Grosvenor Prints

McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.45.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½"). Slight foxing on left.
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No. 45. with numerous lithographic satires. 'A Political Fable', 'The Meeting at Toplitz', 'Suppose the Marriage Act was Repealed', 'The Make Weight', 'Are these Peace Officers?', 'A Struggle for the First of September', and 'Attempting to Amend the Beer Act.'
[Ref: 63161] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.46.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No. 46. with numerous lithographic satires. 'Expensive Mouthful', 'Sloe (Slow) But Sure Justice', 'The Fall of Corruption', 'Providing for a Brother', and 'Northern Geese.'
[Ref: 63162] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.48. Or The Looking Glass. Vol. 4, Dec. 1, 1833.
Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Dec. 1, 1833.
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½"). Two tiny tears on right margin.
The Looking Glass No. 48. with numerous lithographic satires. 'Louis Philippe in Danger, or the Journeymen Tailor's Rebellion.', and 'A Corporate Body Under the Operation of the Royal Commision'. Sold for 3 shillings plain, 6 shillings coloured.
[Ref: 63164] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No.47.
[Published on the First of Every Month. By Tho.s. McLean, 26, Haymarket. n.d., c.1830s.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 260 x 395mm (10¼ x 15½").
McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures, No. 47. with numerous lithographic satires. 'A Day at Dublin Castle' consisting of four satirical scenes: 'The Morning Toilet', 'Noon Day Occupations,' Evening Fatigues,' and 'Midnight Visions'.
[Ref: 63165] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

McLean's Monthly Sheet of Caricatures No 53. A Trade's Union Committee. Putting Down the Trades' Union
A. de Cotè Lithog. 70 St Martin's Lane.
[n.d., 1 May 1834 .]
Coloured lithograph with two satirical scenes. Printed area 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"); large margins.
The upper scene shows the committe sharing out amongst themselves the contents of a box marked 'Trades Union Subscription', drinking and smoking. The lower scene has the Duke of Wellington, then the Prime Minister, punching a union protester in the face, as the other protesters flee in disarray.
Ex: Collection of Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 42024] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. C.L. McLeod.
A.Chevallier Tayler. 1905.
Spottiswode & Co. Ltd. Lith. London.
Chormolithograph. 255 x 380mm.
Charlie McLeod all rounder for Australia. ACT:Born in Leytonstone, Essex, in 1862 to a legal family, Albert Chevallier Tayler won a scholarship to the Slade School when he was 17. He prints date from the same period as his commissioned by Kent County Cricket Club to paint what has now become his most famous painting of 'Kent Vs. Lancashire'. In his career he exhibited 49 paintings in total at the Academy, and he was also the Honorary Secretary of the Royal British Colonial Society of Artists. Albert Chevallier Tayler died in 1928.
[Ref: 1261] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Thomson McLintock].
[Signed in pencil by William Strang].
[n.d., c.1900].
Etching, limited edition. Platemark: 375 x 250mm. (14¾ x 10").
Chartered accountant Thomson McLintock opened an office in Glasgow in 1877. His son William achieved membership of the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries in 1896, though only after several failures in the final examination, and became a partner in his father's practice in 1901. While most contemporary accounting firms continued to rely heavily on auditing work, the expansion of Thomson McLintock's London office was substantially based on William's reputation both as a tax expert and as an adviser on the amalgamation and reconstruction of companies. Portrait etched by Scotish painter and printmaker William Strang (1859 - 1921), who was one of the original members of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers, and his work was a part of their first exhibition in 1881.
[Ref: 29864] £330.00

[Lieut-Colonel Bryce McMurdo.]
[Painted by H. Raeburn.] Alfred J. Scrimshire. [Pencil signature.]
Published 1931 by Arthur Greatorex Ltd, 14 Grafton Street, Bond Street, London W1.
Colour mezzotint. 530 x 330mm.
Liet.-Colonel Bryce McMurdo (died 1838) at Mavis Grove near Dumfries, married Jane Otway of Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1802. Shown by a Highland stream, pursuing the joys of fishing. Raeburn's original painting is now in the Tate Museum, b-equeathed by Gen. Sir Montagu McMurdo 1895.
[Ref: 4755] £420.00

