Grosvenor Prints

Marchand grec.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Watercolour and a collage of materials including silk and felt. Sheet 380 x 280mm (15 x 11").
A full length portrait of a Greek merchant, with his cloak, shirts, trousers, hat and shoes made from different materials, but the background, his features, belt and fur edgings inked in.
[Ref: 50677] £360.00

A Greek Nun of the Order of St Basil in her Choir Dress. Religieuse Grecque de l'Ordre de St Bazile en Habit de Choeur. 125.
[Thomas Jefferys, n.d., c.1772.]
Hand coloured engraving, J. Whatman watermark. Plate 240 x 195mm (9½ x 7¾ "). Large margins.
A full-length portrait of a Nun of the Order of St Basil the Great. She is stepping towards the viewer, looking down to right, a chain of prayer beads hang from her right arm. Plate 125 from 'Collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage', published by Thomas Jefferys between 1757 - 1772.
[Ref: 62840] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Greek Tomb.] Vig:10. Journey through the Interior of the Crimea, along the Peninsula of Kertsh, and to the Isle of Taman.
[Geisler del. Medland sc.]
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving with letterpress printed page, offset; stamp: Stamford Library. Sheet 266 x 203mm (10½ x 8").
Vignette 10: a view of an antique Greek tomb discovered among the works of the fortress of Ovidiopol near the Dniester. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31059] £40.00 (£48.00 incl.VAT)

The Greek Wife.
Drawn by E. T. Parris. Engraved by L. Stocks.
London, 1836. Charles Tilt, Fleet Street.
Line engraving with large margins. 220mm x 150mm (8¾" x 6").
A greek woman sits in an ornate balcony, looking outwards over the countryside, with a small child asleep in her lap. Illustration to 'The Keepsake' in a subsequent state.
[Ref: 31932] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Greeks at Prayer.]
[After Gerome] Rajon.
Etching. Early proof before all letters; Sheet: 280 x 400mm, (11 x 15¾").
An interior scene in an oriental style room, in which two men kneel in prayer while a third stands behind them with his head bowed.
[Ref: 40780] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Greeks Combating.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Fine pencil sketch with body colour. Sheet 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"). Glued to backing sheet
A fine sketch of two Greeks in national dress, fencing with rapiers.
[Ref: 25891] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Gregoire XVI, Pape le 2 Fevrier 1831.
A Maurin [signed in plate.] Lith Ligny Freres, R. Quincampoix No.38.
Paris, chez Rosselin, Editeur, 21 Quai Voltaire. No.120. [n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph, sheet 355 x 275mm. 14 x 10¾".
Pope Gregory XVI (1765 – 1846), born Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, named Mauro as a member of the religious order of the Camaldolese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846. Strongly conservative and traditionalist, he opposed democratic and modernizing reforms in the Papal States and throughout Europe, seeing them as fronts for revolutionary leftism, and sought to strengthen the religious and political authority of the papacy.
[Ref: 12368] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Cascade Du Gressbach.
[n.d., c.1840].
Aquatint with fine hand colour. Sheet size: 195 x 140mm (7¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to printed area and glued to backing card with modern title pasted below.
A scene depicting the Giessbach waterfall in Switzerland. A number of well dressed figures can be seen at the foot of the falls, with others on the path winding up the hillside to the left. A small viewing platform is also shown at the bottom of the waterfall with a figure pointing up towards the top.
[Ref: 31994] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Genovese Col Mezzo Calato Che Vende Fiori. 7 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 310 x 230mm (12¼ x 9"). Very large margins.
A flower seller; Plate 7 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38715] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Piemontese D'Asti. 5 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. P.E. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A peasant woman from Piedmont standing whole-length in an interior, in profile to left, and looking into a small mirror hung beside a straw hat on the wall and a violin below. A landscape is seen to the right. Plate 5 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38716] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Frascatana Vesitta Da Giorna Di Festa. [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. F.A. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Large margins. Tear into image on left bottom.
An interior of a cellar as a woman from Frascati holds a candle, watching wine pour from a barrel into a jug. Plate 24 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38717] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Donna Plebea di Napoli Riscaldono si I Piedi Ad Un Focone. 21 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A rustic interior; a woman of Naples, seated, warming her feet on coals. Plate 21 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
Duplicate see 38345 for cut version.
[Ref: 38718] £320.00

Donna Pleabea Di Napoli Vestita Da Giorno Di Fiesta. 20 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A woman dressed in the peasant costume of Naples, looking down, standing in a street with a fountain behind. Plate 20 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38719] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Contadina Di Napoli Con Un Bambino. 19 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A peasent woman of Naples standing on steps next to a port, holding a baby. Plate 19 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38720] £320.00

