Grosvenor Prints

Luzerner See.
[title label on verso:] Ed Hildebrandt. Chromofacsimilirt von R. Steinbock nach der Original-Aquarelle aus dem Besitze Sr. Erlaucht des Grafen von Pourtalés.
[title label on verso:] Verlag von Raimund Mitscher, Berlin SW. Wilhelmstr. 9. [n.d. c.1870.]
Chromolithograph. 455 x 560mm. 18 x 22", laid on card as issued.
A view across Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, chromolithograph from a watercolour dated 1851 (Hildebrandt's inscription his maintained in the lower left corner). Edward Hildebrandt (1818-1869) later went on a world tour, from which a folio of his works was published as chromolithographs in 1864 in Berlin under the title 'Reise um die Erde' (Journey around the Earth). His original watercolors were exhibited in London in 1866 and Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin.
[Ref: 23414] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Lucia di Lammermoor.]
J. Brandard.
[n.d., c.1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Framed, sight size 275 x 215mm (10¾ x 8½"). Mounted over inscriptions. Unexamined out of frame.
A scene from Gaetano Donizetti's opera 'Lucia di Lammermoor'. Edgardo arrives during the marriage of Lucia to Arturo.
[Ref: 68256] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lucian the Satirist.
W.Faithorne Sculp.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Engraving. Sheet 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4¼"). Trimmed and backed onto album paper.
Portrait bust of Lucian of Samosata (c. 125 - after 180), Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstition, religious practices, and belief in the paranormal.
[Ref: 65826] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Testamento di Evdamida di Corinto. Lascio ad Areteo mia Madre, Perche la Nvtrisca; A Carisseno la Mia Figlivola, perche le dia Marito, e la doti givsta il svo potere. F. Bartolozzi Fiorentino, disegno e scolpi in Londra l'anno MDCCLXV della grandezza del qvadro di N. Pvssino dipinto a olio in carta, nella Collezione di Tommaso Hollis, Inglese.
[N. Poussin pinx. F. Bartolozzi sculp. n.d. c.1765.]
Etching, with large margins. Plate 248 x 298mm. 9¾ x 11¾".
A scene from Lucian's 'Toxaris, or Friendship': Corinthian Eudamidas lying in a bed with a man sitting next to him and taking down the dictation of the will, and another man standing beside the dying man; at the end of the bed, at right, and old woman and a young woman mouring; book illustration to "Memoirs of Thomas Hollis" (London, 1780.)
From the Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18340] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lucine. P.4.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with large margins.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing Lucina, the goddess of childbirth, with a new-born in a cradle.
[Ref: 59345] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Lucinde.
P. Falconet pinx. J.F. Bause sculps. Leips.
zu finden in Leipzig bëy Bause. [n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Plate: 245 x 170mm (9¾ x 6¾").
A portrait of an unidentified woman, identified as perhaps Miss Moore, later Lady Bampfylde. A german copy of a 1770 English portrait.
[Ref: 47005] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Lucinda.
P. Falconet Pinx.t J. Watson Sculp.t
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sep. 15.th 1767 by Ryland & Bryer in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. Plate 330 x 229mm. 13 x 9". Few rust spots.
Portrait of (?)Miss Moore seated half-length to left and leaning on cushion, eyes to front, wearing dark cape over loose-sleeved dress and dark, wide-brimmed hat with rouched decoration The sitter's identity is unclear: Goodwin concurs with Chaloner Smith's suggestion that she may be "the Miss Moore who was afterwards Lady [Catherine] Bampfylde".
Ex Collection: E. M. Hallenstein. CS: 104. Goodwin: 85.
[Ref: 25238] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

