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The National Convention Bothered; or General Dumoirier arresting the French Commissioners who were sent to take Him in to Custody.
Drawn by Dodd from a Sketch taken on the Spot. Wilkes Sculpt
Pub.d by C. Johnson Saturday April 27, 1793
Engraving with letterpress sheet, sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Paper tone.
Satire on Charles François Dumouriez (1739-1823), a former French general who since the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 had joined the Jacobin Club and subsequently the Girondist party. Made commander of the "army of the centre" in 1792, Dumouriez planned to invade Belgium, although the decision was not popular and Dumouriez's position became more precarious after a major defeat in the Battle of Neerwinden in March 1793. This led to the event lampooned here, in which Dumouriez arrested the four deputy-commissioners of the National Convention who had been sent to inquire into his conduct, handed them over to the enemy, and attempted to persuade his troops to march on Paris and overthrow the revolutionary government. The attempt failed, Dumouriez fled to the Austrian camp, and spent his later life travelling from country to country, involved in various intrigues. He settled in England after the government granted him a pension in 1804. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). Offered with accompanying satirical poem on Dumouriez by Thomas Bellamy
[Ref: 39660] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn by Dodd from a Sketch taken on the Spot. Wilkes Sculpt
Pub.d by C. Johnson Saturday April 27, 1793
Engraving with letterpress sheet, sheets 210 x 130mm (8¼ x 5"). Paper tone.
Satire on Charles François Dumouriez (1739-1823), a former French general who since the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 had joined the Jacobin Club and subsequently the Girondist party. Made commander of the "army of the centre" in 1792, Dumouriez planned to invade Belgium, although the decision was not popular and Dumouriez's position became more precarious after a major defeat in the Battle of Neerwinden in March 1793. This led to the event lampooned here, in which Dumouriez arrested the four deputy-commissioners of the National Convention who had been sent to inquire into his conduct, handed them over to the enemy, and attempted to persuade his troops to march on Paris and overthrow the revolutionary government. The attempt failed, Dumouriez fled to the Austrian camp, and spent his later life travelling from country to country, involved in various intrigues. He settled in England after the government granted him a pension in 1804. From the 'Wonderful Magazine', an entertaining but short-lived periodical founded in 1793 by the hack writer and bookseller Henry Lemoine (1756-1812). Offered with accompanying satirical poem on Dumouriez by Thomas Bellamy
[Ref: 39660] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Read's Characteristic National Dances; Including a Series of Tales by Popular Authors.
London: Read & Co., 10 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street; Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand. Paris: H. Mandeville, 42 rue Vivienne.
4to, original publishers boards with gilt illustrations, all edges gilt; pp. iv + 101; engraved frontis, and 12 engraved plates with superb hand-colour and gum arabic highlights. Some spotting and damp stain.
A series of 12 plates illustrating national dances of European countries as well as Turkey, Hindustan and China. Each dance is accompanied by a story and description which provides a history of the dance as well as context in which the dance might take place.
[Ref: 48121] £900.00 view all images for this item
London: Read & Co., 10 Johnson's Court, Fleet Street; Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand. Paris: H. Mandeville, 42 rue Vivienne.
4to, original publishers boards with gilt illustrations, all edges gilt; pp. iv + 101; engraved frontis, and 12 engraved plates with superb hand-colour and gum arabic highlights. Some spotting and damp stain.
A series of 12 plates illustrating national dances of European countries as well as Turkey, Hindustan and China. Each dance is accompanied by a story and description which provides a history of the dance as well as context in which the dance might take place.
[Ref: 48121] £900.00 view all images for this item
The Looking Glass No. 6. New Way to Pay the National Debt -- Fudge. ''Now you see the case stands thus - we borrow money of you (without any intention of repaying it-) but agree to allow five pr Cent interest not being in a situation to pay five now - we intend to give you three - consequently that will be so much of your Principal paid off - thus we shall go on reducing the Interest untill it comes to Nothing and then you know if we have nothing to pay to you we cannot possibly owe you anything - now you see the thing in quite a new light''.
[by Charles Williams.]
Published June 1st 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London sole publisher of William Heaths etchings Communications for this work must be post paid and directed to McLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Fine coloured etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark. 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
Henry Goulburn (1784-1856) as Chancellor of the Exchequer (under Wellington), bamboozling a citizen. As chancellor, he reduced the rate of interest on part of the national debt. He left office with Wellington in November 1830. Underneath this satire is another, 'Nuisances of London - The Deluge', about the havoc caused by water-wagons cleaning the streets.
BM Satires 16124 (issue of The Looking Glass satirical magazine),
[Ref: 54390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[by Charles Williams.]
Published June 1st 1830 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London sole publisher of William Heaths etchings Communications for this work must be post paid and directed to McLean for the editor of the Looking Glass.
Fine coloured etching, J. Whatman Turkey Mill watermark. 375 x 255mm (14¾ x 10"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
Henry Goulburn (1784-1856) as Chancellor of the Exchequer (under Wellington), bamboozling a citizen. As chancellor, he reduced the rate of interest on part of the national debt. He left office with Wellington in November 1830. Underneath this satire is another, 'Nuisances of London - The Deluge', about the havoc caused by water-wagons cleaning the streets.
BM Satires 16124 (issue of The Looking Glass satirical magazine),
[Ref: 54390] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
An Historical, Emblematical, Patriotical, and Political Print, representing the English Balloon, or National Debt in the year 1782, with a full View of the Stock Exchange, and its supporters the Financiers Bulls, Bears, Brokers, Lame Ducks, and others, and a proportionate Ball of Gold, the specific size of all the Money we have to pay it with supposing that to be Twenty Millions of Pounds sterling, the Gold, and Silver Trees entwined with Serpents, & upheld by Dragons, for the pleasure of Pluto & all his Bosom Friends.
E.H.P. Eliz.h Hen.ta Phelps, pinx.t. W.m. Phelps Inv.t. F. Jukes Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd as the Act Directs, by W.m Phelps, July 1, 1785.
Aquatint with etching & engraving. Sheet 540 x 410mm (21¼ x 16"). Trimmed into plate, some wear, with repairs. Extremely rare but damaged.
A satire of the National Debt, with the Stock Exchange (New Jonathan's Coffee House in Change Alley) with a balloon on the roof held in place by bulls and bears with human faces. In the street are investors, some with webbed feet indicating they are 'lame ducks'.
BM Satires 6803.
[Ref: 57123] £950.00
E.H.P. Eliz.h Hen.ta Phelps, pinx.t. W.m. Phelps Inv.t. F. Jukes Sculp.t.
London, Publish'd as the Act Directs, by W.m Phelps, July 1, 1785.
