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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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L'Amitié. P.5.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing friendship, with two chained hearts.
[Ref: 59314] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing friendship, with two chained hearts.
[Ref: 59314] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Proof.
W.R. Bigg, A.R.A. pinx. T. Gaugain fecit.
Published July 1, 1817, by Tho. Palser, Surrey side, Westm.r Bridge.
Stipple, open lettered proof, 380 x 410mm (15 x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides. Ink stains in margins. Very small margins.
A little boy reaching across a round table to feed a robin on the window-sill with a crumb of cake, with a bat and shuttlecock on the table next to the plate.
[Ref: 60391] £360.00
W.R. Bigg, A.R.A. pinx. T. Gaugain fecit.
Published July 1, 1817, by Tho. Palser, Surrey side, Westm.r Bridge.
Stipple, open lettered proof, 380 x 410mm (15 x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate on three sides. Ink stains in margins. Very small margins.
A little boy reaching across a round table to feed a robin on the window-sill with a crumb of cake, with a bat and shuttlecock on the table next to the plate.
[Ref: 60391] £360.00
Friendship.
R. Cosway Pint. R. Pollard Perft.
Publish'd March 1.1794 by R. Pollard, Printseller Spafields London.
Circular stipple 280 x 285mm. Mint.
Depicting a nude child, looking to front, sitting on a dog, which is licking its face. Surrounded by decorative landscape.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997: lot 707.
[Ref: 7047] £320.00
R. Cosway Pint. R. Pollard Perft.
Publish'd March 1.1794 by R. Pollard, Printseller Spafields London.
Circular stipple 280 x 285mm. Mint.
Depicting a nude child, looking to front, sitting on a dog, which is licking its face. Surrounded by decorative landscape.
Oettingen-Wallerstein Collection, Sotheby's London 1997: lot 707.
[Ref: 7047] £320.00
Robert de Fries.
[Hendrik Halma][c.1725.]
Engraving. Sheet: 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9½''). Trimmed.
A full-length portrait of Robert de Fries (1029-1093) set in a decorative border. De Fries served as regent of the Netherlands between 1063 and 1070 on behalf of the underage Dirk V.
[Ref: 49708] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
[Hendrik Halma][c.1725.]
Engraving. Sheet: 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9½''). Trimmed.
A full-length portrait of Robert de Fries (1029-1093) set in a decorative border. De Fries served as regent of the Netherlands between 1063 and 1070 on behalf of the underage Dirk V.
[Ref: 49708] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Confucius.
Ralph Willett inv. Wm. Collins fec. James Caldwall sculp.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Etching, 280 x 525mm (11 x 20¾").
A bas-relief frieze or panel showing Confucius standing holding an open book of his teachings in a decorated oval, Chinoiserie motifs to either side. Confucius (551 - 479? BC) was the celebrated Chinese philosopher whose 'Analects' contain a collection of his sayings and dialogues compiled by disciples after his death. From a series of designs by Ralph Willett (1719 - 1795), book and art collector, as realised by William Collins (1721 - 1793), modeller and sculptor. Collins had a large practice during the last half of the eighteenth century as a modeller of friezes and bas-reliefs for chimneypieces, reredoses, &c. He was one of the first members of the St. Martin's Lane Academy, and a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and signed the roll declaration in 1765, being one of the first directors of that society. He contributed to the first exhibition in 1760, and continued to exhibit up to 1768. This design formed part of Willett's decorative scheme for the estate of Merly in Great Canford, Dorset, which he purchased in 1751. In 1772 he built two wings, that on the south-east being a library (adorned with fanciful designs in arabesques and frescoes) eighty-four feet long, twenty-three wide, and twenty-three high.
See Ref 9543
[Ref: 11849] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Ralph Willett inv. Wm. Collins fec. James Caldwall sculp.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Etching, 280 x 525mm (11 x 20¾").
A bas-relief frieze or panel showing Confucius standing holding an open book of his teachings in a decorated oval, Chinoiserie motifs to either side. Confucius (551 - 479? BC) was the celebrated Chinese philosopher whose 'Analects' contain a collection of his sayings and dialogues compiled by disciples after his death. From a series of designs by Ralph Willett (1719 - 1795), book and art collector, as realised by William Collins (1721 - 1793), modeller and sculptor. Collins had a large practice during the last half of the eighteenth century as a modeller of friezes and bas-reliefs for chimneypieces, reredoses, &c. He was one of the first members of the St. Martin's Lane Academy, and a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and signed the roll declaration in 1765, being one of the first directors of that society. He contributed to the first exhibition in 1760, and continued to exhibit up to 1768. This design formed part of Willett's decorative scheme for the estate of Merly in Great Canford, Dorset, which he purchased in 1751. In 1772 he built two wings, that on the south-east being a library (adorned with fanciful designs in arabesques and frescoes) eighty-four feet long, twenty-three wide, and twenty-three high.
See Ref 9543
[Ref: 11849] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Freg.te Anglaise, de 40 Canons. Courant au plus Prés.
Verico sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Uncut.
A three-masted Royal Navy frigate under sail.
[Ref: 60512] £690.00
Verico sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Fine & rare engraving. 330 x 470mm (14½ x 18½"), with large margins. Uncut.
A three-masted Royal Navy frigate under sail.
[Ref: 60512] £690.00
A View of the Frigates Stationed in the Hope under the Command of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity House. To the Right honourable William Pitt Colonel, Joseph Cotton Lieut. Colonel, John Travers Major, The Captains, Officers & Volunteers of the Trinity House Royal Artillery Corps, this Print is inscribed by their obedient Servant. William Daniell. Over the Heroine & Lunite are introduced a part of twenty armed vessels furnished to Government by the East India Company for the defence of the Coast from 26 to 16 Guns, The Modeste is removed rom the line to admit of a free passage for the Trade. Dedalus Capt.ns Sir Robt. Preston & Chapman, Vestal Capt.ns Reed & King, Retribution Captns. Pelly & Deffell, Iris Capt.ns Easterby & Hubbart, Herione Lieut. Colonel Cotton, L'unite Captn. Woolmore, Modeste Captns. Barton & Fraser, Quebec Capt.ns Calvert & Laurens, Kings Yacht Sir Harry Burrard Neale, Solebay Major Travers & Captn Curtis, King's Yacht Captn. Grey, Rexource Capt.ns Brown & Sealy. Trinity Yacht.
Drawn, Engraved & Published by William Daniell.
No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London. Jan.y 20. 1804.
Coloured aquatint. 740 x 455mm (29 x 18"). Backed to support. Slight fading in colour, minor discolouration in margins, minor damage out outer edges of sheet well outside plate mark, one small tear goes into the image on the right.
