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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)
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)
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.]](jpegs/67053.jpg)
[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)
[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)
[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
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
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
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)
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)
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)
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.]](jpegs/23699.jpg)
[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)
[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)
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)
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
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]](jpegs/24834.jpg)
[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)
[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)
[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.]](jpegs/13577.jpg)
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)
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.]](jpegs/32685.jpg)
[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)
[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.](jpegs/35030.jpg)
[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)
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]](jpegs/43012.jpg)
[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)
[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]](jpegs/40069.jpg)
[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
[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)
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)
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
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.]](jpegs/37359.jpg)
[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)
[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.](jpegs/67066.jpg)
[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)
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)
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)
![[Meditation.]](jpegs/55512.jpg)
[Meditation.]
P. Violet pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London Pub.d Dec.r 1. 1792 by I.F. Tomkins, No 49 New Bond Street.
Rare stipple, proof before title. 130 x 100mm (5 x 4") very large margins. Some spotting.
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a turban, head turned to her left. A pair to 'Admiration'.
Not in BM. De V: 657 II of IV
[Ref: 55512] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
P. Violet pinx.t. F. Bartolozzi Sculp.t.
London Pub.d Dec.r 1. 1792 by I.F. Tomkins, No 49 New Bond Street.
Rare stipple, proof before title. 130 x 100mm (5 x 4") very large margins. Some spotting.
A head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a turban, head turned to her left. A pair to 'Admiration'.
Not in BM. De V: 657 II of IV
[Ref: 55512] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Meditation]](jpegs/35890.jpg)
[Meditation]
[by Charles West Cope, c.1844]
Etching on india with large margins, platemark 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
A woman sitting at a desk with open bible, with painting of the Virgin and Child on the wall. Etching by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90). From 'Etched Thoughts of the Etching Club', of which Cope was a founding member, and illustrative of a poem by Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich. Cope is primarily remembered for his frescoes in the House of Lords and the peers' corridor, but in addition to his academic renderings of historical and literary subjects, he was a talented printmaker.
[Ref: 35890] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles West Cope, c.1844]
Etching on india with large margins, platemark 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼").
A woman sitting at a desk with open bible, with painting of the Virgin and Child on the wall. Etching by history painter Charles West Cope (1811-90). From 'Etched Thoughts of the Etching Club', of which Cope was a founding member, and illustrative of a poem by Joseph Hall, Bishop of Norwich. Cope is primarily remembered for his frescoes in the House of Lords and the peers' corridor, but in addition to his academic renderings of historical and literary subjects, he was a talented printmaker.
[Ref: 35890] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[Meditation.
Engraved by S. Phillips, from a Drawing by R. Westall R.A.
London Pub.d April 7 1802 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts 101 Strand.]
Stipple. proof before all letters. Sheet 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within platemark, paper patched in inscription area bottom right.
A seated woman in profile; with long dark hair, looking upward to the left, wearing a loose gown with a sash. The British Museum has the original pencil and watercolour with touches of white. In the description the sitter is supposed to be either Emma Hamilton or Mrs Siddons.
BM for the published state, 2009,7006.1 for the original.
[Ref: 48923] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by S. Phillips, from a Drawing by R. Westall R.A.
London Pub.d April 7 1802 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts 101 Strand.]
Stipple. proof before all letters. Sheet 305 x 230mm (12 x 9"). Trimmed within platemark, paper patched in inscription area bottom right.
A seated woman in profile; with long dark hair, looking upward to the left, wearing a loose gown with a sash. The British Museum has the original pencil and watercolour with touches of white. In the description the sitter is supposed to be either Emma Hamilton or Mrs Siddons.
BM for the published state, 2009,7006.1 for the original.
[Ref: 48923] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Meditiation.
H. Singleton Delin.t. Geo. Townly Stubbs sculp.t. Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of [Wales.]
London Published July 9.th 1800 by G.T. Stubbs No.97 High Street, Marylebone.
Stipple, printed in colours. Sheet: 310 x 215mm (12 x 8½''). Trimmed and foxing.
An allegorical scene showing a female figure in meditation.
CL-B George Stubbs: Appendix II 122. Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 49887] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
H. Singleton Delin.t. Geo. Townly Stubbs sculp.t. Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of [Wales.]
London Published July 9.th 1800 by G.T. Stubbs No.97 High Street, Marylebone.
Stipple, printed in colours. Sheet: 310 x 215mm (12 x 8½''). Trimmed and foxing.
