Grosvenor Prints

A View from the West Side of the Island in the Garden of the Hon.ble Charles Hamilton Esq.r at Painshill near Cobham in Surry.
W. Woollett del. et sculp.
Printed for Robert Sayer in Fleet Street, John Bowles in Cornhil, Carington Bowles in St.Pauls Church Yard, John Boydell in Cheapside, and Henry Parker in Cornhill [n.d., 1760].
Coloured engraving. Sheet 355 x 480mm (14 x 19"). Trimmed to image on three sides.
A view from Grotto Island with the Chinese Bridge in the foreground, with a view across the lake, at Painshill Park, Surrey. A group is out on the water in a small hand-powered paddle-driven boat. Designed and created between 1738-73 by Charles Hamilton MP, the gardens moved away from geometric formality to a new naturalistic style. It is now regarded as one of the finest remaining examples of an 18th century English landscape park.
Fagan 38, II.
[Ref: 58723] £350.00

John Palmer. Visibilia Temporaria.
W. Hogarth Pinx. B. Baron Sculp.
1749.
Rare etching, sheet 100 x 65mm (4 x 2¾") Trimmed within plate.
Portrait of John Palmer (1749- (fl.)), Barrister of the Inner Temple, bust to the left, wearing cravat and cap, in circle; arms below and motto 'Visibilia Temporaria'.
R. Paulson page 14. BM C.C.1.148.
[Ref: 59105] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Pan et Sirinx. Ovid. metam. livr. I.
N. Poussin pinxit, B. Picart sculpsit 1724.
Etching, sheet 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Trimmed within plate, losing plate number. One repaired wormhole.
Pan chasing Syrinx on a reed-fringed river bank. Two river nymphs are visible in the foreground on the right. In continuation of the legend; she asked for their assistance and they transformed her into hollow water reeds that made a haunting sound when the god's frustrated breath blew across them. Pan cut the reeds to fashion the first set of panpipes, named syrinx after her.
Andresen: 359.
[Ref: 58990] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

An Inside View of the Pantheon exhibiting their Majesties Box &c. as fitted up under the direction of Mr James Wyatt, for the Commemoration of Handel. European Magazine.
J. Dixon del.t. Angus sculp.
Published as the Act directs by J. Sewell May 25, 1784.
Etching with engraving. 205 x 260mm (8 x 10¼"). Trimmed into plate at sides, original binding folds.
The Pantheon, a place of public entertainment on the south side of Oxford Street, was designed by James Wyatt and opened in 1772. It was named after the temple in Rome because of its rotunda, over one of the largest rooms in England, as shown here.
[Ref: 58667] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Book 3, line 301 [Satan viewing the ascent to Heaven].
J. Martin 1824 [inside image]. Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r.
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1825. Printed by Chatfield & C.o.
Fine mezzotint with etching, plate 270 x 195mm (10½ x 7¾"), with very large margins.
Satan crouching on dark rocks (or clouds) on the left, holds his spear in his left hand and leans on his right hand and knee, looking back over his shoulder towards a broad staircase rising towards the shining gates of Heaven, where angels ascend. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. Line 301 is given to this image rather than 501 from which it is taken, likely to be a mistake made by a letter engraver rather than Martin himself. From the Imperial Folio Edition.
CW 57. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58897] £480.00

Book 4 line 453 [Eve at the Fountain].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1825.
Mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Eve stands at the edge of a pool, dipping one toe in the water, raising her hand to her head in surprise at her reflection, in a verdant landscape with banks of wild, overhanging trees, of all varieties. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio. Issued in Part IV of Prowett's smaller format edditions of Paradise Lost in the Summer of 1825.
CW 58. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58901] £480.00

Book 4 line 502 [Satan Contemplating].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1826. Printed by J. Lahee.
Fine mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Adam and Eve sit together in a gentle embrace on the left while Satan watches from behind a tall, gnarled tree. Behind them a lovely landscape that recedes into light. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio.
CW 59. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58906] £520.00

Book 4, line 886 [Angels guarding Paradise at Night].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1825 Printed by Chatfield & C.o
Mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
An angel equipped with a helmet and spear stands on a clifftop, shining with light in the darkness, with several smaller spirits around it, keeping watch, with Paradise below, the moon and stars above and a small patch of light among the trees where other angels keep watch on land. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From Part V of Prowett's smaller Paradise Lost publications. From the Imperial Folio Edition.
CW 61. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58895] £320.00