A fleet of frigates stationed off Gravesend forming a blockade of the Thames at a time of threat of attack by Napoleonic France. William Daniell (1769-1837), was born in Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey, son of a bricklayer who owned a public house called The Swan in Chertsey. Daniell’s future career was dramatically changed when he was sent to live with his uncle Thomas (1749-1840) after the premature death of his father in 1779. His uncle was an artist and later Royal Academician, and William became his pupil. Uncle and nephew left Britain in April 1785 to voyage throughout China and India. In Calcutta in 1791, they held a lottery of their combined paintings, using the proceeds to continue their travelling and sketching. They returned to Britain in 1794, where they put their experiences to use in exhibition-size oil paintings. Daniell’s ‘View of the East India Fleet in the Sunda Strait’ reflects his travels, and in 1819 he published an illustrated book A Picturesque Voyage to India by way of China. He made sketching tours throughout the British countryside, publishing A Voyage Around Great Britain (1814-25). Around this time, in 1821, he was elected a Royal Academician. His shipping scenes, such ‘A Bird’s-Eye View of the East India Dock at Blackwell’ (National Maritime Museum, London), were supplemented by greatly admired battle pieces. In 1825, he won a prize of £100 for a pair of the ‘Battle of Trafalgar’, exhibited at the British Institution. He continued to work until his death 12 years later.
[Ref: 1527] £950.00
Drawn, Engraved & Published by William Daniell.
No. 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London. Jan.y 20. 1804.
Coloured aquatint. 740 x 455mm (29 x 18"). Backed to support. Slight fading in colour, minor discolouration in margins, minor damage out outer edges of sheet well outside plate mark, one small tear goes into the image on the right.
A fleet of frigates stationed off Gravesend forming a blockade of the Thames at a time of threat of attack by Napoleonic France. William Daniell (1769-1837), was born in Kingston-upon-Thames in Surrey, son of a bricklayer who owned a public house called The Swan in Chertsey. Daniell’s future career was dramatically changed when he was sent to live with his uncle Thomas (1749-1840) after the premature death of his father in 1779. His uncle was an artist and later Royal Academician, and William became his pupil. Uncle and nephew left Britain in April 1785 to voyage throughout China and India. In Calcutta in 1791, they held a lottery of their combined paintings, using the proceeds to continue their travelling and sketching. They returned to Britain in 1794, where they put their experiences to use in exhibition-size oil paintings. Daniell’s ‘View of the East India Fleet in the Sunda Strait’ reflects his travels, and in 1819 he published an illustrated book A Picturesque Voyage to India by way of China. He made sketching tours throughout the British countryside, publishing A Voyage Around Great Britain (1814-25). Around this time, in 1821, he was elected a Royal Academician. His shipping scenes, such ‘A Bird’s-Eye View of the East India Dock at Blackwell’ (National Maritime Museum, London), were supplemented by greatly admired battle pieces. In 1825, he won a prize of £100 for a pair of the ‘Battle of Trafalgar’, exhibited at the British Institution. He continued to work until his death 12 years later.
[Ref: 1527] £950.00
Don Paolo Frisi.
And. Appiani delin. Dom. Cagnoni sculp.Med.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving, 201 x 151mm. Trimmed into plate and title area.
Paolo Frisi (1728 - 1784) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer. In 1753 he was elected a corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, and shortly afterwards he became professor of philosophy in the Barnabite College of St Alexander at Milan. An acrimonious attack by a young Jesuit, about this time, upon his dissertation on the figure of the earth laid the foundation of his animosity against the Jesuits, with whose enemies, including Jean d'Alembert, J. A. N. Condorcet and other Encyclopedists, he later closely associated himself. In 1757 he became an associate of the Imperial Academy of St Petersburg, and a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, and in 1758 a member of the Academy of Berlin, in 1766 of that of Stockholm, and in 1770 of the Academies of Copenhagen and of Bern. From several European crowned heads he received, at various times, marks of special distinction, and the empress Maria Theresa granted him a yearly pension of 100 sequins. His knowledge of hydraulics caused him to be frequently consulted with respect to the management of canals and other watercourses in various parts of Europe. It was through his means that lightning conductors were first introduced into Italy for the protection of buildings.
[Ref: 7526] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
And. Appiani delin. Dom. Cagnoni sculp.Med.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving, 201 x 151mm. Trimmed into plate and title area.
Paolo Frisi (1728 - 1784) was an Italian mathematician and astronomer. In 1753 he was elected a corresponding member of the Paris Academy of Sciences, and shortly afterwards he became professor of philosophy in the Barnabite College of St Alexander at Milan. An acrimonious attack by a young Jesuit, about this time, upon his dissertation on the figure of the earth laid the foundation of his animosity against the Jesuits, with whose enemies, including Jean d'Alembert, J. A. N. Condorcet and other Encyclopedists, he later closely associated himself. In 1757 he became an associate of the Imperial Academy of St Petersburg, and a foreign member of the Royal Society of London, and in 1758 a member of the Academy of Berlin, in 1766 of that of Stockholm, and in 1770 of the Academies of Copenhagen and of Bern. From several European crowned heads he received, at various times, marks of special distinction, and the empress Maria Theresa granted him a yearly pension of 100 sequins. His knowledge of hydraulics caused him to be frequently consulted with respect to the management of canals and other watercourses in various parts of Europe. It was through his means that lightning conductors were first introduced into Italy for the protection of buildings.
[Ref: 7526] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Netherlands] Femme Noble de Frize.](jpegs/2017.jpg)
[Netherlands] Femme Noble de Frize.
Tire de L'Abbe Chape.
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. 272 x 168mm.
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: 2017] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Tire de L'Abbe Chape.
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. 272 x 168mm.
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: 2017] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Gemma Frisivs, Doccomiensis, Medicvs et Mathematicvs. Ut simulat solem radiantis gemma pyropi, Sic Gemmam artifici picta tabella manu. Haec vultum dedit, ipse animi monumenta perennis; Ne quid in exstincto non Superebe putes. 29. Vita excebit Louany VII. Kal. Iun. CIC. ICLV. Aet. XLVII.
[After Jan van Stalburch]
[n.d., c1620]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Head and shoulders portrait of Gemma Frisius with an excerpt from Melchior Adam's (c. 1575 – 1622) 'Vitae Germanorum medicorum' (1620). Gemma Frisius (born Jemme Reinerszoon; 1508 –1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. The astronomical rings known as Gemma's rings are named after him.
