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![Sir Jacob Astley [ms]](jpegs/32855.jpg)
Sir Jacob Astley [ms]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, platemark 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Very good impression; thread margins; glued to album sheet.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32855] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, platemark 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Very good impression; thread margins; glued to album sheet.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Lifetime impression.
State i/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32855] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Jacob Astley]](jpegs/32856.jpg)
[Sir Jacob Astley]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Good margins; tipped into album sheet at edges; pencil annotations 'very fine', 'a proof' [incorrectly] etc. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32856] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"). Good margins; tipped into album sheet at edges; pencil annotations 'very fine', 'a proof' [incorrectly] etc. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12; Ex collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 32856] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Sir Jacob Astley]](jpegs/32857.jpg)
[Sir Jacob Astley]
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"), wide margins. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32857] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1757.
Etching, sheet 165 x 130mm (6½ x 5"), wide margins. Later number removed.
Sir Jacob Astley (1579-1652), royalist army officer and one of the best-known figures of the English civil war. After serving on the continent, Astley was appointed sergeant-major-general in the second bishops' war in 1640. In the civil war Astley led forces of up to 10,000 until his defeat and capture in Stow on the Wold in 1646. After time spent in prison, Astley spent his last years at the Old Palace, Maidstone, which he had inherited from a cousin. Portrait, probably after Van Dyck, etched by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression after numbers erased.
State iv/v; W56; D12.
[Ref: 32857] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
The Combate in Paris betwixt John de Astley and Peter de Masse 29 Aug: Aº 1438. The Combate in Smithfeild betwixt the same John de Astley and Sr Philip Boyle, 30 Jan: An: 1441.
[Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[London, 1656.]
Rare etching, 17th century watermark. 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Small margins.
Two tournament scenes involving Sir John Astley of Patshull Hall, one of the most famous tournament knights of his time, flanked by eight panels with scenes before, during and after the action. The joust against Pierre de Massie in the upper scene was in the presence of Charles VII of France, ending; the lower scene is a duel, hand-to hand in armour with Philip de Boyle, before Henry VI of England. Astley was inducted into the Order of the Garter for his second victory. A plate from Dugdale's History of Warwickshire, 1656.
Pennington 530, i of ii.
[Ref: 62177] £480.00
[Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[London, 1656.]
Rare etching, 17th century watermark. 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Small margins.
Two tournament scenes involving Sir John Astley of Patshull Hall, one of the most famous tournament knights of his time, flanked by eight panels with scenes before, during and after the action. The joust against Pierre de Massie in the upper scene was in the presence of Charles VII of France, ending; the lower scene is a duel, hand-to hand in armour with Philip de Boyle, before Henry VI of England. Astley was inducted into the Order of the Garter for his second victory. A plate from Dugdale's History of Warwickshire, 1656.
Pennington 530, i of ii.
[Ref: 62177] £480.00
![[Lady's Head with feather in her hair] 15](jpegs/33023.jpg)
[Lady's Head with feather in her hair] 15
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1753.
Etching, platemark 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Very large margins; on cream laid paper. Slight creasing.
Female portrait study, 'supposed to be Lady Astley' according to Charles Dack's catalogue. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
D118 (i/iii?); W102; Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33023] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Thos. Worlidge Fecit 1753.
Etching, platemark 195 x 155mm (7¾ x 6"). Very large margins; on cream laid paper. Slight creasing.
Female portrait study, 'supposed to be Lady Astley' according to Charles Dack's catalogue. By Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
D118 (i/iii?); W102; Ex Collection of the Late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 33023] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The East View of Aston in the County of Warwick, the Seat of S.r. Lister Holte, Bar.t is humbly Inscribed by his Obliged Serv.ts Sam.l & Nath.l Buck.
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp. April 1744. 1 Garden Court Middle Temple.
Large engraving. 600 x 770mm (23½ x 30¼") with small margins. Several repairs, splits and tears.
A rare arial view of Aston Hall near Birmingham. Built in the Jacobean style by Sir Thomas Holte and completed 1635, the building passed into the possession of James Watt Jnr before becoming the first historic country house to pass into municipal ownership, 1864.
[Ref: 52627] £580.00
Sam.l & Nath.l Buck delin. et sculp. April 1744. 1 Garden Court Middle Temple.
Large engraving. 600 x 770mm (23½ x 30¼") with small margins. Several repairs, splits and tears.
