Grosvenor Prints

The Aqueduct Bridge.
Nattes del. Merigot sc.
Publish'd by W. Miller Old Bond Street, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint on card. 170 x 235mm (7 x 9¼"). Fine.
Plate 8 of John Stoddard's 'Picturesque Views of Scotland', showing an unnamed canal aqueduct transporting a three-masted boat over a river.
Abbey Scenery: 484
[Ref: 31986] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Mr. John Milton. Three Poets in three distant ages born/ Greece, Italy, and England did adorn [...]
R. White ad Vivum delin. J. Simon fecit
Sold by T. Bowles in Pauls Church Yd. & J Bowles Church Yd. & J. Bowles & Son in Cornhill [n.d., c.1745]
Mezzotint with large margins, platemark 340 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Repaired tear inside image on left & right in margins.
John Milton (1608-1674), English poet, polemicist, scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. His best-known works include 'Paradise Lost', 'Paradise Regained' and 'Samson Agonistes'. After his death Milton became associated with the whig cause and was regarded as an unambiguous republican. In the eighteenth century, around the time of this portrait, the style of 'Paradise Lost' was responsible for developments in poetic diction and syntax seen in poets such as Alexander Pope and William Thompson. Portrait with laurel wreath, and lines from Dryden below.
O'D 28 (as after Faithorne)
[Ref: 34226] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

John Milton. This picture belong'd to Deborah Milton [...]
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament, Jan.ry 4. 1786 by Caroline Watson, Fitzroy Street.
Fine stipple. 165 x 230mm (6½ x 9"). Narrow margins.
Portrait of poet John Milton (1608-74), after a miniature by Samuel Cooper. The portrait is set in a roundel set upon a plinth, carved with his name and scenes from 'Paradise Lost'. Leaning up against the plinth is a roundel on which is transcribed the inscription on the back of the miniature, relating the ownership of the miniature. Beneath the image is a description by Joshua Reynolds (1723-92), with a facsimile signature, correcting some of those details
BM 9,4.194.
[Ref: 67963] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[John Milton.] Three Poets, in three distante Ages born / Greece Italy and England did adorn. / This first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, / The next in Majesty in both the last. / The force of Nature cou'd no farther go: / To make a third she joind the former two. Dryden.
[after William Faithorne.]
[n.d. c.1688.]
Engraving. Sheet 110 x 165mm (4¼ x 6½"). Trimmed to image on three sides, into plate at bottom affecting text.
Head and shoulders portrait of John Milton, long hair, wearing bands and gown, probably published as a frontispiece to one of his works. John Milton (1608-74), a poet best known for 'Paradise Lost', was also a civil servant for the English Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell.
[Ref: 62078] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[John Milton.] Life of M. by I.T. ed. II, P.LXXX.
I.B.C.I.F. MDCCLXVII [Giovanni Battista Cipriani].
[1767]
Etching. 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½") very large margins. Some spotting.
A bust of poet John Milton surmounting a term with ''Def. Pro Pop. Anglic" and a medallion portrait of French writer Claudius Salmasius on the front. It was published in John Tolland's 'Life of Milton' and references Milton's ''Defensio pro Populo Anglicano'', a rebuttal of Salmasius' ''Defensio Regia pro Carolo I'' (Royal Defence on behalf of Charles I).
[Ref: 63706] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Ionnnes Milton. Ætatis XXI. Nascuntur Poetae, non fiunt.
G: Vertue sculp. 1731.
Engraving. Plate: 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾''), with large margins.
A portrait of poet John Milton (1608-1674) aged 21, set in decorative frame with busts of Virgil and Homer below.
Alexander 624.
[Ref: 48656] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