General Luckner.
Engraved by Ridley.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple. Sheet size: 130 x 90mm (5¼ x 3¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
A portrait of Nikolaus, Count Luckner (1722 - 1794), facing left, in military costume, in an oval. Luckner was a German in French service who rose to become a Marshal of France. Before entering the French service, Luckner had spent time in the Bavarian, Dutch and Hanoverian armies. He fought as a commander of hussars during the Seven Years' War against the French. He joined the French army in 1763 with the rank of lieutenant general and in 1784 he was made a Danish count. He supported the French Revolution, and the year 1791 saw Luckner being made a Marshal of France. He was arrested by the Revolutionary Tribunal and sentenced to death. He died by the guillotine in Paris in 1794. The bell tower of the town hall in the Bavarian town of Cham rings the Marseillaise every day at 12.05 p.m. to commemorate the city's most famous son.
[Ref: 34385] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Near Lucknow.
Drawn from Nature & on Stone by Capt.n J. Luard. Printed by Hullmandel.
[London, c.1835.]
Lithograph on chine collé. 285 x 200mm (11¼ x 8"), with large margins. Soiling on backing sheet.
A general view of Indian temple architecture with a pair of camels tethered in the foreground. From 'Views in India, Saint Helena, and Car Nicobar ' by Major John Luard (1790-1875) of the 16th Lancers.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 63279] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[In pencil:] Philip Luckomby Author of the History of Art of Painting.
H. Mutlow Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1780.]
Engraving, printed in brown. 102 x 89mm. 4 x 3¾". Glued to backing sheet.
Philip Luckombe (bap.1730, d.1803) was a printer and writer. He was author of 'The History and Art of Painting', and 'A Concise History of Printing'.
See NPG: D5135.
[Ref: 24413] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The Lucky Sportsman. [&] The Weary Sportsman.
G. Morland Pinx.t F.D. Soiron sculp.t [&] Wheatley Pinx.t F.D. Soiron Sculp.t
London Pub.d Feb.y 1793 by B. Tabart No.13 Great Newport Street. [&] London Pub.d by I. Rayment No.2 Bride Court Fleet Street.
A pair of hand-coloured stipples. 362 x 291mm (14¼ x 11½"). Cut inside platemark.
In a wood, a man standing at right leaning on his rifle with dog beside him encounters a woman sitting cradling a baby at right, her daughter sitting beside her; [&] At home, a man reclines in his chair with a woman behind carrying a platter and a second woman serving him a drink; on the table lies a hare and two hounds by his feet.
Siltzer: p.190 [&] -.
[Ref: 28185] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Lucky Mistake or the Buck & Blood Flourishing Macaroni-playing a Solo on the Jelly Glasses.
[William Austin.]
Pub.d as the Act Directs May 1st 1773.
Hand-coloured etching. Plate: 270 x 370mm (10½ x 14½''). Trimmed along the top edge. Small margins.
A comic scene showing an officer with his hair in a macaroni's club ride past a man with a broken leg that he has just knocked over. Above the scene is a diagram of the macaroni's club below which is a description.
BM Satire 5121.
[Ref: 48367] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Lucky Mistake Or the Buck and Blood Flourishing Macaroni _ playing a Solo on the Jelly Glasses. 10.
[Drawn by William Austin.]
Pubd as ye Act Directs May 7th 1773.
Etching, J. Whatman watermark. 275 x 375mm (10¾ x 14¾"), with large margins.
A military officer, his hair is in a large macaroni club, unconcernedly rides a heavy cavalry horse past a man whom he has knocked down, breaking his wooden leg and several glasses. Upper right is an illustration of the club with an exaggerated description. From a set of twelve prints by William Austin (1721/33-1820), drawing-master and engraver. Austin taught caricature to amateurs and this series, which mocked several well-known personages (as did its dedicatee, the actor Samuel Foote) contains some of the most lively English caricatures of the period between Hogarth and the late Georgian satire of Gillray and Rowlandson.
BM:5121.
[Ref: 63634] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The suicide of Lucretia] Lucrese Roma.
Raphael d'hurbin pinxit. JVS [monogram of Jan van Somer].
[n.d., c.1680.]
Fine mezzotint. Sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed into image, mounted in album paper.
Lucretia is shown about to stab herself after her rape by Tarquin, an act that led to the fall of the Roman monarchy. A reversed copy, with alterations, of the engraving by Marcantonio Raimondi.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd, his state ii of ii. Hollstein 39.
[Ref: 65341] £360.00

Tarquin & Lucretia.
W De Rÿck pinx. J. Smith fec et ex.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Very fine and scarce mezzotint. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Small margins.
The Rape of Lucretia, with Tarquin kneeling above a naked Lucretia, knife in hand. According to Roman tradition the Rape of Lucretia precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65528] £360.00