[Ref: 57144] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[After Jan van Stalburch]
[n.d., c1620]
Engraving, sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
Head and shoulders portrait of Gemma Frisius with an excerpt from Melchior Adam's (c. 1575 – 1622) 'Vitae Germanorum medicorum' (1620). Gemma Frisius (born Jemme Reinerszoon; 1508 –1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. The astronomical rings known as Gemma's rings are named after him.
[Ref: 57144] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Gemma Phrisius Dockumensis.
Esme de Boulonois fe.
[n.d., c.1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 135mm. 7½ x 5¼", set in text.
Portrait of Gemma Frisius (1508-55), a physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, astronomer and instrument maker. Not only was he the first to propose using triangulation for mapmaking, but he also posited that an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude, two centuries before it was achieved. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts 1682'.
Wellcome: 2301.
[Ref: 25775] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Esme de Boulonois fe.
[n.d., c.1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 135mm. 7½ x 5¼", set in text.
Portrait of Gemma Frisius (1508-55), a physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, astronomer and instrument maker. Not only was he the first to propose using triangulation for mapmaking, but he also posited that an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude, two centuries before it was achieved. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts 1682'.
Wellcome: 2301.
[Ref: 25775] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Gemma Phrisius Dockumensis. Gemma Frisius.
Esme de Boulonois. fe.
[n.d., c.1695.]
Copper engraving. Platemark: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Scarce.
Gemma Frisius (born Jemme Reinerszoon) (1508 - 1555), was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, astronomer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. An illustration to 'Academia des sciences et des arts', Isaac Bullart, 1695. Text in French below and on reverse.
Wellcome: 2301 - not in.
[Ref: 39010] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Esme de Boulonois. fe.
[n.d., c.1695.]
Copper engraving. Platemark: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Scarce.
Gemma Frisius (born Jemme Reinerszoon) (1508 - 1555), was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, astronomer and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. An illustration to 'Academia des sciences et des arts', Isaac Bullart, 1695. Text in French below and on reverse.
Wellcome: 2301 - not in.
[Ref: 39010] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Joan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje, enz. enz. enz.]](jpegs/8452.jpg)
[Joan Willem Friso, Prins van Oranje, enz. enz. enz.]
[J. Houbraken sculp.]
[n.d. c.1752]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 357 x 226mm (14" x 9"). Some light spotting.
Portrait of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange; half-length turned to the left with long, curled hair, wearing armour; in lettered oval decorated with a crown of walls and a branch from an orange tree; below a battle scene surrounded by objects of war. A portrait after Herman Hendrik Quiter, engraved for a series 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family'.
[Ref: 8452] £360.00
[J. Houbraken sculp.]
[n.d. c.1752]
Engraving, proof before all letters. 357 x 226mm (14" x 9"). Some light spotting.
Portrait of Johan Willem Friso, Prince of Orange; half-length turned to the left with long, curled hair, wearing armour; in lettered oval decorated with a crown of walls and a branch from an orange tree; below a battle scene surrounded by objects of war. A portrait after Herman Hendrik Quiter, engraved for a series 'Portraits of Stadholders and their Family'.
[Ref: 8452] £360.00
Guillau.me Char.le Hen.ri Friso Prince D'Orange et Nassau. Willem Carel hendrik, friso, Prince van Orang en Nassau.
Aved pictor R. galliæ Christ.mi pinxit. Balechou sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Engraving. Sheet: 395 x 290mm (15½ x 11½''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), the first hereditary Stadholder, son of John William Friso.
[Ref: 49285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Aved pictor R. galliæ Christ.mi pinxit. Balechou sculpsit.
[n.d., c.1764.]
Engraving. Sheet: 395 x 290mm (15½ x 11½''). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau (1711-1751), the first hereditary Stadholder, son of John William Friso.
[Ref: 49285] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Moll Cutpurse.]](jpegs/67638.jpg)
[Moll Cutpurse.] [Woman in 'man's dress'.]
[n.d., c.1660, but later.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut and backed onto album paper.
A portrait of the famous thief Mary Frith (c. 1584 - 1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London underworld, wearing men's dress.
[Ref: 67638] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1660, but later.]
Engraving. Sheet 120 x 80mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Cut and backed onto album paper.
A portrait of the famous thief Mary Frith (c. 1584 - 1659), alias Moll Cutpurse, notorious English pickpocket and fence of the London underworld, wearing men's dress.
[Ref: 67638] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Andreas Fritsche, ihr Königl: May. in Pohlen und Chur-Fürstl: Durchl: zu Sachen Wohl bes talt Gewesener Ober Steuer-Cassirer. ætat 73. Iahr, gebohren den 13. Septembr. 1637, gestorben den 27 Januar. 1710.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate, creaes and folds. Small margins.
Andreas Fritsche (1637-1710), chief tax cashier of Poland and the Electorate of Saxony.
[Ref: 57754] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate, creaes and folds. Small margins.
Andreas Fritsche (1637-1710), chief tax cashier of Poland and the Electorate of Saxony.
[Ref: 57754] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Les Baignets. Dedies a Madame la Presidente du Plaa. Par...De Launay.
H. Fragonard inv. et del. N. De Launay Sculp.
AParis chez De Launay, Graveur du Roy, la Porte Cochère près la rue des Rats, Rue de la Bucherie. A.P.D.R. [n.d., 1782.]
Engraving, 290 x 330mm. 11½ x 13". Rather tatty extremities.
A rustic interior, children sitting at a table watching a woman, kneeling by the fireplace, making some fritters in a frying pan. In an oval frame on a pedestal with coat of arms. After Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806), painter and etcher; pupil of Chardin, then Boucher. It was advertised in the 'Journal de Paris' 2 May 1782; from a set of eight.
[Ref: 11508] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
H. Fragonard inv. et del. N. De Launay Sculp.
AParis chez De Launay, Graveur du Roy, la Porte Cochère près la rue des Rats, Rue de la Bucherie. A.P.D.R. [n.d., 1782.]
Engraving, 290 x 330mm. 11½ x 13". Rather tatty extremities.
A rustic interior, children sitting at a table watching a woman, kneeling by the fireplace, making some fritters in a frying pan. In an oval frame on a pedestal with coat of arms. After Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732 - 1806), painter and etcher; pupil of Chardin, then Boucher. It was advertised in the 'Journal de Paris' 2 May 1782; from a set of eight.
[Ref: 11508] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Johann Froben] Forbenius.](jpegs/64213.jpg)
[Johann Froben] Forbenius.
