Grosvenor Prints

View of the Pseudodipteral Temple at Paestum.
Engraved by T. Medland.
London: Novr. 1. 1806, Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, Paternoster Row.
Aquatint and etching in sepia, image 325 x 490mm. 12¾ x 19¼". Trimmed to image at top. Tatty extremities.
The Temple of Hera, built around 550 BC by Greek colonists, is the oldest surviving temple in Paestum. Paestum is the classical Roman name of a major Graeco-Roman city in the Campania region of southern Italy. Plate 12 to Chapter 6 of William Wilkins's (1778 - 1839) 'The Antiquities of Magna Graecia', Cambridge, 1807. Magna Graecia (Latin for "Greater Greece") is the name of the area in Southern Italy and Sicily that was colonised by Greek settlers in the eighth century BCE. Wilkins was an architect and one of the leading figures in the English Greek Revival of the early 1800s. On his tour of the classical antiquities of the Mediterranean he was accompanied by the Italian landscape painter Agostino Aglio, who had been commissioned by Wilkins as draughtsman on the expedition. Aglio supplied the drawings for the monument illustrations in Wilkins' folio volume. In 1837 Wilkins became Professor of Architecture at the Royal Academy in succession to Sir John Soane.
Abbey Travel: 128, 61.
[Ref: 9579] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Straits of Messina.
[Edward Morrison de Courcy Short]
[1887]
Pencil sketch, 115 x 200mm. 4½ x 8".
A view of the strait of Messina (Strittu di Missina), the body of water between Sicily and mainland Italy. From an album of 'sketches made on a trip round the world'. By Edward Morrison de Courcy Short, b.1857, who attended Charterhouse School, Surrey (1870-6). He passed the Ceylon Civil Service exam in 1878, and in 1905 became Chairman of the Municipal Council and Mayor of Colombo, retiring in 1910.
List of Carthusians, 1800-1879, by W.D. Parrish
[Ref: 11205] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Mount Etna and the Cyclops - taken from the Sea.
[Captain Peter William Hamilton, R.N., 1812-1868.]
[n.d., c.1834.]
Pencil sketch. Image 165 x 250mm, 6½ x 9¾".
As a young master's mate Hamilton served in the Mediterranean on board HMS Malabar, visiting Italy, Malta, Greece, Turkey and the Levant in 1834-5. He later served in the Royal Navy during the First Opium War (1839-42), seeing action at Hong Kong which he also recorded in his sketch album.
From a sketchbook compiled by Hamilton.
[Ref: 12740] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Felouque Sicilienne tirée à terre. 20.
Dessiné et Gravé par Baugean.
[n.d. c.1826. Jean.]
Etching. Plate 147 x 204mm. 5¾ x 8".
From: "Collection de Toutes les Especes de Batimens...2eme Livraison". A Sicilian felucca on the shore after the tide has gone out. A residence can be seen the background at the foot of the mountain. Out at sea are two sailing vessels.
[Ref: 16768] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Curious Cemetry under the Capuchin Monastery, near Syracuse.
Cooper Willyams delt. I.C. Stadler sculpt.
London: Pub. by I. White, Fleet Street, 1801.
Hand-coloured aquatint, 180 x 245mm. 7 x 9¾". Large margins.
After Cooper Willyams (1762 - 1816), for his 'A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty’s Ship the Swiftsure, one of the squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson, K.B. ... with a description of the battle of the Nile on the first of August 1798' (1802). Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'.
See BL 210.i.5. Abbey Travel 196, 11.
[Ref: 22167] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