McQueen's Dogs at the Jubilee Banquet. The Queen & The Royal Family! 'God Save the Queen'. Richard III. A VI S I.
Walter T. Allen.
London Published Dec.r 1st 1886 by F.C. McQueen & Sons, 181 Tottenham Court Road, W. Stiefbold & Co Berlin, Knoedler & Co New York - Copyright registered.
Photogravure with hand colour. Sheet 445 x 345mm (17½ x 13½") very large margins.
Anthropomorphic bulldog, wearing evening attire with the Order of the Garter, proposing the Royal toast, with a quote from Shakespeare, with stamp.
See Ref: 51420 in series.
[Ref: 60049] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

McQueen's Dogs at the Jubilee Banquet. The Ladies! ''To Drink to those Fair Ladies''. Henry 8. A1 S4.
Walter T. Allen.
London Published Dec.r 1st 1886 by F.C. McQueen & Sons, 181 Tottenham Court Road, W. Stiefbold & Co Berlin, Knoedler & Co New York - Copyright registered.
Photogravure with very fine hand colour. 420 x 330mm (16½ x 13"), with very large margins. Mint.
Anthropomorphic terrier, with monocle and evening attire, proposing a toast with a quote from Shakespeare, with McQueen's blind stamp. A satirical celebration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee, 1887.
[Ref: 51420] £350.00

Me and My Wife and Daughter.
[after Henry Bunbury.]
Printed and Published by W. Davison Alnwick. [n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 165 x 235mm (6½ x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate at top.
A horse seen from behind, a stout man riding, with equally stout women in baskets on either side. William Davison of Alnwick (1780-1858), a pharmacist and publisher of popular prints and satires between 1812 and 1817.
BM: 1991,0615.68.
[Ref: 41952] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Meach-o shin-gaw, The Little White Bear, A Konza Warrior.
Geo. Catlin P.t. J.Harris sc.
London, Published by H.Bailliere, 1842.
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 230 x 140mm (9 x 5½"). Slightly time stained.
Local to Denver. A reduced version of the portrait by George Catlin, published in 'Dr.Prichard's Natural History of Man'.
[Ref: 31509] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Meadow Pool [as inscribed on small plaque on lower rim of frame.]
John Clayton Adams. David Law. Charles O. Cummings [pencil signatures.]
Issues October 1.st 1900 in the Art Union of London, W2, Strand. Copyright Registered. F. Goulding, Printer, London, W.
Etching signed in pencil., in original frame. Plate 456 x 705mm. 18 x 27¾".
A countryside view in a meadow by a small pool with floating lillies; a hay bale with farmers behind in the meadow. On verso in ink: "On this Artist's Proof Etching it will be noticed that there are very unusually, two signatures of Etchers in addition to the signature of the painter of the original picture - John Clayton Adams. The reason of this is that David Law was taken seriously ill whilst at work on the etching, and was unable to finish it. The work was then completed for him by Charles O. Cummings." The 1899 painting by John Clayton Adams is in the collection of Brighton & Hove museums.
[Ref: 22623] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Meandering Brook.]
[H.B. Ker.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Soft-ground etching. 203 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Tatty.
Meandering brook, with large rock on the right bank in foreground, and trees on the left bank. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34793] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Meandering Landscape.]
[H.B. Ker.]
[n.d. c.1812.]
Etching. 78 x 190mm (3 x 7½"). Cut on right.
Landscape with meandering road in foreground turning to the right, fields and hills in the background. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871), a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 34792] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