Holbein pinxit. A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Thread margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
Johann Froben (Latinised as Johannes Frobenius, c. 1460-1527), Swiss printer and publisher based in Basel. He was a close friend of Erasmus and employed Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht Dürer to illustrate his texts.
[Ref: 64213] £360.00
Holbein pinxit. A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
A. Blooteling fec. et ex. 1671.
Scarce & fine mezzotint. 125 x 95mm (5 x 3¾"). Thread margins, mounted on album paper at corners.
Johann Froben (Latinised as Johannes Frobenius, c. 1460-1527), Swiss printer and publisher based in Basel. He was a close friend of Erasmus and employed Hans Holbein the Younger and Albrecht Dürer to illustrate his texts.
[Ref: 64213] £360.00
A Frog he would a wooing go...
G Dawes del.
[n.d, c. 1830.]
Rare lithograph, with fine hand colour. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9½"). A few marks.
A series of six vignettes telling the story of an anthropomorphic frog, based on a folk song that can be traced back to the Scots 'The Frog cam to the Myl dur' in 1548. The frog courts a mouse, but at the wedding the rodents are killed by cats, but frog escapes, only to be eaten by a duck.
[Ref: 42745] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
G Dawes del.
[n.d, c. 1830.]
Rare lithograph, with fine hand colour. Sheet: 360 x 245mm (14 x 9½"). A few marks.
A series of six vignettes telling the story of an anthropomorphic frog, based on a folk song that can be traced back to the Scots 'The Frog cam to the Myl dur' in 1548. The frog courts a mouse, but at the wedding the rodents are killed by cats, but frog escapes, only to be eaten by a duck.
[Ref: 42745] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[A Frog he would a wooing go] Pray Mr.s Mouse will you give us some beer, / That Froggy and I may make good cheer/ &c &c.](jpegs/51807.jpg)
[A Frog he would a wooing go] Pray Mr.s Mouse will you give us some beer, / That Froggy and I may make good cheer/ &c &c.
E. Hull[?]
[n.d, c. 1830.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Slight stain on left.
A scene from 'A Frog he would a wooing go', telling the story of an anthropomorphic frog, based on a folk song that can be traced back to the Scots 'The Frog cam to the Myl dur' in 1548. The frog courts a mouse, but at the wedding the rodents are killed by cats, but frog escapes, only to be eaten by a duck.
[Ref: 51807] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
E. Hull[?]
[n.d, c. 1830.]
Rare lithograph. Sheet: 195 x 245mm (7¾ x 9½"). Slight stain on left.
A scene from 'A Frog he would a wooing go', telling the story of an anthropomorphic frog, based on a folk song that can be traced back to the Scots 'The Frog cam to the Myl dur' in 1548. The frog courts a mouse, but at the wedding the rodents are killed by cats, but frog escapes, only to be eaten by a duck.
[Ref: 51807] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
H.M. Brig Frolic, 16 Guns.. Slaver Driven on Shore, coast of Brazil. H. John Vernon
H. John Vernon del. et lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, W. Foster, 114 Fenchurch S.t _ Ackemann & C.º Strand.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Tear at top, trimmed.
Frolic (1842-64) was stationed off South America on anti-slavery duties 1843-7. In August 1843 they found a slave ship ashore north of the River Paraiba, Brazil.
[Ref: 66298] £380.00
H. John Vernon del. et lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, W. Foster, 114 Fenchurch S.t _ Ackemann & C.º Strand.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 250 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"). Tear at top, trimmed.
Frolic (1842-64) was stationed off South America on anti-slavery duties 1843-7. In August 1843 they found a slave ship ashore north of the River Paraiba, Brazil.
[Ref: 66298] £380.00
From End to End and Back Again An Unprecedented Performance by Car, Tyres, and Drivers.
[c.1906]
Book, card wrappers with original binding, rare, 24pp., 220 x 290mm (8½ x 11½").
Account of the famous drive in June 1906, which saw Angus Shaw and Frederic Eastmead drive the Sunbeam 16/20 (the first Sunbeam designed by Shaw) from John O’Groats to Land’s End, covering 1756 miles, without stopping the engine.
[Ref: 43204] £220.00 view all images for this item
[c.1906]
Book, card wrappers with original binding, rare, 24pp., 220 x 290mm (8½ x 11½").
Account of the famous drive in June 1906, which saw Angus Shaw and Frederic Eastmead drive the Sunbeam 16/20 (the first Sunbeam designed by Shaw) from John O’Groats to Land’s End, covering 1756 miles, without stopping the engine.
[Ref: 43204] £220.00 view all images for this item
![[From Overseas.]](jpegs/14074.jpg)
[From Overseas.]
W. Dendy Sadler. [Signed in pencil and in plate.]
London, Published 1919 by L.H. Lefevre & Son 1a King Street St.James' S.W. the proprietors of the Copyright. Imprimerie A. Porcabeuf & Cie. Paris.
Etching, artist's remarque proof, Printseller's Association blindstamp lower left. 485 x 375mm. 19 x 14¾". A fine impression.
An elderly lady and gentleman in an interior read a letter sent by a friend or family member abroad. Remarque of a ship in sail below. After Walter Dendy Sadler (1854 - 1923).
Not listed in PSA.
[Ref: 14074] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Dendy Sadler. [Signed in pencil and in plate.]
London, Published 1919 by L.H. Lefevre & Son 1a King Street St.James' S.W. the proprietors of the Copyright. Imprimerie A. Porcabeuf & Cie. Paris.
Etching, artist's remarque proof, Printseller's Association blindstamp lower left. 485 x 375mm. 19 x 14¾". A fine impression.
An elderly lady and gentleman in an interior read a letter sent by a friend or family member abroad. Remarque of a ship in sail below. After Walter Dendy Sadler (1854 - 1923).
Not listed in PSA.
[Ref: 14074] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
From Pirae.
Charles Surendorf. Tahiti 1939. 7/50 [Signed in pencil].
A very scarce woodcut printed on india paper. Limited to 50. 172 x 216mm. Tipped on corners to old card.
Charles Surendorf, American, 1906--1979 Charles Frederick Surendorf was born in Richmond, Indiana in November 1906. He left Richmond to spend time at the Chicago Art Institute, Art Student's League, New York and two semesters at Ohio State University in the Fine Arts program. In 1929, he moved to Los Angeles and to San Francisco in 1935. Charles Surendorf's early prints were woodblock, but he soon moved to a process he called "Linoleum Engravings." A view from Pirae, on the Northern coastline of Tahiti.
From the Harmsworth Estate: Desmond Harmsworth.
[Ref: 13055] £360.00
Charles Surendorf. Tahiti 1939. 7/50 [Signed in pencil].