A View of the Pseudodipteral Temple or Basilica, taken from the South East. Vue du Temple Pseudodiptere ou de la Basilique, prise du cote du Sud Est.
T. Major sculp.
Publish'd Jan. 1768.
Etching, very large margins. Plate 370 x 270mm. 14½ x 10½".
From a series of views of ancient classical ruins, this view probably in Selinunte (Selinus), a Greek archaeological site situated on the south coast of Sicily. Numbered 'Tab: XIX'. By Thomas Major (1720 - 1799).
[Ref: 26965] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Sicile. [A set of twelve views in Sicily]. Palerme. Vue de la Porte newe et de l'anien Palais des Emirs. + Palermo. Veduta della Porta nuova e del Palazzo degli Emiri. [/] Palerme. Place du Sénat. + Plaermo. Piazza Senatoria. [/] Palerme. Place des Quatre Coins. + Palermo. Piazza de Quattro Cantoni. [/] Palerme. Entreé du jardin Botanique + Palermo. Ingresso del giardino Botanico. [/] Palerme. Place Royale. + Palermo. Piazza Reale. [/] Montreale. Intérier de la Cathédrale + Interno del Duomo. [/] Montreale. Bas rote droit de la Cathédrale. + La navata a diritta del Duomo. [/] Palerme. Eglise Royal de Ste. Marie la neuve. + Palermo. Chiesa Reale di Santa Maria la neuiva. [/] Palerme. Chapelle du Palais Royal. + Palermo. Capilla del Palazzo reale. [/] Palerme. Eglise des Jésuites. + Chiesa dei Jesuit. [/] Palerme. Eglise du Monastérre de St. Simon + Chiesa del Monastero Sto. Simone. [/] Palerme. Zisa + Palermo. La Zisa.
Desineé d'apés narure par Ph. Benoist. [Various engravers].
Imp. par Lemercier a Paris. Paris_Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et (Mon. Aumont) Francois Delane succ. rue JJ. Rousseau, 10. [n.d., c.1850].
A set of twelve lithographs. Unbound. Sheet size: 290 x 380mm (11½ x 15") each.
A set of tweleve fine, highly detailed views in Sicily, Itlay. The set includes five exterior views, including; Quattro Canti, officially known as Piazza Vigliena, a Baroque square in Palermo, with the near-identical facades of the buildings surrounding a large number of people, including two carrying a sedan chair in the foreground; the entance to the 'Orto Botanico di Palermo', or Palermo Botanical Garden, founded in 1779, when the 'Accademia dei Regi Studi' created the chair of 'Botany and medicinal properties'; and a view of the Piazza Senatoria, more commonly known as Piazza Pretoria or, the Piazza of Shame. It is said that this name was given to the piazza as a respresentation of the corrupt government, as in 1573, to make way for the monumental fountain in the centre, several homes were demolished by the Senate. The seven internal views are of various churches and cathedrals, including: two of the Cathedral of Monreale, one of the greatest extant examples of Norman architecture in the world; the Church of Santa Maria; and the highly ornate Church of the Gesu.
[Ref: 33353] £750.00 view all images for this item

Tunny Fishery with Cape Passero. Straits of Messina
M.A.T.W. [Mary Anne Theresa Whitby] 1822. Litho. Newlands 1830
Rare lithograph. Printed area 150 x 180mm (6 x 7"), with wide margins. Foxing.
Tuna fishing in the Strait of Messina, which separates mainland Italy from Sicily. The printmaker, Mary Anne Theresa Whitby (1784-1850), was married to Captain John Whitby, flag captain for Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. They lived on the admiral's estate, Newlands: after John's death in 1806, Mary stayed on, spending much of her time with Cornwallis, who left his estate to her on his death in 1819. Being a keen amateur lithographer, Whitby established a private press at Newlands, but she is better remembered for the first successful sericulture (silk production) to England after three centuries of attempts, presenting twenty yards of damask to Queen Victoria in 1844. She performed genetic experiments on her silkworms for Charles Darwin, who published her results in his 'The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication' (1868).
Ex: Collection of the late Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 35700] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[10 topographical gouaches of Sicily.]
T:o R:o.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ten fine gouaches on card, titled in old ink mss. on reverse. Each sheet c. 110 x 140mm (4¼ x 5½". Seven cards with some oxidation of colour; seven cards with remains of album paper partially over titles.
Ten finely-executed gouache views of Sicily: three of Palermo, three of temples in Agrigento (here called by the Sicilian name Girgenti), Catania (with Etna smoking in the background), Syracuse, Messina and the Doric temple of Segesta.
[Ref: 60250] £1,900.00 view all images for this item