John Meares Esq.
W. Beechey Pinx.t. C. Bestland Sculp.t [n.d., c.1800]
Stipple, sheet 185 x 130mm (7¼ x 5"). Trimmed inside platemark. Fine impression.
John Meares (1756?-1809), naval officer and entrepreneur. Nothing is known of his life before he entered the navy in 1771. After commanding a ship to India in 1783 he formed a company for trading with north-west America, unaware of other expeditions being mounted at this time with the same aim, and the competition between Meares and his rival George Dixon became known as the Meares-Dixon controversy. Meares' attempts to establish a permanent base in Nootka Sound led to his associates being taken prisoner by Spaniards claiming that the coast was in the possession of Spain and that foreign ships trading were in violation of Spanish rights. Meares (himself based in China at this time) returned to England on receiving news of these events, and provided ministers with a 'colourful and far from accurate account' of his exploits in the Far East. This led to a forty ship fleet being assembled under Lord Howe, and the Spanish accession to British demands in 1790 in the face of this threat. All confiscated land was returned to British subjects and the north-west coast was opened to trade with all nations. The publicity Meares received enabled him to publish various books and pamphlets relating to his travels, although he faded from view after the crisis passed.
For plates from Meares' books see refs 11082, 11428 etc.
[Ref: 35841] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Rev.d Mr. John Mears A.M.
R. Hunter pinx.t.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Mezzotint. Rare. Platemark: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed to plate. Bit messy.
A portrait of John Mears (1695-1767), presbyterian minister at Newtownards, minister at Clommel, and at Mary's Abbey and Wood-street in Dublin.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 37693] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Illustration of Plays No 16. Measure for Measure!
London Published by J.L. Marks, 17 Artillery Street, Bishopsgate. [n.d., c.1825.]
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 180mm (5½ x 7"). Trimmed.
A man and woman batter each other with tankards in an ale house. Through the window two women do the same.
[Ref: 57793] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Meat seller] Chorizero. Coleccion de Trajes de España. Segundo quaderno que contiene doce figuras. Marchand de Saucisse. Recueil de plusieurs Habillements Espagnols. Second Cahier qui contient douze figures. N 13.
Dibujado por D. Manuel de la Cruz. Grabado por D. Juan de la Cruz en Madrid año 1777.
[n.d. c.1777.]
Hand-coloured engraving 290 x 222mm (11½ x 8¾").
A meat vendor in Spain on the road carrying sausages and chorizo in his hands; a bag slung over his shoulder containing joints of meat. From "Colección de Trajes de España tanto antiguos como modernos que comprehende todos los de sus dominios".
[Ref: 30140] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Pilgrims resting on their route to Mecca.
T. Allom. W.H. Mote.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Rue St. Honore, Paris. [n.d. c.1840.]
Steel engraving. 273 x 209mm. 10¾ x 8¼".
Pilgrims smoking from hookah pipes, resting around a fire on their way to Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
[Ref: 22638] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Mechanical Fiddler.
Drawn & Eng.d by T.L. Busby.
Pub.d Nov.r 1. 1819, for T.L. Busby by Mess.rs Baldwin & Co. Paternoster Row, & at the Artists Depository 21, Charlotte St. Fitzroy Square.
Rare hand-coloured engraving. 230 x 190mm (9 x 7½").
A portrait of a busker playing the fiddle, using a bow which has been fixed to his hook. A plate from 'Costume of the Lower Orders of London', by Thomas Lord Busby (fl. 1804-37).
[Ref: 45975] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mechanics.
[Taylor, Holborn, excudit.] [n.d. c.1840.]
Stipple. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½".
Mechanics, from a series on trades and science. A young lady leaning on a wooden press machine; a pulley system behind to her left.
[Ref: 22843] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Medal of the Yorkshire Archers. Nulli Secundus [second to none] (written in the banner within the medal.]
I. Bullock Sc. Aldergate St.
[n.d. c.1790.]
Engraving. 89 x 158mm. 3½ x 6¼".
This Society was first formed in the summer of the year 1789, of whom it may be truly said, both with regard to their dexterity and respectability, that they are inferior to none [Nulli Secundus]. Their shooting uniform is a plain green frock, and velvet cape of the same colour, with uniform buttons, white waistcoat and breeches, round black hat, uniform button and loop, with a white ostrich feather, white stockings, half boots, or black gaiters. The dress uniform depends on the pleasure of the Lady Patroness. The four Medals belonging to the Society to be transferable, and to be shot for at each of the six monthly meetings.—The Gold Medal for the Captain of the Target, to be gained by the most centrical foot during the day.—The large Silver Medal to the Captain of Numbers, for the greatest number of foots in the targets.—The Silver Medal for the second best shot; and the other Silver Medal for the Lieutenant of Numbers, having the second greatest number of shots in the targets. The sum of Four Guineas is given by the Society to be foot for on each target day, and distributed in the following manner; viz. Each arrow, foot within the gold or centre circle of the targets, receive two shillings and sixpence; all arrows in the red or second circle, two shillings ; those hitting the inner white or third circle, one shilling and sixpence; those in the black or fourth circle, one shilling, and those in the outer white or fifth circle, sixpence. The Patron of the Society: Earl Fitz-William. The Patroness, the Countess of Mexborough.
[Ref: 12710] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Robert Medcalf Esq.r.
Drawn on Stone by A.A.Hoffay from a Miniature by Moses Haughton.
Printed by C. Hullmandel. [n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph. 305 x 223mm.
[Ref: 12689] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Le Médecin Clair-Voyant. Dédié à S.A.S. Monseigneur le Duc de Chartres Prince du Sang. Gravé d’après le Tableau Original tiré de Son Cabinet. Par Son très humble et trés Obéissant Serviteur, Helman.
Peint en 1775 par Le Prince, Peintre du Roi, et Conseiller en son Académie Royale. Gravé en 1775 par Helman, Graveur de M.gr le Duc de Chartres.
A Paris ches l’Auteur, rue des Mathurins, au petit Hôtel de Chiny. [n.d. c.
Etching and engraving. 496 x 386mm. 19½ x 15¼". Trimmed with some nicks and tears to edges.
Interior with doctor sitting on a chair and pointing at the heart of the young woman standing in front of him; on the left, an apprentice is making some medicine with a mortar.
[Ref: 27646] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Walter Henry Medhurst.] Mr. Medhurst, in conversation with Choo-Tih-Lang, attended by a Malay Boy.
[Printed in oil colours by G.Baxter, (Pantentee) 3 Charter-house Square.]
[n.d., c.1840. Published by John Snow, 26, Paternoster Row, London.]
Rare Baxter print. Sheet 160 x 105mm (6¼ x 4"). Cut into plate with some time-fading.
Portrait of Walter Henry Medhurst (1796 - 1857), and his assistant translater, Choo-Tih-Lang. Medhurst, was an English Congregationalist missionary to China. He was born in London and educated at St Paul's School and was one of the early translators of the Bible into Chinese-language editions.
[Ref: 67053] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Mediamque Minervam.
[Publish'd October 1st, 1805 by W.m Richardson, York House, Strand, 1805.]
Coloured etching. Image 150 x 125mm (6 x 5"), title pasted below. Trimmed to image, laid on album paper.
A bespectacled scholar of science poring over a book, while huddled over a fireplace, attempting to gain heat from the few coals in the brazier. Around him are texts: 'Perpetual Motion'; 'On the Gravitation of Flame' and 'Newton made easy by Question and Answer for young Ladies'.
[Ref: 50081] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