John Milton. I dedicate this first adequate portrait of Milton to J. F. March Esq.re Hardwick House Chepstow as author of the authoritative treatise on Milton's portraits. Resting gratefully, Alexander B. Grosart.
Engraved by W. J. Alais, after Faithorne, 1670.
Private Plate. 18 Artist's Proofs. 32 Lettered Proofs. 50 Prints.
Mezzotint, printed on chine collé. Plate: 370 x 295mm (14½ x 11½''). Trimmed to plate; margins tatty.
A portrait of poet John Milton (1608-1674).
[Ref: 48775] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John Milton.] Three Poets, in three distante Ages born / Greece Italy and England did adorn. / This first in loftiness of thought surpass'd, / The next in Majesty in both the last. / The force of Nature cou'd no farther go: / To make a third she joind the former two. Dryden.
[William Faithorne.] Holbrook sc.
[n.d. c.1700.]
Fine engraving. 165 x 89mm. 6½ x 3½". False margins added.
Portrait of John Milton, bust length in an oval frame, long hair, wearing bands and gown; used as frontispiece to Milton's 'Paradise Lost'. John Milton (1608-1674), the English poet, polemicist, a scholarly man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell.
[Ref: 24430] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Peter Milton / Complete Etchings 1960-1976.
Commentary and editing by Kneeland McNulty with essays by the artist.
Published by Impressions Workshop. Boston, Massachusetts 1977.
4to. pp 137. Profusely illustrated with b/wimages. Printed cover with photos front and back.
A catalogue raisonné of Peter Milton's (b.1930) work.
[Ref: 21998] £85.00

[Milton’s cottage in Chalfont St Giles]
Monk. [in image]
[n.d. c.1910]
Etching, 200 x 275mm (8 x 11"), with very large margins. Mint.
A view of Milton's Cottage; a 16th-century timber-framed building located in the village of Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire. Once the home of the renowned writer John Milton, it is now a museum dedicated to his life and work, open to the public. British etcher William Monk (1863-1937).
[Ref: 65171] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

The New Commercial Sale Rooms in Mincing Lane. (Now used as the Custom House).
Publish'd Jan.y 16th 1815 by Ja.s Whittle & Rich.d H. Laurie 53 Fleet Street, London.
Coloured engraving. Sheet 390 x 440mm (11½x 17¼") Trimmed within plate, a few small tears in edges.
Mincing Lane in the City of London, was for some years the world's leading centre for tea and spice trading after the British East India Company successfully took over all trading ports from Dutch East India Company in 1799.
[Ref: 53212] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Battle of the Mincio River, 1814.] Passage du Mincio.
L. Gudin del. Litho: de C. Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Printed area 310 x 390mm (12¼ x 15¼"), with very large margins.
A battle in Lombardy, northern Italy, between the French led by Eugène de Beauharnais (son of Napoleon's first wife, Joesphine) and the Austrians under Field Marshal Heinrich von Bellegarde. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 55865] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

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Engagement between the Crew of the Waaksamheyd Transport, & the Natives of an Island near Mindanao.
Cap.t Hunter R.N. inv.t. Greig Sculp.t
Publish'd by Bunney & Gold, 1 Dec. 1801.
Aquatint with explanatory text. 140 x 229mm. 5½ x 9".
As written on the text sheet "a quarrel that took place between the natives of an island situated off the south point of Mindanao, and the crew of the Waaksamkeyd transport, on board of which were embarked the officers and company of his Majesty's late ship Sirius. The vessel wore Dutch colours, because the natives were known to be in the interest of the Dutch, as appeared by the Rajah's boat wearing the flag of that nation". This engraving was published in the 'Naval Chronicle'. Gold was the founder and publisher.
NMM: PAD5423.
[Ref: 23316] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Mineral and Aerated Waters] Henry Schilling, Ten Years Superintendent of the Chemical Apparatus at the Royal German Spa Brighton Park. Manufacturer of Mineral Waters, Soda, Seltzer, Potash, Pullna, Magnesia, Fachingen &c. Nectar, a most delicious cooling draught, Champagne Lemonade & Carbonated Ginger Beer. No. 9 Middle Street, King's Road, Brighton.
Iebas sc Birm.m.
[n.d., c.1860.]
Engraving & letterpress showing his factory. Sheet 195 x 115mm (7¾ x 4½"), printed on both sides.
Schilling used his profits to buy property: In 1846 he bought the eastern side of Kensington Place, Brighton for £950.
[Ref: 58851] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Mineralogy.
J.Chapman sculp.t.
Engraving, sheet 265 x 205mm (10½ x 8¼"). Trimmed.
Zeus and Hera sit on thrones surrounded by the other gods; Apollo, Artemis, Hades, Hephaestus, Demeter, Aphrodite, Aries and Hermes. The floor is covered in minerals and gems that putti are excavating and handing over to Hera who holds a set of scales. Cupid soars above them holding a rod.
[Ref: 57067] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