Aquatint with etching & engraving. Sheet 540 x 410mm (21¼ x 16"). Trimmed into plate, some wear, with repairs. Extremely rare but damaged.
A satire of the National Debt, with the Stock Exchange (New Jonathan's Coffee House in Change Alley) with a balloon on the roof held in place by bulls and bears with human faces. In the street are investors, some with webbed feet indicating they are 'lame ducks'.
BM Satires 6803.
[Ref: 57123] £950.00
![National Eisteddfod 1882 1800 People. [in pencil below photograph]](jpegs/28785.jpg)
National Eisteddfod 1882 1800 People. [in pencil below photograph]
Photograph glued to backing sheet as issued. Sheet 381 x 470mm (15 x 18½"). Very scarce & fine; creases.
The National Eisteddfod is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. Here in 1882 it was held in Denbighshire, an important place in the history of Eisteddfod.
In the Casgliad y Werin Cymru, The People's Collection Wales.
[Ref: 28785] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Photograph glued to backing sheet as issued. Sheet 381 x 470mm (15 x 18½"). Very scarce & fine; creases.
The National Eisteddfod is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. Here in 1882 it was held in Denbighshire, an important place in the history of Eisteddfod.
In the Casgliad y Werin Cymru, The People's Collection Wales.
[Ref: 28785] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
Central Executive Committee National Fair-Trade League, and other Fiscal Reformers. 1887.
[London: December 31st. 1887.]
Engraving. 502 x 640mm. 19¾ x 25¼".
Supplement to a Special Double Number of "Fair-Trade", which was 'A Weekly Journal Devoted to Industry and Commerce'.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. National Library of Ireland.
[Ref: 19802] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[London: December 31st. 1887.]
Engraving. 502 x 640mm. 19¾ x 25¼".
Supplement to a Special Double Number of "Fair-Trade", which was 'A Weekly Journal Devoted to Industry and Commerce'.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn. National Library of Ireland.
[Ref: 19802] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
![[Album of proof wood-engravings for Felix Summerly’s ‘Hand-Book for the National Gallery’]](jpegs/49537.jpg)
[Album of proof wood-engravings for Felix Summerly’s ‘Hand-Book for the National Gallery’]
[Engraved by John jr., James and William Linnell.]
[n.d., c.1843.]
Card wrappers titled in pencil, blindstamp on prelim., explanation in pencil signed 'J. Linnell jun.r'; 49 wood engravings (three loose) mounted on 18 leaves, most annotated in pencil. Evidence of one missing plate.
The preparatory illustrations for a guide to the National Gallery, with wood-engraved copies of paintings including Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne' and Jan van Eyck's 'Arnolfini Portrait'. Most have pencilled comments on the readiness of the blocks. Unique album by the Linnell family. The name, 'Felix Summerly', is a pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole (1808-82), a British civil servant and inventor credited with the concept of sending greetings cards at Christmas.
Tate Gallery: A00752. Provenance: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 49537] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
[Engraved by John jr., James and William Linnell.]
[n.d., c.1843.]
Card wrappers titled in pencil, blindstamp on prelim., explanation in pencil signed 'J. Linnell jun.r'; 49 wood engravings (three loose) mounted on 18 leaves, most annotated in pencil. Evidence of one missing plate.
The preparatory illustrations for a guide to the National Gallery, with wood-engraved copies of paintings including Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne' and Jan van Eyck's 'Arnolfini Portrait'. Most have pencilled comments on the readiness of the blocks. Unique album by the Linnell family. The name, 'Felix Summerly', is a pseudonym of Sir Henry Cole (1808-82), a British civil servant and inventor credited with the concept of sending greetings cards at Christmas.
Tate Gallery: A00752. Provenance: Collection of Hon Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 49537] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
Vista de la Palacio Nacional de Mejico. despues de la memorable jornada del 15 al 27 de Julio de 1840.
P. Gualdi.
Lito Junto al Correo. [n.d. c.1840]
Rare lithograph, sheet 185 x 350mm (11¼ x 13¾"). Foxing.
From Pedro Gualdi's 'Vistas de la Revuelta Federalista.' A view of the National Palace in disrepair following the July 1840 Federalist Revolt. A balcony railing is broken, and one wall has nearly fallen in. Near the wall are a couple of bystander soldiers and a number of people who seem to be quietly observing the devastation. One of the soldiers has his hand out to the civilian's back while they are conversing.
[Ref: 65723] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
P. Gualdi.
Lito Junto al Correo. [n.d. c.1840]
Rare lithograph, sheet 185 x 350mm (11¼ x 13¾"). Foxing.
From Pedro Gualdi's 'Vistas de la Revuelta Federalista.' A view of the National Palace in disrepair following the July 1840 Federalist Revolt. A balcony railing is broken, and one wall has nearly fallen in. Near the wall are a couple of bystander soldiers and a number of people who seem to be quietly observing the devastation. One of the soldiers has his hand out to the civilian's back while they are conversing.
[Ref: 65723] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
National Polonoise.
T.W.P. Oginsky. [n.d. c.1815.]
Sheet music. 240 x 294mm (9½ x 11¾").
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765-1833), was a Polish and later Russian statesman, insurrectionary and composer, best known for his polonaise “Pozegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Fatherland). He was also ambassador and Paymaster General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This section of manuscript is not necessarily a part of the Pozegnanie Ojczyzny, although he did composer 24 polonaises of pianoforte. Published in Ackermann's Repository of Arts.
[Ref: 50570] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
T.W.P. Oginsky. [n.d. c.1815.]
Sheet music. 240 x 294mm (9½ x 11¾").
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765-1833), was a Polish and later Russian statesman, insurrectionary and composer, best known for his polonaise “Pozegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Fatherland). He was also ambassador and Paymaster General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This section of manuscript is not necessarily a part of the Pozegnanie Ojczyzny, although he did composer 24 polonaises of pianoforte. Published in Ackermann's Repository of Arts.
[Ref: 50570] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
National Polonoise.
T.W.P. Oginsky. [n.d. c.1815.]
Sheet music. 240 x 294mm. 9½ x 11¾".
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765-1833), was a Polish and later Russian statesman, insurrectionary and composer, best known for his polonaise “Pozegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Fatherland). He was also ambassador and Paymaster General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This section of manuscript is not necessarily a part of the Pozegnanie Ojczyzny, although he did composer 24 polonaises of pianoforte.
[Ref: 15030] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
T.W.P. Oginsky. [n.d. c.1815.]
Sheet music. 240 x 294mm. 9½ x 11¾".
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765-1833), was a Polish and later Russian statesman, insurrectionary and composer, best known for his polonaise “Pozegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Fatherland). He was also ambassador and Paymaster General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This section of manuscript is not necessarily a part of the Pozegnanie Ojczyzny, although he did composer 24 polonaises of pianoforte.