Lucretia.
Guido Renus pinxit N. Dupuis. Gall. Sculp.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street. [c. 1757.]
Engraving, plate 485 x 325mm (19 x 12¾") very large margins. Central crease.
Lucretia wearing a dress exposing her breast and wrapped in bedding, kneels on the edge of her bed, with dagger in right hand and its sheath on the floor, looking upwards about to kill herself. According to Roman tradition Lucretia was a noblewoman, daughter of magistrate Spurius Lucretius and the wife of Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, whose rape by Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin) and subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
[Ref: 56574] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Lucrece.
Engraved by W. Dickinson.
London. Published Jan.y 1st 1780 by Watson & Dickinson No 158. New Bond Street.
Stipple, printed in sepia. 230 x 250mm (9 x 10"). Repaired tear entering plate at top right.
An oval portrait of Lucretia asleep, prior to the rape that brought down the Roman monarchy.
[Ref: 58069] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Tarquin & Lucretia.
W De Rÿck pinx. J. Smith fec.t.
[n.d., c.1688.]
Scarce mezzotint. 265 x 340mm (10½ x 13½"). Trimmed to plate at bottom, narrow margins elsewhere, repairs to bottom right corner of plate with mss fill.
The Rape of Lucretia, with Tarquin kneeling above a naked Lucretia, knife in hand. According to Roman tradition the Rape of Lucretia precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic.
[Ref: 58106] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Lucretia et Tarquinius.
Sim. da Pesaro pinx. Pichler sc. 1792.
Vienna apud Artaria Soc.
Mezzotint. 350 x 430mm (13¾ x 17").
The Rape of Lucretia.
[Ref: 4645] £380.00

[Illustration to book two of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' II]
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. J. Wandelaar fecit.
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725.]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', with stack of books by Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31385] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Illustration to book three of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' III]
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', with vanitas symbols and the three-headed hound cerberus alluding to the discussion of death in book three of the work. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication. In the middle of image "Quies" on stone seat.
[Ref: 31386] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegory of the senses: illustration to book four of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things' IV]
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to book four of Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', which is devoted to a theory of the five senses. They are represented here by: the fruit held by the goddess in her chariot (taste); a musician playing the lute (hearing); a putto playing with a small animal (smell) while a bird pecks his hand (touch); and another putto looking at his reflection in the mirror (sight). Also includes a globe showing Europe and Africa. Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31388] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegorcal illustration to book five of Lucretius' 'Of the nature of things']
Frans van Mieris inv. et delin. / J. Wandelaar fecit
[published Leiden by J. van der Aa, 1725]
Engraving, 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½"). Trimmed; glued to backing sheet.
Allegorical illustration to book five of Lucretius' 'De Rerum Natura', alluding to several subjects discussed therein, including: the origin of the world (an idyllic picture of early man); the movement of the heavenly bodies (a diagram of the solar system, on the side of a monument); the rise and progress of humankind (the scene of construction and cultivation in the foregound); and the arts and sciences (the book held by the seated figure in the middle ground). Frans van Mieris designed six illustrations which were engraved by Wandelaar for the 1725 Leiden publication of the work. These were copied by Duflos for the 1754 French publication.
[Ref: 31389] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Take Your Time Miss Lucy. W. Follit's Satirical Sketches No 4.
Printed by W. Kohler.
London W. Follit Publisher City Repository of Arts 63 Fleet St. [n.d., c.1840].
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 240 x 300mm (9 x 11¾"). Some soiling.
A monkey tormenting a cat in the kitchen, surrounded by broken pottery.
[Ref: 58444] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Take Your Time Miss Lucy. [W. Follit's Satirical Sketches No 4]
[London: William Follit, n.d., c.1840].
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image, laid on card.
A monkey tormenting a cat in the kitchen, surrounded by broken pottery.
[Ref: 268] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Lucy of Leinster. Of Leinster, fam'd for maidens fair ... Her life now near its end. Vide Colin & Lucy [three verses of four lines each below title].
Henry Bunbury Esq. delt. F. Bartolozzi R.A. sculpt.
London. Publish'd May 10. 1799, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
Etching and stipple in sepia, 435 x 510mm. 17 x 20". Some light foxing. Uncut sheet.
A young woman supported by three others, helping her to a stool in front of a cottage under a vine trellis. An old woman sits with an open book looking at Lucy with concern, a little boy holding a basket of flowers and a dog. After Bunbury, this illustrates poet and statesman Thomas Tickell's (1685 - 1740) 'Lucy and Colin', in which Colin abandoned Lucy for a wealthier bride. Lucy died on her lover's wedding day and, pursuant to her request, was brought to the church. Upon seeing his true love's body, Colin succumbed to death as well, and the lovers were buried in the same tomb. Published by Thomas Macklin (c.1760 - 1800) for his series of 'British Poets', begun in 1787.
[Ref: 8892] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Cook's Tourist Offices, Ludgate Circus, Corner of Fleet Street, London.
[n.d. c.1872]
Engraving with large margins; rare; 266 x 343mm. 10½ x 13½". Surface rubbing.
Ludgate Circus at the foot of Fleet Street, with Cook's Tourist Offices where foreign money could be exchanged. Also good representation of Fleet Street in the 1870s.
[Ref: 27266] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