Contadina Di Bolognese. 10 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A rustic interior with a peasent woman of Bologna, seated, spinning yarn using a drop spindle. A bird cage hangs from the ceiling above. Plate 10 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38721] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Citadina Di Frascatana. 23 [Parallel text in French.]
J.B. Greuze del. F.A Moitte Sculp.
[n.d., c.1768.]
Engraving. Platemark: 300 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Very large margins.
A woman of Frascati, Rome, holding a fan and rosery beads, within a large columned interior. Plate 23 from the series 'Divers habillements suivant le costume d'Italie', a set of twenty-five plates representing figures in the costumes of different Italian cities, engraved by various member of the Moitte family. This is one of several plates in the series engraved from designs by Jean-Baptise Greuze (1725-1805), one of the most important French artists of the 18th century.
[Ref: 38722] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

The Glaciers Of Grindelwald, With The Mettenburg And Wetterhorn.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Tinted lithograph heightened in white, image 270 x 380mm. Trimmed close to printed area below.
Grindelwald in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is the usual starting point for ascents of the Eiger and the Wetterhorn. Nowadays Grindelwald is also a popular summer activity resort with many miles of hiking trails across the Alps. By George Barnard (fl.1832 - 1890), painter and lithographer.
[Ref: 8030] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Upper Glacier of Grindelwald & the Schreckhorn.
IDG [within plate].
Lithograph. Collector's ink stamp of Christopher Lennox-Boyd on verso. Sheet size: 400 x 240mm (15¾ x 9½"). Large lower margin.
The Upper Grindelwald Glacier is one of the two valley glaciers south of Grindelwald on the northern side of the Bernese Alps, in the Canton of Berne. The Glacier arises from a vast snow field south of Schreckhorn, depicted here, with two birds of prey in the foreground.
Ex collection of Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37170] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Elisabeth Grossmann. La belle Bateliere de Brienz.
[Johann Rauch]
[n.d., c.1830.]
Aquatint with etching, with fine hand colour. Sheet 200 x 155mm (8 x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate as normal and stuck down on left top & bottom.
Elisabetha Grossmann (1795-1858, 'the beautiful boatwoman of Brienz') ferried tourists across Lake Brienz, and becoming an attraction herself because of her beauty. Several portrtait prints were published.
BM 1958.0712.1014
[Ref: 57332] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Grotte S.t Michel, à Gibraltar.
de Sainson pinx. Arnout lith. 1830
Tastu Editeur. Lith. de Langlumé. [Paris, 1833.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Some foxing in the margin, title area rubbed.
St Michael's Cave, one of 150 in the Rock of Gibraltar. 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: 8149] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Bertrand de Guesclin] Bertrandus du Guesclin Comes Stabuli Sub Carolo V [...]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾") very large margins.
Bertrand de Guesclin (c.1320-1380), French military commander during the Hundred Years' War and Constable of France from 1370 until his death. 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. The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 39876] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Francisco Arjóna Guillen (Cúchares).
Miranda dib.o y lit. Lit. de J.Donon.
[Madrid: Imp. de Anselmo Sta. Coloma y Cía, 1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 230 x 160mm, 9 x 6¼".
The matador Francisco Arjona Guillén, alias 'Cuchares' (1818-1868). Published in 'Historia del toreo, y de las principales ganaderias de España. Obra ilustrada, popular y curiosa original de D. F. G. de Bedoya'.
[Ref: 26267] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Guillotine.
J. Chapman sc.
[Published Jan. 1804 by James Cundee, Ivy Lane.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed inside plate. Some staining.
A plate from 'The Criminal Recorder; or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters', printed and published by James Cundee, Ivy Lane, London, illustrating the use of the guillotine.
[Ref: 38042] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

