Grosvenor Prints

Chili, La Plata and Part of Bolivia.
Engraved by S.Hall, Bury Street, Bloomsbury.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Engraved map with original colour. 400 x 260mm, 15¾ x 10¼".
Bolivia still has access to the sea, before it lost land in the War of the Pacific (1879-83).
[Ref: 13236] £80.00

[Chile] Jeneral José Miguel Carrera, Primer Presidente de la Rupública de Chile. José Migl. Carrera [facsimile signature.]
H. Meyer [inside image.] Imp. Bertauts, Paris.
[n.d. c.1820.]
A very rare lithograph with large margins, 642 x 483mm. 25¼ x 19".
Full-length portrait, right hand resting on a map on which is marked 'Chile', 'Argentina' and 'Patagonia'. José Miguel Carrera Verdugo (1785-1821) was a Chilean general, and considered one the founders of independent Chile. He was the most important leader of the Chilean War of Independence. After the Spanish Reconquista he continued campaigning from exile, but was eventually betrayed and executed in Mendoza by the pro-San Martin military forces of the United Provinces of South America.
[Ref: 15182] £380.00

The Port of Callao, in the South Sea; with the Adjacent Islands, Rocks & Coasts, to Windward and Leeward, and the Soundings in Fathoms:
Drawn by Order of His Catholic Majesty.
[Gentleman's Magazine, London. 1753.]
Copper engraving. Image 208 x 362mm. 8¼ x 14¼". Cut along the left-hand edge. Three vertical folds. One horiztontal fold.
The coast of Peru from the Port of China to Tomocayo Point, showing Callao near Limea, and the Island of St Lorenzo and other landmarks such as the Old Men's Port.
[Ref: 17096] £95.00

Quebrada de Cassipi.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1830. I.A: Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph. 464 x 629mm (18¼ x 24¾"). Some small tears and creasing. Spotting.
The south-west view from the terrace of the home of Cassapi. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 15172] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

The Game of Porotos.
G. Bramati inisce. Fumagatti F.A.T.
[n.d. c.1827]
Coloured aquatint and etching in mount. 171 x 229mm. 6¾" x 9".
Indian natives from Chile playing Porotos. From 'Le Costum Ancien et Moderne', plate 29 by Dr. Jules Ferrario, Milan 1827.
[Ref: 8694] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Thal von Concon und Campana da Quillota.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1827. I.A. Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") very large margins. Centre fold.
The Quillota valley, Valparaiso, Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52542] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Chile] Panoramic View from the Summit of Santa Lucia, (Santiago.).
Drawn from Camera Sketches by E.R. Smith. T. Sinclair's Lith.
[Washington: A.O.P. Nicholson, 1855.]
Tinted lithograph with touches of original hand colour, on three sheets conjoined, total 290 x 1750mm (11½ x 69"). Folded as issued, backed on linen.
A view of Santiago, the capital of Chile, from Santa Lucía Hill in the centre of the city. The touches of original colour highlight flags including two Chilean flags and a Stars and Stripes, clothing on the staffage and one cactus. The plate fails to be a true panorama by about 3cm, the width of one end margin. It was published in the first volume of 'The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52', titled 'Chile: its geography, climate, earthquakes, government, social condition, mineral and agricultural resources, commerce, etc.', written by James Melville Gilliss, superintendant of the expedition.
[Ref: 66618] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Mint. U.S.N.Ast. Exp. Plate III.
P.S. Duval & Co. steam lith. press Philad[elphia, USA]. [n.d., c.1852.]
Sepia-tnted lithograph, image 160 x 240mm. 6¼ x 9½". Lower extremity slightly bumped. Trace of crease through left side of image.
The Mint, Santiago, Chile, South America; military and civilian figures in the foreground. For an astronomical survey expedition by the United States Navy in 1852.
LoC: 2003655331.
[Ref: 25593] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Thal Der Silla Velluda.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1829. I.A: Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph. 464 x 629mm (18¼ x 24¾"). Some small tears and creasing. Spotting.
Silla Velluda, the highest mountain in Laguna del Laja National Park, Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 15170] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Fort von Tvun Leuvu in Chile.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1829. J.N. Ott München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") with very wide margins Centre fold.
A fort in the Bío Bío Region of Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52545] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Basaltgebirge von Tvun-Leuvu.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1828. I.A. Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") with very wide margins. Centre fold.
Basalt rock in the Andes of Chile. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52539] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Uspallata.
R.Elwes del et lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton
[London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street] [c.1854]
Lithograph and tintstone, printed area 120 x 180mm (4½ x 7"). Proof before publication line added?
Uspallata, a village in Argentina on the route through the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago, Chile by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45592] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Verduero. [&] Huaso. [&] Panadero.
Inez Buchanan.
[Active 1903-19.]
Set of 3 watercolours signed in pencil. Sheets: 200 x 145mm (7¾ x 5¾''). Foxing on verso.
Three watercolours depicting Chilean tradesmen including a Huaso, or horseman, a Verdulero, or greengrocer riding a donkey laden with bags of vegetables and a baker, also riding a donkey.
[Ref: 49508] £360.00 view all images for this item

