Grosvenor Prints

Monument consacré a la posterité en memoire de la folie incroyable de la XX. année du XVIII. siecle. Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX. jaar der XVIII. eeuw.
B.Picart fecit 1720.
Engraving. 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"), with wide margins. Folded as issued.
'Monument consecrated to posterity in memory of the unbelievable folly of the 20th year of the 18th century.' A satire on the Mississippi Bubble, showing investors eager to buy 'Mississippi Company' shares from the cart of Fortune, led by Folly and drawn by allegorical figures of the various companies (South Sea, Mississippi, West India, East India) and John Law's 'Banque Générale Privée'. In the background is John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1628.
[Ref: 35858] £350.00

Monument consacré à la postérité en mémoir de la folie incroyable de la XX année du XVIII. siècle / Ter eeuwiger gedagtenisse der dwaasheid van het XX jaar der XVIII. eeuw.
B. Picart fecit 1720.
Etching and engraving. Plate 279 x 361mm (11 x 14¼").
Satire on Law's Mississippi scheme: personifications of various elements involved in the scheme (Mississippi, Compagnie des Indes, Bank, etc) dragging a chariot driven by Madness and running over True Trade; on the chariot stands Fortune, who is throwing shares, snakes and fool's hats at the crowd; above her, the devil blows bubbles; the chariot leads a crowd to a building with three doors (hospital for the mad, the sick and the poor); on the left people gathered around a standing man holding a project for a trade company.
[Ref: 52254] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

De Lachende Ezopus, op het koolmaal, gehouden ter asscheyd van Actieapen.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 290 x 365mm, 11½ x 14½". Edges of margins tatty.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The laughing Aesop, present at the cole (cabbage-feast), which was given at the leave-taking of the stock-apes'. In the background a pacl of wolves savage a flock of sheep. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM Satire 1678.
[Ref: 11789] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

De Viaantsche tol-poort voor d'actionisten komende uyt alle steeden.
[n.d., 1720.]
Engraving. 350 x 330mm, 13¾ x 13".
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The tollgate of Vianen for the shareholders arriving from all towns'. Vianen, despite being near Utrecht, was in a region owned by a German count and was therefore German soil. It became the refuge of thos made bankrupt by the Mississippi Bubble's collapse: anyone who could pay the toll to enter the city could get sanctuary from creditors. 'Going to live in Vianen' became a euphemism for going bankrupt. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
[Ref: 11792] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

A Monument Dedicated to Posterity in commemoration of ye incredible Folly transacted in the Year 1720. [...] Just grav'd 4 prints upon the humours of Stock Jobbing, with a list of the bubbles & what each sold at when highest.
B. Picart inv.t. B. Baron sculp.t.
Printed for Carington Bowles, in St Pauls Church Yard, London [n.d., c.1765].
Rare engraving, 18th century watermark. 275 x 370mm (10¾ x 14½"). Trimmed to plate and mounted in album paper.
A reversed English version of a satire on the Mississippi Bubble by Bernard Picart, showing investors eager to buy 'Mississippi Company' shares from the cart of Fortune, led by Folly and drawn by allegorical figures of the various companies (South Sea, Mississippi, West India, East India) and the Bank of England. The spokes of the wheel visible are inscribed with the names of several popular schemes, referring to the York Buildings Company (designed to supply water in London), Mining, Silk Manufacture and others. The Devil is sat on a cloud, blowing bubbles. Next to him rays emanate from a cloud, naming the consequences of economic speculation: 'Extream Joy', 'Madness', 'Prison', 'Beggery' etc. In the background buildings are named: 'Jonathan's', the coffee house famous as a scene of early share trading (replacing John Law's home, Quinquenpoix, in Picart's original); Bethlehem, the mental hospital famed as Bedlam; and the 'Hos. of Beggers'. This English version was originally published in 1720; this example was published by his nephew Carington Bowles, who took over his business in 1762.
BM: 1629. For Picart image see 35858.
[Ref: 58016] £480.00