The General Laws of the Leeds Independent Order of the Miners' Refuge. Established March 26th 1853, in Remembrance of the Unity.
J. Parrott, Printer, Briggate, Leeds.
Letterpress pamphlet, 4pp, each 155 x 95mm (6 x 3¾"). Final page glued to backing card.
Pamphlet listing the fifteen rules of the Miners' Association, with preface, presumably printed for distribution to Leeds miners although with nationwide application. Early Trade Union item.
[Ref: 37673] £170.00 (£204.00 incl.VAT)

The Genius of Literature and Science presenting her Pupils to Minerva.
Drawn by R. Corbould. Engraved by J. Chapman.
London. Published as the Act directs Sep.r 19.th 1803, by J. Wilkes.
Stipple. 292 x 222mm. 11½ x 8¾". Nicks and tears around edges. Trimmed.
An allegory of two pupils being presented to Minerva, the goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts and magic.
[Ref: 26836] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Minerva and Mercury with a young man]
G.B. Cipriani invt. F. Bartolozzi sculpt.
London Pub'd. as the Act directs Mar.h 1 1787 by F. Bartolozzi.
Etching printed in sepia, platemark 260 x 270mm (10¼ x 10½") very large margins.
Etching by Francesco Bartolozzi (1725-1815), Florentine engraver and founding member of the Royal Academy in 1768. After meeting George III's librarian Richard Dalton in Italy in 1763, Dalton invited Bartolozzi to London with a promise of an appointment as engraver to the king. In England he became the most celebrated exponent of the 'stipple' technique whereby he produced prints using dots rather than lines. This is the medium employed here, one of many prints he made from designs by his fellow Italian, G.B. Cipriani (it was published in 'A Set of Etchings by Francis Bartolozzi R.A. in Imitation of Drawings from the Sketches of the Late John Baptist Cipriani R.A.' in 1788.
Calabi & De Vesme 406.ii
[Ref: 43428] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Minerva. All' Illustrissimo Signor Daniel Antonio Bertoli. Nell' antisala della Libreria di S. Marco.
G. Ant. Faldoni Sculp.
[Venice: Zanetti Snr. & Jnr.,1740-1743.]
Copper engraving on laid paper, 410 x 280mm. 16 x 11". Full untrimmed margins.
The sculpted bust of the Roman goddess Minerva in the Biblioteca Marciana (St Mark's Library) in Venice, engraved by Giovanni Antonio Faldoni from a drawing by Antonio Daniele Bertoli. The library is one of the earliest surviving public manuscript depositories in Italy, holding one of the greatest collections of classical texts in the world. Equated with the Greek goddess Athena, Minerva was the virgin goddess of poetry, medicine, wisdom, commerce, weaving, crafts, magic, and the inventor of music. Plate 'X' from the folio 'Delle Antiche statue greche e romane che, nell'antisala della libreria di San Marco e in altri luoghi pubblici di Venezia..' (100 plates total). Published by Antonio Maria Zanetti (1680 - 1757) in collaboration with his son.
BNF: FRBNF31681530.
[Ref: 21363] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Mines [pencil].
Norman Wilkinson
[n.d., c.1930.]
Coloured photolitho signed in pencil by the artist, rare. 320 x 480mm (12½ x 19").
A pair of minesweepers, designated 'ML 191' & ML '193', with an exploding mine. Lieut. Norman Wilkinson, CBE (1878-1971), 'a prolific illustrator of salmon and trout fishing', was an illustrator for the Illustrated London News, and during both World Wars worked developing camouflage techniques. Although no comprehensive catalogue of Wilkinson's angling etchings has been published, David Beazley suggests 'a total number of etched images amounting to 71, of which at least 45 were offered for sale as single sheet prints in signed limited editions'.
[Ref: 30791] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mines of Dartmoor and the Tamar Valley after 1913.
P.H.G. Richardson.
Devon Books. [1995.]
8vo, illustrated soft covers; pp. 160, profusely illustrated. Good condition.
An account of mining in West Devon and East Cornwall.
[Ref: 59848] £10.00