Costume of a Chilian Peasant preparaing to throw the Lazo.
London Published by F. Kennedy, 27, King St Holborn. Printed by C. Kellow, 13, Red Lion St, Holborn.
Lithograph, sheet 300 x 210mm (11¾ x 8¼").
Unusual and scarce costume print.
[Ref: 41656] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Chateau de Chillon.
Winterlin pinx.t J.J. Tanner sculp.t
Hasler & C.ie éditeurs à Bale.
Aquatint with hand-colouring, sheet 210 x 255mm (8¼ x 10"). Slight foxing.
A landscape view of Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva. The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is an island castle located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now. The castle was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. After Anton Winterlin (1805-94), Swiss artist based in Basle.
[Ref: 41107] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Vue du Chateau de Chillon.
J. Weibel fc.
1818.
Etching with fine hand colouring. Size: 209 x 280mm (8¼ x 11"). Trimmed around image and text. Small rust spot in centre of image.
A landscape view of Castle Chillon on Lake Geneva. The Château de Chillon (Chillon Castle) is an island castle located on the shore of Lake Geneva in the commune of Veytaux, at the eastern end of the lake, 3 km from Montreux, Switzerland. The castle consists of 100 independent buildings that were gradually connected to become the building as it stands now. The castle was made popular by Lord Byron, who wrote the poem The Prisoner Of Chillon (1816) about François de Bonivard, a Genevois monk and politician who was imprisoned there from 1530 to 1536. By Swiss landscape painter and printmaker, Samuel Jakob Weibel (1771 - 1846).
[Ref: 31915] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Iacobus Chimarrhaeus S.R.E. Protn. Comes Pal: Aplus: Et Emp. Eques Auratae Militiae, Eleemosiinarius Caes: Maior. Aeta. Lix. Domat Omnia Virtus. M.D.C.I.
[S. Caes. Mtis. sculptor Aeg. Sadeler ad viuum delineavit, et D.D. Pragae.]
[Marco Sadeler excudit.] [n.d. c.1601.]
Engraving. 165 x 127mm. 6½ x 5". Cut.
Portrait of the preacher Jacobus Chimarrhaeus (1542-1614), aged 59, half-length slightly turned to left, wearing a fur-trimmed coat and beard; in lettered oval with coats of arms and headgear in four corners. He was grand almoner to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25256] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

le Ramoneur. Ce visage à geule beante Dans les rues crie pour trante, Ramones cy, ramones la, lalala, . La cheminee du haut en bas.
J. Bonnart fecit. Chez H. Bonnart, rue S.t Iacques vis a vis le Mathurins avec privil.
Paris, [n.d. c.1675-1700].
Etching with engraving, 17th century watermark. 270 x 190mm (10½ x 7½") very large margins. Some staining. Crease.
A chimney sweep crying his trade in the street. Engraved by Jean-Baptiste Bonnart and published by Henri Bonnart II from a series of 215 prints of figures in a wide variety of contemporary French costume and fashion.
[Ref: 54895] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Seyley, The Chimney Sweeper.
Pub.d Sept. 16, 1813, by R.S.Kirby, 11 London House Yard.
Etching. 200 x 125mm (8 x 5"). Small margin on left.
A later version of a print from the 1688, 'The Cryes of the City of London Drawne after the Life.' Portrait of a chimney sweep walking to right with brushes over his shoulder; with sack slung over his left shoulder; wearing wide brimmed hat and simple clothes; behind him stands a boy
[Ref: 66000] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