Tytel-Print der Actie-Kraam of Voor-hof van Quinquenpoix.
[Pieter van den Berge.]
[1720.]
Broadside. Plate: 390 x 235mm (15½ x 9¼''). Creasing. Damaged. Repaired loss in centre.
A Dutch satirical print commenting on John Law's financial schemes and the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble. Law is referred to as Quinquenpoix because rue Quinquempoix was where the Compagnie des Indes was located. The central panel is surrounded by a decorative boarder which contains vignettes showing Native Americans, barrels of tobacco, navigational equipment and crocodiles.
[Ref: 48332] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Graf kelder der Verongelukte Actionisten. Eere-titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg der Actie-Tafereelen, beschildert met de Actie-Winkel des Groenen en Dorren Tyds, Of Spiegel des Papieren Warelds.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Etching & engraving. Two plates, largest 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"), with letterpress below Folded as issued, repaired tears & creases.
'Tomb of the ruined stockholders', 'Titlepage of honor, or curtain before the theatre of the stock plays, representing the stock shop of the green and sterile times; or mirror of the paper world'. An engraving showing an old winged man, holding a mirror in front of a young man who points at a globe representing the international speculation schemes, surrounded by an etched border of Callot figures, strap-work and various objects, including two bird cages. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1638.
[Ref: 35873] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Opkomts, midden, en geen eynde van den doortrapte Jan Lauw.
[Anon.]
[n.d., c. 1720.]
Engraving. Plate: 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15'') very large margins. Creasing as normal and foxing.
A Dutch print satirising John Law's promoting of the Mississippi Scheme and its subsequent collapse causing a financial crisis. The central image shows John Law shaking the hand of the regent Duke d'Orleans. Surrounding the central image are 16 vignettes showing scenes from Law's life and financial decisions.
[Ref: 48339] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

[The Boaster, covered, who has escaped.] Ontsprongen rondom bedekte Blaaskaak.
[n.d., c.1720.]
A rare engraving. Sheet: 260 x 210mm (10¼ x 8¼''). Staining in margins.
A portrait of a dwarf wearing a large hat and wig holding a playing card. Plate 7 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1669.
[Ref: 48329] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

De Vervallen Actionisten, Hersteld, door den Triompheerden Arlequin.
[n.d., 1722.]
Engraving. 280 x 355mm. 11" x 13¾". Trimmed close to platemark at top edge. Fold crease vertically down the centre as normal.
Satire on the Mississippi Bubble, with the title translating as 'The ruined share-holders restored by the triumphant Harlequin'. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1631.
[Ref: 26991] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Graf kelder der Verongelukte Actionisten. Eere-titel, of Gordyn voor het Schouburg der Actie-Tafereelen, beschildert met de Actie-Winkel des Groenen en Dorren Tyds, Of Spiegel des Papieren Warelds.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Coloured etching & engraving. Two plates, largest 290 x 190mm (11½ x 7½"), with letterpress title below Letterpress description lacking.
'Tomb of the ruined stockholders', 'Titlepage of honor, or curtain before the theatre of the stock plays, representing the stock shop of the green and sterile times; or mirror of the paper world'. An engraving showing an old winged man, holding a mirror in front of a young man who points at a globe representing the international speculation schemes, surrounded by an etched border of Callot figures, strap-work and various objects, including two bird cages. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1638.
[Ref: 43998] £360.00