Die Kleine Minnette.
Gemalt von F.G. Weitsch. Geschabt von J.J. Freidhof.
Berlin, bei J.J. Freidhof 1801.
Rare & scarce mezzotint. 460 x 340mm (18 x 13½"), with large margins. Some foxing in margins.
A curly-heaired child leans on a window sill, holding a pear, watched by a scowling cat. The window is draped by a vine with grapes.
[Ref: 60491] £520.00

Mingarry Castle, Argylshire.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by Mess.rs Longman & Co. Paternoster Row & W. Daniell, 9 Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, Feb.y 2, 1818.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"). Large margins, uncut.
Mingarry Castle, Lochaber, guarding the entrance to the Sound of Mull From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 36293] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

James Mingay Esqr.
G. Romney pinxt. C.H. Hodges sculpt.
London, Published Octr. 10th. 1791, by Thos. Macklin, Poets Gallery, Fleet Street.
A fine mezzotint, title in closed capitals, 505 x 350mm. 19¾ x 13¾". Closed chip to left margin.
James Mingay (1752 - 1812), barrister, sitting in wig and robes, right elbow resting on the arm of the chair, left hand on a table to the right; inkwell and papers to right. As the result of a childhood accident he lost his right hand, and wore a hook in its place. His obituary in the Gentelman's Magaaine states that as an advocate he possess'd a 'persuasvie oratory, infinite wit, and most excellent fancy'. After George Romney (1734 - 1802).
Chaloner Smith 24 . NPG: D38842. Horne 82.
[Ref: 19495] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Regina Minotti] 34. The Idol. Behold with most Indignant Scorn the Soft Enervate tribe, / Their Country Selling for a Song How Eager they Subscribe.
Publish'd according to the Act Oct. 6th 1756 by Darly & Edwards at ye Acorn facing Hungerford Strand.
Engraving. 80 x 110mm (3 x 4¼"), with large margins. Worm hole in right margin.
Satire of Regina Mingotti (1722-1808), Austrian soprano, standing on a table above volumes of English culture (Dryden, Sjakespeare & Johnson). Published in 'A Political and Satirical History of the Years 1756 and 1757', a volume of seventy-five satirical prints with short descriptions.
BM Satires 3533.
[Ref: 53499] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Curclaze Tin Mine.
Drawn by J. Farington, R.A. Engraved by S. Middiman.
London, Published May 1, 1813, by T. Cadell & W. Davies, Strand.
Engraving, uncut, very large margins. 230 x 285mm (9 x 11¼").
A view of Carclaze Tin Mine, near St Austell in Cornwall, surrounded by high cliffs. The workings include two waterwheels. From 'Britannia Depicta: a Series of Views (with brief Descriptions) of the most interesting and picturesque Objects in Great Britain'.
[Ref: 31651] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