[Pair: Ludgate Street & Monument] [To Sir James Sanderson Knight & Bart. Member of Parliament for Malmsbury in Wiltshire Alderman of the City of London Col. of one of the Regiments of the City Mililia President of Bridewell & Bethlehem Hospital &c. This View of Ludgate Street from Ludgate Hill Representing the Grand West Front of that noble Edifice the Cathedral of St Paul and the Church of St Martin Ludgate is by Permission most respectfully Dedicated by his much Obliged & Obedient Humble Servant J. Curtis.] From the Original Picture in the Possession of the Publisher; Painted in the Mayoralty of Sir James Sanderson. [&] To the Right Honorable Thomas Skinner, Lord Mayor of the City of London. This View of Fish Street Hill, from Grace Church Street representing the Monument and the Church of St. Magnus London Bridge, Is by Permission most respectfully Dedicated by his Lordships much Obliged & Obedient Humble Servant John Curtis]
[Painted by William Marlow, Esq.r E.S.A. Engraved by Thos. Morris, Pupil of the late ingenious Mr Woollett.]
Publish'd as the Act direct, Feb.y 17th. 1795, by John Curtis, Twickenham Middlesex: & to be had of Mr March Stationer, Ludgate Hill. [&] Publish'd as the Act direct, Nov.r 4th. 1795, by John Curtis, Twickenham Middlesex.
Pair of etchings with engraving, proofs before title, armorial of Ludgate Street incomplete, before armorial on Monument. 570 x 430mm (22½ x 17"), both with faint '1794' watermarks, large margins.
Two City of London scenes: a view of Ludgate Street from Ludgate hill looking towards the west front of St Paul's Cathedral, the street busy with carriages and figures, the church of St Martin Ludgate beside the ships to the left; and a view of Fish Street Hill from Grace Church Street; busy with carriages and figures, looking towards the Monument and the Church of St Magnus London Bridge.
Ex Daniell
[Ref: 57684] £1,200.00 view all images for this item

Broad Street, Ludlow. [pencil.]
Samuel Chamberlain [signed in pencil.]
[n.d., c.1930s.]
Drypoint etching, 200 x 255mm. 8 x 10".
By Samuel Chamberlain (1895 - 1975), American artist, architect, etcher, lecturer; born Cresco, Iowa, USA.
[Ref: 11949] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

South East View of Ludlow.
Drawn & Engraved on Steel & Published Dec.r 1826 by H.B. Ziegler, London.
Mezzotint, proof. Plate: 230 x 330mm (9 x 13''), with large margins.
A view of Ludlow from the River Teme, four men fishing from the banks.
[Ref: 50591] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Ludlow Castle, & the Steeple of St Lawrence, with a distant View of the Clee Hills. Proof.
Drawn by W. Gwynn. J.W. Wright sc.t.
London. Published April 10th 1807 by W. Gwynn and Sold by Tomkins, 49 New Bond Street.
A scarce proof aquatint. 420 x 495mm (16½ x 19½"). Narrow margins. surface abrasion in sky.
A view of Ludlow Castle at the time it was becoming a tourist attraction.
[Ref: 45788] £420.00