A very scarce woodcut printed on india paper. Limited to 50. 172 x 216mm. Tipped on corners to old card.
Charles Surendorf, American, 1906--1979 Charles Frederick Surendorf was born in Richmond, Indiana in November 1906. He left Richmond to spend time at the Chicago Art Institute, Art Student's League, New York and two semesters at Ohio State University in the Fine Arts program. In 1929, he moved to Los Angeles and to San Francisco in 1935. Charles Surendorf's early prints were woodblock, but he soon moved to a process he called "Linoleum Engravings." A view from Pirae, on the Northern coastline of Tahiti.
From the Harmsworth Estate: Desmond Harmsworth.
[Ref: 13055] £360.00
From Still Life to the Screen. Print Culture, Display, and the Materiality of the Image in Eighteenth-Century London.
Joseph Monteyne.
Yale University Press. New Haven London. [2013.]
4to, blue cloth gilt and illust. d/w; pp. x + 280, profusely illustrated, with 55 colour plates.
An account of the culture of popular prints in 18th-century London.
[Ref: 59758] £65.00
Joseph Monteyne.
Yale University Press. New Haven London. [2013.]
4to, blue cloth gilt and illust. d/w; pp. x + 280, profusely illustrated, with 55 colour plates.
An account of the culture of popular prints in 18th-century London.
[Ref: 59758] £65.00
To The Revd. Charles Phillott M.A. Vicar of Frome Selwood, in the County of Somerset, this View of St. Peters Church, Frome. Is most respectfully inscribed by his very Obe.dt Serv.y W.P. Penny.
Sketched and Drawn on Stone by R. Pocock. A. Pocock Lith, Bristol.
Published by W.P. Penny, Printed & Bookseller Frome.
Fine coloured lithograph, scarce. 435 x 552mm. 17¼ x 21¾". Vertical crease to left of spire.
St Peter's Church, Frome, Somerset.
[Ref: 19638] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Sketched and Drawn on Stone by R. Pocock. A. Pocock Lith, Bristol.
Published by W.P. Penny, Printed & Bookseller Frome.
Fine coloured lithograph, scarce. 435 x 552mm. 17¼ x 21¾". Vertical crease to left of spire.
St Peter's Church, Frome, Somerset.
[Ref: 19638] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
A Front Box.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Image 151 x 95mm. 6 x 3¾". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
Probably the Royal Family.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14430] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1800.]
Engraving. Image 151 x 95mm. 6 x 3¾". Cut and laid on separate sheet.
Probably the Royal Family.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14430] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![Fontispiece. - [A Collection of Prints Engraved after The Most Capital Paintings in England. Published by John Boydell. Volume the First, containing Fifty Prints with a London. Orinted for the Editor, MDCCLXIX.]](jpegs/14584.jpg)
Fontispiece. - [A Collection of Prints Engraved after The Most Capital Paintings in England. Published by John Boydell. Volume the First, containing Fifty Prints with a London. Orinted for the Editor, MDCCLXIX.]
J. Gwin Invt. Delt. Isaac Taylor Scupt.
London, Boydell Execudit. Proof impression without letterpress.
A very fine engraving. Indian proof with uncut large margins. 330 x 235mm, 13 x 9¼inches.
George the Third being crowned by Apollo while Putti show the King the engravings.
[Ref: 14584] £320.00
J. Gwin Invt. Delt. Isaac Taylor Scupt.
London, Boydell Execudit. Proof impression without letterpress.
A very fine engraving. Indian proof with uncut large margins. 330 x 235mm, 13 x 9¼inches.
George the Third being crowned by Apollo while Putti show the King the engravings.
[Ref: 14584] £320.00
Frontispice
[n.d., c.1860]
Line engraving, 180 x 165mm. 7 x 6½". Trimmed to plate.
French frontispiece with statuary and implements relating to the arts, with background scenery suggesting the river Seine and Louvre, Paris.
[Ref: 15841] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1860]
Line engraving, 180 x 165mm. 7 x 6½". Trimmed to plate.
French frontispiece with statuary and implements relating to the arts, with background scenery suggesting the river Seine and Louvre, Paris.
[Ref: 15841] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece. Minerva surrounded by figures representing various Arts & Sciences, holding the three Vol.s of the Royal Magazine.
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins.
An allegorical view showing the figure of Minerva sitting in a classical setting holding volumes of the Royal Magazine from which this print is an illustration.
[Ref: 46309] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. Plate: 175 x 110mm (7 x 4¼") with large margins.
An allegorical view showing the figure of Minerva sitting in a classical setting holding volumes of the Royal Magazine from which this print is an illustration.
[Ref: 46309] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
L'Histoire, guidée par son Génie, et à l’aide des Monumens Historiques que divers petits Génies arrachent qu Tems qui les devore, rassemble en un Corps les Envénemens les plus remarquables que regardent l’Angleterre La Ville de Londres, Capitale de ce Roiaume, paroit dans l’Enfoncement; et au Haut, la Renommée tient le Portrait du celebre Auteur de cette Histoire.
Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen. [Portrait:] S Thomassin Efigiem delin.
[Histoire d'Angleterre, Rotterdam, 1713.]
Fine copper engraving and etching. Plate 368 x 228mm. 14½ x 9". Crease at left top.
On the left sit History and a Spirit writing the history of England; in the foreground, winged Spirits are taking books away from Time who is try to devour them. On the right sits London, personified by a crowned woman leaning on a lion. In the upper part, Fame blowing a trumpet and carrying an oval portrait of Issac de Larrey; in the background, London. Issac de Larrey (1638-1719) was a French historian.
Dimier: 535.
[Ref: 17544] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen. [Portrait:] S Thomassin Efigiem delin.
[Histoire d'Angleterre, Rotterdam, 1713.]
Fine copper engraving and etching. Plate 368 x 228mm. 14½ x 9". Crease at left top.
On the left sit History and a Spirit writing the history of England; in the foreground, winged Spirits are taking books away from Time who is try to devour them. On the right sits London, personified by a crowned woman leaning on a lion. In the upper part, Fame blowing a trumpet and carrying an oval portrait of Issac de Larrey; in the background, London. Issac de Larrey (1638-1719) was a French historian.
Dimier: 535.
[Ref: 17544] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Frontispiece.
Gravelot del. - A. Walker sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Etching and engraving. 177 x 114mm (7 x 4½").
A poet standing on the left receives a lyre from Apollo and Diana; a chariot above; copy of frontispiece to Somerville's 'The Chace' (London: 1735.).
[Ref: 26524] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Gravelot del. - A. Walker sculp.
