthorne 5, Vigo St. W. [Also dated in plate, with artist's monogram.]
Drypoint etching printed in black and sepia, from a limited edition of 350, 440 x 570mm. 17¼ x 22½". Repaired tear top centre
Interior of Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice, northern Italy; the faithful at prayer inside. By Axel Haig (1835 - 1921), architectural watercolourist and etcher, the 'Piranesi of the Gothic Revival'. Born in Sweden, Haig worked Britain for William Burges and others. Very atmospheric image.
Lennox-Boyd 237.
[Ref: 22360] £270.00 (£324.00 incl.VAT)

[San Georgio Venice.]
Wilfrid Ball [pencil signature.]
London Published 1st March 1888, by Robt. Dunthorne at The Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street, W.
Etching, first state. Plate: 440 x 200mm (17½ x 8"). Some cockling.
An evocative and atmospheric prospect of Venice from the Lagoon, various shipping craft on the water in foreground. Wilfred Ball (1853 - c.1917) was a London etcher and watercolourist, landscape and marine painter. He was born and lived in Putney where he etched romantic landscapes of English and Venetian themes in the manner of Whistler; he exhibited paintings and etchings at the RA from 1877 to 1903. Robert Dunthorne, born around 1850, was a successful print dealer and publisher in London. His Gallery "Rembrandt" in Vigo Street held exhibitions of the major artists of the times between 1880's-1930's. Some of these artists included Williams Strange, James McNeill Whistler, Axel Haig and W. L. Wyllie.
[Ref: 20555] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[I. - Santa Maria della Salute.]
Wilfred Huggins [signed inside plate in pencil.] W.H
[MDCCCCXXIII.] W.R. Howell & Co.
Etching, in original mount attached to top of margins at corners. Sheet 360 x 460mm (14 x 18") large margins. Glued to original mount.
From: "A Series of Etchings made in Venice by Mr. Wilfrid Huggins." Limited Edition: 206. Here is seen one of the few open spaces on the Grand Canal, used and enjoyed by the general public. The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, whose façade is shown, is bold and imposing in appearance and in situation. It is endeared to the Venetians, having been erected in 1630 to commemorate prayers offered and answered for the rescue of the city from a devastating plague. So prominent a feature in the architectural aspect of the canal be ignored, and in the common experience, ends by being loved. The square fronting the Church, for many hours during the day shows dramatic variations in sunlight and shadow.
[Ref: 53679] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

[St George's Maggiore, Venice.]
E.M. Synge.
1906.
Etching, 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"), with very large margins.
A view on the Venetian island of San Giorgio Maggiore from the docks looking towards the church of the same name. Edward Millington Synge A.R.E (1860-1913) was a British etcher who focused on topographical subjects.
[Ref: 62617] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Sebastiano Venier.]
[Innsbruck: D. Baur, 1603.]
Engraving with large margins. 425 x 295mm (16¾ x 7¾").
Sebastiano Venier (1496-1578) 86th Doge of Venice (1577-78) as well as the Venetian commander at the great victory over the Ottomans at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. He is pictured in the Doge's robes, within an alcove with superb architectural details, a strap-work cartouche for a title left blank. On the reverse is a German-text biography relating to another portrait, within an ornate woodcut frame. Published in Jacob Schrenck von Notzing's 'Der aller Durchleuchtigisten und Grossmächtigen Kayser, Durchleuchtigisten unnd Großmächtigen Königen'.
[Ref: 32656] £320.00

Arena di Verona come sta al presente.
[after Saverio Avesan.]
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving. 185 x 260mm (7¼ x 10¼") very large margins. Printer's crease entering plate, wear and tear in margins.
The ruins of Verona Arena, built AD 30.
[Ref: 57948] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Theatrum Veronese: 1549.
[Sebastian Munster.]
[c.1550.]
Woodcut. Sheet: 350 x 430mm (13¾ x 17''). Central crease as normal, foxing, tears. Bit messy.
A view of the Roman amphitheatre at Verona from Sebastian Münster's (1488-1552) "Cosmographia". Münster's "Cosmographia" was the earliest German language description of the world and was republished in numerous editions and languages. The last German edition was published in 1628.
[Ref: 49370] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Ponte Della Pietra.
[n.d., c.1840].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 180 x 285mm (7 x 11¼"). Trimmed to image and around title.
A view of the Ponte Pietra or 'Stone Bridge', once known as the Pons Marmoreus, a Roman arch bridge crossing the Adige River in Verona, Italy. The bridge was completed in 100 BC, and it originally flanked another Roman bridge, the Pons Postumius; both structures provided the city (on the right bank) with access to the Roman theatre on the east bank.
[Ref: 33370] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Il Duomo. In Verona.
[n.d., c.1840].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 180 x 285mm (7 x 11¼"). Trimmed to image on 3 sides.
A view of Verona Cathedral, northern Italy, showing the Romanesque facade at the front, including details such as the two Griffins at the base of the pillars, the clock tower above, which was one of the world's first striking clocks, and the large circular gothic window at the top.
[Ref: 33372] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Theatrum Veronense: 1549.
[Hans Rudolf Manuel's monogram 'RMD' in image, on the facade at right. Monogram of the cutter 'C.S' also in image lower right.]
[Basel, Switzerland?, late 16th century, '1561' in pencil to verso.]
Woodcut on laid paper, folding double-page illustration to a German edition of Sebastian Münster's 'Cosmographia'. Sheet 300 x 395mm, 11¾ x 15½". Centre crease as usual.
This is a view of the grandiose Verona Arena (Arena di Verona), a Roman amphitheatre in Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, which is internationally famous for the large-scale opera performances given there. It is one of the best preserved ancient structures of its kind. The theatre was built in the last quarter of the 1st century B.C., at the foot of the Hill of St. Peter on the banks of the Adige River. Captioned in German, German text to verso. Page numbers upper left and right. Sebastian Münster (1488 - 1552) was a cartographer and cosmographer, also professor of Hebrew at the University of Basel, whose Cosmographia of 1544 was the first German description of the world.
[Ref: 22523] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Vesuvius] Eruzione dell' anno 1817. Eruzione dell' anno 1821.
[c.1821?]
Two gouaches on one sheet, sheet 195 x 110mm (7¾ x 4¼").
Two night-time scenes of Vesuvius erupting, taken from across the bay.
[Ref: 60775] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Costruzione della Nuova Emilia presso Barbadoro nel Campigliese.
G. Angiolini dis: dal vero il 23 Febbraio 1831 e litog.
Firenzi I: e R: Laboratorio 1834.
Lithograph on india, very scarce. 390 x 530mm ( 15¼ x 21"). Tears in margins,slight foxing.
A scarce view of road-building in northern Italy, apparently upgrading the Via Æmilia, the Roman road between Rimini and Piacenza. The modern 'State Road 9' follows the ancient road's route.
[Ref: 28667] £320.00