J. I. Guillotin. De´pute´ a` l'Assemble´e Constituante. Ne´ a Saintes le 29 Mars 1738.
Bonneville del... et Sculp.
[A Paris chez l'auteur, rue de Theatre Française No 4.] [n.d. 1798.]
Stipple. Sheet 145 x 95mm (5¾ x 3¾"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line, mounted in album paper.
Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814) hoped that a more humane and less painful method of execution than hanging would be the first step toward a total abolition of the death penalty. The use of his name for the machine designed by Antoine Louis was a life-long embarassment. Although he was arrested during the Terror he avoided the death penalty and died of natural causes.
[Ref: 42164] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[France] [Henry of Guise.]
[Innsbruck: D. Baur, 1603.]
Engraving with large margins. 425 x 295mm (16¾ x 7¾").
Henry, Prince of Joinville, Duke of Guise, Count of Eu (1550-88). He helped plan the infamous St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 and in 1576 he founded the Catholic League to prevent the heir, King Henry of Navarre, head of the Huguenot movement, from succeeding to the French throne. Having earned the emnity of Catherine de' Medici, he was assassinated by the bodyguards of her son, King Henry III. He is shown in armour 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: 32661] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[France.] Guizot.
Painted by Camille Sebere. Lith.d by C. Couzens.
Published by T. Mc.Lean 26, Haymarket. M & N. Hanhart lith. Printers. [n.d. C.1850.]
Lithograph, rare. 520 x 413mm (20½ x 16¼").
Francois Guizot (1787-1874), the French historian, orator and statesman. He was a dominant figure in French politics prior to the Revolution of 1848, a conservative liberal who opposed the attempt by King Charles X to usurp legislative power, and worked to sustain a constitutional monarchy following the July Revolution of 1830. After holding office as Minister of Education, ambassador to London and Foreign Minister, he finally became Prime Minister of France from September 1847 to February 1848. His influence was critical in expanding public education, which under his ministry saw the creation of primary schools in every French commune.
[Ref: 34631] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden] Gustavus Adolphus D.G. Suecor. Gothor: et Vandalor: Rex Magn: Prin: Finl: Dux eth: Careliæ Dom: Ingr. ec.
[after Jacob Hoefnagel?]
[n.d., c.1640.]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"), with large margins.
Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden (1594-1632), who laid the foundations for the modern Swedish state and made it a major European power. After a painting in Sweden's Royal Armoury attributed to Jacob Hoefnagel (1575-1630).
[Ref: 57734] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The meeting of Gustav II Adolf, king of Sweden and the Elector of Brandenburg] Gustaf Adolfs Förbund Med Churfursten af Brandemberg
C.A. Dahlström inv. & lith. P.M. Anderson impr.
[n.d., c.1830.
Lithograph. Sheet 295 x 395mm (11½ x 15½"). Tear in top margin, paper toned.
Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632), king of Sweden, aided by his brother-in-law, George William (1595-1640), Elector of Brandenburg, helping defend the Brandenburg Protestants from the Holy Roman Empire.
[Ref: 57740] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Don Carlos José Gutierrez de los Rios...
Drawn by Henry Grevedon. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London, Published Dec.r 8, 1815 by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint. 540 x 375mm. Trimmed to plate, some wear and tears in inscription area.
Carlos Gutiérrez Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez of Ríos and Sarmiento Rohán (1779-1822), Spanish ambassador to London & Paris, where he died after falling from a horse.
Whitman 242. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 2841] £230.00

[Don Carlos José Gutierrez de los Rios]
Drawn by Henry Grevedon. Engraved by Charles Turner.
London, Published Dec.r 8, 1815 by C. Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Mezzotint, proof before title, text and armorial. 540 x 375mm. Some wear in inscription area and top right.
Carlos Gutiérrez Francisco de Paula Gutiérrez of Ríos and Sarmiento Rohán (1779-1822), Spanish ambassador to London & Paris, where he died after falling from a horse.
Whitman 242. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 2842] £280.00

Gezigt Buiten de Haarlemmer Poort. Vue Prise Hors la Porte de Haarlem
Uitgegeven door Frans Buffa en Zonen te Amsterdam. [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph with fine hand colour and very large margins. Printed area 210 x 235mm (8¼ x 9¼").
A view looking towards the port of Haarlem, with the skyline dominated by windmills.
[Ref: 35805] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Noordeinde Palace, The Hague.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with original colour. Sheet 225 x 410mm, 9 x 16". Trimmed and laid on card for use with a zograscope (an optical viewer).
Noordeinde Palace in the Hague, one of the three official palaces of the Dutch royal family, originally known as the Oude Hof.
[Ref: 27898] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

View at the Hague.
Publish'd by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1814.
Very fine coloured aquatint with small margins. 305 x 400mm (12 x 15¾"). Watermarked 'J Whatman 1811'.
A view of the Binnenhof, home of the of the States General of the Netherlands, from Robert Bowyer's 'Triumphs in Europe, in the Campaigns of the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 commemorated by a Series of Twelve Views...', which celebrated (prematurely) the end of the Napoleonic Wars. This work was republished the following year as 'An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe', and again with an sister publication 'The Campaign of Waterloo' from 1816. The 1811 watermark suggests this example is from the 'Triumphs'.
[Ref: 35510] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Court of the Prince Statholder of Holland, and of the Assembly of the States General, at the Hague. Vüe de la Cour du Prince Statholder d'Hollande, et de l'Assemblée des Etats generaux, à la Haye.
P. Vanryne delin.
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament. Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whttle, 53 Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 255 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Some creasing.
A view of the Binnenhof, the political centre of the Hague. The contemporary hand colour is particularly fine.
[Ref: 20719] £350.00

