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Fernand. Cortez.  Pr. Conquerant de la nouvelle Espagne.  Histoire des Voyages.
Fernand. Cortez. Pr. Conquerant de la nouvelle Espagne. Histoire des Voyages.
A Paris ches Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with hand colour. 277 x 169mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 1979]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Death of Sir John Moore at the Battle of Corunna.
Death of Sir John Moore at the Battle of Corunna.
R. Corbould delin. G. Warren sculp.
Published by Henry Fisher, Caxton, London, 1831.
Steel engraving. 290 x 200mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins.
A scene of the death of Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore (1761– 1809), the commander of the British Army at the Battle of Corunna, 1809, during the Peninsula War. The scene is within a triumphal decorative border.
[Ref: 65794]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[Battle of Corunna] Death of Moore.
[Battle of Corunna] Death of Moore.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 105 x 85mm (4¼ x 3¼"). Trimmed, edges spotted.
A circular view of Sir John Moore, mortally wounded by a cannonball at the Battle of Corunna (16th January, 1809).
[Ref: 55738]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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A corvette scudding under fore course.
A corvette scudding under fore course.
Drawn on stone by J. Rogers.
Printed by Rowney & Forster. Published by T. McLean. 26, Haymarket. [n.d., c.1824.]
Coloured lithograph, 275 x 420mm. 10¾ x 16½". Repaired tear in lower right.
A corvette, a manoeuverable, lightly armed warship smaller than a frigate. 'Fore course' refers to the mast on which the sail is raised.
[Ref: 11255]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Die Corvette Astrolabe in Gefahr an den Felsen de Insel Leighs zu scheitern. (New-Ireland.) T.58.
Die Corvette Astrolabe in Gefahr an den Felsen de Insel Leighs zu scheitern. (New-Ireland.) T.58.
J. Werner del. Lith. de J. Brodtmann.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Lithograph. 254 x 356mm. 10 x 14".
The Astrolabe, the exploration ship of the French Navy, famous for her travels with Jules Durmont d'Urville (1790-1842), who explored the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. Here off the coast of New Ireland part of the Bismark archipelago and Papua New Guinea. From a German translation of: Voyage de la corvette L'Astrolabe.
[Ref: 20873]   £230.00   (£276.00 incl.VAT)
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La Corvette l'Astrolabe, attaquée par les Naturels de la Côte nord.
La Corvette l'Astrolabe, attaquée par les Naturels de la Côte nord. (Nouvelle Guinée.) Pl.III.
de Sainson pinx. A. St. Aulaire Lith.
J. Tastu, Editeur. Lith. de Lemercier. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Sheet 342 x 508mm (13½ x 20"). Spotting in the margins; publisher's blindstamp under title.
The French ship 'Astrolabe' under attack from the natives of New Guinea. From 'Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's important expedition to the South Seas between 1826 and 1829.
[Ref: 28206]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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To E. Loveden Loveden Esq.r This View between Corwen and Llangollen on the River-Dee, is with the greatest respect inscribed by his obedient and obliged Servants, T. Walmsley and F. Jukes.
To E. Loveden Loveden Esq.r This View between Corwen and Llangollen on the River-Dee, is with the greatest respect inscribed by his obedient and obliged Servants, T. Walmsley and F. Jukes.
From a Picture by T. Walmsley. Engrav'd by F. Jukes.
London Pub.d May 10.th 1793 by F. Jukes No:10 Howland Street.
Aquatint and etching, printed on J. Whatman watermark paper. Plate 349 x 444mm. 13¾ x 17½". Some staining around the edges of the margins. Uncut with large margins.
A view beneath the Berwyn mountains on the banks of the River Dee. View of a river which flows into the left foreground with the roofs of buildings seen above the sloping bank, behind trees, on the right, two men near the water in the foreground and a horse and cows, with mountains in the background. From a series of sixteen views in North Wales.
Ex Watt Collection. Abbey Scenery 512: 11.
[Ref: 21718]   £190.00   (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[Corwen Bridge.] To Edw.d Williams Vaughan Salesbury Esq.r This view of Corwen Bridge is with the greatest respect inscribed by his obedient & obliged servants, T. Walmsley & F. Jukes.
[Corwen Bridge.] To Edw.d Williams Vaughan Salesbury Esq.r This view of Corwen Bridge is with the greatest respect inscribed by his obedient & obliged servants, T. Walmsley & F. Jukes.