[n.d. c.1750.]
Etching and engraving. 177 x 114mm (7 x 4½").
A poet standing on the left receives a lyre from Apollo and Diana; a chariot above; copy of frontispiece to Somerville's 'The Chace' (London: 1735.).
[Ref: 26524] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Proeve van Dicht=oeffening.
Fr.van Mieris inv. & delin. J. Folkema Sculp.
Te Leyden. By De Janssoons Vander Aa. [n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. 169 x 112mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Frontispiece to "Proeve van Dichtoeffening, bestaende in Herderszangen, Brieven, Klink- en Mengeldichten. Met Printverbeeldingen", a compilation of pastoral poems, letters of famous love couples, including van Snakenburg (1704-1750) the lawyer in Leiden who published poems in 'Hollandsche Spectator'; and Jacob Elias (1698-1750) who also published poems and several theatre plays, mostly comedies.
[Ref: 28623] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Fr.van Mieris inv. & delin. J. Folkema Sculp.
Te Leyden. By De Janssoons Vander Aa. [n.d. c.1731.]
Engraving. 169 x 112mm (6¾ x 4½"). Trimmed.
Frontispiece to "Proeve van Dichtoeffening, bestaende in Herderszangen, Brieven, Klink- en Mengeldichten. Met Printverbeeldingen", a compilation of pastoral poems, letters of famous love couples, including van Snakenburg (1704-1750) the lawyer in Leiden who published poems in 'Hollandsche Spectator'; and Jacob Elias (1698-1750) who also published poems and several theatre plays, mostly comedies.
[Ref: 28623] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
A Monseigneur Monseigneur Le Marquis de Louvois, Ministre et Secretaire d’Estat, Commandeur et Chancelier dex orders du Roy, sur intendant et ordonnateur general des Bastiments de sa Majesté, arts et manufactures de France...
[n.d. c.1700.]
Engraving with small margins. Plate 157 x 96mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Probably from Pierre Bullet's "Traité du nivellement, contenant la théorie et la pratique de cet art, avec la description d'un niveau nouvellement inventé..." Frontispiece dedicated to Francois Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641-1691), French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 28625] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1700.]
Engraving with small margins. Plate 157 x 96mm (6¼ x 3¾").
Probably from Pierre Bullet's "Traité du nivellement, contenant la théorie et la pratique de cet art, avec la description d'un niveau nouvellement inventé..." Frontispiece dedicated to Francois Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641-1691), French Secretary of State for War for a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV.
[Ref: 28625] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece.
Corbould delt. Eng.d by Collyer.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 279 x 208mm. 11 x 8¼". Creasing. Time staining and spotting around the edges.
Adam and even underneath a tree in the Garden of Paradise; animals sit and lie and rest in pairs, nature at harmony.
[Ref: 19356] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Corbould delt. Eng.d by Collyer.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. Plate 279 x 208mm. 11 x 8¼". Creasing. Time staining and spotting around the edges.
Adam and even underneath a tree in the Garden of Paradise; animals sit and lie and rest in pairs, nature at harmony.
[Ref: 19356] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
L'Histoire, guidée par son Génie, et à l’aide des Monumens Historiques que divers petits Génies arrachent qu Tems qui les devore, rassemble en un Corps les Envénemens les plus remarquables que regardent l’Angleterre La Ville de Londres, Capitale de ce Roiaume, paroit dans l’Enfoncement; et au Haut, la Renommée tient le Portrait du celebre Auteur de cette Histoire.
Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen. [Portrait:] S Thomassin Efigiem delin.
[Histoire d'Angleterre, Rotterdam, 1713.]
Fine copper engraving and etching with large margins; Plate 368 x 228mm (14½ x 9").
Allegorical frontispiece. On the left sit History and a Spirit writing the history of England; in the foreground, winged Spirits are taking books away from Time who is try to devour them. On the right sits London, personified by a crowned Queen Anne leaning on a lion. In the upper part, Fame blowing a trumpet and carrying an oval portrait of Issac de Larrey; in the background, London. Issac de Larrey (1638-1719) was a French historian.
Dimier: 535.
[Ref: 32556] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Inventé et dessiné par B. Picart, 1713. Gravé par vander Gouwen. [Portrait:] S Thomassin Efigiem delin.
[Histoire d'Angleterre, Rotterdam, 1713.]
Fine copper engraving and etching with large margins; Plate 368 x 228mm (14½ x 9").
Allegorical frontispiece. On the left sit History and a Spirit writing the history of England; in the foreground, winged Spirits are taking books away from Time who is try to devour them. On the right sits London, personified by a crowned Queen Anne leaning on a lion. In the upper part, Fame blowing a trumpet and carrying an oval portrait of Issac de Larrey; in the background, London. Issac de Larrey (1638-1719) was a French historian.
Dimier: 535.
[Ref: 32556] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
![[An allegorical frontispiece.]](jpegs/44252.jpg)
[An allegorical frontispiece.]
[French, n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Small tear in top margin.
"The Arts" frontispiece to one of Cornelis de Bruijn's books.
[Ref: 44252] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[French, n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving. 305 x 190mm (12 x 7½"). Small tear in top margin.
"The Arts" frontispiece to one of Cornelis de Bruijn's books.
[Ref: 44252] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State]](jpegs/42843.jpg)
[John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State]
R.W. Sculp
Printed for A. Mearne, T. Dring, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & C. Mearne [c.1700]
Engraving, rare; sheet 295 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Tipped into album sheet; letterpress explanation verso.
The frontispiece to Vol 2 of John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State 1685. The verse explanation verso suggests that the scene depicted is the occupation the Royal Sovereign (previously named 'Sovereign of the Seas'), a ship ordered by Charles I in 1634 which was in regular service during the three Anglo-Dutch Wars, before finally being lost to fire at Chatham in 1697. It was repeatedly taken by the Dutch, but retaken each time.
BM copy, see 1870 0709 7 BM Satires 748
[Ref: 42843] £480.00
R.W. Sculp
Printed for A. Mearne, T. Dring, B. Tooke, T. Sawbridge, & C. Mearne [c.1700]
Engraving, rare; sheet 295 x 180mm (11½ x 7"). Tipped into album sheet; letterpress explanation verso.
The frontispiece to Vol 2 of John Nalson Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State 1685. The verse explanation verso suggests that the scene depicted is the occupation the Royal Sovereign (previously named 'Sovereign of the Seas'), a ship ordered by Charles I in 1634 which was in regular service during the three Anglo-Dutch Wars, before finally being lost to fire at Chatham in 1697. It was repeatedly taken by the Dutch, but retaken each time.