[The share-jobber and the ghost of Aesop]. Bombario Actionist ende Geest van Esopus.
1720.
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The frontispiece to a series of satirical prints 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' commenting on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
[Ref: 44629] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Directress of the decayed Stock-Regiments, and particularly of natural Law's Shares.] Directrice der Vervalle Actie-Regimenten; en byzonderlyk van Natuurlyke Lawe Actien.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of an old dwarf holding a dog. Plate 4 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1666.
[Ref: 44631] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Drinking cup, beaker, of Fi-ane or Vianen: Second scene of Aesop's Ghost.] Verkens Beker van Fi-ane of Vianen: 2de Tooneel van de Geest van Esopus.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet, paper loss in right edge.
A portrait of a dwarf holding a bell. Plate 5 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1667.
[Ref: 44632] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[The Rector Magnificus of the Un-Actioned [Shareless] Literature.] Rector-Magnificus van de Ongeactioneerde Litteratuur .
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of a dwarf in a large wig holding his hat. Plate 6 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1668.
[Ref: 44634] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[The Boaster, covered, who has escaped.] Ontsprongen rondom bedekte Blaaskaak.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, rare. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of a dwarf wearing a large hat and wig holding a playing card. Plate 7 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1669.
[Ref: 44635] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Natural Stock Doctor, or bubbling Bubble Master.] Natuur Actie-Doctor of klap-achtig Bobbel Meester.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A portrait of an old dwarf with a beard and spectacles holding a parrot. Plate 3 from 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid', a series of Dutch satires on the Mississippi and South Sea Companies, their promoters and victims.
BM Satire: 1665.
[Ref: 44630] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Op en ondergang der actieonisten.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins. 350 x 390mm (13¾ x 15¼"). Folded, as issued.
'The Rise and Fall of the Share dealers.' A satire on the Mississippi scheme, with an architectural structure supporting several images, including : a medallion portrait of John Law holding a paper labelled 'Mississippi' is flanked by a wolf holding a dead lamb in its jaw and a monkey; a medallion with a horse defecating coins; a a view of the Tuilleries Palace with the aftermath of a duel, with one man dead and his wounded opponent carried off by three friends while a lady weeps; John Law's carriage attacked by a mob; a trompe l'oeil of a banner showing rue Quinquempoix filled with people trying to sell shares; and a medallion titled 'Labour in vain' showing three men trying to scrub a negro white. Underneath is an extensive verse in Dutch. A satire on the Mississippi Bubble. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1647.
[Ref: 35862] £350.00

Missisippi of 't wydbefaamde Goudland door de inbeelding der windnegotie. Nieuwe Volksplantin om wind.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving. 155 x 210mm (6¼ x 8¼"), set in letterpress. Folded, as issued.
'Mississippi, or the world-famous Goldland in the fancy of the wind trade.' A satire on the Mississippi scheme, with central view of the Mississippi with European settlers talking to two Amerinds, with four vignettes in the corners: (TL) the lying-in-state of Louis XIV; (TR) John Law presenting his investment scheme to the Duke of Orleans; (BL) the interior of Law's opulent offices in rue Quinquempoix with bags of coins being wheeled in; (BR) a ruined investor with his hysterical family. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1683.
[Ref: 35861] £380.00

Vasten avonds vreugde krans en tooneel stuk.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving on two plates, very large margins. Largest 300 x 190mm (12 x 7½").
'Shrovetide's wreath of joy and the drama', a satire on the Mississippi Bubble, comparing the feasting of Shove with the abstinence of Lent. A centre image of Cupid and Pan (ascribed by Muller to Bernard Picart.) is surrounded by a border of stabwork with emblems and Callot figures, at the top corners the heads of dwarfs, with a dwarf standing up-side-down at the bottom. The name 'Jan Law' refers to John Law, the Scotsman who founded the 'Mississippi Scheme'. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1684.
[Ref: 35866] £320.00

Der grosse versammel-platz der wind verkäuffer. A. 1720. De grote Vergader-plaats der Windverkopers van't Jaar Aº 1720
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Etching & engraving. 280 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾). Very large margins. Folded as issued.
'The great gathering place of the wind-dealers in the year 1720.' A central scene of stockbrokers is flanked by four smaller scenes, all with a Dutch-text engraved description. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1661.
[Ref: 37058] £350.00