[Ref: 15030] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
National Union for Improving the Education of Woman of All Classes. Central Committee. We wish to draw your attention to the great need of really good Schools that can be attended at a moderate cost, for the better education of Girls and Young Women. This want was shown to exist by the reports of the Schools Enquiry Commission. The Union for Improving the Education of Women proposes to meet this want, and as the necessary funds are too large to be provided out of private means, and the hope of help from endowments is remote, the experiment is to be tried of raising them by a Limited Liability Company, which will begin by founding a public Day School for Girls in South-west London. This is the scheme for which we ask support, especially by taking Shares. Should this School succeed, similar Schools will be founded in other places wherever wanted. We therefore send you the Prospectus of the proposed School, and also a Circular of the Union, which will explain the objects for which it was founded. On behalf of the Committee, Signed, [facsimile signature:] Princess Louise Marchioness of Lorne. President of the Union.
[1871.]
Letterpress, scarce. 260 x 209mm. 10¼ x 8¼". Two folds through.
Maria Georgina Grey (1816-1906) was an educationalist and writer in the United Kingdom who promoted women's education. In 1871 she presented the idea of creating a national movement which would promote women's education to the Society of Arts, which offered great support. With Princess Louise as patroness, she sought to establish good and cheap day schools for all classes above the level of elementary education.
[Ref: 21032] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[1871.]
Letterpress, scarce. 260 x 209mm. 10¼ x 8¼". Two folds through.
Maria Georgina Grey (1816-1906) was an educationalist and writer in the United Kingdom who promoted women's education. In 1871 she presented the idea of creating a national movement which would promote women's education to the Society of Arts, which offered great support. With Princess Louise as patroness, she sought to establish good and cheap day schools for all classes above the level of elementary education.
[Ref: 21032] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Native.]](jpegs/21020.jpg)
[Native.] No.115. Ti2.
J.M. Seligmann sc. et excud. [n.d. c.1750.]
Etching. Plate 229 x 158mm. 9 x 6¼". Crease lower left-hand corner.
Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762), a German artist and engraver primarily known for his ornithological artwork in "Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel".
[Ref: 21020] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J.M. Seligmann sc. et excud. [n.d. c.1750.]
Etching. Plate 229 x 158mm. 9 x 6¼". Crease lower left-hand corner.
Johann Michael Seligmann (1720-1762), a German artist and engraver primarily known for his ornithological artwork in "Sammlung verschiedener ausländischer und seltener Vögel".
[Ref: 21020] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
A Native Savage of America.
J. Ihle Del.t. J.Chapman Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs, Jan.y 15, 1795.
Coloured engraving. 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5") Trimmed into plate on right, narrow margins elsewhere.
An American native to the tropical regions, wearing skirt, breastplate and feather headdress, carrying axe and club. Drawn by Johann Ihle for Ebenezer Sibly's five-volume ''Universal System of Natural History'', 1794-6.
[Ref: 44516] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
J. Ihle Del.t. J.Chapman Sculp.t.
Published as the Act directs, Jan.y 15, 1795.
Coloured engraving. 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5") Trimmed into plate on right, narrow margins elsewhere.
An American native to the tropical regions, wearing skirt, breastplate and feather headdress, carrying axe and club. Drawn by Johann Ihle for Ebenezer Sibly's five-volume ''Universal System of Natural History'', 1794-6.
[Ref: 44516] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Koning en Koningin van de Missisippi.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 265 x 170mm (10½ x 6¾'') very large margins. Creasing on left.
A portrait of a chief and his family from a Native American tribe in Mississippi. Published to accompany satirical prints of the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble.
[Ref: 48365] £360.00
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Plate: 265 x 170mm (10½ x 6¾'') very large margins. Creasing on left.
A portrait of a chief and his family from a Native American tribe in Mississippi. Published to accompany satirical prints of the collapse of the Mississippi Bubble.
[Ref: 48365] £360.00
![[Natives.]](jpegs/30727.jpg)
[Natives.] 58.
Fumagalli A.J.
[Milan: Antonio Fortunato Stella, 1816-27.]
Coloured aquatint with very large margins; publisher's stamp to lower right. Plate 222 x 157mm (8¾ x 6¼").
Four natives of the Cape Colony; the chief stands holding a spear wearing a feathered cape, with his wife and child standing next to him. Published in Giulio Ferrario's 'Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monuments de l'antiquité et accompagné de dessins analogues au sujet par le Docteur Jules Ferrario'.
[Ref: 30727] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Fumagalli A.J.
[Milan: Antonio Fortunato Stella, 1816-27.]
Coloured aquatint with very large margins; publisher's stamp to lower right. Plate 222 x 157mm (8¾ x 6¼").
Four natives of the Cape Colony; the chief stands holding a spear wearing a feathered cape, with his wife and child standing next to him. Published in Giulio Ferrario's 'Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la religion, des arts, sciences et usages de tous les peuples anciens et modernes d'après les monuments de l'antiquité et accompagné de dessins analogues au sujet par le Docteur Jules Ferrario'.
[Ref: 30727] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Natural and Spiritual Man.
Designed by B. Rankin.-Drawn by J.H. Nixon. Entered at Stationer's Hall. Proof.
Engraved by H. Adlard & Published by Bagsters, Paternoster Row London & may be had of Mr. Miller, 47, Fish Street Hill. Printed by E. Brain. [n.d. c.1830.]
Etching and engraving, very rare proof on india. India 590 x 462mm (23¼ x 18¼"). Creasing and some damage.
Christ with hand raised in blessing in the centre, ringed by eight large hearts each in front of the bust of a man, with symbols of vice and virtue, such as the dove for purity, and the peacock for pride, forming a cycle from a reprobate, top right, through the natural man and regeneration at the bottom, to Sanctification and Peace, at the top, where the man is crowned by angels.
[Ref: 29071] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Designed by B. Rankin.-Drawn by J.H. Nixon. Entered at Stationer's Hall. Proof.
Engraved by H. Adlard & Published by Bagsters, Paternoster Row London & may be had of Mr. Miller, 47, Fish Street Hill. Printed by E. Brain. [n.d. c.1830.]
Etching and engraving, very rare proof on india. India 590 x 462mm (23¼ x 18¼"). Creasing and some damage.
Christ with hand raised in blessing in the centre, ringed by eight large hearts each in front of the bust of a man, with symbols of vice and virtue, such as the dove for purity, and the peacock for pride, forming a cycle from a reprobate, top right, through the natural man and regeneration at the bottom, to Sanctification and Peace, at the top, where the man is crowned by angels.