No. [528] Ministére de la Maison de l'Empereur. Musées Imperiaux. Carte d'entrée personelle pour les jours d'étude. M. [Daudrin?] présenté par M. [Belloc] Le Directeur général des Musées impériaux, pendant des Beau Arts de la Maison de l'Empereur. Enrégestré le [24 Sept. 1859].
[1859.]
Engraved ticket, completed in ink mss. Sheet 70 x 115mm (2¾ x 4½").
An admission ticket for a study day run by the 'Ministry of the Emperor's House', which managed the royal residences of Napoleon III.
[Ref: 53191] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

[Ministry of all the Talents] Kissing Hands or New Appointments.
Argus [Charles Williams] del.t.
Pub,d Feb,y 10th 1806 by E Walker N° 7 Cornhill.
Fine coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Charles James Fox, the new Foreign Secretary in Grenville's 'Ministry of all the Talents', kisses the hand of George III, saying ''it is the softest I have Kiss'd these Twenty Years - this sure is bliss if bliss on Earth there be'. The other ministers await their turn.
BM Satires 10526.
[Ref: 61836] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Ministry of all the Talents] St Steven's Statute.
[by Charles Williams]
Pub,d Feb.y 6th, 1806 by SW Fores 50 Piccadilly. Folios of Caricatures.
Coloured etching. Sheet 245 x 345mm (9½ x 13½"). Trimmed within plate.
George III views his ministers, including Charles James Fox as the new Foreign Secretary, through his looking glass. The satire was drawn before the details of the new government were known: the steward doing the introductions resembles Hawkesbury, George's first choice of Prime Minister, rather than Grenville, who eventually created the 'Ministry of all the Talents'
BM Satires 10523.
[Ref: 61850] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Minnie Warren's Quadrille, (Sister of Mrs. Genereral Tom Thumb.) By Stephen Glover. "Performed Daily at Commodore Nutts Grand Levée".
T. Packer Lith. Standard & Dixon Imp.
[n.d., c.1870].
Chromolithograph, rare. Collector's blind stamp in top left corner, '3. 2. 81. New Burlington'. Sheet size: 335 x 255mm (13¼ x 10"). Cut.
A brightly coloured songsheet cover for 'Minnie Warren's Quadrille', by Stephen Glover, performed daily at Commodore Nutts Grand Levée. Huldah Pierce Warren Newell (1849 - 1878), better known as Minnie Warren, was a dwarf and an entertainer. Her sister, Lavinia Warren, was married to General Tom Thumb. They were very well known in 1860s' America and their meeting with Abraham Lincoln was covered in the press at the time.
[Ref: 33570] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Le Matin [&] Le Soir
V. Minola pinx[it] et sculp[sit]
Dedié à Mr D.n Charle Andreoli Lieutenant Colonel de son Altesse Electoral de Baviere [Le Matin]; Dèdié à Mr. D.n Andreoli, Chambelan de S.A.R. l'Enfant Duc de Parme, Liutenant Colonnel de S.A.E. de Baviere [Le Soir][n.d., c.1770]
Pair of engravings with very large margins, platemarks 350 x 460mm (13¾ x 18"). Few repaired tears outside platemark.
Pair of rural scenes showing shepherds herding their flock, from a series of prints (numbered 7 and 10 respectively). Engraved by an obscure continental printmaker, Minola, whom we have been unable to find any references to.
[Ref: 28339] £600.00 view all images for this item

[Siege of Fort St Philip, Minorca, January 1782.] Siege du Fort St Philippe Vu de la batterie de la Mola pendant la nuit du 15 au 16 Janvier 1782 [...]
Dessiné par le Paon Peintre de S.A.S. M.gr le Prince de Conde Gravé par Godefroy de l'Academie Imperiale et Royale de Vienne, & c.
A Paris chez M.r Godefroy, rue des Francs-bourgeois Porte St Michel et chez Mr. Ponce Graveur de M.g le Comte d'Artois, rue Hiacinthe A.P.D.R.
Engraving, sheet 210 x 220mm (8¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Battle scene towards the end of the siege of Fort St Philip (which dominated the great natural harbour of Mahon in Minorca), which lasted from August 1781 until February 1782, when the garrison of James Murray, ravaged by scurvy, laid down their arms. Murray's conduct during the siege (which included turning down a secret bribe of £1 million sterling to surrender from the French commander de Crillon) earned him the nickname Old Minorca from his troops. Murray was made a full general in 1783 and retired to his residence near Battle in Sussex. Engraved after a design by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon (1736/8-85).
[Ref: 40361] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