Via Appia Illustrata ab Urbe Roma ad Capuam...
[by Carlo Labruzzi]
[Rome & London, n.d., c.1794.]
Oblong folio (510 x 700mm, 20 x 27½"), contemporary paper wrappers, fragment of original printed title-label preserved on upper cover; large etched title and eight plates only (of 24). Strong impressions with full margins. Water stain encroaching all leaves lower right, light soiling and spotting to plates, as usual. Wrappers and extremities somewhat tatty and chipped.
A collection of plates from the rare publication by watercolourist and printmaker Carlo Labruzzi (1748-1817), dedicated to antiquary Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758 - 1838), who commissioned the project in 1789. Hoare invited Labruzzi to accompany him along the Appian Way, following the itinerary outlined by the Roman poet Horace in his description of a journey made to Brindisi in 38 BC. Labruzzi was to make drawings of the remains of the ancient tombs and villas along their route. In the event the enterprise was cut short by inclement weather and Labruzzi's ill health, but 226 pen-and-wash drawings were completed and bound into 5 volumes by Colt Hoare. A second set of drawings, which are less highly finished and perhaps served as preparatory studies, were kept by Labruzzi. Labruzzi did not provide a purely topographical record of the Classical remains but represented the overgrown ruins in a picturesque and idealized manner. The monuments are brought into closer proximity for compositional effect. Publication of the drawings was begun by Labruzzi, who engraved 24 of the plates himself. The BM holds some of Labruzzi's original studies. Views of architectural and sculptural antiquities on the Appian Way, one of the earliest Roman roads; each captioned in English and Italian. The Via Appia connected Rome to Brindisi, Apulia, in southeast Italy. The road is named after Appius Claudius Caecus, who completed the first section as a military road to the south in 312 BC during the Samnite Wars. Plates numbered lower right: herewith 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 & 12. Italian library blindstamps to all leaves lower right.
See BL 1899.g.32.
[Ref: 21946] £1,250.00 view all images for this item

Victor Emmanuel II.
Metzmacher sc. Imprimé par Coupil & C.ie Paris.
The Drawing Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personagès Presented with the Illustrated News of the World. 125, Fleet Street. [n.d., c.1865.]
Etching with very small margins. 280 x 210mm (11 x 8¼").
Victor Emanuel II (1820-78), king of Sardinia from 1849-61, after which he became the first king of reunified Italy.
[Ref: 33302] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Villa di Castello di S.E. il Sig:r Principe Corsini.
G. Z. del. N. Mogalli Scolp.
[n.d. c.1744.]
Etching and engraving with large margins. Plate 300 x 476mm (11¾ x 18¾").
Plate 30: view of the villa Corsini. Villa Corsini, belonged to the Strozzi family untill Palla Strozzi was exiled due to his oppositon to Cosimo the Elder at which point the villa was sold on to the Rinieri family. It was not until 1697 that it passed to the Corsini's, when Lucrezia Rinuccini bought it, Filippo Corsini's wife, showing men playing boule. From "Vedute delle ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana".
[Ref: 28519] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta dell'ingresso alla Villa di Gamberaia del Sr. Marchese Cappioni.
G. Zocchi del. J. Wagner Scolp.
[n.d. c.1744.]
Etching and engraving with large margins. Plate 305 x 482mm (12 x 19"). Very fine; tears to margins.
Plate 45: view of the entrance to the villa Gamberaia of Marchese Capponi. Villa Gamberaia, a 14th-century villa near Settignano outside Florence, is characterised by an 18th-century terraced garden. From "Vedute delle ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana".
[Ref: 28520] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Villa delle Falle de SS.ri Guadagni dall'Opera.
G.Z. del. F. Morghen scol.
[n.d. c.1744.]
Etching and engraving with large margins. Plate 300 x 489mm (11¾ x 19¼"). Tatty edges;
Plate 48: view of the villa Le Falle of the Guadagni family. At the end of the sixteenth century, Gherardo Silvani was commissioned to transform the building into a grand country house showing large orchards. From "Vedute delle ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana".
[Ref: 28517] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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