[Ref: 29071] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Natural History of Monkeys] Storia Naturale delle Scimie e dei Maki](jpegs/58052.jpg)
[Natural History of Monkeys] Storia Naturale delle Scimie e dei Maki Dissegnata dal Sig. H. Jacob, ed incisi al Sig. L. Rados...
Torino, Presso i Labraj, Gaetano Balbino, Giuseppe Pic, Vedova Pomba e figli, e i Fratelli Reycend. Genova, presso i Libraj, Yves Gravier, e Basso 1816.
Scarce stipple, printed in sepia. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") very large margins. Foxing.
An engraved titlepage for an important early monograph on primates, which contained 85 fine plates. The title is within an architectural frame, on which two monkeys sit. The entablature lists the names of important French Naturalists, headed by Buffon.
[Ref: 58052] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Torino, Presso i Labraj, Gaetano Balbino, Giuseppe Pic, Vedova Pomba e figli, e i Fratelli Reycend. Genova, presso i Libraj, Yves Gravier, e Basso 1816.
Scarce stipple, printed in sepia. 340 x 250mm (13½ x 9¾") very large margins. Foxing.
An engraved titlepage for an important early monograph on primates, which contained 85 fine plates. The title is within an architectural frame, on which two monkeys sit. The entablature lists the names of important French Naturalists, headed by Buffon.
[Ref: 58052] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
A Short History of the Libraries and List of Mss. and Original Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History).
F.C. Sawyer.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Vol.4 No. 2. London: 1971
8vo, soft covers; complete, pp. 77-204
An account of the history of the Library of the British Museum (Natural History), today known as the Natural History Museum, including a list of manuscripts and drawings in its collection.
[Ref: 59944] £15.00
F.C. Sawyer.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Historical Vol.4 No. 2. London: 1971
8vo, soft covers; complete, pp. 77-204
An account of the history of the Library of the British Museum (Natural History), today known as the Natural History Museum, including a list of manuscripts and drawings in its collection.
[Ref: 59944] £15.00
Amores Naturales. Ex. Plinio Lib. 36. Cap. 5. Varroni docto celebratum opus Arcesilia, Pulchre haec, Spectator, picta Tabella refert. Marmoreo lapidj torua est incisa Leaena, Parte omni aligeris cincta Cupidinibus. [...]
Ioan. Stradanus delineabat. Theodor. Galle Sculp. Phl.s Galle excud.
Antwerp, [n.d. c.1600]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate. Some minor creasing.
An allegorical scene of Natural Love in which a group of putti play with a marble lion sculpted by Arcesilaus, celebrated for his art throughout Rome in the first century BCE. This scene is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' book 36 chapter 4, rather than 5 as the inscription claims.
[Ref: 54098] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Ioan. Stradanus delineabat. Theodor. Galle Sculp. Phl.s Galle excud.
Antwerp, [n.d. c.1600]
Engraving, 17th century watermark. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed to plate. Some minor creasing.
An allegorical scene of Natural Love in which a group of putti play with a marble lion sculpted by Arcesilaus, celebrated for his art throughout Rome in the first century BCE. This scene is from Pliny the Elder's 'Natural History' book 36 chapter 4, rather than 5 as the inscription claims.
[Ref: 54098] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Psittacus gloriosus. The Splendid Parrott. 53.
London Published Jan.ry 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o N.o15 Brewer Street.
Scarce letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with large margins.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a red and blue parrott. Although described as a 'Splendid Parrott' by this text it is actually a Crimson rosella; a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island.
[Ref: 61938] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
London Published Jan.ry 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o N.o15 Brewer Street.
Scarce letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with large margins.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a red and blue parrott. Although described as a 'Splendid Parrott' by this text it is actually a Crimson rosella; a parrot native to eastern and south eastern Australia which has been introduced to New Zealand and Norfolk Island.
[Ref: 61938] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Petaurus australis. The Southern Petaurus. 60.
London Published March 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o N.o15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a yellow-bellied glider also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria.
[Ref: 61939] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
London Published March 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o N.o15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a yellow-bellied glider also known as the fluffy glider, is an arboreal and nocturnal gliding possum that lives in native eucalypt forests in eastern Australia, from northern Queensland south to Victoria.
[Ref: 61939] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Psittacus Porphyrocephialus. The Purple Headed Parakeet. 1.
Published Aug.t 1.st 1789 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Rare letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with large margins. Slight time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a small bird with an indigo coloured head, read face and leggs. Most likely a purple-crowned lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala), (also known as the porphyry-crowned lorikeet, zit parrot, blue-crowned lorikeet, purple-capped lorikeet, lory, cowara, lorikeet, and purple-capped parakeet) is a lorikeet found in scrub and mallee of southern Australia.
[Ref: 61940] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Published Aug.t 1.st 1789 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Rare letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"), with large margins. Slight time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a small bird with an indigo coloured head, read face and leggs. Most likely a purple-crowned lorikeet (Parvipsitta porphyrocephala), (also known as the porphyry-crowned lorikeet, zit parrot, blue-crowned lorikeet, purple-capped lorikeet, lory, cowara, lorikeet, and purple-capped parakeet) is a lorikeet found in scrub and mallee of southern Australia.
[Ref: 61940] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Motacilla Superba. The Superb Warbler. 10.
London, Published Nov.r 1.st 1789 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Rare letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a small black bird with blue markings on it's head, cheek and tail. A The Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) is a tiny songbird found in a variety of habitats in south-eastern Australia; Tasmania.
[Ref: 61941] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published Nov.r 1.st 1789 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Rare letterpress and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a small black bird with blue markings on it's head, cheek and tail. A The Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) is a tiny songbird found in a variety of habitats in south-eastern Australia; Tasmania.
[Ref: 61941] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Psittacus Magnificus. The Magnificent Cockatoo. 50.
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1790 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a large black bird with yellow markings on head, cheeks, top of wing and belly, plus striking red and yellow markings on tail. The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia.
[Ref: 61942] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published Dec.r 1.st 1790 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a large black bird with yellow markings on head, cheeks, top of wing and belly, plus striking red and yellow markings on tail. The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia.
[Ref: 61942] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Struthio Rhea. The American Ostrich. 72.
London, Published July 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a brown flightless bird. Rheas also known as nandus or South American ostrich are moderately-sized.
[Ref: 61943] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
London, Published July 1.st 1791 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 15 Brewer Street.
Two rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. Picture of a brown flightless bird. Rheas also known as nandus or South American ostrich are moderately-sized.
[Ref: 61943] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Macropus Giganteus. The Great Kangaroo. 33.
[After George Stubbs]
London, Published June 1.st 1790 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Three rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. A Kangaroo after the painting by George Stubbs 'The Kongouro from New Holland.'
CLB Stubbs 388.