English Minstrels. [&] French Minstrels.
Miss. L. Adam del.t. On Stone by W.P. Sherlock. Engleman, Fraf, Coindet & Co. lithog.
London, Published for H. Woods, by Engleman, Fraf, Coindet & Co., 14 Newman St. Aug. 1829.
Pair of lithographs. Sheets 335 x 230mm (13¼ x 9"). Repaired tears in edges.
Two plates contrasting the English and French family musicians: the English father has a drum, the mother a guitar played horizontally and the two girls tamborines; the French father has a barrel organ with a tethered squirrel, and his wife and daughter both play violins.
[Ref: 45762] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item

The Mint: or; La Monnoie. The Facade of the Louvre.
[P.A. Demachy.] S. Porter sculp.
[n.d., c.1810.]
Engraving with text page. Plate: 300 x 555mm (12 x 21¾''), with very large margins.
A view of the Louvre and the Mint in Paris, a preacher stands on a stool pointing at images of demonic figures
[Ref: 50608] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Minuet.
Published by R. Farrier, No. 7, Church St. Chelsea. [n.d. c.1870.]
Lithograph. Sheet 250 x 310mm (10 x 12¼".)
A musical cacophony of household implements. A magical masterpiece of everyday utensils that have come to life to create circus movements with the tight-rope dish, orchestration from the bellows, barrel, jug, saucepans; and arcobatics from the kettle and jug. The pork chop sits on as spectator.
[Ref: 54532] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Dernieres Paroles de Mirabeau.
Dessiné par Antoiné Borel. Gravé par Delaunay le Jeane.
A Paris chez l'Auteur rue S.t Jacques près la Place du Panthéon Français N.º 122 [n.d., c.1791].
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 400 x 255mm (15¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate on three sides, small tear in right edge, ink collector's stamp in inscription area on right.
An allegorical scene of the last words of the Count of Mirabeau (1749-91), with the statesman dying in the arms of France, with Death standing above.
Collector's stamp of Jean-Louis Soulavie (1752-1813), Lugt L1533.
[Ref: 61531] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

H.G. Mirabeau.
Drawn by J. Guerin. Engraved by Fiesinger.
Publish'd as the Act directs London Feb.y 10th 1793 by Fiesinger.
Stipple. 355 x 270mm, 14 x 10½". Some spotting of large margins.
Oval portrait of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-91), French writer and revolutionary. In the 1770s he was condemned to death for the "seduction and abduction" of another man's wife, although he was only imprisoned at the castle of Vincennes, where he met the Marquis de Sade. Having reversed his conviction he was elected to the Estates-General in 1789, in which he a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He made secret attempts to negotiate with Louis XIV to achieve this, but died of pericarditis in 1791. Regarded as one of the fathers of the revolution he was buried in the Panthéon, but when his secret negotiations became public knowledge he was disinterred in 1794 and reburied, and his remains are now lost.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection
[Ref: 18592] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Mirabeau, Député de Provence Aux États Généraux de 1789, Mort le 2 Avril 1791.
Lavachez sculp. Duplesi-Bertaux inv et del. Duplesi-Bertaux aqua forte.
[Paris: Auber, 1804.]
Mezzotint and etching. 430 x 285mm (17 x 11¼"). Some spotting.
Oval mezzotint portrait of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749-1791), surrounded by an etched border with engraved text and a scene from his life. A moderate revolutionary, he tried to persuade Louis XVI to accept constitutional monarchy, but died before any deal could be reached. Published in the 'Collection complète des tableaux historiques de la révolution française'. Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, the French writer and revolutionary. In the 1770s he was condemned to death for the "seduction and abduction" of another man's wife, although he was only imprisoned at the castle of Vincennes, where he met the Marquis de Sade. Having reversed his conviction he was elected to the Estates-General in 1789, in which he a moderate, favouring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He made secret attempts to negotiate with Louis XIV to achieve this, but died of pericarditis in 1791. Regarded as one of the fathers of the revolution he was buried in the Panthéon, but when his secret negotiations became public knowledge he was disinterred in 1794 and reburied, and his remains are now lost.
[Ref: 28226] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