Vue du Tombeau de Theron à Agrigente.
[Peint par Villeneuve, d'après l'esquisse de Cassas. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
The tomb of Theron of Acragas (died 473 BC), a Greek tyrant in Sicily from 488 BC who, according to Polyaenus, came to power by using public funds meant for a temple building project to hire a personal bodyguard. The monument still stands in Agrigento. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44536] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Sicily and Malta.]
Published 4th June 1800 by I. Stockdale Piccadilly.
Engraving. Sheet size: 545 x 740mm (21½ x 29"). Folded as published. Large margins.
The last plate from 'A general map of the Empire of Germany, Holland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia', published by John Stockdale, 1800. The popular map contained 25 sheets including 2 index maps of maps covering the Empire of Germany. This section depicts Sicily and Malta.
[Ref: 39351] £280.00

Monreale Sicily.
Mrs. Oates. Lit. W. Wenzel litog. [c.1839.]
Rare lithograph on india, printed area 210 x 265mm (8 x 10½"). Very large margins.
Monreale (Murriali in Sicilian), a town in the province of Palermo on the island of Sicily. The town, dominated by its cathedral, is in the distance, with ruins in the foreground as in the tradition of Italian views by artists such as Richard Wilson. Lithograph after Harriette Oates (née Rhodes), who made a series of views in Sicily and Southern Italy around 1839.
[Ref: 37111] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

A Prospect of Mount Ætna, with its Irruption in 1669.
[The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle 1750.]
Engraving, sheet 180 x 195mm (7 x 7¾"). Trimmed.
A diagram of the volcanoe Mount Etna erupting with explainatory key, with a view of the inundated towns and the city of Catania with ships anchored in the harbor.
[Ref: 57041] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de Couvent de St Martin près Palerme.
[Dessiné par Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Thales Fielding. Imprimé par Sauniée.]
[Paris: Imprimerie de P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on buff chine collé. 320 x 430mm (12½ x 17") very large margins.
A view of the convent of St Martin by Louis, Comte de Forbin for Achille Étienne Gigault de la Salle's 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile, 1822-6. Forbin (1779-1841), a painter and antiquarian, succeded Vivant-Denon (head of Bonaparte's 'Savants') as curator of the Musée du Louvre after the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy.
Abbey Travel 262 (source of the attributions).
[Ref: 60926] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Church of Saint Rosalia On the summit of Monte Pellegrino near Palermo
Harriette Oates. F Wenzel. Lith. A. Ledoux [n.d., c.1839]
Rare lithograph, printed area 220 x 270mm (8½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
The Santuario di Santa Rosalia, Palermo, Sicily. In 1624 the remains of St Rosalia, the patron saint of Sicily, were found in a cave on Mount Pellegrino, where she had died in 1166. The church was built on the same site. Lithograph after Harriette Oates (née Rhodes).
[Ref: 37109] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de la Chapelle de S.te Rosalie.
[Peint par Ronmy, d'après l'esquisse de Michalon. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins. Uncut.
A chapel dedicated to Saint Rosalie of Palermo. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44537] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Cloitre du Couvent de S.ta Maria di Jesus a Palerme.
[Peint par Renoux, d'après l'esquisse de Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Paul le Grand.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large margins, uncut.
The convent of Santa Maria di Gesù, Palermo. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44538] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Vue du Cloitre des Capucins, à Palerme.
[Peint par Lesaint, d'après l'esquisse de Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Fr. Hegui.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾"), very large maring; uncut.
The Capuchin monastery of Palermo, famous for its catacombs filled with mummys. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44540] £150.00 (£180.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de la Chapelle et de la Grotte de Sainte Rosalie, à Palerme.
[Peint par Renou, d'après l'esquisse de Michelon. Gravé par Thales Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 425 x 355mm (16¾ x 14"), very large margins, uncut.
The grotto beneath the chapel dedicated to Saint Rosalie of Palermo. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44541] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

La Romagnola Sicilia.
Mrs. Oates [possibly lit. Wenzel, c.1839]
Rare lithograph on india, printed area 220 x 265mm (8½ x 10½"). Very large margins.
View in Sicily, after Harriette Oates (née Rhodes), who made a series of views in Sicily and Southern Italy around 1839.
[Ref: 37113] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Relte des Tempels des Jupiters zu Selinus. Restes du Temple de Jupiter a Selinus. Pl 6.
Nach der Natur und auf Stein gezeichnet von F. Gaertner.
Gedruckt und verlegt im Zellerischen Kunst. Magazin zu Munchen [n.d. c.1819].
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 570 x 690mm (22½ x 27¼"). Tears in edges, mount burn.
Pirates assaulting Grand Tourists among the ancient ruins at Selinus, Sicily. It is plate 6 of 'Ansichten der am meisten erhaltenen Monumente Siziliens' by Friedrich von Gartner (1792-1847), of which it is thought that only 300 copies were printed. Gartner, an architect from Munich, spent several years in Rome and Naples and visited Sicily in 1816. In London afterwards he met Charles Joseph Hullmandel, who stoked Gartner's interest in lithography, then in its infancy.
[Ref: 51972] £650.00

