Grosvenor Prints

Marché de Payta. Pérou.
Dessiné par. Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier, Benard & C.ie. Lith. par Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand éditeur. Imp. de Lemercier, Bernard & C. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the market in Paita in Peru. Plate 35 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47177] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Intérieur d'une Case a Payta. Pérou.
Dessiné par. Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier, Benard & C.ie. Lith. par Bichebois, Fig. par V. Adam.
Arthus Bertrand éditeur. Imp. de Lemercier, Bernard & C. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view inside a house in Paita in Peru. Plate 37 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47178] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Maison de la Perichole à Lima.
Dessiné par. Lauvergne. Imprimé par Lemercier. Lith. par Bichebois, Fig. par Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand éditeur. Londres_Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view of a house in Lima. Plate from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47179] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Couvent de S.te Claire, a Lima. (Pérou).
Dessiné par. Fisquet. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Emile Deroy.
Arthus Bertrand Éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view the covent of St Claire in Lima. Plate from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47180] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Pont sur le Rimac, a Lima. (Pérou).
Dessiné par. Fisquet. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Bichebois. Fig. par Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand Éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins. Foxing.
A view of Lima looking up the Rimac River towards the bridge. Plate 29 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47181] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Couvent de San Francisco (Pérou).
Dessiné par. Fisquet. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Bichebois. Fig. par Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand Éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins. Foxing.
A view of the Convent of St Francis in Lima. Plate 28 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47182] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Cathédrale de Lima. (Pérou).
Dessiné par. Fisquet. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Challamel, fig. par. Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand Éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the cathedral of Lima. Plate 27 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47183] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Église de la Legua sur la route de Gallao à Lima. Pérou.
Dessiné par. Fisquet. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Villeneuve fig. par Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand Éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins. Foxing.
A view of a church on the road to Lima. Plate 26 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47184] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Une Rue de Valladolid a Lima. (Pérou).
Dessiné par. Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Lith. par Bichebois. Fig par V. Adam.
Arthus Bertrand Éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view of large street in Lima. Plate 25 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47185] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de Callao. Pérou.
Dessiné par. Lauvergne. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et C.ie. Sabatier lith. fig. par Bayot.
Arthus Bertrand éditeur. London. Ackermann et C.o 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 245 x 325mm (9¾ x 12¾"), with very large margins.
A view of the seaport town of Callao in Peru. Plate 24 from Auguste Nicholas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde [...] 1836 et 1837[...] sur la Bonite' published in Paris and London between 1840-52’, after an original drawing by B. Lauvergne.
[Ref: 47186] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Panorama de la baie de Payta (Pérou.) 1.ere Feuille.
Ménard del.t. Lith. de Thierry frères.
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 360 x 550mm (14 x 21¾''), with large margins. Foxing.
A view of the bay of Paita on the coast of Peru. A plate from 'Atlas Pittoresque of du Petit-Thouars' Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Fregate La Venus'.
[Ref: 50943] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Marchande de Fruits à Lima (Pérou). Voyage de la frigate Vénus. Atlas Pittoresque.
Ménard del.t. Lith. Thierry frères, Paris. Lith. par P. Blanchard, lith.
[n.d., c.1841.]
Lithograph, printed on chine collé. Printed area: 210 x 275mm (8¼ x 11''), with very large margins.
A scene showing a priest and men and women buying fruit from a fruitstall in Lima. A plate from 'Atlas Pittoresque of du Petit-Thouars' Voyage Autour du Monde sur La Fregate La Venus'.
[Ref: 50945] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Peru. Guarme.
[A. Montanus.]
[t'Amsterdam, 1671.]
Copper engraving. Sheet 178 x 203mm. 7 x 8". Page cut.
A view of the fortifications at Guarme, or present-day Huarmey, Peru; men landing goods and barrels with boats with a settlement and church in the distance. The Text discusses Joris van Spilbergen's fleet landing at Guarme to replenish their food stores, but the natives fled with all their goods and hid in the mountains. From 'De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America' by Arnoldus Montanus.
[Ref: 20791] £110.00 (£132.00 incl.VAT)