Entrance of Ludlow Castle, Shropshire. Antiquities No.1.
Painted by W. Hodges. Engraved by V. Green and F. Jukes.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Very rare aquatint. Printed in sepia. Open letter proof impression. Rare. Sheet size: 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13¼") Trimmed inside plate. Creases to sheet.
A proof impression of plate 1 from Valentine Green's 'Antiquities', published 1778. The ruins of the castle gate of Ludlow Castle, with rustic figures and a horse-drawn cart at the entrance. After landscape painter William Hodges (1744-1797), who had sailed with Captain James Cook and recorded his discoveries, returning to Britain in 1775.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christoper Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37813] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Jobus Ludolfus sac.caes. maiest. nece non seren. Saxoniae duc. Consiliarius. Vultum Bocharti sculptum qui vidit in aere, Hoc illi positum noverit elogium; Quic quid Arabs, Phoenix, Gerajus docuitq Latinus, Inclusum vasto pectore solus habet. At non sufficuint magno haec adscripta Ludolfo, Laus illi major famaq major erit. Scaligeri genium referunt tua scripta, Ludolfe; Tu posthac Orbi Scaliger Alter eris. W.E.Tenzel.
Pet: Schenk fec: et exc: Amstelod: cum Privil: Ord: Holl: et West Frisae.
[n.d. c.1730.]
Fine & rare mezzotint, with small margins. Plate 247 x 178mm. 9¾ z 7".
Hiob Ludolf (1624-1704) was a German orientalist. Whilst in Rome searching for various documents, he became acquainted with one Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara, and acquired from him an intimate knowledge of the Ethiopian language.
[Ref: 26060] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Jobus Ludolfus Sac. Cæs. Majest. nec non Seren. Saxoniæ Duc. Consiliarus.
G.B. v. Sand. pinx. Elias Ch. Heiss sculp. Aug. Vind. 1691.
[Frankfurt: Johann David Zunner, 1691?]
Rare mezzotint, with large margins. 270 x 175mm (10½ x 7").
Oval portrait of Hiob Ludolph (1624-1704), probably the frontispiece to Ludoph's own 'Historiam Aethiopicam Antehac Editam Commentarius', his study of Ethiopia. Ludolf , learned the Ethiopian language from Gregorius, a monk from the Ethiopian province of Amhara. He used this knowledge to research the country, even visiting England to promote a trade scheme, unsuccessfully. The modern scholar Edward Ullendorff called Ludolf 'the most illustrious name in Ethiopic scholarship'. The artist and engraver of this portrait also collaborated on a portrait of Gregorius.
[Ref: 30232] £350.00

Ludwig von Schedius. Dr. der Philosophie und Professor der Aesthetik zu Pesth.
A. Burckhardt sculps.
[n.d. c.1806.]
Stipple. Plate 140 x 84mm. 5½ x 3¼".
Johann Ludwig von Schedius (1768-1847) was a German-Hungarian scholar, teacher and geographer. Map interest.
[Ref: 26034] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Carolus Ludovicus D.G: Come Palatinus ad Rhenum, Sri: Rni, Imru Princeps, Archidapifer & Elector, Dux Bavaria, Nobilissimi Ordinis Garterij Eques etc.
Ante van Dyck pinxit. W. Hollar fecit 1646.
Etching. Sheet 280 x 200mm (11 x 8"). Trimmed to plate and laid on album paper. Toning & foxing.
Karl Ludwig (1617-1680) became Charles Louis in 1649 reclaiming his father's title of Elector Palatine after living half his life in exile during the German Thirty Years War. He ruled the Electorate of the Palatinate, badly affected by the war, with moderate success for more than thirty years.
P1447 iii of iii.
[Ref: 53728] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Count Zizendorf.
Engrav'd by Jos.h Baker.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Etching. 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼"). Trimmed close to plate on right side. Slight crease and faint imprint of text.
Portrait of Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (1700 - 1760), German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th-century Protestantism.
[Ref: 64452] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

[Skit banknote.] No 19. I Promise to pay to Mess.rs Fudge, Swindle and Nocash, Bankers, or Bearer, Two Pence, when Country Banks shall have been abolished and when Sterling Golf and Silber, Only, shall again become the circulating medium of Old England. London, the 1st day of August, 1810. For Clodhopper, Bumpkin & Co. Zekel Hardbrass.
Sold by Luffman 377 Strand.
Scarce etching with engraved lettering. Sheet 90 x 175mm (3½ x 7"). Trimmed, laid on album paper.
A satirical 'banknote'. Jewish interest.
[Ref: 57915] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleonic broadside] The British Volunteer. The Word by John Luffman. _ Tune, Rule Britannia.
Sold by John Luffman, N.o 377, Strand, London. Price Six-pence [n.d., c.1803].
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole near text, small tear taped. Damaged.
A broadside published promote the Volunteer Companies, raised to help fight the Napoleonic Wars. Underneath are five verses, written by the publisher. John Luffman (1751-1821), an engraver and cartographer best known for his A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, produced maps, prints and satires capitalising on newsworthy events.
For other Broadsides See: Ref: 58509, 58523, 58524
[Ref: 58522] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleonic broadside] Peace. The Word by John Luffman. _ Tune, God Save the King.
Oct.r 17, 1801. London. Engrav'd & Publish'd by John Luffman, No 28, Little Bell Alley, Coleman Street. Pr. 6.d Plain, 1.s Coloured. Enter'd at Stationers Hall.
Engraving. 210 x 145mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed to plate on left, small chip in top margin, touching plate, slight soiling. Repairs on left, slightly messy.
A broadside published to celebrate the short Peace of Amiens in 1801. Above is an allegorical illustration of French Revolutionary symbol Marianne holding an olive branch within a border captioned with 'Peace, Prosperity, Plenty, Commerce', flanked by the Union Flag and Tricolour. Underneath are five verses, written by the publisher. John Luffman (1751-1821), an engraver and cartographer best known for his A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, produced maps, prints and satires capitalising on newsworthy events.
For other Broadsides See: Ref: 58509, 58522, 58524
[Ref: 58523] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Napoleonic broadside] The Ministers. The Word by John Luffman. _ Tune, Ally Crocker.
[London: John Luffman, n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 170 x 110mm (6¾ x 4¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A Tory broadside with six verses, written by the publisher, praising the government ministers. Wyndham, Dundas, Grenville (resigned 1801) and Pitt each have a verse, as does John Bull, who gets the final verse. John Luffman (1751-1821), an engraver and cartographer best known for his A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, produced maps, prints and satires capitalising on newsworthy events.
For other Broadsides See: Ref: 58509, 58522, 58523
[Ref: 58524] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Circular map of England & Wales.] [&] A View of Sunderland Cast Iron Bridge...
[Map published by John Luffman, 1803.]
Coloured circular engraved map & circular engraved view, both diameter 5cm, 2". Trimmed and laid on scrap sheet.
The general map from Luffman's "A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales"; and a view of Wearmouth Bridge in Sunderland, opened 1796, based on a design submitted by Thomas Paine, author of 'The Rights of Man'.
[Ref: 17916] £110.00