An allegorical scene showing a female figure in meditation.
CL-B George Stubbs: Appendix II 122. Ex Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 49887] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Lady in meditation.]](jpegs/67352.jpg)
[Lady in meditation.]
G. Kneller Bar:t Pinx:t. J. Faber Fecit, 1753.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins. Some foxing
A bust portrait in oval of a lady in meditation, elbow in a table and hand on forehead, hair loosely up with curls hanging at the nape and over right shoulder.
CS 404. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67352] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
G. Kneller Bar:t Pinx:t. J. Faber Fecit, 1753.
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"), large margins. Some foxing
A bust portrait in oval of a lady in meditation, elbow in a table and hand on forehead, hair loosely up with curls hanging at the nape and over right shoulder.
CS 404. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67352] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
When I consider thy Heavens the Work thy fingers; the Moon and the Stars, which thou hast ordained. Lord what is man that thou art mindful of him, and the Son of Man that thou visitest him? Pslam VIII, v.3 & 4.
F. Hayman del. I. Wall M.D inv. C.Gringnion Sculp.
Printed for John Rivinoton and Partners. M.r Hervey's Meditations &c. Vol. II. [n.d., c.1750].
Engraving, sheet 165 x 100mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed to plate top and right, thread margin left.
Frontispiece to Meditations and Contemplations Volume II by James Hervey. Astronomers look through telescopes and a group of men gather around a man who assesses a map of the heavens with a pair of compasses. James Hervey (1714 – 1758) was an English clergyman and writer. 'Meditations and Contemplations' was his earliest work and said to have been modelled on Robert Boyle's 'Occasional Reflections on various Subjects', within fourteen years passed through as many editions.
[Ref: 57016] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
F. Hayman del. I. Wall M.D inv. C.Gringnion Sculp.
Printed for John Rivinoton and Partners. M.r Hervey's Meditations &c. Vol. II. [n.d., c.1750].
Engraving, sheet 165 x 100mm (6½ x 4"). Trimmed to plate top and right, thread margin left.
Frontispiece to Meditations and Contemplations Volume II by James Hervey. Astronomers look through telescopes and a group of men gather around a man who assesses a map of the heavens with a pair of compasses. James Hervey (1714 – 1758) was an English clergyman and writer. 'Meditations and Contemplations' was his earliest work and said to have been modelled on Robert Boyle's 'Occasional Reflections on various Subjects', within fourteen years passed through as many editions.
[Ref: 57016] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Untitled Mediterranean scene Monte Carlo?]](jpegs/11659.jpg)
[Untitled Mediterranean scene Monte Carlo?]
Arthur Walsh. 1957. [pencil.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 130 x 165mm, 5 x 6½". With sheet with pencil presentation inscription from Walsh dated 1957. Spots in margin.
[Ref: 11659] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Arthur Walsh. 1957. [pencil.]
Etching, signed by the artist. 130 x 165mm, 5 x 6½". With sheet with pencil presentation inscription from Walsh dated 1957. Spots in margin.
[Ref: 11659] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![Mediterranean Light [pencil].](jpegs/49222.jpg)
Mediterranean Light [pencil]. Just Published. Original Mezzotint by L. Norsworthy (Limited Edition).
L. Norsworthy [pencil].
[London: Alfred Bell & Co., n.d., c.1930.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours, titled and signed by the artist. 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6") very large margins. In original mount with printed label with publisher's logo of a black bell with ABC in white. Mint.
A night scene, with lights in the distance behind cypress trees. Lennie Norsworthy (1905-1984).
[Ref: 49222] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
L. Norsworthy [pencil].
[London: Alfred Bell & Co., n.d., c.1930.]
Mezzotint, printed in colours, titled and signed by the artist. 220 x 150mm (8¾ x 6") very large margins. In original mount with printed label with publisher's logo of a black bell with ABC in white. Mint.
A night scene, with lights in the distance behind cypress trees. Lennie Norsworthy (1905-1984).
[Ref: 49222] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Untitled chart comprising of 30 Mediterranean ports & harbours.]](jpegs/16267.jpg)
[Untitled chart comprising of 30 Mediterranean ports & harbours.]
[Amsterdam, Johannes van Keulen, c.1730.]
Very scarce Engraving. 520 x 620mm, 20½ x 24½". Remargined on both sides.