H.G. Mirabeau.
Drawn by J. Guerin. Engraved by Fiesinger.
Publish'd as the Act directs London Feb.y 10th 1795 by Fiesinger.
Oval stipple with aquatinted border printed in blue, very fine. Proof. Sheet 315 x 230mm, 12½ x 9". Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau (1749-91), French writer and revolutionary. In the 1770s he was condemned to death for the "seduction and abduction" of another man's wife, although he was only imprisoned at the castle of Vincennes, where he met the Marquis de Sade. Having reversed his conviction he was elected to the Estates-General in 1789, in which he a moderate, favoring a constitutional monarchy built on the model of Great Britain. He made secret attempts to negotiate with Louis XIV to achieve this, but died of pericarditis in 1791. Regarded as one of the fathers of the revolution he was buried in the Panthéon, but when his secret negotiations became public knowledge he was disinterred in 1794 and reburied, and his remains are now lost. The blue border appears only in the proof state: for the published edition the aquatinting was removed.
Ex Norman Blackburn Collection.
[Ref: 18595] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Select Views in the Isle of Wight, & its Environs. Plate 2nd, View of Mirables with Mr Arnold's Cottage, at the back of the Island.
Walmsley pinx.t. Hassell sculp.t.
London, Published June 24th, 1801 by James Daniell & C.o, No 480 Strand.
Aquatint, printed in colours and hand-finished, J. Whatman 1801 watermark. 550 x 715mm (21¾ x 28¼"). Trimmed to plate, repairs to edges.
A large view of Mirables, a Grade II listed house on the Undercliff at Niton, Isle of Wight, before it was enlarged in the 1860s.
[Ref: 57966] £450.00

'Mirage', R.Y..S., 200 Tons. 5th October 1872.
T.G. Dutton, del.t et lith. M. & N. Hanhart, Imp.t.
London: Published March 1st 1873 by Arthur Ackermann, 191, Regent Street.
Colour tinted lithograph. Printed area 420 x 600mm. A very good example of colour printing.
[Ref: 8402] £1,450.00

[A mirage?]
[by Edward John Burrow.]
[n.d., c.1915.]
Rare etching. 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"), with large margins.
A war time desert scene, with human skeletons surrounded by vultures. Behind is a shimmering city, with palm trees and a river, perhaps the Nile: as it was unreachable by the poor travellers it is probably a mirage. By Edward John Burrow, known for his topographical etchings and several series of views of public schools.
[Ref: 58019] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