[Cave di Cusa.] Vue des Carrieres de Campo Bello.
[Peint par Moritz, d'après l'esquisse de Mr le C.te de Forbin. Gravé par Th. Fielding.]
[Paris: P. Didot, 1822.]
Aquatint on india. 355 x 425mm (14 x 16¾") very large margins; uncut.
The Cave di Cusa ('Quarry of Accusation' in Italian) a stone quarry near Campobello di Mazara, first worked during the first half of the 6th century BC but abandoned in 409 BC when the city was captured by the Carthaginians. From the rare work 'Voyage Pittoresque en Sicile' by Achille Etienne Gigault de la Salle (1772-1840), one of the very few aquatint books of Italian scenery. Only 500 copies were published, in 27 parts, only some on india as here. The imprint is as given in Abbey, who records a standard paper example.
Abbey: Travel 262, 'Impressions on India paper were also available'.
[Ref: 44539] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Italie. Sienne. Vue de la Place del Campo. Siena Piazza del Campo.
Dessiné d'ap nature et lith par Deroy.
Lithograph printed area 240 x 290mm (9½ x 11½"). Blindstamped. Some surface dirt mainly in the margins.
A view of the Piazza del Campo in Siena Tuscany. A bustling market scene; street vendors hawk their wares under the shadow of the great Palazzo Pubblico and the watchful eye of the tower Torre del Mangia.
[Ref: 54901] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Prospetto della piazza di Siena. Colla comparsa delle Contrade, e Corsa del Palio, Rappresentata il 2 di Luglio 1717 Dalla Nobil Coversazione del Casino All'A. R.le della Ser.ma Violante di Baviera Gran Principessa di Toscana per la sua venuta al Governo di d.a Città, e Stato. Dedicato All'A. R.le del Ser.mo Gio Gastone Gran' Principe di Toscana.
[n.d., c.1717.]
Rare etching, plate 470 x 645mm (18½ x 25½") with very large margins. Folded as issued. Stain and tear on top margin (on fold) going into image, some creases, black spots and surface dirt. On far left small stain.
Rare view of Piazza del Campo in Siena. The Contrade carnival floats drawn by team of horse fill the arena, while spectators face outwards to watch the Palio, the horse race around the perimeter of the square. A scroll borne by cherubs crosses the sky, seven panels below the main image depict detailed views of six Contrade carnival floats and the title with the key.
[Ref: 58983] £590.00

Sigismond Empereur d'Occident. Tire en partie du Corpus juris publici de B.Gott.Struve.
Touze d. F[...] Duflos sc.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 275 x 166mm.
[Ref: 2135] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Serenissimus Sigismundus Franciscus Archid. Aust: Dux Burg: Sty: Carinth: Carn: et Wirten: Comes. Habs: Tyrol. Gorin: Landg: Alsatiae. [&] Serenis: Maria Hedwig Augus.ta Archid: Aust: Duc: Burg: Styr: Carin: Carn: & Wir: Nata Prin: Pa Lat: Sultzb: Duc: Iul: Cliv: et Montium.
J. Sandrart Sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1680.]
A pair of engravings with accompanying letterpress with notes on the engraver Jacob Sandrart. Sheet 285 x 222mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Some foxing.
Portrait of Archduke Sigismund Franz of Austria (1630-1665), the ruler of Further Austria, including Tyrol; and Maria Hedwig Augusta, Duchess of Saxe-Lauenburg (1650-1681), eldest child of Christian Augustus of Bavaria Sulzbach and Amelia Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen.
[Ref: 31223] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Sigismund I. Konung af Polen.
[Sweden, c.1850.]
Coloured lithograph. Printed area 270 x 180mm (10½ x 7").
Sigismund I the Old (1467-1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
[Ref: 57729] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