A rare chart by the leading Dutch chart publishers for 150 years: it shows details of ports and harbours in Europe, Africa and Asia. They are: Porto Tanger; Porto Toulon; d'Eylanden van Eres; Porto Taranto; Porto Galipoli; Porto Brundisi; Porto de Cara-Busa; Porto Canea; Porto Zuda; Porto Andrea; I.Milo; Porto Nio; Porto Nixia; Porto Ziva; I. Delis; Eres; Porto Bona; Porto Trapano; Porto S. Pedro; Porto Serigo; Porto S. Nicolo in I. Serigo; Porto Candia; I. Stantea; Porto Spina Longa; Porto Paris; Porto Trio; Porto de Aula; Selue inde Golf van Narbona; Porto Gero in I.Metelino; Tripoli.
[Ref: 16267] £750.00
[Amsterdam, Johannes van Keulen, c.1730.]
Very scarce Engraving. 520 x 620mm, 20½ x 24½". Remargined on both sides.
A rare chart by the leading Dutch chart publishers for 150 years: it shows details of ports and harbours in Europe, Africa and Asia. They are: Porto Tanger; Porto Toulon; d'Eylanden van Eres; Porto Taranto; Porto Galipoli; Porto Brundisi; Porto de Cara-Busa; Porto Canea; Porto Zuda; Porto Andrea; I.Milo; Porto Nio; Porto Nixia; Porto Ziva; I. Delis; Eres; Porto Bona; Porto Trapano; Porto S. Pedro; Porto Serigo; Porto S. Nicolo in I. Serigo; Porto Candia; I. Stantea; Porto Spina Longa; Porto Paris; Porto Trio; Porto de Aula; Selue inde Golf van Narbona; Porto Gero in I.Metelino; Tripoli.
[Ref: 16267] £750.00
![[Eleven fine watercolours of Mediterranean scenes.]](jpegs/55050.jpg)
[Eleven fine watercolours of Mediterranean scenes.]
[n.d., c.1810.]
Eleven watercolours by the same hand. Each c. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), some sheets watermarked 'L Tovil Mill 1810.]
Eleven watercolours from an English tour around the Mediterranean, with subjects from Venice, Malta, Naples, and Genoa, including two litters, a wine press, a monk taking confession and various costumes. The Lower Tovil Mill (or Allnut Mill) was a papermaking mill on the River Loose, a tributary of the Medway, Kent.
[Ref: 55050] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1810.]
Eleven watercolours by the same hand. Each c. 185 x 225mm (7¼ x 8¾"), some sheets watermarked 'L Tovil Mill 1810.]
Eleven watercolours from an English tour around the Mediterranean, with subjects from Venice, Malta, Naples, and Genoa, including two litters, a wine press, a monk taking confession and various costumes. The Lower Tovil Mill (or Allnut Mill) was a papermaking mill on the River Loose, a tributary of the Medway, Kent.
[Ref: 55050] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
A Medley of Characters. Plate 1. A Stick and Whip Seller in Belfast. Ascot Heath Races June 1791. Enfield Races Aug. 1791. [&] Plate 2. [&] Plate 3. An Irishwoman coming from Market. [&] Plate 4. At a Sale of Pictures. At a Concert.
Drawn by J. Nixon Esq.r. Engraved by Ziegler.
London, Pub. by Will.m Holland Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1805].
Rare set of four aquatints, printed in sepia. Each 280 x 605mm (11 x 23¾"), on Whatman paper, plate 2 dated 1805. All trimmed to plate at sides, plate 2 very small worm holes, nicks in edges, plate 3 with one caricature excised and taped back in place. All margins are tatty.
Four plates of caricature portraits, including several at horse races and a man playing a bassoon.
[Ref: 58411] £950.00 view all images for this item
Drawn by J. Nixon Esq.r. Engraved by Ziegler.
London, Pub. by Will.m Holland Cockspur Street [n.d., c.1805].
Rare set of four aquatints, printed in sepia. Each 280 x 605mm (11 x 23¾"), on Whatman paper, plate 2 dated 1805. All trimmed to plate at sides, plate 2 very small worm holes, nicks in edges, plate 3 with one caricature excised and taped back in place. All margins are tatty.
Four plates of caricature portraits, including several at horse races and a man playing a bassoon.
[Ref: 58411] £950.00 view all images for this item
![[Two untitled medley prints in imitation of old master paintings]](jpegs/54802.jpg)
[Two untitled medley prints in imitation of old master paintings]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Each sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
Two trompe-l'œil medley prints, with Old Master-style Dutch painting stuck on wooden panels with red sealing wax,
[Ref: 54802] £320.00
[n.d., c.1775.]