Book 5. line 136. [Paradise- Adam and Eve - The Morning Hymn].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, Printed by J. Lahee. [n.d. c.1825]
Mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
A view of Paradise, with a lake in the centre, trees forming a pyramid on the opposite bank, ringed by woods behind, swans on the water, preparing to fly. Adam and Eve to left, on a low hill with tall trees and weeping willows at the edge of the lake behind them, bowing in prayer, as the sunlight breaks across the horizon. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio.
CW 62. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58908] £360.00

Book 5 Line 308. [Paradise - with the Approach of the Archangel Raphael]
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r. Printed by J. Lahee.
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street. [n.d. c.1825]
Mezzotint with etching. Plate 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with very large margins.
Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, are shocked by the emergence of the Archangel Raphael coming through the trees. From a series of prints illustrating John Milton's (1608-1674) 'Paradise Lost', first published in 1667, consisting of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Begun by early 1824, this series of engravings was the result of a comission from a little known American publisher Septimus Prowett, who approached Martin to produce mezzotint illustrations to accompany an issue of Milton's text. Prowett's publication was released in four different proof forms.
CW 63. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58914] £350.00

Book 5 line 519 [Rapahel conversing with Adam and Eve].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1826. Printed by J. Lahee.
Fine mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Adam, Eve and the Archangel Raphael sit in the mouth of a mossy cave chatting, Raphael gestures while doing so. Against a beautiful landscape background sloping towards a lake which recedes into a bright light. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. One of the only two subjects amongst Martin's Paradise Lost engravings to repeat the design of an earlier painting, however in reverse. From the Imperial Folio.
CW 64. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58904] £420.00

Book 7 line 339 [Creation of Light].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1825. Printed by Chatfield & Coleman.
Fine mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
God dividing night and day, his ghostly image can be seen in the sky above the sea. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio Edition.
CW 65. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58900] £420.00

Book 9 Line 780. [Satan tempting Eve]
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r. Printed by Chatfield & Co.
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street. 1826.
Fine mezzotint with etching. Fully lettered proof. Plate 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with very large margins.
Satan tempting Eve; Eve standing under a tree at the edge of a pool, reaching up with one hand to hold a bough, around which Satan, disguised as a serpent, is entwined, holding an apple in the other, listening to the snake. From a series of large size issue illustrating John Milton's (1608-1674) 'Paradise Lost', first published in 1667, consisting of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Begun by early 1824, this series of engravings was the result of a commission from a little known American publisher Septimus Prowett, who approached Martin to produce mezzotint illustrations to accompany an issue of Milton's text. Prowett's publication was released in four different proof forms.
CW 42. Balston 9a4(A).
[Ref: 58911] £650.00

Book 1 Line 710. [Pandemonium]
J. Martin .1824 [within image]. Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r.
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23 Old Bond Street. 1825.
Mezzotint with etching, on 19th century watermarked paper, plate 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with very large margins. Repaired tear bottom right margin.
Satan stands on a cliff in the foreground, holding his spear, inciting hordes of angels assembled on the rocks below him to rebel, gesturing with his right hand towards the city of pandemonium, with a dome looming in the darkness behind thick, fortified walls. From a series of large size issue illustrating John Milton's (1608-1674) 'Paradise Lost', first published in 1667, consisting of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Begun by early 1824, this series of engravings was the result of a comission from a little known American publisher Septimus Prowett, who approached Martin to produce mezzotint illustrations to accompany an issue of Milton's text. Prowett's publication was released in four different proof forms.
CW 29. Balston 9a4(A).
[Ref: 58912] £650.00

Book 10, line_ 863 [Adam reproving Eve].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row, 1826. Printed by Chatfield & C.o
Fine mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Adam stands on the left, raises his left arm as he reprimands Eve, who kneels in front of him, covering her face with her hands and her hair, both are clothed in animal skins. A gnarled tree to the left of them, and the luxuriant landscape of Paradise immersed in gloom in the background. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio Edition.
CW 70. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58896] £350.00

Book 10, Line 863. [Adam reproving Eve]
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r. Printed by J. Lahee.
Published by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row. 1826.
Fine mezzotint, with etching. Platemark: 255 x 350mm (10 x 13¾"), with very large margins. Repaired tears in margins.
Adam reproving Eve; Adam standing on the left, clothed in animal skins, is seen raising his left arm as he reproves Eve, who kneels in front of him, covering her face with her hands and hair. From a series of large size issue illustrating John Milton's (1608-1674) 'Paradise Lost', first published in 1667, consisting of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. The poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man, the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Begun by early 1824, this series of engravings was the result of a comission from a little known American publisher Septimus Prowett, who approached Martin to produce mezzotint illustrations to accompany an issue of Milton's text. Prowett's publication was released in four different proof forms; this print is from the 'Imperial Folio Edition' but not bound up at publication time.
CW 46. Balston 9a4(A).
[Ref: 58913] £650.00