[Medallion portraits of Sigismund III of Poland & John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony.
WHollar fecit 1667.
Rare etching. Sheet 105 x 105mm (4 x 4"). Trimmed, losing half of image, laid in album paper.
A pair of medals, showing both obverse and reverse with 'AR' between. Another pair of medals has been trimmed off. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-77) for 'The Institution, Laws and Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter' (1672) by the antiquary and astrologer Elias Ashmole (1617-92).
Pennington 2607..
[Ref: 58670] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sigismundus dei Gratia Roman Imp. Caro IIII F P AV.
[drawn by Pietro Aquila.]
[Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c.1681.]
Engaving, sheet 150 x 130mm (6 x 5"). Trimmed from a larger sheet, laid on album paper with later letterpress biography.
A portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxemburg (1368-1437), published in the 'Effigies Romanorum Imperatorum Ex Antiqus Numismatibus...', a multi-sheet wall chart of portraits of both classical Roman emperors and Holy Roman Emperors taken from coins, plus three blanks for future emperors and an allegorical scene. Sigismund is best remembered for leading the last Crusade and having the Czech religious reformer, Jan Hus, burned at the stake for heresy in July 1415.
[Ref: 45389] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)

Sigismundus III. D.G. Poloniæ Rex Magnus-Dux Lithuaniæ. Russ. Prus. etc. Dux. Sigismundus de III byder Gratien Gods Conick van Polen, Groothertoch Litthau. Hertock van Russen, Pruissen etc.
[engraved by Nicolaes de Clerck.]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving, touch of hand colour. 190 x 125mm (7½ x 5"), set in letterpress, large margins.
An oval portrait of Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, wearing a ruff and Order of the Golden Fleece. Besides being monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587-1632, he was King of Sweden (where he is known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.
[Ref: 57724] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Sigismundus III. D.G. Rex Polon: Mag: Dux Lit. Russ. Prus. Mass: Livo: nec non Suecor: Goth: Vand: Hæred: Rex.
Eb: Kieser exc. Dan: Meisn: Comm B. [Frankfurt, c.1627.]
Engraving. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5¼"), set in letterpress.
An oval portrait of Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, wearing a lace collar over armour and Order of the Golden Fleece. From a German edition of Lundorp's 'Laurea Austriaca'. Besides being monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587-1632, he was King of Sweden (where he is known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.
See BM 1870,1112.165 for a Latin edition.
[Ref: 57726] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sigismundus III. D.G. Rex Polon: Mag: Dux Littuaviæ Russ. Prus. Mass: Livon, nec non Suec: Goth: Vand: Hæred: Rex etc.
Eb: Kieser exc. Dan: Meisn: Comm B. [Frankfurt, c.1627.]
Engraving. 185 x 125mm (7¼ x 5"). Some paper toning.
An equestrian portrait of Sigismund III Vasa (1566-1632), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, wearing a ruff and Order of the Golden Fleece. From Eberhard Keiser's 'Fama Austriaca', with text by Daniel Meisner. Besides being monarch of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587-1632, he was King of Sweden (where he is known simply as Sigismund) from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599. He was the son of King John III of Sweden and his first wife, Catherine Jagellonica of Poland.
BM 1870,1112.165.
[Ref: 57725] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Il Ponte a Signa, dalla parte di Levante.
G. Zocchi del. G. Filosi Scol. Venezia.
[n.d. c.1744.]
Etching and engraving, with large margins. Plate 316 x 490mm (12¾ x 19¼"). Very fine.
The bridge over the Arno at Signa, seen from the east, with goods being loaded onto barges. Plate nine from "Vedute delle ville e d'altri luoghi della Toscana".
[Ref: 28522] £320.00