From a Drawing by T. Walmsley. Engrav'd by F. Jukes.
London Pub.d by F. Jukes, N.o 10 Howland Street.
Aquatint. 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17¼"), very large margins. Slight toning in margin edges.
An idyllic view of Corwen Bridge, with two anglers wading in the shallows of the river. Corwen bridge has been recognised as an excellent example of 18th century masonry and was built as part of a important series of early bridges across the rivers Alwen and Dee.
Collection: Watt
[Ref: 56188]   £290.00   (£348.00 incl.VAT)
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[Thomas Coryate.]
[Thomas Coryate.] Loe heere the wooden Image of our wits; Borne, in first trauaile, on the backs of Nits; O, what will he ride, when his yeares expire? the world must ride him; or he all will tire.
[n.d., c.1650.]
Very scarce engraving. Sheet 145 x 110mm (5¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at edges.
Portrait of Thomas Coryate (c. 1577 -1617), English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. Frontis to his work 'Letter from Asmere'. His description of how the Italians shielded themselves from the sun resulted in the word "umbrella" being introduced into English.
[Ref: 67707]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Vessels of the Argonauts for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici] Calai e Zeti Condotti da Boreo et Oritia.
[Vessels of the Argonauts for the wedding celebration of Cosimo de' Medici] Calai e Zeti Condotti da Boreo et Oritia. Battaglia navale rapp in Arno per le nozze del Ser. Principe di Toscana l'anno 1608
Giulio Parigi I. Remigio Canta Gallina F.
[n.d., c.1608.]
Etching. 185 x 170mm (7½ x 6¾"). Notch in left margin. Small margins.
One of the ornamental barges in a regatta celebrating the marriage of Cosimo de' Medici in 1608.
BM: 1861,0713.1476
[Ref: 65564]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Cosmography Epitomised, In Six Copper Plate Delineations, from: Dunn's "A New Atlas of the Mundane System ..."
Cosmography Epitomised, In Six Copper Plate Delineations, from: Dunn's "A New Atlas of the Mundane System ..."
By S. Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences. London 1774.
London: Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 10 January 1774.
Engraving with areas of mezzotint, 18th century watermark 370 x 545mm (17½ x 21½") very large margins top & bottom. Small margins left & right. A few chips to edges, small split in lower centre fold.
A collection of astronomical diagrams, with the central spheres filled in with mezzotint, an unusual use of the medium. Samuel Dunn (died 1794), mathematician, amateur astronomer and cartographer.
[Ref: 52942]   £580.00  
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Cosmography Epitomised, In Six Copper Plate Delineations.
Cosmography Epitomised, In Six Copper Plate Delineations.
By S. Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London. 1786.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 January 1774.
Engraving with mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 370 x 550mm (14½ x 21¾"), very large margins.
A diagram with twelve spheres, illustrating the Solar System, the orbits of the inner planets, the compass, magnetic variation, etc. From the first edition of ''A New and General Introduction to Practical Astronomy, with its application to Geography'' by Samuel Dunn (1723-94). He taught at the Maritime Academy, Ormond House, Paradise Row in Chelsea. The use of mezzotint on such scientific diagrams is unusual.
[Ref: 57114]   £450.00  
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Cosmography Epitomised, In Six Copper Plate Delineations.
Cosmography Epitomised, In Six Copper Plate Delineations.
By S. Dunn, Teacher of the Mathematical Sciences, London. 1786.
London. Printed for Rob.t Sayer, No 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 10 June 1786.
Engraving with mezzotint, 18th century watermark; 370 x 550mm (14½ x 21¾"), very large margins.
A diagram with twelve spheres, illustrating the Solar System, the orbits of the inner planets, the compass, magnetic variation, etc. From ''A New and General Introduction to Practical Astronomy, with its application to Geography'' by Samuel Dunn (1723-94). He taught at the Maritime Academy, Ormond House, Paradise Row in Chelsea. The use of mezzotint on such scientific diagrams is unusual.
[Ref: 57113]   £450.00  
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[Three Sibyls]
[Three Sibyls] Vates Sibyllinae
[Basel, c.1588]
Woodcut with letterpress, sheet 310 x 200mm (12¼ x 8").