Tytel-print der actie-kraam of voor-hof van Quinquenpoix.
[Centre plate etched by Pieter van den Berge.]
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Etching on two plates. 380 x 225mm (15 x 9").
'Title print of the stockshop or court of Quinquempoix', a satire on the Mississippi Bubble. John Law kneels before a female figure, within a separately-printed wreath-like border featuring vignettes including an American Indian and an alligator. Under the wreath are Mercury and Neptune reclining, with a small image of a man sitting at a table counting money between them. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1644.
[Ref: 35872] £320.00

De inbeelding; heersseres van't rookverkopers-gild, maald Missisippi hier, 't geen Vrankryks schat verspild.
[Amsterdam, 1720.]
Engraving with very large margins. 225 x 180mm (8¾ x 7"), set in letterpress. Folded as issued.
'Fancy, the ruler of the guild of smoke-sellers, paints here Mississippi, which wastes France's treasures.' A female artist paints an oval picture of 'Mississippi', surrounded by putti. In the four corners are: (TL) a scene with two men smoking pipes; (TR) a landscape with a West Indian man standing on a tortoise and smoking a pipe; (BL) a stock exchange and two men offering papers; and (BR) a man on horseback distributing papers to a group of men while his horse defecates coins. A satire on the Mississippi Bubble. Scotsman John Law's house in rue Quinquempoix was besieged by investors eager to invest in his 'Mississippi Scheme', blocking the street. The share price shot up from 500 livres to 15,000, before collapsing back to 500 in 1721. Law had to flee the country. Published in 'Het Groote Tafereel der Dwaasheid' (The Picture of Stupidity), a collection of satires on financial bubbles.
BM: 1657.
[Ref: 35860] £350.00

The Missletoe. Engraved by Permission from the Original Painting in the Possession of J. Slater Esq.r.
W. Kidd Pinxit. I.C.Zeitter Sculp.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Mezzotint. Sheet 285 x 250mm, 11¼ x 9¾". Trimmed within plate.
A rustic couple embrace under the mistletoe, after William Kidd (1817 - 1863), Scottish painter and a life-long friend of David Roberts.
Ex collection of the Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. See 24987 for another impression..
[Ref: 24702] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Missletoe. Engraved by Permission from the Original Painting in the Possession of J. Slater Esq.r. Proof.
W. Kidd Pinxit. I.C.Zeitter Sculp.
London, Published by James Bulcock, 163, Strand (11, Doors East of Somerset House) Jan.y 1.st 1828.
Mezzotint, proof with very large margins. Plate 305 x 255mm. 12 x 10".
A couple in rustic dress standing under mistletoe, the woman on the right holding and shading a candle, laughing and turning back towards the man, who puts his arms around her and puckers his lips for a kiss; table with a jug and glass to right; after William Kidd (1817 - 1863), Scottish painter and a life-long friend of David Roberts.
See 24702 for lettered state.
[Ref: 24987] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Swallow's Geological Map of Missouri. Engraved expressly for Campbell's Sectional, Topographical & Descriptive Atlas of the State.
Steam Lith Print by Gast & Co., St Louis.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1872 by R.A.Campbell, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress in Washington.
Engraving. 300 x 360mm, 12 x 14¼".
Map of the geology of Missouri by George Clinton Swallow, Professor of Geology and Agriculture in the State University of Missouri.
[Ref: 19985] £95.00

[A Mist]
[Drawn by T. Harper Esq.r. Engraved by G. Maile.]
London, Published June 1st. 1821, by J. Brooker, 5, Southampton Row, Russell Square.]
Mezzotint and engraving, printed in colours and hand finished. Sheet 210 x 155mm (8¼ x 6"). Trimmed into image, losing all lettering. Creasing.
The head and shoulders of a naked woman, shimmering above the sea, a gauzy shawl fluttering around her head.
See Ref: 54180
[Ref: 58060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