A View of his Majesty's Ship Mediator Commanded by the Hon.ble James Luttrell, attacking Five Sail of the Enemy on the 12th of Dec.r 1782, & throwing their Line into Confusion whereby Two of them was captured; Viz: the Menagere the size of a Sixty Four Gun Ship, Arm'd enFlute; and the Alexander of 28 Guns.
Rob.t Dodd Pinx.t. John Peltro sculpsit.
London Publish'd Sept.r 1783 by John Harris, Sweetings Alley Cornhill. [But c1820.]
Copper engraving with large margins. 350 x 470mm, 13¾ x 18½". Watermarked 'H. Smith 1820' Tears to edges, some creasing where rolled.
Mediator attacked a fleet four frigates (three French and one American) and an American brig, capturing the American frigate Alexander. "L’Alexandre" sailed from the mouth of the Gironde with other vessels in an “armed convoy” on 9 December 1782 carrying arms for the American War. After boarding a prize crew Mediator set off again, capturing the Ménaager. Remarkably Mediator suffered no losses: the enemy had twenty killed and 300 made prisoner.
Parker: 94b.
[Ref: 21930] £450.00

A View of His Majesty's Ship Mediator commanded by the Hon.ble James Luttrell, attacking Five Sail of the Enemy on the 12th of Decr 1782, & throwing their Line into Confusion where by Two of them was Captured; Viz: the Menagere the size of Sixty Four Gun Ship, arm'd en Flute; and the Alexander of 28 Guns.
Robt Dodd, Pinx.t. John Peltro, Sculpsit.
London, Publish'd Septr:18th, 1783 by John Harris, Sweetings Alley Cornhill.
Engraving. Plate 350 x 460mm. 13¾ x 18". Some toning in the margins. Small repaired hole in sail of second ship in from the left.
On 16 March 1782 Captain James Luttrell was appointed to the Mediator of 44 guns. In December, he sailed from El Ferrol to intercept an American frigate L’Alexandre who sailed from the mouth of the Gironde with other vessels in an “armed convoy” on 9 December 1782. The cargo of arms for the American War was stopped as the Mediator presented a formidable appearance; Luttrell bore down on them, and after a few broadsides cut off one of the largest ship, the Alexandre, and compelled her to strike. Mediator fought her way through the Franco-American line and isolated the Alexandre. As the Alexandre was taken the rest of the Franco-American fleet scattered and fled. It was not till five hours later that the Mediator came up with another of the vessels, the Ménagère, which she captured also. A desperate but unsuccessful attempt was made by the prisoners to set fire to the Mediator. The prizes were brought safely to England.
Parker: 94a
[Ref: 19436] £680.00