A rare arial view of Aston Hall near Birmingham. Built in the Jacobean style by Sir Thomas Holte and completed 1635, the building passed into the possession of James Watt Jnr before becoming the first historic country house to pass into municipal ownership, 1864.
[Ref: 52627] £580.00
Aston Hall.
[c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 430 x 540mm, 17 x 14¼". Very trimmed, some damage, a rare survivor.
A rare arial view of Aston Hall near Birmingham. Built in the Jacobean style by Sir Thomas Holte and completed 1635, the building passed into the possession of James Watt Jnr before becoming the first historic country house to pass into municipal ownership, 1864.
[Ref: 18614] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 430 x 540mm, 17 x 14¼". Very trimmed, some damage, a rare survivor.
A rare arial view of Aston Hall near Birmingham. Built in the Jacobean style by Sir Thomas Holte and completed 1635, the building passed into the possession of James Watt Jnr before becoming the first historic country house to pass into municipal ownership, 1864.
[Ref: 18614] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The City of Astracan, the Capital of Tartary.
W.M. Craig del. R.W. Wallis sc.
Published by Nuttall, Fisher & Co. Liverpool. Feb.y 1816.
Engraving. 210 x 272mm. 8¼ x 10¾". Some toning along edges.
A view of Astrakhan, in southern European Russia and the administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast. The river behind is that of the Volga River, which leads directly to the Caspian Sea.
[Ref: 25844] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
W.M. Craig del. R.W. Wallis sc.
Published by Nuttall, Fisher & Co. Liverpool. Feb.y 1816.
Engraving. 210 x 272mm. 8¼ x 10¾". Some toning along edges.
A view of Astrakhan, in southern European Russia and the administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast. The river behind is that of the Volga River, which leads directly to the Caspian Sea.
[Ref: 25844] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
La Fontaine Enchantée de la Verité d'Amour. Dédiée à Monsieur Alexandre Roslin, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal [...]
Dessiné par C.N. Cochin, Chevalier de l'Ordre de St. Michel / Gravé a l'Eau forte par Aug. de St Aubin, et terminé au Burin par C.F. Macret
a Paris chez Demonchy Graveur Cloitre St. Benoit la 1.re porte cochere à gauche par la rue des Mathurins A.P.D.R.
Engraving, sheet 315 x 380mm (12½ x 15"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Illustration to Honoré d'Urfé's prose romance 'Astrée': Celadon, Silvandre, Astrée and Diane, followed by two unicorns, approach the enchanted fountain of the truth of love, which is protected by two lions.
[Ref: 38615] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par C.N. Cochin, Chevalier de l'Ordre de St. Michel / Gravé a l'Eau forte par Aug. de St Aubin, et terminé au Burin par C.F. Macret
a Paris chez Demonchy Graveur Cloitre St. Benoit la 1.re porte cochere à gauche par la rue des Mathurins A.P.D.R.
Engraving, sheet 315 x 380mm (12½ x 15"). Trimmed inside platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Illustration to Honoré d'Urfé's prose romance 'Astrée': Celadon, Silvandre, Astrée and Diane, followed by two unicorns, approach the enchanted fountain of the truth of love, which is protected by two lions.
[Ref: 38615] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Baie De Sarah’s Bosom (Iles Auckland)
Dessiné par Le Breton. lith.par Sabatier. Imp par Lemercier.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 280 x 340mm (11 x 13¼"). Publisher's blind stamp.
The Astrolabe & Zélée anchored off the Auckland Islands, 300 miles south of South Island, New Zealand. For eight days in March 1840 the expedition's scientists explored the region, collecting bird, plant and rock samples. Their surgeon, Louis Le Breton, painted this scene From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster.
[Ref: 35522] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Le Breton. lith.par Sabatier. Imp par Lemercier.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph with very large margins. Printed area 280 x 340mm (11 x 13¼"). Publisher's blind stamp.
The Astrolabe & Zélée anchored off the Auckland Islands, 300 miles south of South Island, New Zealand. For eight days in March 1840 the expedition's scientists explored the region, collecting bird, plant and rock samples. Their surgeon, Louis Le Breton, painted this scene From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster.
[Ref: 35522] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
L'Astrolabe faisant de l'eau sur un glaçon, 6 Février 1838.