Three sibyls, or prophetesses. Sheet from a Latin edition of Sebastian Munster's important sixteenth century geographical work 'Cosmography'.
[Ref: 42478]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Explanation of the Cosmorama.
Explanation of the Cosmorama.
[Printed Dec.r 1.st 1821, for La Belle Assembleé N.º 155.]
Aquatint. Sheet 130 x 210mm (5 x 8¼"). Trimmed, losing publication line, laid on album paper.
A diagram of the viewing room of the Cosmorama, an indoor peepshow at 29 St James's Street (later 207-209 Regent Street). The viewer would look through a confex lens at a small painting, which would look much larger and more distant.
[Ref: 62309]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Cosaque.
Cosaque.
Le Barnier L'aine Delt. Lucien Sculpt. No. 50 [upper right]
A Paris, Chez la V.e Chereau Mde. D'Esyamps, rue St. Jacques, No.10 pres la Fontaine St. Severin.
Stipple engraving 395 x 260mm.
[Ref: 3778]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[A Cossack lancer.]
[A Cossack lancer.]
[After Vernet?]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching with aquatint and roulette. Proof before all letters. 515 x 610mm (20¼ x 24"). Bottom and left margins rebuilt.
A Cossack lancer on a white horse with a brand on its haunch. Behind are hussars with sabres, and a fortified town.
[Ref: 49023]   £450.00  
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Bivouac de Cosaques.
Bivouac de Cosaques.
Carle Vernet.
Au Dépot général de lithographie Rue Jacob No14.
Lithograph. Printed area: 470 x 375mm (18½ x 14¾"). Loss below title.
A scene in a ruined building where Russian soldiers have set up camp.
[Ref: 44777]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Portraits of the Different Tribes of Russian Cossacks, in Marching Order.
Portraits of the Different Tribes of Russian Cossacks, in Marching Order.
Drawn from the Life by Hess. Engraved by Clark & Dubourg.
Published & Sold July 1st 1813, by Edw. Orme, Engraver, [Printseller] & Publisher, Bond St. (Corner of Brook St.) London.
Very fine aquatint with hand colour. 300 x 455mm (11¾ x 18"), with large margins, paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1810. Crease.
A party of Ural Cossacks with their Ataman David Martemianovich Borodin (1760-1860) during the Austro-Russian Italian and Swiss Campaign in 1799, led by the Russian Marshal Alexander Suvorov. The original painting by Carl Adolph Heinrich Hess (1769-1849) was sold by Christies in 2003, with the identification of Borodin from Nicholas Touroverov's 'Cossacks in Works by Foreign Artists', 1939.
Not in Abbey. See Christie's Live Auction 1286, Lot 87 for the painting.
[Ref: 59133]   £580.00  
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Cosaque de l'Oural.
Cosaque de l'Oural.
Val' 11 Feb 1817.
Pen and ink with watercolour. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
A mounted cossack soldier.
[Ref: 38001]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Cosaque regulier.
Cosaque regulier.
Fib' 11 Feb 1817.
Pen and ink with watercolour. Sheet 270 x 205mm (10½ x 8").
A mounted cossack soldier.
[Ref: 38002]   £80.00   (£96.00 incl.VAT)
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Plate 2. Cossacks, Flying to Annoy. vide Bonaparte's 28th Bulletin, Dedicated to Napoleon the Great, by his Non Allie John Bull.
Plate 2. Cossacks, Flying to Annoy. vide Bonaparte's 28th Bulletin, Dedicated to Napoleon the Great, by his Non Allie John Bull.
Pub.d Jan.y 1 1813 by S.Knight, late Walker & Knight, No.3 Sweetings Alley, Roy.l Exch.e.
Scarce coloured etching. 235 x 355mm (9¼ x 14"). Trimmed into plate at sides, pinholes in margins. Repaired tear left margin.
Three cossack riders perform a hit-and-run attack on French troops.
[Ref: 62463]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Cossack of the government of Irkoutsk.
Cossack of the government of Irkoutsk.
Drawn by Weidenbach. Engraved by Stadler.
[n.d., c.1818.]
Aquatint and etching, printed in colours and hand-finished. Sheet 530 x 440mm (20¾ x 17¼). Trimmed just within plate, repaired tears.
A very fine and impressive image showing a mounted Cossack lancer in a winter landscape.
