Grosvenor Prints

The Ghost.
F. G. Byron Esq.r delin.t. Engraved by J Pettit.
London Pub by Will.m Holland. N° 50. Oxford Street, July 29. I789. In Holland's Exhibition Rooms may be seen the largest collection of Humorous Prints in Europe. Admittance one Shilling.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 290mm (9¾ x 11½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at top.
A figure with a grotesque mask and draped in a sheet advances into a room, holding up a red-hot poker. Four men look alarmed and a fifth escapes up the chimney.
BM Satires 7614.
[Ref: 61137] £360.00

[Six illustrations from 'Ghost Stories'.]
Pub. by R. Ackermann, London 1823.
A very rare complete set of six aquatints with hand colour. Sheets 175 x 100mm (7 x 4").
A complete set of illustrations from 'Ghost Stories, Collected with a Particular View to Counteract the Vulgar Belief in Ghost and Apparitions, and to Promote a Rational Estimate of the Nature of Phenomena commonly considered as Supernatural'. It contained eighteen short stories, although only two are illustrated: 'The Green Mantle of Venice', by H. Clauren (the only story with an attribution), has four; 'Marianne' has two.
The text of a later edition can be found on Google Books.
[Ref: 55529] £650.00

[Wellington & Napoleon] The Giant and the Dwarf. dedicated to M. Thiers. v. Punch Vol 6 p.170
[c.1844]
Pencil sketch, sheet 225 x 185mm (9 x 7¼"). Glued to backing board.
Preparatory sketch (?) for a cartoon published in 'Punch', 20 April 1844, p.170, with various elements (such as the two figures on the right) not in the published cartoon. The image shows the duke of Wellington inspecting a tiny Napoleon with a monocle. As the text in 'Punch' explains, the cartoon was occasioned by the discovery that Napoleon, in a codicil to his will, bequeathed 10,000FF to a man charged with an attempt to murder Wellington. Napoleon wrote that if Wellington justified sending Napoleon to St Helena by appealing to British national interest, then the would-be assassin would have served French interests equally in killing Wellington. However, as 'Punch' reason, Wellington, by objecting to the suggestion of excecuting Napoleon after he was captured, showed himself to be a giant in comparison to Napoleon.
[Ref: 41074] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Chaussée des Geants. Giant's Causewary (Irlande).
Dess. et Lith. par Ed. de Montulé. Lith de Langlumé.
Lithograph. Sheet: 370 x 260mm (14½ x 10"). Very large margins.
A view of the basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39444] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Giants Causeway, in Ireland. Plate 1.
Anton'de Bittio pinx. Jac. Leonardis sculp. Venetiis.
Published Dec.r 1st 1807, by J.Manson, N°10, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Engraving. 395 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"), with large margins. Repairs to centre of the image. Salford Borough Royal Museum & Library stamp in top left of image. Two repaired tears in centre.
A view of the Giant's Causeway, an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. Many people are walking or stood around and on the columns, a woman in the foreground is selling crabs.
[Ref: 67457] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Giants Causeway, in Ireland. Plate 3.
Anton'de Bittio pinx. Jac. Leonardis sculp. Venetiis.
Published Dec.r 1st 1807, by J.Manson, N°10, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Engraving. 395 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"), with large margins Salford Borough Royal Museum & Library stamp in top left of image.
A view of the Giant's Causeway, an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.
[Ref: 67458] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Giants Causeway, in Ireland. Plate 2.
Anton'de Bittio pinx. Jac. Leonardis sculp. Venetiis. 1776.
Published Dec.r 1st 1807, by J.Manson, N°10, Gerrard Street, Soho.
Engraving. 400 x 280mm (15¾ x 11"), with large margins. Salford Borough Royal Museum & Library stamp in top left of image.
A view of the Giant's Causeway, an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. Men on horseback ride along the top of the causeway.
[Ref: 67459] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. 1780
Publish'd as the Act directs Feb.y 4th 1780
Engraving, sheet 120 x 105mm (4¾ x 4"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of woman touching a lyre and looking at a putto while Cupid weeps on the floor. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
De Vesme: 1923 III of IV
[Ref: 46022] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1780.]
Publish'd as the Act directs Feby. 4th. 1780.
Etching and engraving. Plate 146 x 132mm. 5¾ x 5¼". Small margins. very slight foxing
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. A young woman seated on a pedestal touching a lyre and holding a quill pen; a putto stands behind her. Cupid is seated on the floor holding an arrow and covering his face with his hands. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1923; i/iv.
[Ref: 20496] £320.00