Physick. From the Original Picture of the same size, painted by Ostade, in the Collection of the Right Honourable William Beckford Esq. Lord Mayor of the City of London; to whom this plate is most respectfully inscribed, by his Lordship's most obliged, and most humble servant. J. Boydell
Anthony Walker sculpsit.
Mo. 4 under. Publish'd according to Act of Parliam.t by J. Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside; March 1st 1763
Copper engraving 286 x 392mm. 11¼ x 15½inches.
After Adriaen van Ostade, for "The Most Capital Paintings in England" series of engravings in five volumes, late 1760s-1786, the first three (1769 to 1773) originally published under the title Sculptura Britannica. These were a critical and financial success for the publisher John Boydell who promoted the interests of both artists, engravers and Patrons establishing a tradition in Britain for collecting prints. Pair to "Law" ref:14391.
[Ref: 14389] £320.00

Jerry 'beat to a stand still'! Dr. Please'em's Prescription. Tom and Logic's condolence; and the 'Slaveys' on the alert.
Drawn & Engraved by I.R. & G. Cruikshank.
Pub.d by Sherwood, Neely & Jones, July 1 1821.
Coloured aquatint. 140 x 230mm (5½ x 9"). Stitch holes within plate.
Jerry's lodgings at Corinthian House', with him being attended by a doctor, thin and pale. Tom sits facing him, holding his top-hat. Logic, on a visit from the Fleet, addresses a buxom maidservant ('slavey', a maid of all work in a boardinghouse) who puts a warming-pan into a large canopied bed, while an older woman mixes gruel. From Pierce Egan's ' Life in London, or the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn Esq. and his Elegant Friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis', originally issued as a monthly journal at a shilling a time, illustrated by George Cruikshank (1792–1878). The first recorded use of the word 'slavey' is on p. 174 of this book.
Abbey: Life 281; BM Satires 14354.
[Ref: 34348] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