Dessiné par L. Le Breton. Lith.é par E. de Laplante. Lith. de Thierry Frères, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Publisher's blind stamp.
The crew of the Astrolabe making drinking water from the Antarctic ice. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster.
[Ref: 11046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par L. Le Breton. Lith.é par E. de Laplante. Lith. de Thierry Frères, Paris.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1840-54.]
Lithograph. Printed area 280 x 340mm. Publisher's blind stamp.
The crew of the Astrolabe making drinking water from the Antarctic ice. From 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster.
[Ref: 11046] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Rives du Bio Bio a Six Milles de Conception.
Dessiné par Le Breton, lith.par Bichbois. Imp Lemercier, Benard et c.e.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1846.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Backing paper browned, not affecting image.
A view of the Bio Bio region of Chile, painted by Louis Le Breton and published in the first volume of 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Le Breton (1818-1866) was the surgeon on the voyage but became illustator after the death of the original artist.
[Ref: 43289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné par Le Breton, lith.par Bichbois. Imp Lemercier, Benard et c.e.
Gide Editeur. [Paris, 1846.]
Hand coloured lithograph on india. 265 x 405mm (10½ x 16"). Backing paper browned, not affecting image.
A view of the Bio Bio region of Chile, painted by Louis Le Breton and published in the first volume of 'Voyage au pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée 1837-1840', the account of Jules Dumont D'Urville's second expedition to the South Seas. The 31 volumes took 14 years to publish, not helped by D'Urville's death in the famous Versailles Rail Accident of 1842, the first French railway disaster. Le Breton (1818-1866) was the surgeon on the voyage but became illustator after the death of the original artist.
[Ref: 43289] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Les Corvettes L'Astrolabe et la Zélée. aux ordres du Ct. Dumont D'Urville, dans le coup de vent du Janvier 1840. Parages de cercle Polaire Antarctique.
Dess. et Lith. par Louis Le Breton.
Imp. Auguste Bry, 114 r. du Bac, Paris. [n.d., c.1845.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 450 x 635mm (17¾ x 25"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Nicks in edges.
One of two very rare separately-published lithographs, this showing the Astrolabe and the Zélée in a hurricane, surrounded by icebergs and penguins. In 1837 Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was sent to try to claim the southern magnetic pole for France. He returned to home in 1840 and was killed in France's first railway disaster two years later.
[Ref: 45618] £850.00
Dess. et Lith. par Louis Le Breton.
Imp. Auguste Bry, 114 r. du Bac, Paris. [n.d., c.1845.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 450 x 635mm (17¾ x 25"). Trimmed at bottom, losing publication line. Nicks in edges.
One of two very rare separately-published lithographs, this showing the Astrolabe and the Zélée in a hurricane, surrounded by icebergs and penguins. In 1837 Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790-1842) was sent to try to claim the southern magnetic pole for France. He returned to home in 1840 and was killed in France's first railway disaster two years later.
[Ref: 45618] £850.00
L'Astrolabe and Zelée. {French Corvets}.
Berlin, F. Sala & Co. Unter d. Linden 51. [n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 362 x 476mm. 14¼ x 18¾". Grubby.
In a storm, the Astrolabe and Zelée were famous for their travels with Jules Dumont d'Urville and his explorations of the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
[Ref: 25048] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Berlin, F. Sala & Co. Unter d. Linden 51. [n.d. c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. 362 x 476mm. 14¼ x 18¾". Grubby.
In a storm, the Astrolabe and Zelée were famous for their travels with Jules Dumont d'Urville and his explorations of the south and western Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica.
[Ref: 25048] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![Inauguration du Monument [elevé par l'Astrolabe à lapérouse à Vanikoro.]](jpegs/8178.jpg)
Inauguration du Monument [elevé par l'Astrolabe à lapérouse à Vanikoro.]
de Sainson pinxt. Vanderburch Lith. Fig. par V. Adam
[J. Tastu]
Lithograph. Printed area 325 x 470mm (12¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to image top and bottom, losing half of title.
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. Here the ship's crew assemble for the inauguration of a monument to La Pérouse in Vanikoro on 14th March, 1828. La Pérouse was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in the Pacific around 1788. A number of expeditions were sent in search of him before Dumont d'Urville found the remains of his ships in the Solomon Islands.