For The Benefit Of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, c.1781.]
Concert ticket, etching. 132 x 127mm (5¼ x 5"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman seated on clouds, tying ribbons to her hair; to right, two winged putti, holding a torch and dove, also sitting in the clouds. The banner above them is lettered; in a roundel. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. After Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 1785).
De Vesme: 1920; ii/ii. See 21214.
[Ref: 18143] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1763.]
Very fine etching with engraving. Sheet 135 x 120mm (5¼ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Apollo seated on a pedestal holding a lyre with a Muse crowning him. Mercury standing on the right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1919.
[Ref: 44530] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini] Plate 1
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Stipple, sheet 130 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"). Trimmed and tipped into album sheet.
Apollo, playing the harp with the nine Muses in attendance. Ticket for a benefit held for Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), Italian composer and violinist. Giardini, an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Later state as published in 'A General History of Music' by the musicologist Charles Burney.
De Vesme 1927 iii/iii.
[Ref: 42474] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving. Sheet 150 x 160mm (6 x 6¼"). Trimmed.
Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton
De Vesme: 1921.
[Ref: 44532] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
[G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.]
[n.d. c.1782.]
Etching with engraving, very scarce proof before all letters. 166 x 196mm. 6½ x 7¾". Cut, few fox marks.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Apollo catching Daphne who is turning into a laurel tree. Three fluvial figures seated on the ground in front of a bed of reeds. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1921; i/iii.
[Ref: 20490] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; iv/iv, see 20519 & 21210.
[Ref: 21175] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. et delin. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[Printed by W. Hinton. St. James's Street. n.d. c.1782.]
Etching and engraving. Plate 197 x 171mm. 7¾ x 6¾". Small margins. Slight foxing.
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Mercury seated attaching a string to his lyre whilst a putto holds the lyre to the left. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1930; ii/iv. See Ref: 20519 & 21175 for later states.
[Ref: 21210] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini A Concert of Musick.
G. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp. [c.1776].
Engraving, sheet 120 x 135mm (4¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Concert ticket for the benefit of violinist Felice Giardini, with vignette of the Judgement of Midas: Apollo stands on the left holding his lyre, watching as Marsyas plays his pipes; Midas between them. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines.
De Vesme: 1928
[Ref: 46019] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street. [n.d. c.1779.]
Etching and engraving. Collector's mark SP, plate 127 x 146mm. 5 x 5¾".
Ticket for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on the ground with two putti surrounding her, one of whom is holding a torch. Five putti, to the right, in front of a water fountain; one playing the trumpet, one playing the lute and three singing. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1925; v/v. See 20497 for earlier state.
[Ref: 20498] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr. Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.
Etching with engraving, scarce proof, uncut very large margins, title only half removed. Plate 95 x 115mm. 3¾ x 4½". Title scratched, very slight foxing.
Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Giardini. Venus seated on a bed with a putto talking to her from behind her; another putto playing the lyre and a third putto pulling a bow, aiming towards right. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1922; between i/ii.
[Ref: 20577] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.]
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp 1778.
Printed by W. Hinton St. James's Street.
Etching and engraving. Plate 133 x 114mm, Uncut, large margins.
Venus Anadyomene naked and seated on a conch shell. Four putti inside and three flying in the sky holding a large drapery above her. Originally published as a ticket for a concert for the benefit of Mr Giardini, this last state has had the title removed. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1929; IV of IV.
[Ref: 20500] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