Each sheet 130 x 100mm (5 x 4"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
Two trompe-l'œil medley prints, with Old Master-style Dutch painting stuck on wooden panels with red sealing wax,
[Ref: 54802] £320.00
![[Untitled medley print relating to the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74.]](jpegs/54801.jpg)
[Untitled medley print relating to the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74.]
[n.d., c.1775.]
Printed from two plates, mezzotint and a colour-printed engraving, both with hand colour. Total 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A trompe-l'œil medley print, with a central mezzotint printed over an engraving of proporting to be seven pieces of paper, stuck on a wooden wall by red sealing wax.. The mezzotint is of an Old Master-style Dutch drinker. The other images are two playing cards (front and back); a map of the Aegean; a scene of a 'triumphant' Russian standing over a vanquished Turk with a Greek watching; a scrap with French text relating to the war; and a naval battle engraving (The Battle of Chesme, June 24, 1770) and a German almanac title-page, both printed in sanguine. Christian Gottlob Winterschmidt (1755-1809)
See National Archives for copy Orlov Revolt 1770.
[Ref: 54801] £690.00
[n.d., c.1775.]
Printed from two plates, mezzotint and a colour-printed engraving, both with hand colour. Total 260 x 205mm (10¼ x 8"). Trimmed into image, laid on album paper.
A trompe-l'œil medley print, with a central mezzotint printed over an engraving of proporting to be seven pieces of paper, stuck on a wooden wall by red sealing wax.. The mezzotint is of an Old Master-style Dutch drinker. The other images are two playing cards (front and back); a map of the Aegean; a scene of a 'triumphant' Russian standing over a vanquished Turk with a Greek watching; a scrap with French text relating to the war; and a naval battle engraving (The Battle of Chesme, June 24, 1770) and a German almanac title-page, both printed in sanguine. Christian Gottlob Winterschmidt (1755-1809)
See National Archives for copy Orlov Revolt 1770.
[Ref: 54801] £690.00
![[Untitled Medley print.]](jpegs/40259.jpg)
[Untitled Medley print.]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Pen lithograph. Trimmed around image, so irregular, at most 190 x 180mm (7½ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A medley print, with a trompe l'oeil of eight cards: an illustration of Wellington kissing the hand of George IV, both on horseback; a ship beached for repairs; a map; a floorplan; a romanesque bust; the music to 'La Gazza Ladra' (Rossini's 'Thieving Magpie') arranged by T.W. Lloyd; and the trade card of 'James Bell, Printer, Bookseller & Stationer, 23, Lord Street'. It is probably that the print was published to demonstrate Bell's abilities.
[Ref: 40259] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1825.]
Pen lithograph. Trimmed around image, so irregular, at most 190 x 180mm (7½ x 7"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A medley print, with a trompe l'oeil of eight cards: an illustration of Wellington kissing the hand of George IV, both on horseback; a ship beached for repairs; a map; a floorplan; a romanesque bust; the music to 'La Gazza Ladra' (Rossini's 'Thieving Magpie') arranged by T.W. Lloyd; and the trade card of 'James Bell, Printer, Bookseller & Stationer, 23, Lord Street'. It is probably that the print was published to demonstrate Bell's abilities.
[Ref: 40259] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
The Honble: Henry Medley Esqr: Rear Admiral of the White Squadron of his Majesty's Fleet &c.
John Ellys pinxt. John Faber fecit 1745.
Sold by J Faber in Bloomsbury Square, T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & J Bowles in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 350 x 248 Foxing. Cut. Creasing. Small nick to the bottom left-hand corner.
Henry Medley (1687-1747) naval officer and Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, died on board the Russell at Vado. Medley entered the Royal Navy in 1703 and was appointed Governor of Newfoundland in 1739 and served for two seasons. In 1744 he was promoted to Rear-admiral of the White, and a year later promoted to Vice-admiral and Commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. In 1747 he was then promoted to Vice-admiral of the Red.
Parker: 601. C.S. 238. From the Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17009] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
John Ellys pinxt. John Faber fecit 1745.
Sold by J Faber in Bloomsbury Square, T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, & J Bowles in Cornhill.
Mezzotint. 350 x 248 Foxing. Cut. Creasing. Small nick to the bottom left-hand corner.