A Mistake.
[Mongram of Paul Pry] Esq. [William Heath.]
Pub March 10th 1829 by T McLean 26 Haymarket where Political & other Caricatures are daily Pub.
Coloured etching. Sheet 250 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Cut to border.
On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets, with a sign saying 'No Popery'. Because of the sign's handle the woman mistakes that for 'No Pop' (i.e. no credit).
BM Satires: 15685.
[Ref: 31478] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The Missletoe. Engraved by Permission from the Original Painting, in the Possession of J. Slater Esq.r. Proof.
W. Kidd Pinxit. J.C. Zeitter, Sculp.
London, Published by James Bulcock, 163, Strand (11 Doors East of Somerset House) Jan,,y 1st,, 1828.
Mezzotint. Sheet 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"). Trimmed within plate,slight surface soiling in edges.
A rustic couple embrace under the mistletoe, after William Kidd (1817 - 1863), Scottish painter and a life-long friend of David Roberts. A pair to 'Snow Balls'.
See also [Ref: 24987] & [Ref: 24702].
[Ref: 65670] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Mistley near Harwich, Essex.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Cleveland Street, Fitzroy Square, London, July 1, 1822.
Aquatint with fine original hand colour. 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"), with large margins.
A view of the harbour at Mistley. 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: 47156] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

South-West View of the Parish Church of Mistley in Essex.
R.t Adam Architect 1776. Tho.s Vivares incidit.
Published as the Act directs 1779.
Engraving. 440 x 580mm (17¼ x 22¾"). Printer's crease in top margin just entering image.
In 1776 Robert Adam was commissioned to redesign the Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley in neoclassical style. He built towers at the east and the west ends and an entrance portico in the centre. Although most of the church was demolished in 1870 the towers remain; known as the Mistley Towers, they are Grade I listed. Published in Adam's 'Works on Architecture'.
[Ref: 47709] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Misty Morn [in pencil]
Nat. Long. [in image and signed in pencil]
[n.d., c.1920.]
Very fine etching, titled and signed by the artist. Limited edition numbered 1 of 75. Plate 200 x 265mm (8 x 10½"), with mint, uncut margins.
Two nude women towel themselves off after a morning skinny dip. Nathaniel Long (1893-1955), book and magazine illustrator and printmaker who specialized in eroticised female etching. In 1948 he illustrated editions of both 'Tom Brown's Schooldays' and 'The Coral Island'.
Provenance: From the Artist's Studio.
[Ref: 62510] £360.00

[David William Mitchell] D.W. Mitchell [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire 1850. M. & H. Hanhart Imp.
Lithograph on chine collé. Printed area 290 x 240mm (11½ x 9½"), very large margins; blind stamp of the Ipswich Museum.
David William Mitchell (1813-59), zoologist and illustrator, the first paid secretary of the Zoological Society of London. While illustrating George Robert Gray's 'Genera of Birds' (published (1844-9) he was assisted by Joseph Wolf. From the series 'Ipswich Museum Portraits'.
Wellcome 2019-1.
[Ref: 48443] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