For the Benefit of Mr Giardini.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp 1778.
Etching and engraving. Sheet 135 x 115mm (5¼ x 4½"), with large margins.
Venus Anadyomene naked and seated on a conch shell, accompanied by Cupid (drawing his bow), with other cherubs holding a torch and the drapery around Venus. Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), an Italian composer and violinist, came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton.
De Vesme: 1929, state ii of iv.
[Ref: 53435] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Dodici Sonate de Violino e Basso Composte da Felice Giardini Dedicate a sua Altezza Il Serenissimo Principe Freditario di Brounsuic e di Lunebourg. Londra MCCLXV.
G.B. Cipriani del. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
[London, 1765.]
Etching. 290 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"), with very large margins.
A cover of a book of music, with a medallion portrait of Felice Giardini (1716-96) on a plynth with two putti. Giardini was a violin virtuoso and child prodigy. A good friend of Bach.
De Vesme 1874
[Ref: 55254] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Felice Giardini.
From a Sketch by Joshua Reynolds.
Published by E. Evans, 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [n.d., c.1820s].
Mezzotint, tile in open letters, with slightly unclean title area. 255 x 185mm, 10 x 7¼". A good impression.
Head-only portrait of Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). He remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Reduced from the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds.
NPG D14032. See Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 27376] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Felice Giardini.
From a Sketch by Joshua Reynolds.
Published by E. Evans, 1, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields [n.d., c.1820].
Mezzotint, tile in open letters, platemark 255 x 185mm (10 x 7¼"). Late impression; with very large margins but crude repair along lower edge of platemark; pinhole outside image lower left.
Felice Giardini (1716 - 1796), Italian composer and violinist. He came to London in 1751, where he was highly successful as a performer and society music teacher. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera and gave solo concerts under the auspices of close friend Johann Christian Bach (son of Johann Sebastian). A close friend of Gainsborough (whose portrait of Giardini is at Knole, in Kent), Giardini remained in England until 1784 when he travelled to Naples at the invitation of Sir William Hamilton. Derived from the mezzotint by Samuel William Reynolds.
NPG D14032. See Hamilton p.29.
[Ref: 34004] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of Bartolomeo Giavarina.] Bartolomaeus Giavarina in Aula Caesarea apud Leopoldum Imperatorem Venetae [...]
J. Van Schuppen Pinxit Parisys 1700 / P. Giffart filius sculpsit Parisys 1700
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 295 x 230mm (11½ x 9"). Fine. Crease through centre;
Bartolomeo Giavarina, publisher based in Venice, holding a letter, in trompe l'oeil niche.
[Ref: 34869] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. H.R. Cook sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1807 by Oddy & Co. No. 27, Oxford Street, London.
Stipple, printed on chine collé. Plate: 225 x 145mm (9 x 5¾''), with large margins. Chine collé coming loose.
A portrait of English historian, writer and M.P. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) set in a decorative frame with a vignette of classical ruins below.
[Ref: 50394] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Edward Gibbon Esq.re.
Sir. Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. H.R. Cook sculp.t.
Published Nov.r 1.st 1807 by Oddy & Co. No. 27, Oxford Street, London.
Engraving, unfinished proof. Sheet: 250 x 175mm (9¾ x 7''). Foxing.
A portrait of English historian, writer and M.P. Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) set in a decorative frame with a vignette of classical ruins below.
[Ref: 50395] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Gibbon after the original in the possession of Mons.r le Porf.r Levade de Lausanne.
Brandoin del. lith. de C. Constans.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 255 x 200mm (10 x 8'').
A portrait of Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), historian; author of 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'.
[Ref: 51020] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Grinlin Gibbons.
G. Kneller, pinx. J. Hopwood sculp.
[n.d. c. 1800].
Stipple. Sheet 120 x 85mm (4¾ x 3¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper at edges.
A head and shoulders detail from Godfrey Kneller's oil of Grinling Gibbons (1648 - 1720).
[Ref: 59828] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. Grinlin Gibbons.
G. Kneller pinx. I. Smith fe: & exc:
[c.1690.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 260mm (13½ x 10¼"). Trimmed within plate; repairs left margin.
Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) holding a marble head and a pair of compasses. He was a wood carver and sculptor whose work can be seen at St. Paul's Cathedral, Hampton Court Palace and Blenheim Palace.
CS: 105, i of ii.
[Ref: 62484] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