Henry Medley (1687-1747) naval officer and Commodore Governor of Newfoundland, died on board the Russell at Vado. Medley entered the Royal Navy in 1703 and was appointed Governor of Newfoundland in 1739 and served for two seasons. In 1744 he was promoted to Rear-admiral of the White, and a year later promoted to Vice-admiral and Commander-in-chief in the Mediterranean. In 1747 he was then promoted to Vice-admiral of the Red.
Parker: 601. C.S. 238. From the Collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 17009] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Medusa Antique.
T. Worlidge Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750].
Etching with aquatint, sheet 100 x 85mm (4 x 3½"). Trimmed within plate.
Bust portrait of Medusa in profile to the right, mouth slightly open and within an oval medallion. In Greek mythology, Medusa, was one of three Gorgon sisters and depicted as a woman with snakes for hair, whose terrifying gaze could turn anyone who looked at her into stone. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
[Ref: 68015] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
T. Worlidge Fecit.
[n.d. c.1750].
Etching with aquatint, sheet 100 x 85mm (4 x 3½"). Trimmed within plate.
Bust portrait of Medusa in profile to the right, mouth slightly open and within an oval medallion. In Greek mythology, Medusa, was one of three Gorgon sisters and depicted as a woman with snakes for hair, whose terrifying gaze could turn anyone who looked at her into stone. Medusa was beheaded by the Greek hero Perseus, who then used her head, which retained its ability to turn onlookers to stone, as a weapon until he gave it to the goddess Athena to place on her shield. Thomas Worlidge (1700 - 1766), 'the English Rembrandt' and a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married.
[Ref: 68015] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Medusa.]](jpegs/2209.jpg)
[Medusa.]
[Thomas Dutton.]
[c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph, printed in blue and sepia. Image 370 x 620mm. Some marginal spotting and a small tear, again marginal
[Ref: 2209] £780.00
[Thomas Dutton.]
[c.1870.]
Tinted lithograph, printed in blue and sepia. Image 370 x 620mm. Some marginal spotting and a small tear, again marginal
[Ref: 2209] £780.00
![[Raid on the Medway.]](jpegs/47489.jpg)
[Raid on the Medway.] Abbildung der Statt und Revier von Rochester, Chetham etc...
[n.d, c.1670.]
Etching. Sheet: 155 x 380mm (6 x 15"). Trimmed. Repaired tear on left, printer's crease through image.
A view of the Dutch raid on the Medway inJune 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. After works by Willem Schellinks (1623-78), who painted several versions of the Medway raid.
[Ref: 47489] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d, c.1670.]
Etching. Sheet: 155 x 380mm (6 x 15"). Trimmed. Repaired tear on left, printer's crease through image.
A view of the Dutch raid on the Medway inJune 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. After works by Willem Schellinks (1623-78), who painted several versions of the Medway raid.
[Ref: 47489] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Abbildung de Stadt und Revier von Rochester, Chetham, etc. allwo die Statische oder holländische Kriegsfloote ein gefallen seindt / fo fefchehen den 19.20.21.22 under 23 Junÿ.1667
[after Willem Schellinks.]
[Frankfurt: Matthäus Merian, 1677.]
Engraving. Printed area 150 x 375mm (6 x 14¾"). Trimmed from larger sheet, losing second prospect.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Engraved after the view by Willem Schellinks as etched by Romeyn de Hooghe and published in the ''Theatrum Europaeum''.
[Ref: 55461] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[after Willem Schellinks.]
[Frankfurt: Matthäus Merian, 1677.]
Engraving. Printed area 150 x 375mm (6 x 14¾"). Trimmed from larger sheet, losing second prospect.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Engraved after the view by Willem Schellinks as etched by Romeyn de Hooghe and published in the ''Theatrum Europaeum''.
[Ref: 55461] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Raid on the Medway.] Disegno dell'Ingresso, et Abbrvecia, Mento di Vascelli Inglesi Fattoda'gli Olandesi nella Riviera di Hattan.](jpegs/42717.jpg)
[Raid on the Medway.] Disegno dell'Ingresso, et Abbrvecia, Mento di Vascelli Inglesi Fattoda'gli Olandesi nella Riviera di Hattan.
A. Blom. del. et. f.
[n.d., c.1667.]
Rare etching. Plate: 380 x 300mm (15 x 12"), with very large margins. Three vertical folds, damage to edge of plate in lower left edge.
A scene showing the burning of the English fleet following the Dutch raid on the Medway in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. From Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato's ''Teatro del Belgio o sia descritione delle diecisette Provincie del medesimo''.
[Ref: 42717] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
A. Blom. del. et. f.
[n.d., c.1667.]