The Muff. Dont you think I am very genteel? _ Vastly so, Brother.
Williams fect.
Printed and Published by W. Belch, 256, High Street, Borough, London. [n.d., c.1810.]
Hand coloured etching with aquatint, sheet 240 x 190mm. 9½ x 7½". Trimmed to plate. Some soiling/staining.
Social satire; two chimney sweeps, their faces blackened with soot, enjoy the feel of a lady's muff, a domestic servant behind.
[Ref: 11627] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

A Stack of Ancient Chimnies. A Stack of Modern Chimnies. Warranted not to smoke. 'Comparisons are odious.'__ Respectfully offered to the notice of the British Architects of the 19th Century. by An Amateur.
W.T. 1835.
Printed by Graf & Soret.
Lithograph, sheet 280 x 380mm. 11 x 15". Soiled; light spotting.
A wry look at contemporary architect's designs for chimney stacks, contrasting modern 'smoke-less' innovations with a traditional stone row. With old pencil annotations.
[Ref: 12932] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Chimpanzee.] To S.r Hans Sloane Bar.t President of the Royal Society [This Plate is humbly Inscribed.]
[H.] Gravelot ad Vivum delt. [Scotin sculp. A. D. 1738.]
Publish'd Nov. 27 1738 according to the late Act.
Scarce etching with engraving, sheet 320 x 195mm (12½ x 7¾"). Trimmed within image losing part of the dedication. Cut and glued back together losing title and engraver's name. One horizontal crease.
A chimpanzee stands in landscape, holding a bowl. In the background a man shoots arrows at two chimpanzees climbing a palm tree on the left, with three more chimpanzees on the right. Bought by Capt. Flower of the "Speaker" from Angola to London.
[Ref: 59038] £380.00

The Chimpanzee. Now at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regents Park.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Waterhouse Hawkins.
Published for the Artist, by R. Ackerman, at his Eclipse Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent Street. Printed by Lefevre & Kohler 52 Newman St. Oxford Street. [n.d. c.1825.]
Very rare and fine lithograph. 482 x 348mm. 19 x 13¾". Uncut sheet.
A baby chimpanzee at London Zoo dressed in a smock.
[Ref: 20806] £520.00

Sketch of A Journey from Hang-Tchoo-Foo To Quang-Tchoo-Foo or Canton in China. by J. Barrow.
Engraved by B. Baker Islington.
Published April the 12th, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 670 x 500mm (26¼ x 19¾"). Staining top & bottom.
The second part of the route across China taken by the George Macartney mission after meeting the Emperor. Starting in Hangzhou on the Yangtze River delta they passed Nankin on route to Canton, where they met the ships that were to take them home. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', the first British embassy to China. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38163] £220.00