James Gibbs.
A. Bannerman sculp. [after William Hogarth.]
[London, c.1770.]
Etching on india. 225 x 165mm (9 x 6¼").
James Gibbs ((1682 - 1754), architect, a pupil of Wren, designer of St Martin-in-the-Fields in London, the Senate House of the University of Cambridge, the nave of All Saints, Derby (now Derby Cathedral), and the Radcliffe Camera in Oxford. A plate from Walpole's 'Anecdotes of Painting in England' (1762-1771).
[Ref: 45734] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Jacobus Gibbs Architectus. 1747.
Will.m Hogarth delin. B. Baron Sculp.
[London: Gibbs, 1747.]
Etching, fine impression; 280 x 205mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed into plate on left.
A half-length portrait of James Gibbs (1682-1754) after William Hogarth, within a decorative oval frame resting on a pedestal. The frontispiece to 'Bibliotheca Radcliviana, or a Short description of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford' by written and published by Gibbs.
[Ref: 61375] £360.00

Iacobus Albanus Ghibbesius, Poeta Laureatus Caesareus. Tot pro Ghibbesio certabunt regna, quot urbes Civem Moeoniden asseruere suum. Athanas: Kircherus H.C.P. An. Aetat. LV.
Eques Petr: Berrettinus Corton delin.
Alb. Clower incid. Romae. [n.d. c.1666.]
Engraving. 140 x 82mm. 5½ x 3¼". Trimmed; laid onto album sheet
James Alban Gibbes (1611-1677), was an English Catholic. He was son of William Gibbes who was physician to Henrietta Maria. He belonged to the Church of Rome and lived there, after having taken his degree at Oxford. He is noted for his learning and was made Lecturer on Rhetoric at Rome by Pope Alexander VII and in 1667 he was named Poet Laureate by Leopold of Germany. In 1668, eight volumes of poetry, mostly in latin, were published in Rome.
NPG: D30169.
[Ref: 25139] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Mrs Jane Gibbs. As she appeared before the Magistrates at Bow Street, charged by Mr Evans, Admiralty Messenger with atrociously endeavouring to repeat on him the Attempt she has made on the Life of Mr Beck at the Old Baily by fously swearing a Robbery against him.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 120 x 130mm (4¾ x 5"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper. Time staining.
Portrait of Mrs Jane Gibbs, tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her. After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane.
[Ref: 68906] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Jane Gibbs.] Mrs Gibbs. The Noroious Street Walker & Extorter_swearing at the Old Bailey to Mr F.Beck having Robbed her in Kensington Garden of which charged he was honorably acquitted_multitudes of Witnesses appearing to prove her having made similar Charges against them, in order to extort Money.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. Sheet 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed into plate and backed onto album paper. Time staining and folded. Some loss of image.
Portrait of Mrs Jane Gibbs, tried twice in the autumn of 1799 for falsely accusing men of robbing her. After making many similar attempts, being recognized, assaulted by the mob, and protected by constables, she was at last found to be insane.
[Ref: 68907] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Jane Gibbs, the most notorious pest of Society & Street Walker as she appeared at Bow Street on Tuesd.y Oct.r 8.th.
[n.d., c.1799.]
Rare etching. Sheet: 155 x 195mm (6 x 7¾"). Trimmed within plate and into title.
A full-length portrait of Jane Gibbs, who achieved notoriety during two trials held in the autumn of 1799. Gibbs was a street walker who often used extortion to make her money, she would approach men and solicit her services or ask for money, if they did not oblige she would threaten to say that they had tried to rob her and this would usually loosen their purse strings. However, a man named Jeremiah Beck refused to go along with her scheme so she took him to court. Unfortunately for Gibbs, several passers by and a juror recognised her and the case was thrown out. Not long after Gibbs attempted the same robbery on another man but the watchman recognised her from print shop windows and arrested her; she was eventually sent to Bedlam.
[Ref: 41542] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[William Gibbs.]
Painted by William Boxall, R.A. Engraved by Samuel Cousins, R.A.
London, Published July 20th, 1864, by Holloway & Son, 25, Bedford Street, Strand.
Mezzotint on chine collé, signed in pencil by the engraver. 530 x 410mm (21 x 16"), with large margins.
''William Gibbs made his dibs, Selling the turds of foreign birds.'' William Gibbs (1790-1875), importer of guano from South America to sell as fertilizer. He retired in 1858 and in 1864, the year of this portrait, he started to withdraw his money from the firm he helped found, Antony Gibbs, becoming the richest non-noble in England. He became a major benefactor of Keble College, Oxford. Gibbs rebuilt Tyntesfield, near Wraxall, North Somerset, now a National Trust property. Part owner of SS Great Britain, supporter of the "Oxford Movement"
Whitman 66. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66661] £320.00