D. W. Mitchell.
T. H. Maguire. M & N. Hanhart IMP.I
Ipswich, 1850.
Lithograph. 360 x 265mm (14 x 10½"). Faint foxing around the margins.
Seated portrait of David William Mitchell (1813-1859), inclined to the right and right gazing. Signed and dated 1850 by the artist on the stone and below the portrait is a facsimile of the sitter's signature. Mitchell was a zoologist and illustrator. He was elected the secretary of the Zoological Society of London in 1847.
[Ref: 53887] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel Wyld Mitchell.
J. Parry delt. A: Van Assen Sculpt.
London Published Jany.27.1805, by J. Parry, No.5, Bentinck Street, Soho.
Hand coloured etching with text. Watermarked: John Wise 1804. Plate 178 x 115mm. 7 x 4½". Some offset.
Samuel Wyld Mitchell, a weaver by trade, was found guilty for the wilful murder of his only child, a nine year old girl. He was executed at about the age of 60 years on January 14th. 1805.
[Ref: 16235] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Samuel L. Mitchill. Fellow Of The Royal Antiquarian And Wernerian Societies Of Edinburgh; Honorary Member Of The Royal Jennerian And London Vaccine Institutions; Correspondent Of The Administration For The King's Garden And Museum At Paris; And Of The Royal And Central Society Of Agriculture For France, &c.c. &c.c.
Drawn on Stone by V. Balch from an original Painting by Trott in the Gallery of the Fine arts N.Y. Imbert's Lithography.
[n.d. c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 290 x 210mm.
Samuel Latham Mitchell [1764 - 1831], physician to New York Hospital and US Senator.
W: 2020.
[Ref: 491] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Russell Mitford. From a Miniature taken at Three Years if Age.
Plott. J.B. Hunt.
London, Published by Rogerson & Tuxford, 246, Strand, 1853.
Stipple. 230 x 155mm (9 x 6").
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), English author and dramatist, best known for 'Our Village', a series of sketches of village life in Three Mile Cross, Berkshire.
[Ref: 51949] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Russell Mitford] M.R. Mitford [facsimile signature].
Engraved from an Original Painting by Hagdon.
London, Hurst & Blackett, 1854.
Stipple. Sheet 200 x 130mm. (8 x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), English author and dramatist, best known for 'Our Village', a series of sketches of village life in Three Mile Cross, Berkshire.
[Ref: 51948] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Russell Mitford] The Author of ''Our Village'', & C. M.R. Mitford [facsimile signature].
Engraved by Thomson from an Original Drawing by F.R. Say.
London, Published in the Monthly Mag.e by Colburn & Bentley, Oct. 1. 1831.
Stipple. Sheet 215 x 115mm (8½ x 4¼"). Tear. Trimmed to platemark.
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), English author and dramatist, best known for 'Our Village', a series of sketches of village life in Three Mile Cross, Berkshire.
[Ref: 51797] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Russell Mitford.
Painted by John Lucas. Engraved by John Bromley.
London. published June 1st 1830 by Colnaghi, Son & Co Printsellers to the King, Pall Mall East.
Mezzotint. Sheet 345 x 245mm (13½ x 9¾"). Trimmed within plate, surface soiling.
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), English author and dramatist, best known for 'Our Village', a series of sketches of village life in Three Mile Cross, Berkshire.
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 66392] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Russell Mitford] M.R. Mitford [facsimile signature]. From a Drawing in the possession of the publisher.
A. Burt del. R. Roffe sc.
John Limbird, 143 Strand. June 1836.
Stipple. Sheet 225 x 140mm (8¾ x 5½"). Trimmed to platemark.
Mary Russell Mitford (1787-1855), English author and dramatist, best known for 'Our Village', a series of sketches of village life in Three Mile Cross, Berkshire.
[Ref: 51798] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

E. Mitscherlich (Chimiste,) Membre de l’Académie royale des Sciences de Berlin. Né à Jever (Ost-Frise) le 7 Janvier 1794.
Dessiné d'apres Nature a Paris en 1824, et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 215 x 144mm (8½ x 5¾"). Cut to platemark.
Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794-1863) the German chemist who is best known for his law of isomorphism (1819) which states that compounds crystalising together probably have similar structures and compositions.
W: 2022-1.
[Ref: 29629] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