A New & Accurate Map of Peru and the Country of the Amazones. Drawn from the most authentick French Maps &c and Regulated by Astronomical observations
By Eman. Bowen.
[London: Printed for William Innys, Richard Ware, Aaron Ward, J. and P. Knapton, John Clarke, T. Longman and T. Shewell, Thomas Osborne, Henry Whitridge, 1749.]
Engraved map. 360 x 430mm (14¼ x 17").
A map of Peru but also showing Amazon River and its tributaries. Published in Emanuel Bowen's 'A Complete System of Geography'.
[Ref: 34197] £240.00

Peruvienne. 22.
Guérard del. Imp. de Lemercier. Régnier lith.
Paris, Desmaison-Cabasson, Quai Voltaire, 15. et chez Jeannin, Place du Louvre, 20 [n.d. c.1850].
Lithograph in fine contemporary colour by hand, image 230 x 185mm. 9 x 7¼". Margins slightly trimmed. Two stain spots in image.
An allegory for "Peru" in the form of a young lady in elaborate traditional costume. Publisher's blindstamps lower right and left. From a series of female representations of national 'types'.
[Ref: 23944] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Manco Capac.
Ralph Willett inv. Wm. Collins fec. James Caldwall sculp.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Etching, 285 x 530mm (11¼ x 20¾").
A bas-relief frieze or panel showing Manco Cápac holding his spear in a decorated oval at the centre flanked by relevant decorative motifs and embellishments including a llama motif. In Inca mythology, Manco Cápac was the first king of the Kingdom of Cuzco. Cuzco was a small kingdom in the Andes that began as a small city-state founded by the Incas around the 12th century. In time, through either warfare or peaceful assimilation, it began to grow and was succeeded by the Inca Empire. Manco Cápac is thought to have reigned until about 1230, though some put his death at 1107. From a series of designs by Ralph Willett (1719 - 1795), book and art collector, as realised by William Collins (1721 - 1793), modeller and sculptor. Collins had a large practice during the last half of the eighteenth century as a modeller of friezes and bas-reliefs for chimneypieces, reredoses, &c. He was one of the first members of the St. Martin's Lane Academy, and a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists, and signed the roll declaration in 1765, being one of the first directors of that society. He contributed to the first exhibition in 1760, and continued to exhibit up to 1768. This design formed part of Willett's decorative scheme for the estate of Merly in Great Canford, Dorset, which he purchased in 1751. In 1772 he built two wings, that on the south-east being a library (adorned with fanciful designs in arabesques and frescoes) eighty-four feet long, twenty-three wide, and twenty-three high.
[Ref: 11851] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Peru & Bolivia.
Drawn & Engraved by Alex.r Findlay.
London. Published by Thomas Kelly, 17 Paternoster Row, 1836.
Steel-engraved map. Sheet 210 x 270mm, 8¼ x 10½". Binding stitches in edge.
Map of Peru and Bolivia. Bolivia still has access to the sea, before it lost land in the War of the Pacific (1879–83).
[Ref: 13230] £60.00

[Peru] Athabaliba ultimus Rex Peruanorum.
[Amsterdam, Olfert Dapper, 1671.]
Engraving. 280 x 170mm, 11 x 6¾". Trimmed at bottom.
A portrait of Atahualpa, the last Incan king (1497-1533), executed by the Spanish conquistadors. From Montanus's 'De Nieuwe en onbekende Weerelde'.
[Ref: 15237] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Alphonso and Aciloe.]
H. Ramberg inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
Pub. May 1. 1788 by M. Ryland No. 102 New Bond Street.
Stipple. Plate: 265 x 185mm (10½ x 7½"), with very large margins. Uncut
An illustration of the tale of Alphonso and Aciloe from Helen Maria William's epic poem 'Peru and Peruvian Tales'.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 47391] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Hacienda de Cassapi.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1830. I.A. Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1829.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") with very wide margins. Centre fold.
The home of Cassapi. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52544] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Civilized Indian wearing a Poncho. [PlateXVII.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Hand-coloured stipple. 323 x 222mm. 12¾ x 8¾". some creasing.
A civilized Indian clad in the poncho, the dress of the Indians of Peru before their subjugation by the Spaniards. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23584] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Perou-Peru. Amérique. V. Pitt. No.20.
A. St. Aulaire. Imp. d'Aubert & C.ie.
Publié par Aubert, Place de la Bourse, 29. [n.d. c.1830.]
Coloured lithograph. 280 x 196mm (11 x 7¾").
Images of Peruvian costume: Ladies of Lima; a monk; Maids of Nuantajaya; a gentleman; a man of Pachia taking a woman behind him; women of Arequipa; Indians of Trujillo. A summary paragraph describing the land, population and resources.
[Ref: 52459] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[El Velero.] Lima 1855.
AAB Hy. Dibuj.o por A.A. Bonnaffé. Im Lemercier Paris. [A. Mor]in lith.
[Paris: 1857.]
Rare lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 390 x 320mm (15¼ x 12½"). Tears, surface wear, trimmed with loss to title, laid on archival tissue. Cut.
From Bonnaffé's rare 'Recuerdos De Lima Album Tipos, Trajes y Costumbres', second volume of two, each containing 12 lithographs but no title or text.
[Ref: 52068] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