Die Meerenge von Gibraltar.
Von A. Petermann.
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1875.
Engraved map with hand colour. 380 x 460mm (15 x 18"). Several tears entering printed borders.
Detailed chart of the Strait of Gibraltar, with insets of Gibraltar and Ceuta, the two Pillars of Hercules. Published in Stieler's Hand-Atlas.
[Ref: 44774] £140.00

[Set of 10 Watercolour Views of Gibraltar.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
10 watercolours. Framed. Frames: 410 x 510mm (16 x 20"). Unexamined out of frames.
A set of ten watercolours views of Gibraltar, some containing the figures of soldiers and men. Views include: 'Mountains on the Barbary side of the gut of Gibraltar', 'South End of the Rock', 'Back of the Rock from the neutral ground', 'Mountains on the Spanish side of the gut of Gibraltar', 'Cork Wood, W. Gibraltar', 'O'Hara Tower from Europa', 'St Michael's Cave at Gibraltar', 'Mountains in the Bay of Altea-Spain', 'St Michael's Cave' and 'Gibraltar from Cabrita Point'.
[Ref: 47075] £2,000.00 view all images for this item

[Siege of Gibraltar, 1704-5] Ponty word geslagen, in de baey van Gibraltar (sie deese ook in de voorige) [...]
P: Schenk exc: Amst: C.P.
Etching, sheet 150 x 190mm (6 x 7½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet; foxing.
The Twelfth Siege of Gibraltar (1704-5) during the War of the Spanish Succession, in which combined Spanish and French forces laid siege to the town, which had been captured earlier in 1704 by an Anglo-Dutch naval force. After nine months the siege was finally abandoned by the French and Spanish. From a series of prints showing conflicts in the War of the Spanish Succession, published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenck.
For other prints from the same series see refs.38651-2
[Ref: 47307] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Gibraltar. Vue Générale prise au-dessus de l'Aqueduc d'Algésiras. L'Esgagne a vol d'oiseau.
A. Guesdon del. et lith. Imp. F.ois Delarue, Paris.
Paris (M.on Aumont) François Delarue, rue JJ. Rouseau 18 [n.d., c.1860].
Fine tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15¼ x 22").
A view of Gibraltar from the hills above Algeciras, with the aqueduct built 1777-83. In the foregound are Andalusians in their traditional dress, playing guitars and dancing. From a series of bird's-eye view of Spain.
[Ref: 54706] £480.00