[Ref: 61944] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
[After George Stubbs]
London, Published June 1.st 1790 by F.P. Nodder & C.o. No. 13 Panton Street.
Three rare letterpress sheets and etching with fine hand colour. Plate 190 x 120mm (7½ 4¾"), with large margins. Time staining.
Illustration and excerpt from George Shaw's (1751– 1813) periodical, ‘The Naturalist's Miscellany: Or, Coloured Figures of Natural Objects; Drawn and Described Immediately From Nature’. A Kangaroo after the painting by George Stubbs 'The Kongouro from New Holland.'
CLB Stubbs 388.
[Ref: 61944] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
La Nature. P.9.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed and scuffed.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing nature as a woman with multiple breasts (probably Diana of Ephesus).
[Ref: 59316] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d., c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with large margins. Slightly foxed and scuffed.
A rococo design, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772), representing nature as a woman with multiple breasts (probably Diana of Ephesus).
[Ref: 59316] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
La Nature. vous étes tous mes enfans, soyez tous freres.
F. Bonneville Del.
Paris, chez L'Auteur, rue du Theatre Francais No.4.
Stipple with large margins, scarce. Platemark: 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼").
A representation of the character of Nature holding her breasts, after Francois Bonneville engraver, draughtsman and publisher of semi-popular prints in Paris.
[Ref: 32089] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
F. Bonneville Del.
Paris, chez L'Auteur, rue du Theatre Francais No.4.
Stipple with large margins, scarce. Platemark: 215 x 130mm (8½ x 5¼").
A representation of the character of Nature holding her breasts, after Francois Bonneville engraver, draughtsman and publisher of semi-popular prints in Paris.
[Ref: 32089] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
A Naturel Genius. Teggs Caricatures - No. 28.
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, collector's mark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Slight mount stain.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 60093] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Coloured etching, collector's mark. 245 x 350mm (9¾ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top. Slight mount stain.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 60093] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
A Naturel Genius. Teggs Caricatures - No. 28.
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.]
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), on paper watermarked, 'C Wilmott 1819.' Repaired tears in margins, some brown staining.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 66827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Charles Williams.]
[Pub,d July 1818 by Tho.s Tegg 111 Cheapside.]
Hand-coloured etching, 245 x 345mm (9¾ x 13½"), on paper watermarked, 'C Wilmott 1819.' Repaired tears in margins, some brown staining.
An elegant schoolmistress in a neat parlour discusses needlework with two visitors, a fat and over-dressed farmer's wife with a daughter of about fifteen. When the schoolmistress suggests ''Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter'' as a subject, the mother hears ''Charlotte at the Tub of Water''. The daughter responds that she can ''make Water as natural as Life''.
BM Satires 11649.
[Ref: 66827] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Les Sylphides. L'Oracle des Bois. Nature's Book.
Dessiné et Lithographié par C. Bargue. Lith Becquet frères, r. des Noyers, 37, Paris.
Paris_F. Sinnett, éditeur, Galerie Colbert, 10.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12").
A scene in a woodland in which two bathers pluck the petals from a daisy.
[Ref: 47760] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Dessiné et Lithographié par C. Bargue. Lith Becquet frères, r. des Noyers, 37, Paris.
Paris_F. Sinnett, éditeur, Galerie Colbert, 10.
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet: 420 x 310mm (16½ x 12").
A scene in a woodland in which two bathers pluck the petals from a daisy.
[Ref: 47760] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Le Naufrage.
Grave par Dickinson d'apres le Tableau peint par J. Vernet; faisant partie du Museum de Napoleon 1er. Empereur des Francais.
Publie le 25 Mai 1805. Depe. A la Bible. Imple. a Paris chez Bance, Md. D'Estampes, rue St. Denis.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. Sheet 530 x 700mm. Trimmed to platemark, with minor nicks and tears at paper edge, one tear c. 15mm into top of image.
Finely executed mezzotint of a shipwreck with good original colour.
[Ref: 500] £690.00
Grave par Dickinson d'apres le Tableau peint par J. Vernet; faisant partie du Museum de Napoleon 1er. Empereur des Francais.
Publie le 25 Mai 1805. Depe. A la Bible. Imple. a Paris chez Bance, Md. D'Estampes, rue St. Denis.
Mezzotint, printed in colours. Sheet 530 x 700mm. Trimmed to platemark, with minor nicks and tears at paper edge, one tear c. 15mm into top of image.
Finely executed mezzotint of a shipwreck with good original colour.
[Ref: 500] £690.00
Naumachy (or Sham Sea fight) on the Serpentine, and display of Fireworks in Celebration of the Grand Jubilee. A.t 1st 1814.
[n.d., 1814.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 285 x 305mm (11¼ x 12"), ink mss. ownership inscription on reverse dated 'September 19th 1814'. Trimmed within plate at sides, repaired tears in left and right edge.
A printed souvenir of the event, which saw a mock sea battle between 42 miniature warships, 40 feet long and 12 feet wide, each carrying ten guns and thirty crew, all of which had to be constructed on site.
Provenance: Athelhampton House, Dorset.
[Ref: 52924] £390.00
[n.d., 1814.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 285 x 305mm (11¼ x 12"), ink mss. ownership inscription on reverse dated 'September 19th 1814'. Trimmed within plate at sides, repaired tears in left and right edge.
A printed souvenir of the event, which saw a mock sea battle between 42 miniature warships, 40 feet long and 12 feet wide, each carrying ten guns and thirty crew, all of which had to be constructed on site.
Provenance: Athelhampton House, Dorset.
[Ref: 52924] £390.00
![[Nausicaa and her Maids Playing at Ball.]](jpegs/52193.jpg)
[Nausicaa and her Maids Playing at Ball.]
EJP [monogram] Edward J Poynter. Charles O Murray [pencil signatures]
Copyright 1898. Published by J.J. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching, signed by the artist. 285 x 630mm (11¼ x 24¾") large margins. Uncut.
Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia, about to find Odysseus shipwrecked on the beach. The 2nd century BC writer Agallis attributed the invention of ball games to Nausicaä, most likely because she was the first person in literature to be described playing with a ball. This plate was etched by James Dobie; Charles Oliver Murray etched a scene of Nausicaa after George Dunlop Leslie, so it is a mystery why his signature is here.
[Ref: 52193] £330.00
EJP [monogram] Edward J Poynter. Charles O Murray [pencil signatures]
Copyright 1898. Published by J.J. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching, signed by the artist. 285 x 630mm (11¼ x 24¾") large margins. Uncut.
Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia, about to find Odysseus shipwrecked on the beach. The 2nd century BC writer Agallis attributed the invention of ball games to Nausicaä, most likely because she was the first person in literature to be described playing with a ball. This plate was etched by James Dobie; Charles Oliver Murray etched a scene of Nausicaa after George Dunlop Leslie, so it is a mystery why his signature is here.
[Ref: 52193] £330.00
Nautical Dictionary. No.4.
Published 1829 by C. Tilt 86 Fleet Street London.
Hand-coloured etching. 234 x 318mm. 9¼ x 12½". Very fine colour. Cut and laid on scrap sheet.
A collection of 9 scenes referring to women as ships and men as their sailors. 1. Scudding-the movement by which a ship is carried precipitately before a Tempest!! 2. Pink a name given to a ship with a very narrow stern… 3. Afloat… 4. A Prime Sailor~ is one that is capable of attaining a great Velocity. 5. By the Board_over the Ships side! 6. Heavy Sailor_a Vessel that can advance but Slowly. 7. Prize - a Vessel taken from the Enemy. 8. Quarter_an exclamation to implore mercy from a Victorious Enemy. 9. Refit_generally understood to imply the repairing any damage to a Ship may bare sustained in her rigging by Battle or Tempest, more particularly the former.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14484] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Published 1829 by C. Tilt 86 Fleet Street London.
Hand-coloured etching. 234 x 318mm. 9¼ x 12½". Very fine colour. Cut and laid on scrap sheet.
A collection of 9 scenes referring to women as ships and men as their sailors. 1. Scudding-the movement by which a ship is carried precipitately before a Tempest!! 2. Pink a name given to a ship with a very narrow stern… 3. Afloat… 4. A Prime Sailor~ is one that is capable of attaining a great Velocity. 5. By the Board_over the Ships side! 6. Heavy Sailor_a Vessel that can advance but Slowly. 7. Prize - a Vessel taken from the Enemy. 8. Quarter_an exclamation to implore mercy from a Victorious Enemy. 9. Refit_generally understood to imply the repairing any damage to a Ship may bare sustained in her rigging by Battle or Tempest, more particularly the former.
Not in BM.
[Ref: 14484] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Nautical Experience. 105.
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub.d Jan.ry 1. 1812 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. 260mm x 350mm (10'' x 14''). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
See BM Satire 10192 for the first state published by Roberts. Here his publication is etched over in the plate.
[Ref: 63419] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub.d Jan.ry 1. 1812 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside.
Hand-coloured etching. 260mm x 350mm (10'' x 14''). Trimmed to plate at bottom. Bit messy.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
See BM Satire 10192 for the first state published by Roberts. Here his publication is etched over in the plate.
[Ref: 63419] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Nautical Experience.
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub by Roberts middle row Holborn [n.d. c.1807].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 300mm x 355mm (11¾ x 14''). Trimmed to plate slightly on all sides except bottom.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
BM Satire 10192.
[Ref: 61904] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Etc.d by Roberts.
London Pub by Roberts middle row Holborn [n.d. c.1807].
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 300mm x 355mm (11¾ x 14''). Trimmed to plate slightly on all sides except bottom.
A comic scene showing a sailor trying to carry a donkey on his back while another sailor helps, a third man with a stick and dog asks who has given them permission to free the animal. The sailor replies, ''Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without Victuals d'ye see and so my messmate and I agreed to Cut his Cable and set him at liberty because we have known before now what it is to be at short allowance''.
BM Satire 10192.
[Ref: 61904] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
1. A Perpetual Log. 2. A Ships, Time Regulator. 3. A Ships, Tell Tale. European Magazine.
V. Gottlieb, Inventor.
Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill, Dec.r 1. 1791.
Engraving. Plate 178 x 127mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to plate along left edge.
An engraving from the European Magazine illustrating three nautical inventions of V. Gottlieb.
In the Collection of the British Horological Institute.
[Ref: 30021] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
V. Gottlieb, Inventor.
Published by J. Sewell, Cornhill, Dec.r 1. 1791.
Engraving. Plate 178 x 127mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed to plate along left edge.
An engraving from the European Magazine illustrating three nautical inventions of V. Gottlieb.
In the Collection of the British Horological Institute.
[Ref: 30021] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Navajos. U.S.P.R.R. Exp. & Surveys 35th Parallel. Indian Report.
[by H. Balduin Mollhausen.]
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½").
Two Navajo on horse, with bow and spears, drawn by Balduin Möllhausen during the Whipple Expedition (1853-4). Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 63139] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[by H. Balduin Mollhausen.]
[Washington: Govenment Printing Office, 1861.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½").
Two Navajo on horse, with bow and spears, drawn by Balduin Möllhausen during the Whipple Expedition (1853-4). Published in 'Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean'. This was to the first transcontinental railway in the USA.
[Ref: 63139] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Descriptions de Toutes les Pieces qui Entrant dans la constructions d'un vaisseaux du premier pang lors quelles sont faconneez prestes de mettre en oeuvre leurs liaison et nombre de chacune.
J. Arnaves fecy.
Faict A Toulon Dans Lescolle de la Construction Par Francois Coullomb Fitz Avec Premision 1683.
Engraving. Two sheets conjoined, total 440 x 680mm (17¼ x 26¾"). Some wear.
A chart illustrating the individual elements of a ship, designed for the pupils at the Royal Shipyard of Toulon. Published as a broadsheet, this engraving was often bound into French sea-atlases of the period.
[Ref: 32073] £550.00
J. Arnaves fecy.
Faict A Toulon Dans Lescolle de la Construction Par Francois Coullomb Fitz Avec Premision 1683.
Engraving. Two sheets conjoined, total 440 x 680mm (17¼ x 26¾"). Some wear.
A chart illustrating the individual elements of a ship, designed for the pupils at the Royal Shipyard of Toulon. Published as a broadsheet, this engraving was often bound into French sea-atlases of the period.
[Ref: 32073] £550.00
![[Battle of Toulon] England's Glory. Thoulon bombarded and the French Magazines, with eight men of War destroy'd by the Confederate Fleet & Land Forces, under the Command of Prince Eugene, the Duke of Savoy, & Sir Cloudesly Shovel &c. on the twenty first](jpegs/18287.jpg)
[Battle of Toulon] England's Glory. Thoulon bombarded and the French Magazines, with eight men of War destroy'd by the Confederate Fleet & Land Forces, under the Command of Prince Eugene, the Duke of Savoy, & Sir Cloudesly Shovel &c. on the twenty first of August 1707.
[C. Du Bosc?]
Printed for Willm. Rayner, according to Act of Parliament. [London, c.1739.]
Scarce etching, 340 x 455mm. 13½ x 18". Two vertical folds, as normal.