[Ref: 8178] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
de Sainson pinxt. Vanderburch Lith. Fig. par V. Adam
[J. Tastu]
Lithograph. Printed area 325 x 470mm (12¾ x 18½"). Trimmed to image top and bottom, losing half of title.
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. Here the ship's crew assemble for the inauguration of a monument to La Pérouse in Vanikoro on 14th March, 1828. La Pérouse was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in the Pacific around 1788. A number of expeditions were sent in search of him before Dumont d'Urville found the remains of his ships in the Solomon Islands.
[Ref: 8178] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
S. Cunningham's Adventure with his Old Nurse and Astrologer.
W. Jett delin. J. Basire sculp.
[Birmingham: R. Walker, 1742.]
Engraving. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12").
Scene in an astrologer's study, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. Plate to Charles Johnson's (fl.1724 - 1731) 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c. To which is added, A Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates...' published by R. Walker, Birmingham, 1742. Inscribed 'Page 32' upper left.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 39878] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
W. Jett delin. J. Basire sculp.
[Birmingham: R. Walker, 1742.]
Engraving. 200 x 310mm (8 x 12").
Scene in an astrologer's study, with stuffed animals and animal skeletons suspended from the ceiling, specimen jars on the window ledge and globes and a compass on the desk behind. Plate to Charles Johnson's (fl.1724 - 1731) 'A General and True History of the Lives and Actions of the most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, &c. To which is added, A Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Noted Pirates...' published by R. Walker, Birmingham, 1742. Inscribed 'Page 32' upper left.
Ex: Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 39878] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
L'Astrologie. Mon jour est dans la nuit & lenoir de ses voiles...
Huret Inventor. Rouffelet fecit. de l'impression de Marionette Avec Privilege.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 210mm (12 x 8¼''), with large margins.
An allegorical depiction of astrology, shown as a woman with one hand on a globe and a telescope in the other.
[Ref: 51141] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Huret Inventor. Rouffelet fecit. de l'impression de Marionette Avec Privilege.
[n.d., c.1730.]
Engraving. Plate: 310 x 210mm (12 x 8¼''), with large margins.
An allegorical depiction of astrology, shown as a woman with one hand on a globe and a telescope in the other.
[Ref: 51141] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
L'Astrologie. S.5.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astrology, with an eagle on a plinth, globes and a telescope.
[Ref: 59100] £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.]
Rare etching. 165 x 110mm (6½ x 4¼"). Small margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astrology, with an eagle on a plinth, globes and a telescope.
[Ref: 59100] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Astronomers.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching. Sheet 50 x 70mm (2 x 2¾"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Two men use a telescope to examine a star. Probably one panel of an alphabet of sciences.
[Ref: 66682] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching. Sheet 50 x 70mm (2 x 2¾"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
Two men use a telescope to examine a star. Probably one panel of an alphabet of sciences.
[Ref: 66682] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Relox Astronomico. Tomo I, N.o4 Lamina 32.
R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. 1824.
Finely coloured aquatint, sheet 240 x 140 (9½ x 5½").
An astronomical device.
[Ref: 56985] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c. 1824.
Finely coloured aquatint, sheet 240 x 140 (9½ x 5½").
An astronomical device.
[Ref: 56985] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![Die sichtbare Seite der Mon-Oberflache. [The visible side of the Moon's Surface.]](jpegs/56912.jpg)
Die sichtbare Seite der Mon-Oberflache. [The visible side of the Moon's Surface.]
Steiler's Hand-Atlas N.o 2. u. 3. Gotha: Justus Perthes 1872.
Chromolithograph. 375 x 460mm (14¾ x 18"). Some minor toning around the edges. Folded along central crease as normal.
An impressively detailed map of the moon's topographical features as well as a small inset diagram that shows the daily changes of the lunar phase. This sort of detail was typical of the maps designed by Adolf Stieler. His 'Handatlas' enjoyed huge popularity as a scientific publication, and ran from 1816 to 1945 in ten editions.
[Ref: 56912] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Steiler's Hand-Atlas N.o 2. u. 3. Gotha: Justus Perthes 1872.
Chromolithograph. 375 x 460mm (14¾ x 18"). Some minor toning around the edges. Folded along central crease as normal.
An impressively detailed map of the moon's topographical features as well as a small inset diagram that shows the daily changes of the lunar phase. This sort of detail was typical of the maps designed by Adolf Stieler. His 'Handatlas' enjoyed huge popularity as a scientific publication, and ran from 1816 to 1945 in ten editions.