View of the Rock of Gibraltar. Vista del Peñon de Gibraltar.
Cassien I.e. J. Martinez.
Litog. de la Revista Médica Cadiz. [n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 265 x 420mm (10½ x 16½"). Trimmed into inscriptions at side, losing publication line at bottom?, several repaired tears at edges.
A view of Gibraltar from above Algeciras, with the Romanesque aqueduct built 1777-83.
[Ref: 50673] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Rock and Town of Gibraltar.
Published 21 August, 1809 by Laurie & Whttle, No. 53, Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving, rare. 295 x 450mm, 11½ x 17¾".
View of the West Side of Gibraltar, with fine original colour.
[Ref: 20716] £480.00

Inside of a Gallery, Gibraltar.
Cooper Willyams delt. I.C. Stadler sculpt.
London: Pubd. by I. White, Fleet Street, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, image 150 x 220mm. 6 x 8¾". Trimmed to plate.
View inside a defensive fortification carved out of the natural rock of Gibraltar; soldiers and two cannons pointing through holes, a gunner pushing a wheel-barrow in foreground. After Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816), for his 'A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, one of the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. ... with a description of the battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798' (1802). Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'.
See BL 210.i.5. Abbey Travel 196, 41.
[Ref: 22162] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Gibraltar.] XXII A.
W. Douglas Macleod [ink signature.]
[n.d. c.1928.]
Drypoint etching, limited edition of 60, signed lower right. 240 x 380mm (9½ x 15"), with large margins. Small tear to sheet upper right in margin.
A view of a steamship passing the Rock of Gibraltar, by Scottish artist W. Douglas Macleod (1892-1963).
[Ref: 27319] £320.00

Gibraltar, from Algeziras. Gibilterra dalla parte d'Algiziras.
C. Bentley. Drawn from Nature by Lieut. H.E. Allen, R.l Eng.rs J.C. Bentley.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. [n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 209 x 279mm. 8¼ x 11".
A view of Gibraltar with the Peñon de Gibraltar towering over the city below; from Algeciras with the famous aqueduct in the foreground.
[Ref: 20164] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Gibraltar from the Sea. Gibilterra dal Mare.
C. Bentley. Drawn from Nature by Lieu.t H.E. Allen R.l Eng.rs. J.C. Armytage.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. [n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 209 x 279mm. 8¼ x 11".
A view from the Straits of Gibraltar, a sailing boat struggles through the rough waves; the Rock of Gibraltar as the backdrop.
[Ref: 20165] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Gibraltar, taken from the Westward.
N. Pocock del. W. Ellis sculp.
Publish'd Dec.1.1800 by Bunney & Gold.
Aquatint and explanatory text. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9".
A view of Gibraltar from the Straits, with ships on the water. This engraving was published in the 'Naval Chronicle'. Gold was the founder and publisher.
[Ref: 23322] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

[Gibraltar] Carta Esferica del Estrecho de Gibraltar…
Joachim Ballester le grabó. Joseph Assensio lo escribo.
[Madrid, c.1786.]
Engraving, 850 x 580mm.
A large sea chart of the Straits of Gibraltar, showing from Cadiz to the Rock, with the African coast opposite.
[Ref: 492] £360.00

[Gibraltar] Plano Geométrico de la Bahia de Algeriras y Gibraltar.
Grabado por D.n Juan Ant.o Salbador Carmona..
[Madrid, c.1786.]
Engraving, 790 x 530mm. Lateral crease.
A large sea chart, but also showing the defences of Algercas and Gibraltar. Published only a few years after a combined force of Spanish and French, with 100,000 men, 48 ships and 450 cannon failed to dislodge the British garrison, 1782. Engraved by Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona (1740-1805), Spanish engraver who studied with his brother Manuel Salvador.
[Ref: 1172] £420.00

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