A View of the Court of the Prince Statholder of Holland, and of the Assembly of the States General, at the Hague. Vüe de la Cour du Prince Statholder d'Hollande, et de l'Assemblée des Etats generaux, à la Haye.
P. Vanryne delin.
London Printed for Rob.t Sayer, Map & Printseller, at No 53 Fleet Street.
Engraving with fine hand colour, 18th century watermark. 255 x 395mm (10 x 15½"). Tear and some creasing in margins only.
A view of the Binnenhof, the political centre of the Hague.
[Ref: 49991] £350.00

[Dignitaries in the Great Audience Hall at the Hague] De Groote Gehoor-Zaal in den Haag, n den Welken De-Heeren Staaten Generaal [...]
D. Marot del et fecit [1697]
Etching and engraving, sheet 360 x 680mm (14¼ x 26¾"). Trimmed; folded. Top & bottom laid on album sheet.
Meeting of officials and dignitaries in the Binnenhof complex of buildings in the Hague, Netherlands, with detailed explanatory key.
[Ref: 42594] £380.00

A Front View of the Prince of Orange's House in the Wood, near the Hague. Vue du Front de la Maison dans le Bois de Son Altesse Serenissime le Prince d'Orange Stadhouder des Provinces Unies; &c.&c.&c. Dediee a Son Altesse Serenissime le Prince d'Orange Stadhouder des Provinces Unies, &c.&c.&c. Par S.A.S. le Tres Humble & Tres Obeissant Serviteur. Robt. Sayer.
[London, Robert Sayer, n.d., c.1755.]
Original hand coloured etching and engraving, image 240 x 380mm. 9½ x 15".
The residence of William V Batavus, Prince of Orange and Nassau-Dietz (1748 – 1806), the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, near The Hague in the Netherlands.
[Ref: 9588] £330.00

[Germany] Fridericus Andreas Hallbauer. Theol. Doct. et Prof. P.O. Serenis. Sax. Ducu, Consil. Eccles. Civ. Goth. et Altenb. Insp. Societ. Lat. Direct. nat.d.13. Septembr. MDCXCII. Dec. VIII.
I. Gunther Helmshausen pinx. I.I. Haid Sculps. et exc. Aug. Vind.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Mezzotint, with very large margins. Collector's stamp on Verso. Plate 323 x 202mm (12¾ x 8").
Friedrich Andreas Hallbauer (1692-1750) was Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry from 1731-1740 and then Professor of Theology from 1740 until death; both positions at Jena. He was a Lutheran theologian of the 18th century.
Ex Collection: Kupferstichkarinett der Staatlichen Mussen zu Berlin [Lugt: 1606.]
[Ref: 28974] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Hal in Saxen, zoo als het te zien is van den weg naar Merseburg. Halla in Saxonia, qua ad eam prospectus est e via Merseburgum versus.
Pet: Schenk ex: Amstelod: cum Privil.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼").
Halle, in eastern Germany, on the river Saale, with the great Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen towering in the centre, the cathedral celebrates its 460th anniversary next year. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 28701] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Vüe de l'interieur Cour de la maison des Orphelins à Halle en Saxe. Prospect des mern Hoss im Baüsen Hause zu Halle in Sachsen.
Gründler del. Leizel sculps.
Se vend à Augsbourg au Negoce comun de l'Academie Imperiale d Empire des Arts libereaux avec Privilege de Sa Majesté Imperiale et avec Defense ni de vendre les Copies. [n.d., c.1760.]
Colured engraving, 320 x 435mm. 12½ x 17". Some creasing; slight tears, paper scuffing at top. stains at top; hole on right.
A view d'optique of the orphanage courtyard at Halle in Saxony, Germany. Vues d’optique are hand-coloured etchings and engravings intended to be viewed through a convex lens. The devices, known variously as zograscopes, optiques, optical machines and peepshows, were an optical entertainment of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Vues d’optiques were rendered in high-key color and dramatic linear perspective, which enhanced the illusion of three-dimensionality when viewed through the lens.
[Ref: 9111] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Haller.
Pf. ad vivum delinevit.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Stipple and etching. Plate 127 x 82mm. 5 x 3¼".
Albrecht von Haller (1708-77), Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist and poet.
[Ref: 26016] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Germany] Iacobus Wilibaldus Haller. Ab Hallerstein in Kalckreuth et Bukenhof. S.C.M...
G. Held, et P. Decker. jun del. et Sculp. Norimb.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 440 x 410mm. Trimmed to image.
Jakob Bilibald Haller von Hallerstein.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 3163] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