[Valley of Simaus.] Vol.2.Pl:11.
Geisler del.t Medland Sculp.
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 197 x 349mm (3¾ x 13¾"), large margins. Folds as normal, slight offsetting; ink stamp of Stamford Library obscured in image.
Plate 11: a view of the Valley of Simaus, on the southern coast; abounding with olive trees, and being surrounded with elevated rocky mountains. To the left is the Black Sea. From Volume 2 of ''Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794''.
[Ref: 31052] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Iosias Simlerus. Heluctius Theologus. Nasc. Capellis in Heluctius anno. Ob. Tigury. An. 1576. 2, Julij. Astronimus, bonus Historicus, verbig minister, Trinam animam trino consecro rito: Deo. R.
Engraving. 140 x 109mm. 5½ x 4¼". Cut and stuck on paper.
Josias Simmler (1530-1576) was a Swiss theologian and classicist, author of the first book relating solely to the Alps. In his treatise 'De Alpibus commentarius', he collected all that the classical authors had written on the Alps, adding a good deal of material collected from his friends and correspondents. It was the first work exclusively devoted to the Alps. Another fragment of his vast plan to make his native land better known, was the work entitled 'De Helvetiorum republica', which appeared in Zurich in 1576, just before his death. It was regarded as the chief authority on Swiss constitutional matters up to 1798.
[Ref: 23969] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Vista de Cintra. Tirada do Jardim superior da Quinta de Conde da Tovoa.
[Portugal.] Lith da Imp. N.al.

View from the garden of the Quinta da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal. The 9th century Moorish Castle (Castello dos Mouros) is in the distance on the top of a hill, while the giant conical chimneys of the Palacio Nacional are on the right.
[Ref: 41689] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

G. Sissini. [With 'Georgio Sissini' signature facsimile.]
Hanfstaengl ft. 1829. [signed in plate.] Nach der Natur gez. v. Krazeisen. Gedr. von Selb.
[Munich, 1828-31.]
Lithograph on india laid paper, sheet 335 x 230mm. 13¼ x 9". Foxing. Slight marks near head.
Georgio Sissini (1769 - 1831), politician and leader in the Greek War of Independence. From the rare folio 'Bildnisse ausgezeichneter Griechen und Philhellenen/Portraits des Grecs et des Philhelle`nes les plus ce´le`bres...' by Carl or Karl Krazeisen, published in Munich, Germany, with text in German and French. Published in parts between 1828 and 1831, the work contains 21 portraits and seven views or scenes. Krazeisen accompanied von Heideck and the Bavarian philhellenes to Greece in 1826 where he served as a junior officer. The portraits are amongst the best-known of the leaders of the War of Independence and are frequently reproduced. The original drawings are preserved in the National Gallery, Athens.
British Library: 002020473. From: Charborough House, residence to the Erle-Drax family.
[Ref: 14914] £450.00

Vue du Village de St George de Skyros.
Lemonnier del. Lithographié à la Calcographie Royale de J. Goubaud.
[Brussels, 1822-9.]
Lithograph, rare. Printed area 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾").
A view of Chora, the capital of Skyros, dominated by the Venetian fortress. The view was published in a Brussels edition of Choiseul-Gouffier's 'Voyage Pittoresque de la Grèce', but which also contained Melling's 'Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore'.
[Ref: 35152] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Hendrick Danielsz Slatius Gewesener Predicant zu Bleyswyck nach dem leben abgemalet den 12 Marty Ao 1623 [...]
[After Claes Jansz. Visscher, c.1630]
Etching, 17th century watermark, rare, sheet 250 x 125mm (9¾ x 5"). Glued to backing sheet on left edge.
Hendrick Danielsz Slatius (1585-1623), leader of the conspiracy against Prince Maurice of Orange, handcuffed and fettered, next to large beer mug. Co-conspirator being led off towards Coevorden in background. Copy of the etching by Claes Jansz. Visscher.
[Ref: 43759] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Chevalier de l'Ordre de S. Etienne. Tom.4.pag.59.
[A Amsterdam Chez Pierre Mortier. M.DCC.XLIII.] [n.d. c.1743.]
Engraving. 160 x 89mm (6¼ x 3½").
A man holding a chain after returning to Italy with various slaves; labelled here as a master of the Sacred and Military Order of St Stephen; Pisa. From "Les Delices de l'Italie, contenant Une description exacte du Pais...Tome Quatrie'me".
[Ref: 28618] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

A Russian Sledge.
Miss Crighton.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Ink and grey wash colour, 200 x 280mm (8 x 11) mounted on album paper with flowers overpainted. Sheet total 275 x 360 (10¾ x 14¼"). Corners knocked.
[Ref: 38011] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Three Russian sledges racing in a city street.] Sourd-muet P... von-Riser. 1821.
[N. Inashchentzoff?]
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph, very rare. Sheet 260 x 385mm, 10¼ x 15¼". Trimmed to printed border. Slight glue stain at top.
Three horse-drawn sledges racing in a city street, driven by rough-looking muzhiks, much to the concern of the well-dressed pedestrians. 'Sourd-muet' means deaf-mute.
[Ref: 24689] £230.00