A Medical Consultation. Algerine Captive, Chap. XX
Engraved for the Lady's Magazine.
[n.d., c.1800]
Engraving with very large margins, rare; platemark 155 x 105mm (6 x 4").
Scene from 'The Algerine Captive: or the Life and Adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill: Six Years a Prisoner among the Algerines', published anonymously in 1797 by Royall Tyler, and one of the first American novels. Underhill recounts his time working as a physician travelling through America (carrying out consultations such as that shown here) before working on a slave-ship ends with him being taken to Algiers as a slave. At the end of the book Underhill is freed and returns home.
[Ref: 33178] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Consilium Medicum. Das Original ist aus Seiner Majestät des Königs Ludwig I von Bayern Privat Galerie von Gemälden neuerer Meister. Das Original, auf Leimand gemalt, ist 3'11" hoch u. 4'7" briet. L'original se trouve dans la Galerie privée de S.M. Louis I Roi de Bavière, contenant. Le tableau, peint sure toile, a une heuteur de 3'11" sur 4'7" de larger.
Gemalt von Geyer in Augsburg. Nach d'Originale auf Stein gez. v. J.Woelfjle.
Verlag der K. B priv. Kunstanstalt v. Piloty u. Loehle zu München (Karls. Str. N.o.39).
Lithograph. On india. Printed area: 490 x 490mm (19¼ x 19 19¼"). Sheet: 860 x 600m, (33¾ x 23¾"). Foxing. Very large margins.
Interior scene depicting a council of doctors. A spirited debate takes place bewtween several male figures while two are slumped in their chairs sleeping, on the floor behind an ornate chair a monkey holds a syringe.
[Ref: 38062] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Illustrated medical certificate.] I hereby certify, that [blank] attended [blank] courses of my Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery, and the diseases incident to Women and Children; and that he has also attended Cases under my direction. London.
[Anon.]
[British, n.d., c.1810.]
Engraved (unused) diploma of basic obstetrics training/course attendance, the lettering illustrated by portrait in profile of instructor Dr. Thynne(?); 240 x 190mm, 9½ x 7½". A little soiled and stained. Large filled chip to lower right corner.
A scarce and interesting item of ephemera.
[Ref: 23699] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Compliments of the Season. Kibe Heels & Chilblains.
W.H.B. [Bunbury] invt.
[London, n.d., c.1785.]
Scarce stipple. Plate: 210 x 185mm, (8¼ x 7¼"). Small margins.
An old man sits in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. A woman, wearing large spectacles, is seated by the fire, she holds on her lap the bare leg of a young man, and is about to apply to it the contents of a pot which she is stirring on the fire. On the wall is a placard, "Dr Steers Opodeldoc for Chilblains". Probably a quack chiropodist's establishment of a very humble kind. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 5806
[Ref: 39831] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Compliments of the Season. Kibe Heels & Chilblains.
W.H.B. [Bunbury] invt.
[London, n.d., c.1785.]
Hand coloured etching with stipple, 210 x 185mm. 8¼ x 7¼".
The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. A witch-like woman, wearing large spectacles, is seated by the fire, she holds on her lap the bare leg of a young man, and is about to apply to it the contents of a pot which she is stirring on the fire. On the wall is a placard, "Dr Steers Opodeldoc for Chilblains". Probably a quack chiropodist's establishment of a very humble kind. After Henry William Bunbury (1750 - 1811).
BM Satires 5806
[Ref: 11532] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Medicea Hospes, sive descriptio publicæ gratulationis qua Serenissimam, Augustissimamque Reginam, Mariam de Medicis, excepit Senatus Populusque Amstelodamensis. Auctore Caspare Barlæo.
Amsterodami, Johannis & Cornelii Blaeu, MDCXXXVIII [1638].
Folio, with the arms of Charles Butleav on the cover, full calf gilt, rebacked; pp. (x)+62; frontispiece portrait, 15 (of 16) numbered plates (14 double-page, 1 folding), extra illustrated with one double-page plate. Front board severely strained, extra plate trimmed to image and remargined.
A record of the arrival of Maria de Medici into Amsterdam after her exile from the French court, with allegorical plates representing the fall and rise of France under Henry III and IV. The plates have numbers added lower right. The missing plate is 'Arrival in the Haarlemmermeer'. The extra plate is 'Effigies nobilissimorum et amplissimorum Dd. consulum qui reip. Amstelodamensi præfuere tunc' drawn by Thomas de Keijser and engraved by Jonas Suijderhoef, showing the four Amsterdam burgomasters hearing of Maria de' Medici's arrival. This plate was frequently added to the work.
With the bookplate of Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill.
[Ref: 57460] £980.00 view all images for this item