River Niester & Ruins of Halitz.
A.N.del. I.Clark sc.
[Published by Mess.rs Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Paternoster Row, 1818.]
Coloured aquatint, rare. Image area 102 x 165mm (4 x 6½"). Cut.
A view of the ruins of Halych Castle on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. From Adam Neal, M.D. 'Travels through some parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia and Turkey', London, 1818.
[Ref: 31169] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Das neue Hafenthor im Hamburg und er neue Hafendamm.
Nach der Natur gez. gedr. und verlegt v P. Suhr in Hamburg 1846.
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 300 x 445mm (11¾ x 17½"), large margins.
A view of the new harbour walls at Hamburg.
[Ref: 63006] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Der Jungfernstieg in Hamburg.
Nach der Natur u. auf Stein gez. gedr. u. verlegt v P. Suhr in Hamburg [n.d., c.1846].
Lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 300 x 445mm (11¾ x 17½"), large margins. Tear entering image at top repaired.
Promenaders in the Jungfernstieg ('Maiden's Walk'), the first street in Germany to be asphalted, and still a shopping area. Ahead is St Peter's Church; to the left is the Alsterpavillon.
[Ref: 63007] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Hamburgh.
Publish'd by R. Bowyer, Pall Mall, 1815.
Coloured aquatint. Plate 312 x 419mm. 12¼ x 16½". Trimmed to the platemark along the bottom.
From "An Illustrated Record of Important Events in the Annals of Europe, During the Years 1812, 1813, 1814 & 1815, Comprising a series of Views of Paris, Moscow, The Kremlin, Dresden, Berlin..... together with a History of those Momentous Transactions."
[Ref: 15191] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Hamburg. Alster-Arkaden u. Alter Jungfernstieg.
nach der Natur gez. u. lith v. wilh. Heuer. Druck d. lith Just v Ch.s Fuchs Hbg.
Verlag v. Carl Gassman in Hamburg Nuerwall 46 [n.d., c.1862].
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Printed area 205 x 275mm (8 x 10¾"). Margins discoloured.
A view of the Alsterdamm and Alten Jungfernstieg, with the Alsterarkaden on the left.
[Ref: 57574] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Hamburg, de vornaemste Koop Stad van ganz Duytchland. Hamburgum Emporium totius Germaniae praeclarissimum florentissimuq.
Pet Schenk ex: Amset cum Privil.
[n.d. c.1702.]
Engraving with very large margins. Plate 214 x 266mm (8½ x 10½").
A view across the River Elbe towards Hamburg; with vessels in the foreground and horses on the shoreline outside the city walls. Plate to Schenk's 'Hecatompolis' (1702), which included one hundred profile views of cities throughout the world.
[Ref: 28697] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Panorama von Hamburg aufgenommen aus der obersten Etage der Elb=Wasserkunst beim Jonashafen in St. Pauli.
n.d. Natur gez. u. lith v. Wilhekm. Heuer. Druck u. Verlag d. lith v Charles Fuchs. Hamburg.
Druck u. Verlag d. lith v Charles Fuchs. Hamburg [n.d., c.1860].
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 525 x 700mm (20¾ x 27½"). Faint mount burn around image.
A large prospect of Hamburg, with the harbour on the right, filled with ships.
[Ref: 57964] £390.00

Incendie de Hambourg. [Descriptive text.]
Dessine d'apres nature. Lith de P. Cremetti, Editeur, rue Middeleer, 5, Bruxelles.
(Depose a la Direction le 26, Mai 1842.)
Lithograph, sheet 305 x 390mm. 12 x 15¼".
Soldiers, civilians and fire fighters in the streets as buildings are ablaze. In 1842, about a quarter of the inner city of Hamburg, Germany, was destroyed in the 'Great Fire'. This fire started on the night of the 4 May 1842 and was extinguished on May 8. It destroyed three churches, the town hall, and many other buildings, killed 51 people, and left an estimated 20,000 homeless. Reconstruction took more than 40 years. The spires of St. Peter's Church and St. Jacobi Church (dedicated to St. James) in the distance, captioned below the image.
[Ref: 15147] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

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