[Russian horse-drawn sledge with barrels.]
N. Inashchentzoff Sourd-muet.
[n.d., c.1825.]
Lithograph. Sheet 270 x 360mm, 10½ x 14¼". Trimmed to printed border.
A horse-drawn sledge of barrels. 'Sourd-muet' means deaf-mute.
[Ref: 24696] £230.00

[Sledge and Plough.] Vign.8. Journey to Tshorguna, Balaklava, and along the South-Western Coast of the Crimea.
[Geisler del. Medland sc.]
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving with letterpress printed page; stamp: Stamford Library. Sheet 266 x 203mm (10½ x 8").
Vignette 8: a peculiar sledge employed by the Tartars for conveying wood down steep mountains; and their stone-plough. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31058] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

Traineau Russe ['Russian Sleigh'].
Ph. Ledieu 1835 [signed and dated in plate lower left.] Ledieu pinxt. Hurliman sculpt.
Paris, publie par Rittner & Goupil, Boulevart Montmartre 15.
Aquatint, 680 x 865mm. 26¾ x 34". Light spotting. Water stain encroaching on lower left corner of image.
Dramatic image showing a pack of wolves attacking a horse-drawn sleigh in a wintry Russian landscape. The male passenger shoots one of the wolves with his pistol.
[Ref: 8521] £550.00

Jonas Slichting à Bukowiez Eques Polonius. Natus A. 1592. Den Selcihoviæ in MArch Brandenb, d. 1. Novembr. A. 1661.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. 135 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼") very large margins. Crease.
Jonas Slichting von Bukowicz (1592-1661), a Polish theologian.
[Ref: 51189] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Betsko Castle Waag Thal.
G. Hering del. J.B. Pyne Lith.
[London, 1838.]
Tinted lithograph heightened in white, sheet 380 x 555mm. 15 x 21¾".
Dramatic view of Beckov Castle near the village of Beckov in western Slovakia. From 'Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transilvania' by George Edwards Hering (1805 - 1879).
Abbey Travel: 79, 10. Provenance Sitwell family, Renishaw Hall, Sheffield, Derbyshire.
[Ref: 13702] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Allegorical print with town view of Filakovo, Slovakia in background] Nimb dich nicht mehr an, als du kanst.
[Sebastian Furck, c.1625]
[Frankfurt am Main: Eberhard Kieser, 1623-32.]
Engraving, sheet 100 x 145mm (4 x 5¾"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet.
One of 830 emblematic views made for Daniel Meisner's (1585-c.1625) 'Thesaurus philopoliticus', also called 'Politisches Schatzkästlein', published in two volumes, 1623-26 and 1627-32. Each volume contained eight parts of 52 prints per part (there is one part containing merely 50 prints). Kieser made some of the etchings himself; others were made by Sebastian Furck, Georg Keller, Matthäus Merian and Johann Eckard Löffler among others.
[Ref: 46384] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Gate of Kremnitz.
G. Hering del._ J.B. Pyne lith:
[London: T. McLean, 1838.]
Sepia-tinted lithograph, image 380 x 280mm. 15 x 11".
Kremnica is a well-preserved medieval town in central Slovakia. Kremnica was among the major mining towns of the world during the Middle Ages due to the abundant gold ore deposits in the Kremnica Mountains. From 'Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transylvania' (26 plates), by George Edwards Hering (1805-1879).
Abbey Travel 79, 9.
[Ref: 26804] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

A Kalmuck Smoking Party.
Burney del. Thornthwaite sculp.
Published as the Act directs by Dr. J. Trusler, Octo.r. 1788.
Engraving. 190 x 130mm (7½ x 5"). Trimmed to platemark.
View of a Kalmuck smoking party. The Kalmucks, or Kalmyks were a western Mongol people who migrated to Russia in the seventeenth century. They lived a nomadic life travelling around the lands between the Don and the Volga Rivers. Illustration from Dr John Trusler's 'The Habitable World Described' (c1788-1806).
[Ref: 32139] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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