[Ref: 57779]   £480.00  
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Charle de Cosse.  C.te de Brissac Marechal de France.  de la Gallerie du Duc de Richelieu.
Charle de Cosse. C.te de Brissac Marechal de France. de la Gallerie du Duc de Richelieu.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos rue St.Victor. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 275 x 167mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 1981]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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[Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac]
[Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac] Carolus de Cosse Polemarchus Sub Hen.o 2.o et Carolo 9.o
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾"), with very large margins. Printer's crease.
Charles de Cossé, comte de Brissac (1505/6-1563), French courtier and soldier who played a prominent role in the Italian War of 1551-59. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39892]   £220.00   (£264.00 incl.VAT)
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[Michael Costa.]
[Michael Costa.]
From a Photograph by Signori Caldesi. Engraved by George Zobel.
London, Published May 21st 1855, by J.Mitchell, Bookseller & Publisher to Her Majesty. 33 Old Bond S.t.
Mezzotint on steel. 510 x 340mm. Damp stain.
From Caldesi's 'Artists of the Italian Opera'. Sir Michael Costa (1808-1884) was the Musical Director. In 1855 Costa wrote the oratorio 'Eli'; Rossini's commented: 'The good Costa has sent me an oratorio score and a Stilton cheese. The cheese was very good'.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 1138]   £240.00   (£288.00 incl.VAT)
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The Rev.d. George Costard.
The Rev.d. George Costard. M.A.
I.C.Barnes, Soc. Art. Sci. del.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 110mm (7¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed into left side of plate.
Portrait of George Costard (1710 - 1780), vicar of Twickenham, local antiquarian and astronomical writer.
W692
[Ref: 68335]   £70.00   (£84.00 incl.VAT)
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Costessey Hall, Norfolk.
Costessey Hall, Norfolk. The Seat of the Right Hon.ble Lord Stafford.
Published by Josiah Fletcher, Norwich. Newman & Co, Litho 48 Watling St, London.
Rare lithograph with tintstone, sheet 275 x 415mm (10¾ x 16¼"), with large margins. Bit dusty. Crease on left.
Fine lithograph of Costessey Hall, near Norwich in Norfolk, following radical alterations by J.C. Buckler from 1826-36 in the Gothic style. Requisitioned by the War Office during World War I, the house was badly damaged, and demolished in 1925.
[Ref: 40376]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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A Chinese Princess of the present Manchoo Tartar Race.
A Chinese Princess of the present Manchoo Tartar Race.
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Nov.14th 1801 by J. Wilkes.
Colour stipple and etching with large margins. Plate 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"). Trimmed to plate on right. Fine colouring
A Manchu princess shown head and shoulders to right looking ahead with a smile, wearing a tall head-dress with a veil decorated with patterns, a bird and a plume and jewels above the centre of the brow, secured by a string of pearls under her chin, with earrings and necklaces and a silk shawl with a decorated hem; oval format; one of a series. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes.
[Ref: 34674]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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[Young Woman.] No. 57.
[Young Woman.] No. 57. Jeune fille Wotiah dans le G.t de Casan.
H. le. Comte. 1819. Imp. Lithog de F. Delpech.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼") very large margins.
A portrait of a young woman in a long coat with a long headress.
[Ref: 46139]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)
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[Ury Lucerne Gouggisberg Oberhasli Berne Zurich.] in ink
[Ury Lucerne Gouggisberg Oberhasli Berne Zurich.] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour with separate sheet. Watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman Turkey Mills'. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾").
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Ury, Lucerne, Gouggisberg, Oberhasli, Berne and Zurich. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 31998]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Argovie St. Gall Appenzell Schaffouse Soleure Fribourg allern] in ink
[Argovie St. Gall Appenzell Schaffouse Soleure Fribourg allern] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour and backing sheet with manuscript. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"). Hole to top left corner where previously glued to sheet.
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Argovie, St. Gallen, Appenzell, Schaffouse, Soleure and Freiburg. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 31999]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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[Neuchâtel Vallais Jesoin Grisons Vaud Thurgovie] in ink
[Neuchâtel Vallais Jesoin Grisons Vaud Thurgovie] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"). Glued at corners with manuscript. Small stain to printed area.