The Temple of Quong Ying.
Engraved by T. Fielding.
[London: Longman & Co., 1818 or 1819.]
Sepia aquatint, image 160 x 125mm. 6¼ x 5". Trimmed to plate.
A Chinese temple inside an aquatic cave; a boat in foreground. From 'Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817' by Clarke Abel (1780 - 1826). Abel was Naturalist to Lord Amherst's Embassy. The Alceste left Spithead on February 8, 1816 and first visited Madeira. From there she sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, then onwards to Java, from there to China, and then back to England via South Africa once more. On their return journey the ship was wrecked, but all passengers were rescued and they continued their voyage aboard the Termate.
Abbey Travel 537, 8. See BL: 981.f.17.
[Ref: 25039] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Landing Place at Pulo Leat.
Drawn from a Sketch by H. Raper Esqr. T. Fielding Sculpt.
[London: Longman & Co., 1818 or 1819.]
Hand-coloured aquatint, image 105 x 165mm. 4½ x 6½". Trimmed to plate. Faint offsetting.
European sailors on the rocky island of Pulo Leat (Pulau Liat) in the Gaspar Strait that separates Belitung and Bangka islands in Indonesia. It connects the Java Sea to the South China Sea. The men, some in rowing boats, observe what appears to be a ship in flames, sending up a cloud of smoke on the horizon. From 'Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817' by Clarke Abel (1780 - 1826). Abel was Naturalist to Lord Amherst's Embassy. The Alceste left Spithead on February 8, 1816 and first visited Madeira. From there she sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, then onwards to Java, from there to China, and then back to England via South Africa once more. On their return journey the ship was wrecked, but all passengers were rescued and they continued their voyage aboard the Termate.
Abbey Travel 537, 4. See BL: 981.f.17.
[Ref: 25038] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Nan Wang Hoo.
Drawn from a Sketch by Lieut. I. Cooke, R.M. Engraved by T. Fielding.
[London: Longman & Co., 1818 or 1819.]
Hand-coloured aquatint, image 105 x 165mm. 4½ x 6½". Trimmed to plate. Trace of crease through upper left.
A watery landscape in East Asia; small boats on the lake or flooded plain to foreground, a mountain in the distance. From 'Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a voyage to and from that country, in the years 1816 and 1817' by Clarke Abel (1780 - 1826). Abel was Naturalist to Lord Amherst's Embassy. The Alceste left Spithead on February 8, 1816 and first visited Madeira. From there she sailed to Table Bay, South Africa, then onwards to Java, from there to China, and then back to England via South Africa once more. On their return journey the ship was wrecked, but all passengers were rescued and they continued their voyage aboard the Termate.
Abbey Travel 537, 3. See BL: 981.f.17.
[Ref: 25037] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Village Chinois.
Pâris del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing; stain in left margin..
A view of a Chinese village, showing boats on the river and houses built on its banks. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46791] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Einholung der gesanten zu ma t Inhalen vand' Ambassadeurs. The Reception of the Ambassadours.
[London, John Ogilby, c.1667.]
Copper Engraving. 245 x 345mm, 9¾ x 14". Middle crease as normal.
The reception of the ambassadors of the Dutch East India Company in China, an illustration from Johan Nieuhof's account of his travels in China with the Dutch East India Company, 1665-7. This example comes from John Ogilby's 'An Embassy from the East India Company of the United Provinces to the Grand Tartar Cham, Emperor of China', first published 1667, using plates from Olfert Dapper's 'Atlas Chinensis' with the English words added to the title. A later edition was published 1698.
[Ref: 18779] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

China.
Drawn & Engraved by Alex.r Findlay.
London. Published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1840.]
Steel-engraved map. Sheet 210 x 270mm, 8¼ x 10½". Binding stitches in edge, torn.
Map of China, just prior to the foundation of Hong Kong.
[Ref: 13232] £65.00

China.
Tyrer sc.
London Published Oct. 1821 by J.Souter, St Pauls Ch. Yard.
Engraved map with original hand colour. 250 x 205mm, 10 x 8".
Map from Clark's New School Maps.
[Ref: 13240] £65.00

A Sketch of a Journey from Zhe-Hol in Tartary by land to Pekin and from thence by Water to Hang-Tschoo-Foo in China.
By J. Barrow. Engraved by B.Baker, Islington.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 670 x 490mm, 26½ x 19¼. Creased and folded as normal.
Map of a journey made by the Macartney Embassy to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94, published in Sir George Staunton's account of the mission. Macartney had gone to the summer palace at Jehol (Chengde) to meet the Qianlong emperor, with little success. He returned to Beijing overland, before travelling south to Hangzhou on the Yangtze River delta via the 1000-mile Imperial Canal.
[Ref: 23586] £220.00

Asie. Chine. Musicien. Chef des Archers. Mandarin. Dame Tartare. Esclave.
Fossey del. Bocquin lith.
Imp. Lemercier, Paris.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 290 x 230mm, (11½ x 9").
View of a room in China in which a variety of people are situated. A musician plays music while sitting on the floor, a soldier looks out and a boy holds a parasol above the head of a well dressed man. On the right a woman sits in a chair and a slave carries a tray of dishes from the room.
[Ref: 35097] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A New Map of China Drawn from Surveys made by order of the Emperor. Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography.
Engraved by T. Kitchin Hydrographer to his Majesty.
[London, c.1785.]
Engraved map. 350 x 385mm (13¾ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Original folds, some slight staining.
A map of China and Korea, with a decorative title cartouche featuring a pagoda and Chinese merchants.
[Ref: 55317] £200.00