[Ref: 56912] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Astronomy.]](jpegs/56934.jpg)
[Astronomy.] Come forth O Man, yon azure Round survey [...]. Baker on the Universe.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Bottom margin trimmed to plate mark. Repaired damage to title area. Repaired wormhole in top margin.
A frontispiece to an edition of Henry Baker's 1730 poem 'On the Universe', illustrated with a scene of five people using telescopes, an armillary sphere and a globe in a classical garden. Compasses, telescopes and other astronomical instruments litter the ground.
See: Science Museum 13619.
[Ref: 56934] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. 200 x 120mm (8 x 4¾"). Bottom margin trimmed to plate mark. Repaired damage to title area. Repaired wormhole in top margin.
A frontispiece to an edition of Henry Baker's 1730 poem 'On the Universe', illustrated with a scene of five people using telescopes, an armillary sphere and a globe in a classical garden. Compasses, telescopes and other astronomical instruments litter the ground.
See: Science Museum 13619.
[Ref: 56934] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
L'Astronomie. S.4.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astronomy, with measuring tools and a telescope.
[Ref: 59098] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Rare etching. 165 x 115mm (6½ x 4½"), large margins on 3 sides.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Astronomy, with measuring tools and a telescope.
[Ref: 59098] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
The Comet Of 1811.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See also reference 56815. See Yale. D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers.
[Ref: 60548] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See also reference 56815. See Yale. D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers.
[Ref: 60548] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Kepler & Aristarchus at y.e opposition. at y.e quadratures.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margins. Holes where previously bound. No plate mark left and right.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60551] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased in margins. Holes where previously bound. No plate mark left and right.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60551] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
The Swan. The Harp.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked 'II Smith'. No plate mark left and right.
Two constellations. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60553] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked 'II Smith'. No plate mark left and right.
Two constellations. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60553] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)
Two Views of Jupiter.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60560] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Creased in margin. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60560] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulous Phenomena.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60561] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60561] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)
Stellar & Cometic Nebulae.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60562] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60562] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Moon during the great Solar Eclipse Sep.t 7 1820.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60563] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60563] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Double Stary Andromeda. Double Star a Hercules. Double Star E Bootes.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked '1818'. Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60565] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"), on paper watermarked '1818'. Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60565] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulous Phenomena.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60566] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. Creased. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60566] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulous Phenomena.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60567] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce engraving, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60567] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulae. Treple Star in Monoceros.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60568] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60568] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nebulae.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60569] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60569] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Kepler & Aristarchus at y.e opposition. at y.e quadratures.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60570] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce mezzotint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left.
A view of lunar craters. From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60570] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Telescopic apperance of the Pleiades.
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60576] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J. Blunt, Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60576] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G.t Nebulous spot in Orion. The constellation Orion.
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at top and bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60577] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 105 x 175mm (4 x 7). Time stained. No plate mark at top and bottom.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
See: D. Alexander Dictionary of English & Irish Engravers. See Yale.
[Ref: 60577] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Astronomie. 159. Suppl Pl 8.
Benard Direx.
[n.d. c.1780].
Copper engraving, 18th century watermark, 355 x 235mm (14 x 9¼"). Thread margin on right. Couple of brown spots, crease.
Most likely from the 1780's five-volume supplement to 'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,' edited by Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, with the aid of Quensay, Montesquieu, Voltaire, J. J. Rousseau, Turgot, and others.
[Ref: 60628] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Benard Direx.
[n.d. c.1780].
Copper engraving, 18th century watermark, 355 x 235mm (14 x 9¼"). Thread margin on right. Couple of brown spots, crease.
Most likely from the 1780's five-volume supplement to 'Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers,' edited by Denis Diderot and Jean d'Alembert, with the aid of Quensay, Montesquieu, Voltaire, J. J. Rousseau, Turgot, and others.
[Ref: 60628] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ptolemy & Euclid] Universitas rerum ut pulvis in manu Jehovae.](jpegs/60759.jpg)
[Ptolemy & Euclid] Universitas rerum ut pulvis in manu Jehovae.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 125 x 150mm (5 x 6"). Trimmed from larger sheet, mounted on album paper, tear in top right corner due to mounting glue, remains of red-lettered title underneath.