View on the Upper Mitta Mitta.
From an Oil Painting by E. von Guerard, the Property of F. Kawerau Esq.r.
Published by Charles Troedel, Melbourne Album Office, 73 Collins St, East. [c.1864.]
Tinted lithograph with early hand colour. Printed area 320 x 375mm (11½ x 13¾"), with large margins.
A view of the Mitta Mitta River, a tributary of the Murray, near its headwaters in the Victorian Alps. An aborigine is spear-fishing. The Austrian artist Eugene von Guérard (1811-1901) arrived in Australia in 1852 to try his fortune in the goldfields. While failing as a miner he made sketches of the fields, and found he could make a living as a painter. By the early 1860s von Guérard was recognised as the foremost landscape artist in the colonies and in 1870 he was appointed as the first Master of the School of Painting at the National Gallery of Victoria. He returned to Europe in 1882, lost his fortune in the Australian Bank Crash of 1893, and lived in poverty until his death in London in 1901. From 'The Melbourne Album Containing a Series of Views of Melbourne & Country Districts'.
See: Ref 35193. Wantrup 262: 'The single most outstanding example of the urban topographical plate book produced in Australia'.
[Ref: 46164] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Title in Armenian script.] Mechitar Abbas.
[n.d., c1780.]
Stipple. Sheet 115 x 90mm (4½ x 3½"). Trimmed into plate, laid on album paper.
Portrait in oval of Armenian monk Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676-1749), founder of the Mekhitarist Order, which has been based on San Lazzaro island near Venice since 1717.
[Ref: 66723] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[In pencil underneath the image:] "ML's" on Patrol-possibly commissioned from Francis Edward Foster (who knew Mason) was on the 'North Sea' Patrol & Commander of "flotilla".
[Pencil signature:] Frank H Mason.
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 254 x 381mm. 10 x 15".
A group of ML ships on patrol in the North Sea. Frank Henry Mason (1876-1965) was a cadet on HMS Conway. Having served in the Royal Navy in the First World War, Mason became a war artist, with several such images held at the Imperial War Museum. Between the wars he became a full-time artist, working as an illustrator, a poster artist for railway companies, and supplying posters and postcards for shipping companies. From 1900 onwards he exhibited at the RA, and was awarded R.I. in 1929. Mason illustrated the book North Sea Fishers and Fighters in 1911, and was a 'significant artist of marine and coastal scenes, as well as an illustrator of shipping books'.
[Ref: 17968] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Festin du Gouverneur de Mocka. [parallel text in Dutch]
Cochin fil. inventit. J.v. Schley sculp. [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾") very large margins.
Feast at the governor's residence in the port city of Mocha (or Mokha) in Yemen, a major marketplace for coffee during the 18th century. The Mocha coffee bean takes its name from the city because it was originally only available there, and sold only after roasting to prevent propagation.
Mocha
[Ref: 40225] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

S.r Henry Middleton escapes from the Turks.
[London, J. Newbert, 1760.]
Engraving. Sheet 135 x 180mm (5¼ x 7").
Sir Henry Middleton (d.1613), Captain of the East India Company ship 'Darling'. escapes from captivity in Mocha, hidden in a cask. Attempting to establish trade in Yemen, he has been greeted warmly then arrested and robbed. From Vol IX of 'The World Displayed: or, A Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels'.
[Ref: 55509] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

The Solemn Mock Procession of the Pope Cardinals, Jesuits, Frairs, &c through the City of London November 17th 1679.
[After Francis Barlow.]
[Hurst, Chance & Co.][n.d., c.1829.]
Engraving. 270 x 480mm (10½ x 19''). Trimmed, two vertical folds, one third laid on album sheet.
A view of a Whig procession which ended in a effigy of the Pope being burnt at Temple Bar. The event was a reaction to the fictitions Popish Plot concoted by Titus Oates which gripped the country in anti-Catholic hysteria. An illustration to Brayley's 'Londiniana', and a copy of Francis Barlow's 1680 broadside.
[Ref: 49077] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Atmospherical Phenomena of the Mock Suns.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Etching, sheet 120 x 165mm. Trimmed within plate.
Mock suns, sun dogs and false suns are common names for the bright spot of light that sometimes appears on either side of the Sun, the same distance above the horizon as the Sun, and separated from it by an angle of about 22°. They usually show a red edge on the side closest to the Sun. On some occasions the entire spectrum of colors can be spread out in the sun-dog spot but, commonly, the red edge is followed by an orange or yellow band that merges into a diffuse white region. The effects result from the refraction by sunlight through small, flat, hexagonal-shaped ice crystals falling through the air such that their flat faces are oriented nearly horizontally. Book illustration, numbered 'Page 184' lower right.
[Ref: 9537] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Atmospherical Phenomena of the Mock Suns. Page 184.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Engraving. Sheet: 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5'').
An illustration of the atmospherical optical phenomenon which gives the impression of the sun.
[Ref: 49586] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

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