Rare etching. Plate: 380 x 300mm (15 x 12"), with very large margins. Three vertical folds, damage to edge of plate in lower left edge.
A scene showing the burning of the English fleet following the Dutch raid on the Medway in June 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. From Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato's ''Teatro del Belgio o sia descritione delle diecisette Provincie del medesimo''.
[Ref: 42717] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Raid on the Medway.] Afbeelding van de Stad en Revier van Rochester, Chattam...](jpegs/42935.jpg)
[Raid on the Medway.] Afbeelding van de Stad en Revier van Rochester, Chattam...
Stoopendal sculp.
[n.d., c.1667.]
Engraving, with letterpress. Sheet: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½"). Trimmed to image, tipped into album sheet, vertical central fold as normal. Letterpress trimmed and laid on album sheet below. Foxing & creasing.
A scene showing the Raid on the Medway by the Dutch led by Admiral de Ruyter in 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Letterpress description in French below, with key identifying key locations and ships.
[Ref: 42935] £320.00
Stoopendal sculp.
[n.d., c.1667.]
Engraving, with letterpress. Sheet: 260 x 340mm (10¼ x 13½"). Trimmed to image, tipped into album sheet, vertical central fold as normal. Letterpress trimmed and laid on album sheet below. Foxing & creasing.
A scene showing the Raid on the Medway by the Dutch led by Admiral de Ruyter in 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. Letterpress description in French below, with key identifying key locations and ships.
[Ref: 42935] £320.00
![[Raid on the Medway.] Afbeeldingh van de stadt en revier van Rochester, Chatham [...].](jpegs/60610.jpg)
[Raid on the Medway.] Afbeeldingh van de stadt en revier van Rochester, Chatham [...].
[After William Schellinks.][Engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[n.d c.1667.]
Engraving, sheet 185 x 500mm (7¼ x 19¾). Trimmed within plate, vertical creases.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
Landwehr: 155.
[Ref: 60610] £420.00
[After William Schellinks.][Engraved by Romeyn de Hooghe.]
[n.d c.1667.]
Engraving, sheet 185 x 500mm (7¼ x 19¾). Trimmed within plate, vertical creases.
A prospect of the River Medway during the raid by the Dutch in June 1667, during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
Landwehr: 155.
[Ref: 60610] £420.00
De beroemde Onderneming op de Rivieren van London en Rochester gedaan den 21, 22 en 23 Junij des Jaars 1667, onder het Opperbevel van den Edel Mogenden Heer Cornelis De Witt, Ruwaard van Putten, Regerend Burgemeester der Stad Dordrecht [...]
Getekend door D.k Langendyk, 1782. in't Koper gesneden door M. D. Sallieth, Rotterdam.
Uit gegeven by D.k Langendyk, M. de Sallieth en Dirk de Jong, te Rotterdam. [1782.]
Line engraving. Sheet 485 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing, laid on album paper. Messy.
The Dutch surprise raid on Royal Navy ships anchored in the river Medway in June 1667, showing hand-to-hand fighting in small boats in the foreground and the elaborate stern of the British flagship 'Royal Charles' (subsequently towed away by the Dutch) upper left. The Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter is shown standing, sword in hand, in the foreground. When the Dutch withdrew they took the 'Royal Charles' and 'Unity' as prizes which, along with heavy losses of large ships, left England unable to continue the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7). Engraved by the Prague-born engraver Mattheus de Sallieth (1749-91).
Parker: 21.a
[Ref: 52827] £450.00
Getekend door D.k Langendyk, 1782. in't Koper gesneden door M. D. Sallieth, Rotterdam.
Uit gegeven by D.k Langendyk, M. de Sallieth en Dirk de Jong, te Rotterdam. [1782.]
Line engraving. Sheet 485 x 600mm (19 x 23½"). Trimmed within plate, some creasing, laid on album paper. Messy.
The Dutch surprise raid on Royal Navy ships anchored in the river Medway in June 1667, showing hand-to-hand fighting in small boats in the foreground and the elaborate stern of the British flagship 'Royal Charles' (subsequently towed away by the Dutch) upper left. The Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter is shown standing, sword in hand, in the foreground. When the Dutch withdrew they took the 'Royal Charles' and 'Unity' as prizes which, along with heavy losses of large ships, left England unable to continue the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7). Engraved by the Prague-born engraver Mattheus de Sallieth (1749-91).
Parker: 21.a
[Ref: 52827] £450.00