Full-length portrait of Claudius Ptolemy and Euclid holding instruments, with an armillary sphere held by a disembodied hand between them. The Latin motto translates as 'The universe is as a handful of dust in the hand of God'. This is later version of an engraving used as a vignette on the titlepage of Girolamo Cardano's 'Opera omnia', 1663.
[Ref: 60759] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 125 x 150mm (5 x 6"). Trimmed from larger sheet, mounted on album paper, tear in top right corner due to mounting glue, remains of red-lettered title underneath.
Full-length portrait of Claudius Ptolemy and Euclid holding instruments, with an armillary sphere held by a disembodied hand between them. The Latin motto translates as 'The universe is as a handful of dust in the hand of God'. This is later version of an engraving used as a vignette on the titlepage of Girolamo Cardano's 'Opera omnia', 1663.
[Ref: 60759] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Astronomy] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, &c. This Magazine is most humbly Dedicated by the Proprietors.](jpegs/62376.jpg)
[Astronomy] To his Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, &c. This Magazine is most humbly Dedicated by the Proprietors.
B. Cole sc.
[London: John Hinton, c.1752.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, small tear taped, paper toned.
The prince (later George III) is given a lesson in astronomy, an adaptation of Le Bas's engraving of Galileo giving a demonstration to the Doge of Venice. The frontispiece from an issue of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62376] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
B. Cole sc.
[London: John Hinton, c.1752.]
Engraving. 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4"). Trimmed into plate on left, small tear taped, paper toned.
The prince (later George III) is given a lesson in astronomy, an adaptation of Le Bas's engraving of Galileo giving a demonstration to the Doge of Venice. The frontispiece from an issue of the Universal Magazine, an early periodical, published monthly from 1747-1814.
[Ref: 62376] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Astronomy. Fitzgeralds General Preceptor Vol. pa:
London Publish'd by C. Taylor Holborn Dec.r 1 1795
Stipple printed in sepia, sheet 205 x 110mm (8 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark on right offset.
Female figure alongide telescope and astronomical instruments, with a starry sky behind.
[Ref: 46020] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
London Publish'd by C. Taylor Holborn Dec.r 1 1795
Stipple printed in sepia, sheet 205 x 110mm (8 x 4¼"). Trimmed inside platemark on right offset.
Female figure alongide telescope and astronomical instruments, with a starry sky behind.
[Ref: 46020] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
![[Telescope and Cross-staff.]](jpegs/56822.jpg)
[Telescope and Cross-staff.]
S. Fokke in fe.
[Amsterdam, c.1745.]
Engraving. 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"), with large margins. Some slight staining.
Two scenes on one plate. On the left a group use a telescope to look at the stars. On the right a navigator uses a cross-staff from a ship, looking up at the Plough (Big Dipper); the plate demonstrates how to use the asterism to locate Polaris.
[Ref: 56822] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
S. Fokke in fe.
[Amsterdam, c.1745.]
Engraving. 150 x 235mm (6 x 9¼"), with large margins. Some slight staining.
Two scenes on one plate. On the left a group use a telescope to look at the stars. On the right a navigator uses a cross-staff from a ship, looking up at the Plough (Big Dipper); the plate demonstrates how to use the asterism to locate Polaris.
[Ref: 56822] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Astronomy] To the worshipfull Andrew Lant of Thorp=underwood in the county of Northampton Esq.r this plate is humbly dedicated by Richard Blome.](jpegs/51244.jpg)
[Astronomy] To the worshipfull Andrew Lant of Thorp=underwood in the county of Northampton Esq.r this plate is humbly dedicated by Richard Blome.
G. Freman Inv. J. Kip S.
[London: Richard Blome, c.1680.]
Engraving. 275 x 155mm (10¾ x 6"). Narrow margins.
Four men in classical dress stand on a terrace watching a comet, one looking through a telescope (the wrong way!). Around them are a globe, an astrolabe, diagrams and various measuring devices. Possibly from Blome's 'The Gentleman’s Recreation'
Wellcome Library no. 46392i.
[Ref: 51244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
G. Freman Inv. J. Kip S.
[London: Richard Blome, c.1680.]
Engraving. 275 x 155mm (10¾ x 6"). Narrow margins.
Four men in classical dress stand on a terrace watching a comet, one looking through a telescope (the wrong way!). Around them are a globe, an astrolabe, diagrams and various measuring devices. Possibly from Blome's 'The Gentleman’s Recreation'
Wellcome Library no. 46392i.