BM copy, see 1870 0709 7 BM Satires 748
[Ref: 42843] £480.00
Frontispiece. Vol. III.
Published as the Act directs by C. Stalker Aug: 1, 1790.
Engraving with large margins. Plate 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾").
Figures representing the Arts; music with a lyre, two artists with easels and brushes, a gentleman and lady read; three winged putti. Frontispiece to an unidentified publication.
[Ref: 34759] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Published as the Act directs by C. Stalker Aug: 1, 1790.
Engraving with large margins. Plate 180 x 120mm (7 x 4¾").
Figures representing the Arts; music with a lyre, two artists with easels and brushes, a gentleman and lady read; three winged putti. Frontispiece to an unidentified publication.
[Ref: 34759] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to European Magazine V.41. The Entrance to Coade and Sealy's Gallery of Sculpture. of Artificial Stone, Westminster Bridge.
Drawn & Engraved by S. Rawle_
Published by J. Sewell Cornhill Feb.1.1802.
Engraving. Plate 197 x 126mm. 7¾ x 5".
Coade Stone was a moulded artificial stone material with a hard surface finish, used for many types of monuments and other objects during the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It wasn't until 1799 that John Sealy was made a partner in the company and the firms stampe became Coade and Sealy.
[Ref: 16639] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn & Engraved by S. Rawle_
Published by J. Sewell Cornhill Feb.1.1802.
Engraving. Plate 197 x 126mm. 7¾ x 5".
Coade Stone was a moulded artificial stone material with a hard surface finish, used for many types of monuments and other objects during the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It wasn't until 1799 that John Sealy was made a partner in the company and the firms stampe became Coade and Sealy.
[Ref: 16639] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
The Oriental Album. By E. Prisse Esq.r.
[1848.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 555 x 450mm (22 x 17¾''). Foxing.
Ornate frontispiece in the style of an Ottoman tiled floor, to 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50919] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[1848.]
Very fine hand-coloured lithograph, laid on card as issued. Card: 555 x 450mm (22 x 17¾''). Foxing.
Ornate frontispiece in the style of an Ottoman tiled floor, to 'Oriental Album: Characters, Costumes, And Modes of Life In the Valley of the Nile' by James Augustus St. John, illustrated after drawings by Emile Prisse d'Avennes. Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879) was a French Egyptologist and archeologist who moved to Egypt in 1827 and adopted the Egyptian way of life, converting to Islam and being known as Idriss-effendi. Very fine 1st state with wonderful fresh colour.
Attabay: 1001; Blackmer 1357.
[Ref: 50919] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![Moral Virtue Delineated [Frontsipece]](jpegs/33077.jpg)
Moral Virtue Delineated [Frontsipece]
[Published by J. Darby, c.1726]
Engraving with very large margins, rare, platemark 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Foxing upper right; crease.
In 1721 the novelist and translator Penelope Aubin (1679?-1738), who introduced the English to various French texts, edited 'Doctrine of Morality … According to the Stoick Philosophy' (1721), Thomas Mannington Gibbs's translation of the work by Marin le Roy, sieur de Gomberville. This was republished in 1726 as 'Moral Virtue Delineated', with a frontispiece by Aubin, from which this is the frontispiece.
DNB
[Ref: 33077] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Published by J. Darby, c.1726]
Engraving with very large margins, rare, platemark 225 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Foxing upper right; crease.
In 1721 the novelist and translator Penelope Aubin (1679?-1738), who introduced the English to various French texts, edited 'Doctrine of Morality … According to the Stoick Philosophy' (1721), Thomas Mannington Gibbs's translation of the work by Marin le Roy, sieur de Gomberville. This was republished in 1726 as 'Moral Virtue Delineated', with a frontispiece by Aubin, from which this is the frontispiece.
DNB
[Ref: 33077] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
'T Boeren Leven Door Pieter Nolpe in 't Cooper gemaakt. t'Amsteldam by Nicolaus Visscher met Privilegio.
[c.1640]
Rare etching. 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Slight crease.
Frontispiece to a set of etchings of peasants and beggars by Dutch reproductive printmaker Pieter Nolpe (b.1613-4, d.1652-3) after Pieter Quast (b.1605-6, d.1647).
[Ref: 43352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1640]
Rare etching. 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Slight crease.
Frontispiece to a set of etchings of peasants and beggars by Dutch reproductive printmaker Pieter Nolpe (b.1613-4, d.1652-3) after Pieter Quast (b.1605-6, d.1647).
[Ref: 43352] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece to the Royal Magazine.
O. Neal delin. I. Fougeron Sculp.
[n.d. c.1761.]
Engraving. Plate 184 x 109mm (7¼ x 4¼").
The scene is filled with symbols of the arts and sciences. Counterclockwise from the lower left, these are: barrel and bale for commerce, Euclidean figures and set-squares for geometry, Vauban-style fortress for military sciences, cherubs measuring the globe with a compass for geography, brushes and palette for the fine arts, and mask and sword for drama. Behind the historian, the study of antiquity is indicated by two men reading an inscription on a pyramid near a toppled column. This elaborate allegory illustrates the purpose of the periodical. Mercury, messenger of the gods, informs the historian about world events, here shown by the god interrupting the gentleman writing at his desk to bring to his notice the storm off the coast. The winged goddess Fame waits above, holding her herald's trumpet and scroll of great deeds, ready to spread the news which the writer will record for posterity.
[Ref: 28636] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
O. Neal delin. I. Fougeron Sculp.
[n.d. c.1761.]
Engraving. Plate 184 x 109mm (7¼ x 4¼").
The scene is filled with symbols of the arts and sciences. Counterclockwise from the lower left, these are: barrel and bale for commerce, Euclidean figures and set-squares for geometry, Vauban-style fortress for military sciences, cherubs measuring the globe with a compass for geography, brushes and palette for the fine arts, and mask and sword for drama. Behind the historian, the study of antiquity is indicated by two men reading an inscription on a pyramid near a toppled column. This elaborate allegory illustrates the purpose of the periodical. Mercury, messenger of the gods, informs the historian about world events, here shown by the god interrupting the gentleman writing at his desk to bring to his notice the storm off the coast. The winged goddess Fame waits above, holding her herald's trumpet and scroll of great deeds, ready to spread the news which the writer will record for posterity.
[Ref: 28636] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Sketches of West India Scenery with Illustrations of Negro Character. The Process of Making Sugar, &c. Taken during a Voyage to, and Seven Years Residence in the Island of Trinidad.
Composed & Drawn on Zinc by R.B.
London, Published by R. Jenning, Poultry. [n.d. c.1836.]