La Zamacueca.
[A.A. Bonnaffé monogram.]
Lima 1856. [Paris: Lemercier, c.1860.]
Hand coloured lithograph, image 305 x 250mm. 12 x 9¾".
Vibrant image of a man and women performing the national dance of Peru. From Bonnaffé's rare 'Recuerdos De Lima Album Tipos, Trajes y Costumbres', published in two volumes each containing 12 lithographs but no title or text.
[Ref: 13306] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

La Chichera. Lima 1855.
Dibuj.o por A.A. Bonnaffé. J. Gaildreau Lit. Im.Lemercier Paris.
[Paris: 1856.]
Rare lithograph with hand colour Sheet 410 x 310mm (16 x 12¼") Trimmed, repaired tears. Damaged, creases.
A dark-skinned woman of Peru, balancing a pot on her head and smoking a cheroot. From Bonnaffé's rare 'Recuerdos De Lima Album Tipos, Trajes y Costumbres', first volume of two, each containing 12 lithographs but no title or text.
[Ref: 51822] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

La Chola de la Sierra. Lima 1855.
Dibuj.o por A.A. Bonnaffé. Lit. por Prugue.
[Paris: 1856.]
Rare lithograph with hand colour Sheet 380 x 260mm (15 x 10¼"). Trimmed, some surface wear with loss to title, laid on archival tissue. Damaged.
A woman of Peru, leading a llama. From Bonnaffé's rare 'Recuerdos De Lima Album Tipos, Trajes y Costumbres', first volume of two, each containing 12 lithographs but no title or text.
[Ref: 51821] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Cusco.
[Amsterdam, Olfert Dapper, 1671.]
Copper engraving. 275 x 360mm, 10¾ x 14¼".
A view of Cusco in Peru, from Montanus's 'De Nieuwe en onbekende Weerelde'.
[Ref: 20001] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Ruins of the Palace of Inca Manco Ccapac, at Cusco.
C.R.M. [Clements Robert Markham] del. Vincent Brooks Lith.
[London: Chapman & Hall, 1856.]
Coloured lithograph. Sheet 120 x 185mm (4¾ x 7¼").
The royal palace at Cusco, supposedly that of Manco Cápac, the first governor and founder of the Inca civilization in Cusco in the 13th century, possibly a mythical figure. From Markham's 'Cusco: a Journey to the Ancient Capital of Peru', an account of his visit 1852-3.
[Ref: 52018] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

Fighter at a Bull-Feast. [Plate VIII.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Hand-coloured stipple. 317 x 222mm. 12½ x 8¾".
A bullfighter in costume, as seen from behind. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23580] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The Peruvian Galley.
Hamerton lith.
Pr. by Graf & Soret, 14 Newman Street. [1845.]
Rare coloured lithograph. 240 x 324mm. 9½ x 12¾". Very fine colour.
Two elegantly dressed young women ride in an elaborately carved canoe, paddled down a river by a man wearing Native American feathered headdress. The boat has an unusual design; the bow in the form of a large winged creature, with the paddle manuveured through its mouth.
[Ref: 24189] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Pongo del Huallaga.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1829. I.A: Sedlmayr München Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1834.]
Rare lithograph. 464 x 629mm (18¼ x 24¾"). Some small tears and creasing. Spotting.
A view of the Huallaga River in Peru. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 15171] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[Portraits of five Inca rulers.] Manco-Capac, 1st First Emperor of Peru. Sinchi-Roca, II. Emp. Lloque-Yupanqui, III. Emp. Mayta-Capac, IV. Emp. Capac-Yupanqui, V. Emp.
[London: Gentleman's Magazine, 1751.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed close to image, losing text at top.
Five roundel portraits of Inca rulers from the possibly mythical Manco Capac (''the royal founder'') in the 13th century, founder of Cusco. with the next four generations, ending with Mayta Capac (ruled c.1290 - c.1320).
[Ref: 60150] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Incas of Peru.
Gent. Mag. May, 1752.
Engraving. Sheet: 195 x 100mm (7¾ x 4''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
Six portraits of Inca emperors including Inca-Roca, Yahuar-Huacac, Viracocha-Inca, Pacha-Cutec, Yupan-Qui, Tupac-Yupanqui.
[Ref: 48718] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Indians, Male and Female, in Costumes of Festivity. [Plate VII.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 254 x 190mm. 10 x 7½".
A male and female Indian are arrayed in burlesque cosumes, such as generally adopted by the Peruvian aborigines. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23587] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Indian representation of the Costumes of the Ynca and his Queen. [Plate I.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 254 x 190mm. 10 x 7½". Some slight creasing.
A representation of the delineation of the costumes of the Inca, and of his Queen. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23589] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Indian Warrior belonging to a barbarous Tribe. [Plate XV.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Hand-coloured stipple. 310 x 222mm. 12¼ x 8¾".
A warrior belonging to one of the barbarous nations, inhabitants of the mountainous territory in full costume. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23582] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