[Cosimo III de Medici] Princeps Primogenitus Serenissimi Ferdinandi Secundi Magni Ducis Hetruriae Natus Die 14 Augusti 1642.
[Anonymous.]
[n.d. c.1680.]
Engraving, unfinished; collector's stamp on verso, rare. 215 x 152mm. 8½ x 6". Trimmed with few stains.
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642-1723) was the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tsucany. His 53-year long reign was the longest in Tuscan history and was marked by a series of ultra-reactionary laws which regulated prostitution and banned May celebrations. He married Marguerite Louise d'Orleans, a cousin of Louis XIV.
Ex Collection: A. Castagnari, Rome (1881-1940). Lugt: 86a.
[Ref: 24834] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Cosme de Medici, II. du Nom, Grand Duc de Florence.
[Paris, 1584.]
Engraving with letterpress surtitle, with red ruling. Sheet 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼"). Pieces of tape over title top left & right.
A half-length portrait of Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464), Grand Duke of Tuscany, from André Thevet's 'Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres', 1584. This portrait shows him with the grand-ducal crown on the table and the cross of the Order of Santo Stefano on his necklace. The objects on the table refer to Cosimo's patronage of the arts and learning.
[Ref: 64308] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Francois de Medicis Grand Duc de Toscane...[etc.]
Rubens pinxit. G. Edelinck Eques effigiem Sculp. I.B. Nattier delineavit.
Avec Privilege du Roy. A Paris chez le Sr. Nattier peintre de l'Academie Royale rue Frementeau. [n.d., c.1710.]
Engraving, 505 x 290mm. 20 x 11½". A fine impression.
Francesco I de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541 - 1587), father of Marie de Médicis, Queen and Regent of France (1573 - 1642). The Grand Duke stands on a balcony, wearing breeches and ermine-trimmed cape, with cross of the Order of St Stephen; his left hand rests on a cane, a draped curtain beyond. Plate 2 from a series of twenty-four portraits 'La Gallerie du Palais du Luxembourg', by Gérard Edelinck (1640 - 1707) after Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640); the painting now in Paris, in the Musée du Louvre.
[Ref: 13577] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Don Giovanni de' Medici.]
[Innsbruck: D. Baur, 1603.]
Engraving with large margins. 425 x 295mm (16¾ x 7¾").
Don Giovanni de' Medici (1567-1621), illegitimate son of Cosimo de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (later legitimised). He moved to Spain to become a soldier: his career included becoming Master of the Field for the Imperial army (1600) and Commander-in-Chief of the army of the Republic of Venice (1616-7). He also served as the Florentine ambassador in Madrid (1598). He is shown in armour within an alcove with superb architectural details, a strap-work cartouche for a title left blank. On the reverse is a German-text biography relating to another portrait, within an ornate woodcut frame. Published in Jacob Schrenck von Notzing's 'Der aller Durchleuchtigisten und Grossmächtigen Kayser, Durchleuchtigisten unnd Großmächtigen Königen'.
[Ref: 32685] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Marie de' Medici] La destinée de la Reine. Les Parques filent la vie de la Reine sous l'heureuse constellation de Jupiter [...]
Rubens pinxit. J.B. Nattier delin Lud. de Chastillon sculp.
A Paris chez Duchange Graveur du Roy, rue St Jacques au dessus de la rue des Mathurins. Avec Privilege du Roy.
Engraving, platemark 505 x 235mm (19¾ x 9¼").
The Destiny of Marie de' Medici, the first picture in Rubens' great narrative cycle on the life of Marie. The three Fates, on clouds beneath Juno and Jupiter, spin the thread which determines Marie's destiny. Consisting of twenty-four paintings, the series was commissioned by Marie for the Luxembourg Palace in Paris. They now hang in the Louvre.
[Ref: 35030] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Marie de Medici surrounded by her children]
[Lucas Vorsterman after Nicolaas van der Horst]
[Published by Balthasar Moretus, 1632]
Engraving, sheet 235 x 165mm (9¼ x 6½"). Laid onto album sheet on left margin.
Marie de Médicis, Queen and Regent of France (1573-1642), wife of King Henry IV of France, of the Bourbon branch of the kings of France. Later she was the regent for her son King Louis XIII of France. Shown here framed within a tree, from the branches of which grow her children: Louis XIII of France; Henrietta Maria; Elisabeth, Gaston of Orléans; and Christine Marie of Savoy. Fame and Fortune water the tree in lower corners. Illustration to Jean Puget de la Serre's 'Histoire Curieuse de tout ce qui c'est passé a l'Entree de la Reyne Mere du Roy Treschrestien dans les Villes des Pays Bas" (Antwerp: Moretus, 1632)
[Ref: 43012] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Marie' de Medici] Maria Medicea H.I HIIII.I Coniux [...]
[1660]
Engraving with accompanying letterpress sheet, 17th century watermark; each 470 x 350mm (18½ x 13¾").
Marie' de Medici (1575-1642), Queen of France as second wife of Henri IV. Following her husband's assassination at the hands of a fanatical Catholic in 1610 she acted as regent until her son, the future Louis XIII, came of age. A notable patron of the arts, Marie oversaw the construction and furnishing of the Palais du Luxembourg in Paris (modelled after the Palazzo Pitti in Marie's hometown of Florence) and employed Rubens as her court painter. From 'Les Portraits des Hommes Illustres Francois qui sont Peints dans la Galerie du Palais Cardinal de Richelieu' (1660). The book reproduces the portraits of great men (and women) hanging in Richelieu's 'Galerie des hommes illustres' by Simon Vouet and Philippe de Champaigne (although only four of the original paintings survive). The final 'illustrious figure' was Richelieu himself.
[Ref: 40069] £320.00