An impressive battle scene. The Battle of Toulon was fought from July 29 to August 21, 1707 at Toulon, France, during the War of the Spanish Succession. During the battle, a French, Spanish and Savoyard force defeated one from Austria, the Dutch Republic and Great Britain. In order to prevent their ships falling into the enemy's hands, the French had sunk their whole squadron of more than forty six ships of between fifty and 110 guns in the harbour. Much of the damage sustained proved irreparable; it is estimated that the French Navy lost 15 ships of the line in this operation, ensuring it could not contest British control of the Mediterranean. For the popular patriotic series depicting British naval achievements, 'England's Glory'. It was published to promote a pro-war (with Spain) agenda, and to undermine Prime Minister Robert Walpole's policy of avoiding military conflict, by William Rayner (1699 - 1761). Numbered 'No. 6' upper right, this may have been included in 'The Military History of ... Prince Eugene ... and of John Duke of Marlborough ... collected from the best authors in all languages, to which is added a supplement containing a succinct account of the remarkable events in the late war wherein neither of the Generals above mentioned had any share...', J. Rowlands and B. Stitchall: London, 1742.
Clayton: pp.150-51. See Ogilby Trust: 735. BL: 001171217. Parker 34a. Not in NMM.
[Ref: 18287] £620.00
[C. Du Bosc?]
Printed for Willm. Rayner, according to Act of Parliament. [London, c.1739.]
Scarce etching, 340 x 455mm. 13½ x 18". Two vertical folds, as normal.
An impressive battle scene. The Battle of Toulon was fought from July 29 to August 21, 1707 at Toulon, France, during the War of the Spanish Succession. During the battle, a French, Spanish and Savoyard force defeated one from Austria, the Dutch Republic and Great Britain. In order to prevent their ships falling into the enemy's hands, the French had sunk their whole squadron of more than forty six ships of between fifty and 110 guns in the harbour. Much of the damage sustained proved irreparable; it is estimated that the French Navy lost 15 ships of the line in this operation, ensuring it could not contest British control of the Mediterranean. For the popular patriotic series depicting British naval achievements, 'England's Glory'. It was published to promote a pro-war (with Spain) agenda, and to undermine Prime Minister Robert Walpole's policy of avoiding military conflict, by William Rayner (1699 - 1761). Numbered 'No. 6' upper right, this may have been included in 'The Military History of ... Prince Eugene ... and of John Duke of Marlborough ... collected from the best authors in all languages, to which is added a supplement containing a succinct account of the remarkable events in the late war wherein neither of the Generals above mentioned had any share...', J. Rowlands and B. Stitchall: London, 1742.
Clayton: pp.150-51. See Ogilby Trust: 735. BL: 001171217. Parker 34a. Not in NMM.
[Ref: 18287] £620.00
S.t Petersburgh.
F.Gibson Esq, F.A.S. del. T.Hall sc.
Published Sept.r 1805 by J.Gold, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street..
Aquatint. 130 x 220mm.
Published in the 'Naval Chronicle'.
[Ref: 4385] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
F.Gibson Esq, F.A.S. del. T.Hall sc.
Published Sept.r 1805 by J.Gold, Shoe Lane, Fleet Street..
Aquatint. 130 x 220mm.
Published in the 'Naval Chronicle'.
[Ref: 4385] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
![[Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France. Galerie d'Aguilles]](jpegs/16203.jpg)
[Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France. Galerie d'Aguilles]
Montagnie pinxit. S. Barras Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1696.]
Very fine Mezzotint. Plate 204 x 248mm. 8 x 9¾".
Seascape with a battle in to the fore, fortress and lighthouse on the nearby Cliff after della Montagna.
IFF: 41.II (xviiic). BM: 1919,1014.35.
[Ref: 16203] £420.00
Montagnie pinxit. S. Barras Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1696.]
Very fine Mezzotint. Plate 204 x 248mm. 8 x 9¾".
Seascape with a battle in to the fore, fortress and lighthouse on the nearby Cliff after della Montagna.
IFF: 41.II (xviiic). BM: 1919,1014.35.
[Ref: 16203] £420.00
Chinese Naval Engagment. From an Original Painting done in China in the Possession of John Duncan Esq.r.
Thornthwaite Sc.
Published by Dr. Trusler Jan.y. 1790.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8"x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
Scene showing a Chinese naval battle.
[Ref: 32058] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
Thornthwaite Sc.
Published by Dr. Trusler Jan.y. 1790.
Engraving. 195mm x 130mm (8"x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
Scene showing a Chinese naval battle.
[Ref: 32058] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)
![[Flags and Ensigns of the French and British Navy.]](jpegs/21027.jpg)
[Flags and Ensigns of the French and British Navy.]
[n.d. c.1840.]
Hand-coloured pen and ink drawing. 89 x 133mm. 3½ x 5¼". Small tears and fold through centre.
A marked compass with keyed flags of the international code with the British and French naval ensigns.
[Ref: 21027] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. c.1840.]
Hand-coloured pen and ink drawing. 89 x 133mm. 3½ x 5¼". Small tears and fold through centre.
A marked compass with keyed flags of the international code with the British and French naval ensigns.
[Ref: 21027] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Representation of a Scene of the County Naval Free School on Waste Land.
S.H. Grimm Pinxit. Fran.s Chesham Sculp.t.
[London: Marine Society, 1783.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, rich & rare impression. 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins. Margins chipped and age-toned. Abrasion and hole in right, within the tree. Left corner repaired crease.
A scene of a proposed free school for poor boys, preparing them for naval life. It shows the boys using apparatus for training for loading canon and winching an anchor, drilling and using navigation instruments, as well as ploughing and other agricultural activity. This plate was published in 'Proposal for County Naval Free Schools, to be Built on Waste Lands', by Jonas Hanway, written for humanitarian as well as patriotic reasons, the year that the American Revolutionary War ended in failure. After spending more than the year's income on the society on preparing the book (for which Hanway was censured), it was issued to privy councillors, lord lieutenants, influential MPs and admiralty and naval boards. However the plan was downsized by the society, and a single training ship was commissioned, anchored at Greenwich. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756 (to procure seamen for the Seven Years' War), Hanway (1712-86) was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 68274] £480.00
S.H. Grimm Pinxit. Fran.s Chesham Sculp.t.
[London: Marine Society, 1783.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark, rich & rare impression. 380 x 470mm (15 x 18½"), with large margins. Margins chipped and age-toned. Abrasion and hole in right, within the tree. Left corner repaired crease.