Book 11, line 226 [Approach of the Archangel Michael].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 62 Paternoster Row, 1826. Printed by Chatfield & C.o
Mezzotint with etching, 19th century watermark EVD? plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Adam and Eve, clothed in animal skins, standing on a height in Paradise, a gnarled tree on the left, Adam holding Eve by the arm and looking over his shoulder towards a shocking light breaking behind a tree-covered mountain in the distance to right, heralding the approach of the archangel. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio Edition.
CW 72. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58894] £380.00

Book 11, line 78 [Heaven - the Rivers of Bliss].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 23, Old Bond Street, 1825.
Fine mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Two angels on a rock in the foreground create music, one plays a harp, the other a trumpet. In the midground a beautiful lake surrounded by trees and hills, with groups of angels on the banks. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio Edition. Published in the third part of Prowett's smaller edditions of Paradise Lost, prior to the large plate of this subject (CW 47).
CW 71.Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58899] £420.00

Book 12, line 641. [Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise].
Designed & Engraved by J. Martin Esq.r
London Published by Septimus Prowett, 62, Paternoster Row. Printed by Chatfield & C.o. [n.d. c.1827]
Mezzotint with etching, plate 195 x 270mm (7¾x 10½"), with very large margins.
Adam and Eve cast out of Paradise into the night of a dark desolate rocky landscape. llustration to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. From the Imperial Folio.
CW 73. Balston 9a4(C).
[Ref: 58909] £360.00

Paris. Engraved after an Original Picture of the same size Painted by Rosalba.
WP. [Engraved by William Smith after Rosalba Carriera]
Published April 14 1773 & sold by Tho.s Pether Berwick, Street, Soho.
Rare mezzotint, title area uncleaned. 460 x 310mm (18 x 12¼), with large margins. Creasing in margins.
Head and shoulders portrait of a young man as Paris, a sheepskin over his shoulder, holding up an apple. The British Museum has a scratch letter proof before title, with the inscription 'W.Smith, Pupil to M. W. Pether Fecit'; it is possible that William Pether intended to put his name on the finished print, accounting for the 'WP' monogram on this example. As we can find only these two impressions it might never have been published. Smith's career was short, with plates dated 1773-6; it is said that in later life he became a stockbroker.
See BM 1858,1113.23 for the proof. CS 5, describing the BM's proof, this state not listed.
[Ref: 58828] £690.00

Explanation of a View of the City of Paris, exhibiting in the Panorama, Strand.
[n.d., c.1826.]
Etched keyplate. Sheet 305 x 425mm (12 x 16¾"). Original folds, old repairs, slight soiling and creasing.
The keyplate to a panorama of Paris from the Place de la Concord (here named 'Place Louis 16', used 1826-30), exhibited at the Panorama in the Strand, London. Thomas Edward Barker, son of the Robert Barker who coined the word 'panorama', opened a rival exhibition site with artist Ramsay Richard Reinagle in 1801, at 168-9 The Strand.
See: Ref: 56281, 53539 & 59116
[Ref: 58762] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Houses of Parliament on Fire.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Rare mezzotint mounted in card, card 195 x 230mm (7¾ x 9").
An almost-monochrome view of the Houses of Parliament on fire in 1834, with soldiers fighting the blaze, is enhanced with vibrant colour when held up to the light.
[Ref: 58963] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, &c, &c, &c. Price 5 Shil
William Hoare Pinx.t. J. M. Ardell Fecit
[n.d. c.1750]
Mezzotint, print 390 x 275mm (15½ x 10¾"). Trimmed to plate and glued to album sheet.
Almost whole-length, seated portrait of politician Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1693-1768), his right hand extended, eyes to front. He wears Garter robes and wig. Seems to be the published state before publication line added. In 1711 inherited the enormous wealth of his uncle John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle whose surname he took. Created Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1715 as a reward for his support of the Hanoverian cause at the time of the first Jacobite rebellion. Held political office almost continuously from 1724. First Lord of the Treasury (Prime Minister), 1754-56 and 1757-62, and Lord Privy Seal 1765-66.
Goodwin 176.II. CS 136.II.
[Ref: 58888] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