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Neuchâtel, Vallais, Jesoin, Grisons, Vaud, and Thurgovie. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 32000]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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[Fribourg frane Bâle Glarus Zug Underwalden Schwyz] in ink
[Fribourg frane Bâle Glarus Zug Underwalden Schwyz] in ink
G. Rohr.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint and etching with fine hand colour. Sheet size: 140 x 195mm. (5½ x 7¾"). Glued at corners to backing sheet.
Six female figures in Swiss costume, each representing a different town in Switzerland. This sheet comprises of; Fribourg frane, Bâle, Glarus, Zug, Underwalden and Schwyz. Taken from the series 'Costumes de femmes Suisses' by G. Rohr.
[Ref: 32001]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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Mandarino Chinese. Mandarin Chinois.
Mandarino Chinese. Mandarin Chinois.
Apud Theodore Viero Venetus.
[Venice, Antonio Zatta?, c.1780.]
Engraving with large margins. 280 x 205mm (11 x 8").
A Chinese intellectual, in a library full of scientific instruments, a double-hemisphere world map on the wall behind him. He holds a pair of compasses on an armillary sphere with one hand, an astrolabe in the other. On the floor is a celestial globe.
[Ref: 31843]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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The habit of a Russian Virgin.
The habit of a Russian Virgin.
J. Hulett sculp.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 175 x 115mm (7 x 4½"). Trimmed from larger sheet.
A full-length portrait of a young Russian woman after Cornelis de Bruin, published in Thomas Salmon's 'Modern History: or the Present State of all Nations'.
[Ref: 45194]   £75.00   (£90.00 incl.VAT)
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A Chinese Princess of the present Manchoo Tartar Race.
A Chinese Princess of the present Manchoo Tartar Race.
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Nov.14th 1801 by J. Wilkes.
Colour stipple and etching with large margins. Plate 165 x 115mm. 6½ x 4½".
A young woman shown head and shoulders to right looking ahead with a smile, wearing a tall head-dress with a veil decorated with patterns, a bird and a plume and jewels above the centre of the brow, secured by a string of pearls under her chin, with earrings and necklaces and a silk shawl with a decorated hem; oval format; one of a series. One of a number of stipple heads of Kings and Queens of similar format printed on quarto sheets, by Chapman, published by J. Wilkes.
[Ref: 26469]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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A Chinese Princess of the present Manchoo Tartar Race.
A Chinese Princess of the present Manchoo Tartar Race.
J. Chapman sculp.
London Published as the Act directs Nov.14th 1801 by J. Wilkes.
Stipple with very large margins. Plate 159 x 114mm. 6¼ x 4½".
A young woman shown head and shoulders to right looking ahead with a smile, wearing a tall head-dress with a veil decorated with patterns, a bird and a plume and jewels above the centre of the brow, secured by a string of pearls under her chin, with earrings and necklaces and a silk shawl with a decorated hem; oval format; one of a series. 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'.
See Ref: 26469 for coloured version.
[Ref: 27065]   £50.00   (£60.00 incl.VAT)
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[Asia] Habitant Des Indes Orientales
[Asia] Habitant Des Indes Orientales
de l'Abbe Chappe d'Aute Roche.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with hand colour. 278 x 166mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2039]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Costumes Turcs. No 15.
Costumes Turcs. No 15.
A. Lacauchie. Paris, Lith. de Godard , Q. des Augustins 55.
Paris, Hautecoeur frères, r. Vivienne, 41 et rue de Rivoli, 116.
Coloured & tinted lithograph with fine hand colour and gum arabic highlights. Printed area 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins. Very slight spotting.
A bright, romantic image of a Turkish couple in colourful clothing standing on an Oriental carpet, the woman holding a parrot.
[Ref: 49998]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Costumes Espagnols. No 5.
Costumes Espagnols. No 5.
A. Lacauchie. Paris, Lith. de Godard , Q. des Augustins 55.
Paris, Hautecoeur frères, r. Vivienne, 41 et rue de Rivoli, 116.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour and gum arabic highlights. Printed area 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"), with large margins. Very slight spotting.
A bright, romantic image of a Andalucian couple in the colourful clothing familiar from the bullfight and flamenco.
[Ref: 49999]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Grec.
Grec.
[Brussels: Librairie historique-artistique, 1843-1844.]
Wood engraving with fine hand colour. Printed area 160 x 80mm (6¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
A Greek man in traditional dress, pistol and sword tucked into his belt. From Auguste Wahlen's 'Moeurs, usages et costumes de tous les peuples du monde'.