Luft Ally Khan. _ Aetat 20. ) From a Picture in the Palace of Sehyras.
Printed by J. Netherclift. [n.d. c.1840.]
A rare lithograph on india. Sheet 222 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½".
Luft Ali Khan (c.1769-1794) was the last Shah of Persia of the Zand dynasty, he reigned from 1789 until his death. He came to power after a decade of infighting among a succession of violent and inept Zand chiefs following the death in 1779 of the dynasty's founder, Karim Khan Zand.
[Ref: 23407] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lugano. Canton de Tessin, coté du Nord.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph. Printed area 170 x 220mm, 6¾ x 8½"). Offset from letterpress.
A view of Lugano with Monte San Salvatore in the background.
[Ref: 34458] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

II.e Vue Prise sur le Lac de Lugano.
Dessiné par le Barbier. Gravé par Borgnet.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with large margins on 3 sides. 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½"). Trimmed into plate at top.
From 'Tableaux de la Suisse, ou voyage pittoresque fait dans les XIII cantons du corps Helvétique'.
[Ref: 34460] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de Lugano. Capitale du Bailliage ultramontain de ce nom, appartenant aux douze premiers Catons, située sur les bords du Lac.
Dessiné par le Barbier. Gravé par Née.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving with very large margins. 180 x 240mm (7 x 9½").
From 'Tableaux de la Suisse, ou voyage pittoresque fait dans les XIII cantons du corps Helvétique'.
[Ref: 34464] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Lugano. (Tessin)
C. Koehler del.t. A.J. Terwin sculp.t.
Druck & Verlag von G.G. Lange in Darmstad [n.d., c.1850].
Coloured steel engraving. Sheet 190 x 260mm (7½ x 10¼"). Torn, stitch holes in left edge, marked.
[Ref: 34984] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Lugano.
S. Birman del. Salathé sc.
à Basle chez Birmann & Fils. [c.1825]
Fine aquatint printed in colour with gum arabic, platemark approx. 160 x 220mm (6¼ x 8½") very large margins. Paper watermarked 'J. Whatman / Turkey Mill / 1825'.
Fine view of Lugano, Switzerland by the Swiss printmaker Friedrich Salathé (1793-1858).
[Ref: 46089] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

St. Luke. This holy Artist with Inspired Pen. The great Messiah pourtrayes, and to Men Whose Sin ore: loaded Soules to Death encline, Att once becomes Pyisician and Devine. Place this in Sect: 14. P [213] (page number writter over in pen: '137').
1653. W Faithorne scul:
Engraving. 292 x 210mm (11½ x 8¼"). Crease. Trimmed close to the plate. Some loss top right.
St Luke, at a desk, ox to the right, painting a carved tablet of the Virgin Mary and the Christ child.; Illustration to Jeremy Taylor's "The Great Exemplar".
[Ref: 19301] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

St. Luke.
A. Walker Sculp. [c.1790]
Engraving, platemark 200 x 150mm (8 x 6") very large margins.
St. Luke writing at his desk with a cow looking on.
[Ref: 47989] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

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