Children Endow'd and Property Secured by the Pelican Life Insurance Company.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet 155 x 305mm (6 x 12"). Trimmed, laid on album paper, glue stains.
A scene of classical figures, probably the head piece to an insurance policy. The group was designed by Lady Diana Beauclerk and sculptured by John de Veere of the Coade stone factory. It is now in Horniman Museum.
[Ref: 58957] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

S.t Peter. In the Collection of J. Barnard Esq.r.
Spagnolet pinx.t. Ja.s M.c Ardell fecit.
[n.d. c.1740.]
Fine mezzotint, 18th century watermark, plate 330 x 230mm (13 x 9"). Small margins. Several creases to left edge, some spots.
Portrait of St Peter with a fish in right hand, holding the hook in left hand. Looking towards the viewer, wearing a loose dark garment, open at the throat.
Goodwin 103.
[Ref: 58898] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Petrus Alexeewitz Magnus Dominus Tzar Et Magnus Dux Moscoviae.
Iussu Britannicae Majestatis Godefridus Kneller Eques ad viuum Pinxit. 1697. I. Smith Fecit & excudit.
[n.d. c.1698]
Mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet. Slight nicks at edges.
A fine impression of this half length portrait of Peter I the Great (1672-1725) in an oval frame ornamented with branches. He has a thin moutache and wears armour and an ermine robe fastened by two large jewels and a string of pearls. On the base supporting oval frame lies a crown, orb, sword and sceptre.
CS 217.III.
[Ref: 58803] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Teresia Constantia Phillips.
[Engraved by John Faber the younger after Joseph Highmore.
[n.d., 1748.]
Mezzotint. 350 x 255mm (13¾ x 10"). Repaired tear entering image.
Three-quarter portrait of Teresia Constantia Phillips (or Con, c.1700-65), courtesan and bigamist who married at least five times and published a scandalous three-volume autobiography in 1748-9), when this portrait was published.
CS 285.
[Ref: 59085] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Pinqua.
[n.d. c.1800]
Wood cut, sheet 390 x 230mm (15½ x 9"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
A chinese style wood block print featuring three asian men, with flowing robes and beards. One holds a scroll whose top character translates to 'blessing', and second 'flow'. Pinqua may refer to Yang Pinqua (fl.1747-1795), Chinese name Yang Bingguan but also named Yang Cengong, a well-known porcelain dealer in Canton during the mid-eighteenth century who was appointed a Hong merchant in 1782. He also sold black tea, mostly Bohea to the VOC. This could be a tea label.
[Ref: 59111] £480.00

Humility or the Canvassing Candidate. Effrontery or the Candidate Returned.
[Charles Williams]
Pub.d Dec.r 1806 by S.W. Fores No.50 Piccadilly.
Hand coloured etching, 240 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"), on 1801 watermarked paper. Small margins.
Two designs side by side, comparing Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s (1751–1816) election addresses. On the left, Sheridan humbly canvassing for votes before the elections of 1806. On the right, in his victory address after the election, Sheridan showing an insolent approach.
[Ref: 58792] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