[Five plates from Nieuhof] Nanking. [&] Kanton. [&] [Porcelain Tower, Nanjing.] [&] Peking. [&] Prospect of the Inner Court of the Emperours Palace at Pekin.
[1 & 2 by Francis Place, 3-6 by Wenceslaus Hollar]
[London: John Ogilby, 1673.]
Five etchings, laid on contemporary paper, folded and stitched together. Plates c. 215 x 310mm (8½ x 12¼"). A few spots.
A collection of plates from the second edition of John Ogilby's edition of Johannes Nieuhof's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China'.
Plate 3 Pennington 1166, state iii; Plate 4 P.1163, iii; Plate 5 P.1165, iii.
[Ref: 63516] £900.00 view all images for this item

Canton.
H.Melville, after a native painting. H.Jorden.
Fisher, Son & Co London, 1845.
Engraving. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8"), with large margins.
A view of the port in Guangzhou, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, it is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China.
[Ref: 65311] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

China Taf. I. Abendescene bei eonem Dorfe und Wachposten.
[Leipzig, verlag von Dürffling und Frante, n.d., c.1850.]
Engraving with hand colour. 270 x 315mm (10½ x 12½").
A collection of vignette scenes of Chinese life arranged around a central view of a gateway, includes a draughts scene. A plate from Emil Wendt's 'Bilderatlas der Länderkunde...'
[Ref: 49758] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

A Chinese Prostitute, riding in Publick, with a Man going before, who makes known her Price. A View of a large Street in one of ye Trading Cities of China shewing how their Signs are placed & Shops disposed.
[n.d., c.1748.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. Plate: 315 x 210mm (12¼ x 8¼''). Paper tone and tears.
Two views of China from John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca', or 'A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels'. Commissioned under King George II of England, published London, 1748.
[Ref: 49104] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

China.
Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1850, by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co, in the Clerk's office in the District court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Wood-engraved map with printed colour. Printed area 290 x 360mm (11½ x 14¼"). Tear in margin taped.
A mid-19th century map of China, marking Hong Kong, in fine colour.
[Ref: 61455] £230.00

First Chin'as Sons, with early art elate, [/] Form'd the gay Teapot, and the pictured plate...
[n.d., c.1880.]
Embossed card with mss mss ink text and watercolour. Card: 215 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Foxing.
An embossed card with decorated letterpress, the poem discusses Chinese porcelain and its decoration. Above the text are four vignettes showing Chinese men at their craft.
[Ref: 46147] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[View in China probably Peking.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff 1936.
Watercolour, signed. Sheet: 235 x 335mm (9¼ x 13¼'').
A view, probably Peking, on the banks of a river in which a seated woman and a man leaning on a staff look out across the view.
[Ref: 48037] £450.00

[A View of a Chinese Bridge.]
Vsevolod Bryant Zeff 1937.
Watercolour, signed 235 x 310mm (9¼ x 12¼'').
A View of a Chinese Bridge, probably in the Forbidden City.
[Ref: 48038] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

A Chart on Mercator's Projection, containing the Track and Soundings of the Lion, the Hindostan and Tenders, from Turon-Bay in Cochin-China to the mouth of Pei-Ho River in the Gulf of P-Tche-Lee or Pekin by J. Barrow.
Engraved by B. Baker Islington.
Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. 740 x 520mm (29 x 20½"). Staining.
A map of the coast between Da Nang in Vietnam and Beijing in China illustrating the route taken by the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792–94. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. Shows site of Hong Kong. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38158] £420.00

A Bull in a China-Shop; [Written by Mr C. Dibdin; composed by Mr Reeve; and sung by Mr Grimaldi with unbounded Applause, in the New Comic Patomime [sic], called ''Harlequin Highflyer, or Off she Goes'', at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadlers Wells.]
Cruikshank Del.
[Publish'd Sept. 5. 1808. by Laurie & Whittle, 53. Fleet Street, London].
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 180 x 210mm (7 x 8¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into letterpress title at bottom.
A bull rampages among broken crockery in a China Warehouse, tossing the proprietor, John Mug, through the shattered window, to land on a scavenger's cart.
BM Satires 11206.
[Ref: 60778] £320.00