Lithographic frontispiece. 275 x 380mm. 10¾ x 15". Some soiling and spotting.
Richard (Hicks) Bridgens (b.1785 d. 1846) was a sculptor, designer and architect, he attempted to set up an architectural practice in Birmingham in 1819 which he closed in 1825 when he moved to Trinidad where his wife had inherited a sugar plantation. In 1836 he printed West India Scenery, with Illustrations of Negro Character, the process of making sugar, etc. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the Island of Trinidad. Bridgens' work is an early record of life in Trinidad. Bridgens became the Superintendent of Public Works in Port of Spain and was responsible for the design of the first Government Offices on the site now occupied by the Red House. He died in Trinidad in 1846. Frontispiece to a collection of 27 plates, surrounding the title are illustrations of four plants grown in Trinidad at that time - sugar cane, cocoa, plantain and coffee
Ex: Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 23397] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Composed & Drawn on Zinc by R.B.
London, Published by R. Jenning, Poultry. [n.d. c.1836.]
Lithographic frontispiece. 275 x 380mm. 10¾ x 15". Some soiling and spotting.
Richard (Hicks) Bridgens (b.1785 d. 1846) was a sculptor, designer and architect, he attempted to set up an architectural practice in Birmingham in 1819 which he closed in 1825 when he moved to Trinidad where his wife had inherited a sugar plantation. In 1836 he printed West India Scenery, with Illustrations of Negro Character, the process of making sugar, etc. from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the Island of Trinidad. Bridgens' work is an early record of life in Trinidad. Bridgens became the Superintendent of Public Works in Port of Spain and was responsible for the design of the first Government Offices on the site now occupied by the Red House. He died in Trinidad in 1846. Frontispiece to a collection of 27 plates, surrounding the title are illustrations of four plants grown in Trinidad at that time - sugar cane, cocoa, plantain and coffee
Ex: Parker Gallery.
[Ref: 23397] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Frontispiece. Liberty presenting Britannia with Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights &c...
Dayes delin. Grainger sculp.
[London: W. & J. Stratford, c.1795.]
Engraved frontispiece to 'A New and Complete History of England, from the first settlement of Brutus ... to the year 1793, etc' by Charles Alfred Ashburton. 335 x 215mm, 13¼ x 8½". Tatty extremities; creasing.
An allegory, set into a decorative frame; with Britannia from her throne next to a recumbent lion instructing personifications of various European states in the ways of British liberty and prosperity.
British Library: 000127483.
[Ref: 14869] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Dayes delin. Grainger sculp.
[London: W. & J. Stratford, c.1795.]
Engraved frontispiece to 'A New and Complete History of England, from the first settlement of Brutus ... to the year 1793, etc' by Charles Alfred Ashburton. 335 x 215mm, 13¼ x 8½". Tatty extremities; creasing.
An allegory, set into a decorative frame; with Britannia from her throne next to a recumbent lion instructing personifications of various European states in the ways of British liberty and prosperity.
British Library: 000127483.
[Ref: 14869] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Fair on the Thames. Feb. 1814.
Drawn by Luke Clennell. Engraved by George Cooke.
London, J. Hogarth, 5, Haymarket.
Steel engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed close to publication line.
A view of a Frost Fair, held on the Thames before the demolition of the old London Bridge improved river flow and prevented it freezing over. The fair of 1814 began on 1st February and lasted four days. Stalls and amusement rides built on the ice can be seen, with St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
[Ref: 58680] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Luke Clennell. Engraved by George Cooke.
London, J. Hogarth, 5, Haymarket.
Steel engraving. Sheet 135 x 220mm (5¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed close to publication line.
A view of a Frost Fair, held on the Thames before the demolition of the old London Bridge improved river flow and prevented it freezing over. The fair of 1814 began on 1st February and lasted four days. Stalls and amusement rides built on the ice can be seen, with St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
[Ref: 58680] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[Frost Fair] Gambols on the River Thames. Feb.y 1814.](jpegs/61806.jpg)
[Frost Fair] Gambols on the River Thames. Feb.y 1814.
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d Feb.y 1814 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Fine coloured etching. J. Whatman 1822 watermark, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with very large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
A satire of the raucus frost fair held under Blackfriars Bridge, 31st January to the 5th February 1814, the last one held. Tents full of drinkers are signposted 'The Nelson' and 'Shannon'; the 'Thames Printing Office' is at work on the left; and a game of skittles is in progress in the foreground right.
BM Satires 12341.
[Ref: 61806] £680.00
G. Cruikshank fec.t.
Pub.d Feb.y 1814 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside London.
Fine coloured etching. J. Whatman 1822 watermark, 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), with very large margins left & right. Trimmed to plate top and bottom.
A satire of the raucus frost fair held under Blackfriars Bridge, 31st January to the 5th February 1814, the last one held. Tents full of drinkers are signposted 'The Nelson' and 'Shannon'; the 'Thames Printing Office' is at work on the left; and a game of skittles is in progress in the foreground right.
BM Satires 12341.
[Ref: 61806] £680.00
The Celebrated Minstrel Family, Mr. Frost, his Son, and Three Daughters.
Madeley, lith. 3, Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A very scarce lithograph. 215 x 286mm. 8½ x 11¼". Large margins, extremities bit tatty.
A man sitting at a harpsichord, his children behind him preparing to sing. Advertised as 'The Minstral Family', the Frosts toured England in 1835-9, giving concerts of sacred and more poplar music, including Handel and Mozart.
[Ref: 22966] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Madeley, lith. 3, Wellington St. Strand.
[n.d. c.1840.]
A very scarce lithograph. 215 x 286mm. 8½ x 11¼". Large margins, extremities bit tatty.
A man sitting at a harpsichord, his children behind him preparing to sing. Advertised as 'The Minstral Family', the Frosts toured England in 1835-9, giving concerts of sacred and more poplar music, including Handel and Mozart.
[Ref: 22966] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
The Frosty Morning.
Imp. Lith de F Noel.
Published by Giraldon-Bouvinet, Passage Vivienne No.26. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½") Repaired tear and slight crease. Some scuffing to the image.
A man sitting at a dressing table applying shaving foam, wearing a fur-lined gown and nightcap.
[Ref: 68393] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Imp. Lith de F Noel.
Published by Giraldon-Bouvinet, Passage Vivienne No.26. [n.d. c.1830.]
Rare hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 335 x 265mm (13¼ x 10½") Repaired tear and slight crease. Some scuffing to the image.
A man sitting at a dressing table applying shaving foam, wearing a fur-lined gown and nightcap.
[Ref: 68393] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)