South East View of Brownsea Castle & Island, the Summer Sea of H. Sturt Esq. Built and planted by the present Possessor consisting of about one thosand Acres. 1774
[n.d., c.1796.]
Engraving. 225 x 375mm (8¾ x 14¾"), with large margins. Some staining on right.
View of Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour. Inheriting the castle in 1765, Sir Humphrey Sturt extended the 16th century blockhouse castle to form a Palladian styled, four-storey tower with battlements, and landscaped the island, importing manure to improve the soil. From The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset' by Hutchins.
[Ref: 58765] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Porcelain Room] Die andere Seite des Cabinets. Dieses Cabinet kan von lauter Spiegel um die wände herum und von Porcellan auch goldenen leisten oder allerhand färbigen [...]
P. Decker Archit inv: et del. Heinrich Jonas Ostertag Sculpsit.
Cum GratL et Priv: S.C. Maj. Jeremias Wolff excudit Aug. Vind. [Augsburg, n.d., 1711.]
Etching. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), with large margins.
A baroque design for a room ornament, with a fountain, mirrors and porcelain. It was published in the architect Paul Decker’s 'Fürstlicher Baumeister Oder: Architectura civilis' (The Princely Architect or: Civil Architecture), a guide to creating the perfect nobleman’s’ palace.
[Ref: 58771] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Honorable Matthew Prior, Esqr Her late most Sacred Majesty's Plenipotentiary to Louis XIV. King of France, and one of the Commisioners of Her Customs.
la belle pinx a paris.
[Published by George Vertue, n.d. c.1720.]
Engraving, print 355 x 240mm (14 x 9½"). Trimmed and glued to album sheet. Right section trimmed off. Glued down tear.
Half length portrait of poet and diplomat Matthew Prior (1664-1721), in oval border set on a ledge. He wears a long curly wig, lace cravat and embroidered jacket (formal French dress). The original painting is currently on loan to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Prior entered the House of Commons in 1700. Prior became ambassador at Paris and was charged with improving relations between the two countries, which had fought on opposite sides during the War of the Spanish Succession. However he was recalled in 1715 on the death of Queen Anne and imprisoned.
[Ref: 58865] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Procession Of A Country Corporation.
M.r H. Bunbury Del. Etched by T. Rowlandson.
Pub.d August 12. 1799 by T. Rowlandson N.o1 James Street Adelphi.
Very rare etching, sheet 285 x 405mm (11¼ x 16"). Trimmed within plate. Centre fold. Some surface dirt.
Not in BM. Grigo I 366.
[Ref: 59043] £460.00

Suocera e Nuora, tempesta e gragnuola. XI.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Several repaired worm holes.
An illustration of a wife and mother-in-law coming to blows. Translates to '.Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, storm and hail.' Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58747] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Tanto è ladro chi ruba, che chi tiene il sacco. XXVIII.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Repaired holes in left margin slightly going into the platemark.
An illustration of the proverb 'The receiver is as bad as the thief', in which a thief and a receiver are both being arrested. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58748] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Impara l'Arte, e mettila da parte. XXI.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Repaired holes in top marging. Repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'Learn a trade for a rainy day', in which a man is learning different arts for future use. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'. Music image.
[Ref: 58757] £360.00

Serrar la stalla quando sono scappati i Bovi. XXXIV.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Two repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'Close the stable door after the horse has bolted', in which two farmers are closing the door of their stable after the animals have already run off. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58751] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pensarci avanti per non pentirsi poi. XXXVIII.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Several repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'The afterthought is good for nought', in which a man is deeply reflecting before signing an irrevocable marriage contract. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58749] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Con le chiavi d'oro s'apre ogni porta. XXIII.
G. Piattoli inv. [engraved by Carlo Lasinio].
[Florence: Niccoló Pagni and Giuseppe Bardi, 1786.]
Coloured etching. 285 x 210mm (11¼ x 8¼"), large margins. Repaired holes in left margin slightly going into the platemark. Several repaired worm holes.
An illustration of the proverb 'A golden key can open any door', in which a man is paying a mother to indulge his desires with her daughter. Published in 'Raccolta di 40 proverbi toscani espressi in figure da Giuseppe Piattoli fiorentino'.
[Ref: 58753] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill.] Royal Living Marionette Theatre, Leicester Square, The Public are respectfully informed that in consequences of the numerous Audiences which have nightly visited this Theatre, to witness the Extraordinary Performances of the Buislay Brothers, The Proprietor is induced to extend their Engagement Six Night Longer, when they Positively Leave London. [...]
[1852.]
Letterpress playbill, sheet 195 x 130mm (7¾ x 5"). Tears and nicks on edges, one small wormhole.
A theatre bill for a trapeze artistes show at the Royal Living Marionette Theatre in Leicester Square.
[Ref: 59073] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Rembrant du-Reyn Pittore e Intagliatore in Rame.
Gio. Dom. Campiglia del e fec. [after a Rembrandt seld-portrait]
[n.d., c.1756.]
Engraving. 255 x 175mm (10 x 6¾"), with large margins.
A self portrait of Rembrandt, from Gori's 'Musaeum Florentinum', part of which was a series of the artists' self-portraits in the Uffizi. The engraver, Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768) was appointed first director of the Calcografia in Rome in 1738.
[Ref: 58858] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Samuel Richardson.] O Master of the Heart! whose magick skill / The close Recesses of the Soul can find [...]
Jos. Highmore pinx. Ja.s M.cArdell fecit.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Mezzotint. 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾"). Slight creasing.
Three-quarter length portrait of Samuel Richardson (1689-1761), author best known for his 'Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady' (1748), and printer of almost 500 works, including journals and magazines, including 'The Journals of the House' of Commons. The National Portrait Gallery has two portraits of Richardson painted by Joseph Highmore.
CS 152, only state; Goodwin 161, ii of ii.
[Ref: 59082] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Oh! Oh! My Rival! This Shall Finish Your Tune.
Standidge & C.o Litho, 11 Cornhill.
Published for the proprietor by S. Knights, Sweetlings Alley, Cornhall [n.d c.1840]
Lithograph, sheet 275 x 380mm (10¾ x 15). Some foxing and surface dirt.
A man looking like a typical 17th century musketeer holds his cloak over his mouth in shock at seeing a man playing an instrument, presumably to a woman they are both courting on a balcony out of frame. By his remark it is assumed he is going to kill his rival.
[Ref: 58976] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Nuova pianta et alzata della citta di Roma...] 5.
[Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve), 17th century watermark. 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾") very large margins. Damp stains. Central crease as normal.
Sheet 5 of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. Orientated with north to the left, this section shows the Colosseum, the Forum, Campidoglio, the Palatine Hill and the Baths of Trajan.
[Ref: 58690] £480.00