[Ref: 60837]   £60.00   (£72.00 incl.VAT)
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Villageois Grec.
Villageois Grec.
[after Nicolas de Nicolay.]
[Paris: Mathieu Guillemot, 1650.]
Engraving. Sheet 265 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼"). Trimmed to printed border on three sides, into image on right. Small creases left and right corners.
A Greek villager playing the bagpipes. From Laonikos Chalcocondyle’s ''L'histoire de la décadence de l'empire grec et establissement de celuy des Turcs'', with plates after woodcuts by Nicolas de Nicolay.
See BM 1927,0210.61 for Nicolay's original woodcut.
[Ref: 61243]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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Singular Dresses of the Inhabitants of Conception in South America.
Singular Dresses of the Inhabitants of Conception in South America.
Walker sculp.
[n.d., c.1817.]
Engraving. Plate: 165 x 210mm (6½ x 8¼'') very large margins.
A print showing the costume of the inhabitants of South America in the eighteenth century, the costume is an interesting mixture of European and South American costume.
[Ref: 48304]   £45.00   (£54.00 incl.VAT)
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Welsh Costumes No 5. [Coming from Church.]
Welsh Costumes No 5. [Coming from Church.]
[after Richard Dadd?]
Lithographed and Published by Newman & Co, 48 Watling St., London.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 12") with large margins.
A Welsh congregation leaving church, apparently after a wedding, both men and women wearing the 'stove-pipe' Welsh hat popular in north-west Wales. A watercolour of this scene in the National Library of Wales has been attributed to Richard Dadd (1817-86), famed for his paintings of fairy scenes and for killing his father, an act that resulted in him being sent to Broadmoor mental hospital.
See NLW PB07218 for the watercolour.
[Ref: 46335]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Welsh Costumes. No. 4.
Welsh Costumes. No. 4.
Lithographed & Published by Newman & Co. 48, Watling St London.
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic. Sheet: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾").
An interior scene in which various women in traditional Welsh costume carry various items including a Bible, clock, broom and tea set. Perhaps giving wedding presents?
[Ref: 46768]   £110.00   (£132.00 incl.VAT)

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Welsh Costumes. No. 5.
Welsh Costumes. No. 5.
Lithographed & Published by Newman & Co. 48, Watling St London.
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph with gum arabic. Sheet: 220 x 300mm (8¾ x 11¾").
A Welsh scene in which a procession of men and women walk out of a church in traditional welsh costume.
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Costume Espagnol (Manola.)
Costume Espagnol (Manola.)
Lith. par A. Deveria d'après Becguer.
Imp. Lith. de Cattier, rue de Lancry, 19.
Fine coloured lithograph. Printed area 375 x 240mm, 14¾ x 9½".
The costume of the Manola or Maja, lower-class Spanish women who dressed elaborately, exaggerating traditional Spanish dress. The style became the stereotypical foreign view of Spanish women, influencing the dress of Bizet's Carmen. Drawn by Joaquin Becquer (1805-41), a native of Seville.
[Ref: 25230]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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Hindostannee Costume.
Hindostannee Costume.
Drawn from Nature & on stone by Capt.n J. Luard.
Printed by Graf & Soret. [n.d., c.1835].
Lithograph on India paper with large margins. Printed area: 280 x 200mm (11 x 8").
A child in gown and slippers. By Major John Luard (1790 - 1875), who published 'Views in India, Saint Helena and Car Nicobar, drawn from nature and on stone' in 1835, and 'History of the Dress of the British Soldier' in 1852.
[Ref: 36877]   £160.00   (£192.00 incl.VAT)
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Paysan de la Samogitie. Femme de la Samogitie. Paysanne de la Podolie.
Paysan de la Samogitie. Femme de la Samogitie. Paysanne de la Podolie. Paysan de Cravovie qui travaille aux mines, Juif et femme Juive de Cracovie.
n.d., c.1780.
Coloured etching. Sheet 125 x 210mm (5 x 8½").
A costume plate with two groupings of three people. On the left are a Samogitian peasant and his wife (of Lithuania) and a Podolian woman (Ukraine). On the right are a Polish miner, and a Jewish man and wife of Cracow, Poland.
[Ref: 61471]   £90.00   (£108.00 incl.VAT)
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