A scene of a proposed free school for poor boys, preparing them for naval life. It shows the boys using apparatus for training for loading canon and winching an anchor, drilling and using navigation instruments, as well as ploughing and other agricultural activity. This plate was published in 'Proposal for County Naval Free Schools, to be Built on Waste Lands', by Jonas Hanway, written for humanitarian as well as patriotic reasons, the year that the American Revolutionary War ended in failure. After spending more than the year's income on the society on preparing the book (for which Hanway was censured), it was issued to privy councillors, lord lieutenants, influential MPs and admiralty and naval boards. However the plan was downsized by the society, and a single training ship was commissioned, anchored at Greenwich. As well as founding the Marine Society in 1756 (to procure seamen for the Seven Years' War), Hanway (1712-86) was a vice president of the Foundling Hospital, instrumental in the establishment of the Magdalen Hospital and a commissioner for victualling the navy (experimenting with ways to alleviate scurvy amongst seamen). He is said to be the first male Londoner to carry an umbrella, facing down heckling hackney coachmen.
[Ref: 68274] £480.00
Naval Battles From the Collection of Prints formed amd owned by Commander Sir Charles Leopold Cust, Bart. K.C.V.O., C.B., C.I.E, R.N. The Chronological Arrangement of the Prints with Decorative and Historical Notes.
by Harry Parker.
London. T.H. Parker, 45, Whitcomb Street. MCMXI.
8to, (185 x 215mm, 7¼ x 8¼"), blue cloth gilt; pp. xx + 339, numerous half-tone plates. Blue binding scuffed and worn. Some overall foxing.
A very scarce catalogue of naval prints depicting British sea battles in the collection of Sir C. L. Cust with introduction by Commander Charles Napier Robinson. This is the third copy of this rare & interesting reference book we have seen in 40 years.
[Ref: 38065] £220.00
by Harry Parker.
London. T.H. Parker, 45, Whitcomb Street. MCMXI.
8to, (185 x 215mm, 7¼ x 8¼"), blue cloth gilt; pp. xx + 339, numerous half-tone plates. Blue binding scuffed and worn. Some overall foxing.
A very scarce catalogue of naval prints depicting British sea battles in the collection of Sir C. L. Cust with introduction by Commander Charles Napier Robinson. This is the third copy of this rare & interesting reference book we have seen in 40 years.
[Ref: 38065] £220.00
The Naval Review. His Majesty George III Viewing His Fleet at Spithead. [with] Frontispiece. The Queen at her Needle Work Manufactury attended by M.rs Wright and the Young Ladies under her Instruction.
Ja.s Taylor sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two engravings from the same plate, as the frontispiece and folding plate of a book. Verso faded ink dedication "....1775". Total sheet 120 x 245mm (4¾ x 9¾"). Split where stitched for binding, edges chipped, stains.
Two scenes: a view of the ships of the Royal Navy; and Queen Charlotte in a drawing room with Phoebe Wright (c.1710-78), an embroiderer who founded the "Royal School of embroidering females" in 1772, with the queen's patronage. Wright had a shop in Great Newport Street, which had supplied embroidered furnishings for the various royal residences. The school was to train indigent young daughters of professional men who had some association with the Court, but who had either died or had become impoverished. Queen Charlotte not only subscribed £500 a year but also regularly visited the school, giving commissions, including the fabrics and bed hangings for the queen’s new state bed at Windsor Castle (now at Hampton Court).
[Ref: 61976] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Ja.s Taylor sculp.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Two engravings from the same plate, as the frontispiece and folding plate of a book. Verso faded ink dedication "....1775". Total sheet 120 x 245mm (4¾ x 9¾"). Split where stitched for binding, edges chipped, stains.
Two scenes: a view of the ships of the Royal Navy; and Queen Charlotte in a drawing room with Phoebe Wright (c.1710-78), an embroiderer who founded the "Royal School of embroidering females" in 1772, with the queen's patronage. Wright had a shop in Great Newport Street, which had supplied embroidered furnishings for the various royal residences. The school was to train indigent young daughters of professional men who had some association with the Court, but who had either died or had become impoverished. Queen Charlotte not only subscribed £500 a year but also regularly visited the school, giving commissions, including the fabrics and bed hangings for the queen’s new state bed at Windsor Castle (now at Hampton Court).
[Ref: 61976] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
The Naval Review at Spithead. Her Majesty the Queen Leading the Fleet to Sea. From the Original Drawing by O.W. Brierley, Esquire. [Names of boats underneath.] No.1. [&] The Naval Review at Spithead. Her Majesty the Queen Reviewing the Fleet in Action. From the Original Drawing by O.W. Brierley, Esquire. No.2.
Paris, despose. T.G. Dutton, lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published Oct.r 8.th 1853 by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, by Appointment to H.M. the Queen H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, H.R.H. Prince Albert, &c. &c. &c. [&] London, Published Nov.r 1.st 1853 by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, by Appointment to H.M. the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent &c. &c. &c.
Pair of lithographs. 431 x 908mm. 17 x 35¾".
The Great Naval Review of 1853 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as demonstration of progress and power before the Declaration of the Crimean War.
Both held in the Government Art Collection.
[Ref: 23370] £750.00 view all images for this item
Paris, despose. T.G. Dutton, lith. Day & Son, Lith.rs to the Queen.
London, Published Oct.r 8.th 1853 by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, by Appointment to H.M. the Queen H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent, H.R.H. Prince Albert, &c. &c. &c. [&] London, Published Nov.r 1.st 1853 by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, by Appointment to H.M. the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert, H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent &c. &c. &c.
Pair of lithographs. 431 x 908mm. 17 x 35¾".
The Great Naval Review of 1853 by Her Majesty Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, as demonstration of progress and power before the Declaration of the Crimean War.
Both held in the Government Art Collection.
[Ref: 23370] £750.00 view all images for this item
![[A naval battle by moonlight, probably the Battle of the Nile.]](jpegs/48995.jpg)
[A naval battle by moonlight, probably the Battle of the Nile.]
[Edward Orme n.d., c.1805].
Transparency with watercolour to verso, hand coloured lithograph. Tipped into card mount with tissue backing, framed, glazed both sides. Image 135 x 185mm. 5¼ x 7¼". Hole in tissue inside moon. Unexamined out of frame.
Probably illustrates Lord Nelson's famous victory at the Battle of the Nile or Aboukir Bay (August 1-2, 1798), the French ship l'Orient exploding background left. Sailors are rescued from floating wreckage in the foreground.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48995] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Edward Orme n.d., c.1805].
Transparency with watercolour to verso, hand coloured lithograph. Tipped into card mount with tissue backing, framed, glazed both sides. Image 135 x 185mm. 5¼ x 7¼". Hole in tissue inside moon. Unexamined out of frame.
Probably illustrates Lord Nelson's famous victory at the Battle of the Nile or Aboukir Bay (August 1-2, 1798), the French ship l'Orient exploding background left. Sailors are rescued from floating wreckage in the foreground.
Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 48995] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)