Maria ab Etruria Cosmi Primi Magni Ducis Etruriae Filia Alphonso II. Duci Ferrariae Desponsata.
Adriano Halluech. Sculp: (after Agnolo Bronzino)
[n.d. 1741.]
Engraving. 350 x 248mm (13¾ x 9¾").
'Regiae familiae Mediceorum etruriae principum effigies' is the source for this engraving by Adrian Halluech [Adrian Haelwegh] working in Italy in the 1660's. The 'Regiae Familiae' used 54 engravings by Halluech and was published in Florence 1741. Agnolo Bronzino painted the sitter when 11years old. Marie de Medici (1540-1557) was engaged to Alfonso II, Duke of Ferrara, but died at the age of seventeen, before the marriage could take place. She was educated with her brothers and was among the brightest of the children. When her brother Francesco didn't understand his Greek lesson, his tutors called on Maria to explain it to him. Maria kept herself somewhat aloof from her younger brothers and sisters. She grew into an elegant, highly educated, and decorous young woman. Accurate accounts indicate that Maria's cause of death was probably malaria. She died in Livorno. Her father Cosimo I mourned for her deeply and kept her portrait in his bedroom until he died. Her sister Lucrezia di Cosimo de Medici later married Alfonso.
[Ref: 17168] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Cl. et Excell. Joannis Prævostii Practici ac P.P. Patavini Medicina Pauperum ac ejusdem de venenis ac eorundem alexipharmacis opusculum.
Francofurti Sumptibus Johannes Beyeri. M.DC.XL. [1641.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 65mm (4¼ x 2½"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
The engraved titlepage of a herbal by Jean Pre´vost (1585-1631), head of the Botanical Gardens in Padua, the epicentre of renaissance medicine and anti-clerical sentiment. It was an influential work: the English edition of 1670, 'Medicaments for the poor', was intended to break the monopoly of the apothecaries who used Latin to obscure their knowledge.
[Ref: 42369] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Medecine Universelle. Célébre Médecin Docteur par excellence. / Qui nous voyez aux piés de votre révérence [...]
A Paris Chez N. Guerard graveur rue St Jacques proche St. Yves à la Reine du Clergé. C.P.R. [c.1780]
Etching, platemark 285 x 185mm (11¼ x 7¼"), with very large margins.
French-published print paying tribute to the medical profession, with a doctor on a plinth and admiring crowds below.
[Ref: 44209] £320.00

[Marie de Médicis.] Sic ivit nostram grandis Medicea per Urbem, Sceptrorum Mater suspicienda trium
[after Gerard van Honthorst, c.1638]
Engraving, sheet 315 x 210mm (12½ x 8¼"). Trimmed inside platemark and glued to album sheet with hand-drawn borders.
Portrait of Marie de Médicis, Queen and Regent of France (1573-1642) with a view of Amsterdam in the background. She was the wife of King Henry IV of France, of the Bourbon branch of the kings of France. Later she was the regent for her son King Louis XIII of France. Frontsipiece to Caspar Barlaeus' 'Medicea Hospes' (Amsterdam, 1638), a series of plates showing the festivals and ceremonies given to Marie de Medici by the city of Amsterdam during her visit from 31 August to 5 September 1638.
For another plate from 'Medicea Hospes' see ref. 28696.
[Ref: 37359] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Satire of the Medico-Botanical Society] Lines Addressed to the Medico-Botanico-Bombastico Society.
London, Dec. 10, 1829.
1pp. letterpress, 245 x 145mm (9¾ x 5¾"). Creasing, small area of loss of text, laid on album paper.
A satirical verse about the Medico-Botanical Society, a society founded in 1821 to research the medicinal properties of plants. It attacks the founder and director, Dr John Frost, as a charletan, and describes one of the main patrons Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl, as a dupe. In 1830 Stanhope, who was serving as president of the society, finally had enough of Frost's arrogance and expelled him from his own society.
Provenance: Sandys Family, Ormersley Court, Worcestershire.
[Ref: 67066] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

View of El Medinah. Taken From the Harrah (Or Ridge) West of the Town.
R. Burton Del.t. Hanhart Lith.
[n.d., c.1855.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 140 x 225mm (5½ x 8¾"). Large margins. Slight foxing.
Plate 1 from the first volume of Richard Francis Burton's 'Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Mecca', 1855-1856. In the spring of 1853, noted linguist and explorer Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) started his most famous and important journey. Burton undertook the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in disguise at a time when Europeans were forbidden access.
Abbey: 368.
[Ref: 37262] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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