[Ref: 51244] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[8 illustrations of astronomy.]](jpegs/56835.jpg)
[8 illustrations of astronomy.]
Jaede del. G. Brinckmann sculps.t Leipzig.
Druck von Voigt & Günther [n.d., c.1850.]
Steel engraving with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾").
Eight numbered vignette illustrations: an observatory building, the Moon, Saturn, a telescope, a reflecting telescope, a celestial globe, how to observe an eclipse via a reflection in water and a comet.
[Ref: 56835] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Jaede del. G. Brinckmann sculps.t Leipzig.
Druck von Voigt & Günther [n.d., c.1850.]
Steel engraving with hand colour. Sheet 255 x 195mm (10 x 7¾").
Eight numbered vignette illustrations: an observatory building, the Moon, Saturn, a telescope, a reflecting telescope, a celestial globe, how to observe an eclipse via a reflection in water and a comet.
[Ref: 56835] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Solar Spots. The Comet of 1811. Telescopic Appearances of Venus. Telescopic Appearances of Mars. The Great Meteor of November 13 1803.
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[London: Sir Richard Phillips, c.1823.]
Three mezzotint plates on one sheet, scarce. Sheet 450 x 270mm (17¾ x 10½"). Some damage, creasing, laid on archival paper.
From 'The Atlas of Nature: being a Graphic Display of the Most Interesting Subjects in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, for Study and Reference.
[Ref: 56815] £360.00
Neele & Son Sc. 353 Strand.
[London: Sir Richard Phillips, c.1823.]
Three mezzotint plates on one sheet, scarce. Sheet 450 x 270mm (17¾ x 10½"). Some damage, creasing, laid on archival paper.
From 'The Atlas of Nature: being a Graphic Display of the Most Interesting Subjects in the Three Kingdoms of Nature, for Study and Reference.
[Ref: 56815] £360.00
The Starry Heavens.
W. Wright 13 St Georges Road [n.d., c.1800].
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼").
A man in contemporary dress looks up at the stars and moon.
[Ref: 56783] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
W. Wright 13 St Georges Road [n.d., c.1800].
Engraving. Sheet 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5¼").
A man in contemporary dress looks up at the stars and moon.
[Ref: 56783] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Astronomy.]](jpegs/56780.jpg)
[Astronomy.]
P. Violet pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1 1792 by C. Suisan & Sold by J.F. Tomkins No 49 New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), with large margins
A child holding a telescope, looking up at a beam of light.
De Vesme: 574, state iii of iv.
[Ref: 56780] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
P. Violet pinxt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub.d Jan.y 1 1792 by C. Suisan & Sold by J.F. Tomkins No 49 New Bond Street.
Stipple, proof before title. 175 x 120mm (7 x 4¾"), with large margins
A child holding a telescope, looking up at a beam of light.
De Vesme: 574, state iii of iv.
[Ref: 56780] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Astronomy.
Ralph Willett inv. Wm. Collins fec. James Caldwall sculp.
[London: John Willett, 1785.]
Etching, 295 x 455mm (11½ x 18").
An illustration of a frieze featuring a woman in classical dress, one hand on an armillary sphere, the other pointing at the sky. From Ralph Willett's 'A Description of the Library at Merly in the county of Dorset', a description of hisdecoration of his library. Because the plates were such different sizes they could not be bound together, so sets are rarely complete.
[Ref: 9543] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ralph Willett inv. Wm. Collins fec. James Caldwall sculp.
[London: John Willett, 1785.]
Etching, 295 x 455mm (11½ x 18").
An illustration of a frieze featuring a woman in classical dress, one hand on an armillary sphere, the other pointing at the sky. From Ralph Willett's 'A Description of the Library at Merly in the county of Dorset', a description of hisdecoration of his library. Because the plates were such different sizes they could not be bound together, so sets are rarely complete.
[Ref: 9543] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Sun.
I. Blunt. Jun.r Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
[Ref: 60573] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
I. Blunt. Jun.r Del.t. W. Read Sculp.t.
[Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., Bride-Court, Bridge. Street. 1821]
Very scarce aquatint, sheet 175 x 105mm (7 x 4"). Time stained. No plate mark left and right.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed : in twenty lectures / by the author of The hundred wonders of the world,' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
[Ref: 60573] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)