[Nuova pianta et alzata della citta di Roma...] 11.
[Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve), 17th century watermark. 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾"), very large margins. Central crease as normal.
Sheet 11 of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. As the map was orientated with north to the left, this section shows the Janiculum walls, built by Urban VIII in 1643, centred on the Porta San Pancrazio. Under the map is a panel containing nine views of churches, including the Basilicas of St Peter & St Paul.
[Ref: 58691] £320.00

Nuova pianta et alzata della [citta di Roma...] 1.
[...] Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista [Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve). 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾") very large margins. Margin snipped bottom right.
The top left sheet of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. As the map was orientated with north to the left, this section shows the north east of Rome, with the Porta Viminale & Porta Collina in the Servian Walls, and the Via Salaria and Via Nomentana. This sheet is decorated with an ornate border on two sides, allegorical figures of the Papacy and Roman Law, and two cherubs holding up the papal mitre and arms.
[Ref: 58688] £220.00

[Nuova pianta et alzata della citta di Roma...] 4.
[Diegniata et Intagliata da Gio. Battista Falda.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi 1676, but later.]
Engraved map, one sheet only (of twelve). 395 x 505mm (15½ x 19¾") very large margins Central crease as normal.
Sheet 4 of a 12-sheet map of Rome by Giovanni Battista Falda da Valdugga (1648-78), an architect who drew and engraved views of Rome for the de Rossi family. It takes the form of a bird's-eye view, with buildings shown in perspective. As the map was orientated with north to the left, this section shows the north edge of Rome, with the Porta Popolo on the Via Flamina, and the Piazza del Popolo and Piazza Barbarini. This sheet is decorated with a dedication to Pope Innocent XI, on a scroll held aloft by two cherubs.
[Ref: 58689] £350.00

[Urbis Romae Sciog]raphia Ex Antiquis Monum[entis Accuratiss Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins Tears, creasing and damp stains in margins. Central crease (short tear) as normal.
Plate three of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the north-east of the city, including the Baths of Diocletian and the barracks of the Praetorian guard. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58692] £280.00

[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monumentis Accuratiss Delineata.]
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark. 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Central crease as normal.
Plate '9' of a monumental eight-sheet plan (numbered 2-5, 8-11) of Ancient Rome, based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows the west of the city, including the mausoleums of Hadrian and Augustus, the Antonine Column, the Pantheon, the Theatre of Marcellus and the Temple of Asclepius, shaped like a ship on the Tiberina. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58694] £420.00

[Urbis Romae Sciographia Ex Antiquis Monumentis Accuratiss] Delineata.
[after Pirro Ligorio.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1650.]
Engraved map, one sheet of eight, 17th century watermark 530 x 420mm (21 x 16½") very large margins. Hole bottom right. Central crease as normal.
Plate 5 of a monumental eight-sheet plan of Ancient Rome (numbered 2-5, 8-11), based on the detailed archaeological survey by Pirro Ligorio (c.1510-83), a scholar of the ancient monuments. The map is constructed as a bird's-eye view, with the buildings illustrated, and shows land outside city walls to the east, including funerary munuments, estates, the Appian Way and the aqueducts Appia, Claudia and Marcia. First published by Etienne Duperac in 1574, this example comes from a 17th century reissue by De Rossi.
[Ref: 58695] £280.00

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