The Mirror. The Mirror of truth is here held up to view...
Published by S. Fores No.3 Picadilly May 17 1784.
Rare hand-coloured etching. Sheet: 235 x 330mm (9¼ x 13''). Laid on album sheet, staining, trimmed. Very messy.
A scene in Covent Garden Piazza outside St. Paul's Church, in which Fox stands giving a speech before his supporters. In the front figures labelled Alderman Caplish, Indian Tyrant, Virtue and Politician stand disgruntled with what Fox is saying.
BM Satire 6582.
[Ref: 49312] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Mirth. She flies, her elder sifter Health to find.
S. Shelley pinx.t. W. Nutter sculp.t.
London, Publish'd Feb:y 1;st 1789, by C. Taylor No.10 near Castle Street, Holborn.
Stipple. Plate: 185 x 140mm (7¼ x 5½''), with very large margins.
An allegorical scene showing a young woman looking into the distance.
[Ref: 50298] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Mirth.]
G.Romney Pinx.t. Rob.t Dunkarton fecit.
London, Printed for Rob.t Sayer N.º53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs 1st Oct.r. 1772.
Mezzotint. 605 x 380mm (23¾ x 15"). Some creasing and time-staining. Repaired tears. Small margins.
Full-length portrait of a woman dressed in a classical robe, holding a tambourine and dancing, women and girls play instruments behind her. Possibly of Dorothea Jordan (1761 - 1816), Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time partner of Prince William, Duke of Clarence (later King William IV), and the mother of 10 illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence.
Horne 138 II of III. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64663] £420.00

Mirth [&] Sorrow.
Painted by William Baker Engraved by Thomas Williamson
London Published July 1 1829 by Tho.s Williamson 21 Charlton Street Somers Town
Pair of stipples printed in colour, rare, each sheet approx 245 x 205mm (9½ x 8"). Both trimmed inside platemark and glued to backing sheets with painted borders.
Pair of colour-printed stipples representing contrasting moods.
[Ref: 44125] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Mirza, Eunuque, Mollahs, Juif & Domestique. (Perse.)
Dessine d'apres nature et lith. par Jules Laurens. Imp. par Lemercier, r. de Seine 57, Paris.
Publie par Pierre-Bertrand, Editeur. [n.d., c.1859.]
Lithograph, image 310 x 420mm.
Joseph Auguste Jules Laurens (1825 - 1901) travelled with the geographer Xavier Hommaire de Hell on a scientific journey to Turkey and Persia, making over a thousand drawings of the sites, costumes and people he encountered. After Hommaire died of cholera in 1848 Laurens sent his notes back to his widow in Paris who completed a full account of their travels, 'Voyage en Turquie et en Perse, exe´cute´ par ordre du Gouvernement Francais pendant les anne´es 1846, 1847 et 1848', containing many lithographs by Laurens.
[Ref: 7701] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Mirzala
[Designed by Fanny Corbaux. Drawn on Stone by Louisa Corbaux.] F. Corbaux.
[London: Charles Tilt, Fleet Street. 1837.]
Tinted lithograph, with large margins. 380 x 279mm (15 x 11").
Mirzala, a veiled prophet, a character from 'Lalla Rookh', the oriental romance by Thomas Moore, published in 1817. Published in the 'Pearls of the East. Beauties from Lallarookh'. Marie Françoise Catherine Doetger "Fanny" Corbaux (1812–1883) was a British painter and biblical commentator. She was also the inventor of kalsomine (calcimine), whitewash with added zinc oxide. Her sister, Louisa (c.1808-1889), lithographed this print.
[Ref: 31075] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Prenez des Pilules, prenez des Pilules. Dr Misabin.
Watteau del. AP. [Arthur Pond] fecit. 1739.

Caricature of the quack Dr Misaubin, standing holding a tricorn hat amid skulls and tombs. After a lost drawing by Watteau, drawn when he was in London in 1719/20. Arthur Pond [1710-1758] printmake publisher and collector.
BM:1987.Welcome:2015
[Ref: 7252] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Frontispiece to the 'Miscellanea Curiosa' (Decuria II, Annus VII]
[c.1689]
Rare engraving, sheet 185 x 145mm (7¼ x 5¾"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to backing sheet.
Frontispiece to a volume of the 'Miscellanea Curiosa' published by the German learned society Academia Natarae Curiosorum (which became known by its present name, the Leopoldina, around the time this print was published). The Miscellanea Curiosa was one of the earliest scientific journals and had a particular focus on medicine and other aspects of natural philosophy.
[Ref: 46518] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

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