The History of China & India, Pictorial & Descriptive;
by Miss Corner, Author of "The Historical Library," "Questions on the History of Europe". &c.&c.
London: Hy. Washbourne New Bridge St.t Third Edition - Enlarged 1847. Dean & Co. Printers, Threadneedle-Street.
Book with calf spine and moroccan-board covers, thick 8vo; title in gilt on ribbed spine. Illustrated with 32 tinted lithographic plates: 18 of China and 14 of India, with a map of each country; numerous in-text woodcuts; 402 pages. Some foxing.
Chapters include the early history of both China and India, the Building of the Great Wall, The Han Dynasty, First Tartar Conquest, The Ming Dynasty, The Mantchow Dynasty, Kang-Hy, Yong-T-Ching, Kien-Long, Kea-King, Taou-Kwang; Invasion of the Greek, Arab and Afghan Invasions, Musselman Conquests, The Patan or Afghan Kings, Invasion of the Moguls, Portuguese Settlements, Mogul Empire, Jehanghir, Aurengzebe, Farokhsir, Fall or the Empire, Tippo Saib, British Government, Lord Auckland, and many more.
[Ref: 23817] £650.00 view all images for this item

Coast of China from Hie-che-chim Bay to Sun Moon Bay. Soundings in fathoms.
Weekly Dispach Atlas 139 Fleet Street. Engraved by Edw. Weller Duke St. Bloomsbury
Day & Son Lith.rs to the Queen
Lithograph printed in colours, printed area 440 x 305mm (17¼ x 12"). Folds.
Map of part of the coast of China, divided in two. The top section shows the coast of South China, from the island of Hainan and the Guangdong province, including Macao, Guangzhou (Canton) and Hong Kong. The lower section continues to the East, including Xiamen (Amoy), Quanzhou, Fuzhou, and as far as Taizhou.
[Ref: 36964] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Chine_Infanterie_Reserve. Types Militaires. Pl. 55.
Dess et lith par Draner. Imp. Lemercier r. de Seine 57 Paris.
Paris, Dusacq et C.ie. 14 Boul.t. Poissonnière.
Hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic, very large margins. Sheet: 310 x 450mm, (12 x 17¾").
Satirical depiction of a Chinese infantryman in a jar of conserved fruits, from the series entitled "Types Militaires: Galerie militaire de toutes les nations". "Draner" Jules Renard (1833 - 1926), from his series of 136 high quality lithographic military caricatures published by the firm of Daziaro in Paris 1862-1868.
[Ref: 36378] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[A Chinese Pagoda.]
[London, W.H.Carter, n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph on thick paper. Sheet 305 x 240mm. Trimmed, losing title. A little damage at the edges.
The emperor sits on a mandarin, who sits on a soldier, who sits on a priest. On the bottom is a peasant. On verso is a printed catalogue of caricatures published by Carter.
For impression with title see ref.23512
[Ref: 6954] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Drie-Jarige Reize naar China; te Lande gedaan, door den Moskovischen Afgezant E. Ysbrants Ides. Nevens eene nieuwe Beschryvinge van dat magtig keizerryk.
T. Amsterdam gedrukt by François Halma, boekverkoper 1704.
Engraving. 215 x 162mm (8½ x 6½"). Cut.
Title-page with title written on a platform at centre, the platform occupied by Russian people and animals at left, and by Chinese people and animals at right, a medallion with Neptune in lower centre, flanked by indigenous people and animals; title to Evert Ysbrant Ides' "Drie-Jarige Reize naar China" (Amsterdam: 1704).
[Ref: 52447] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Modes of worship in China.]
[after Johann Nieuhoff.]
[London: John Obilby, 1670.]
Engraving. 290 x 355mm (11½ x 14") very large margins. Repaired splits in central fold.
Two scenes of the Chinese at worship, from Johann Nieuhoff's account of the Dutch embassy to China, as published in Ogilby's English edition of Arnoldus Montanus's 'Asia'.
[Ref: 64312] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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