La Belle Peruvienne de Lima.
Faucaud del. Parfait Augrand Sc.
A Paris chez Bulla Rue St. Jacques No.38 [n.d., c.1810].
Stipple, sheet 420 x 265mm. 16½ x 10½". Cut at sides.
A young Peruvian woman in 'traditional' costume; feather headdress, holding bow and arrows, quiver full of arrows over shoulder. From a French portrait/costume album.
[Ref: 23471] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Femme guerrière de la Tribu d'Yurimagua. VII.
[Paris, J.G. Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue du Pont de Lodi, No.3. 1809.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 247 x 203mm. 9¾ x 8".
From 'Voyage au Pérou, fait dans les années 1790 à 1794'. A collection of costume plates from Peru and Chile, from reports by Narciso Girbal Barcelo, who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791, and Manuel Sobreviela, who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790; numbered II to XIII. Here a female warrior from the tribe in Yurimaguas, Peru; in the Alto Amazonas province in the Andes.
[Ref: 23572] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Indienne, représentant. Minerve Péruvienne. VIII.
[Paris, J.G. Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue du Pont de Lodi, No.3. 1809.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 247 x 203mm. 9¾ x 8".
From 'Voyage au Pérou, fait dans les années 1790 à 1794'. A collection of costume plates from Peru and Chile, from reports by Narciso Girbal Barcelo, who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791, and Manuel Sobreviela, who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790; numbered II to XIII. Here a young lady dressed in Inca dress holding a spiked shield and axe; a representation of the Peruvian Minerva.
[Ref: 23573] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Costume des Indiens, pour représenter l'Inca et sa femme. II.
[Paris, J.G. Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue du Pont de Lodi, No.3. 1809.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 247 x 203mm. 9¾ x 8".
From 'Voyage au Pérou, fait dans les années 1790 à 1794'. A collection of costume plates from Peru and Chile, from reports by Narciso Girbal Barcelo, who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791, and Manuel Sobreviela, who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790; numbered II to XIII. Here the costume of an Incan and his wife; the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
[Ref: 23567] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Crossing the Cordillera on the 1.st of June. Lima, with the Bridge over the Rimac.
Published Feb. 1825, by John Murray, London.
Aquatint, india paper, proof. Plate 273 x 228mm. 10¾ x 9".
The cordillera refers to the Andes; the precarious trek as a donkey falls from the edge. A view of Lima with the bridge crossing the River Rimac. From Alexander Caldcleugh's "Travels in South America, during the years, 1819-20-21: containing an account of the present state of Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Chile".
[Ref: 20792] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Lima.
R.Elwes del et lith. Printed by Hullmandel & Walton
London: Hurst & Blackett Great Marlborough Street [c.1854]
Lithograph, printed area 130 x 180mm (5 x 7").
Lima, capital of Peru by Robert Elwes (1819-1878) a Victorian traveller.
[Ref: 45591] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Dame de Lima, en grande parure. X.
[Paris, J.G. Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue du Pont de Lodi, No.3. 1809.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 247 x 203mm. 9¾ x 8".
From 'Voyage au Pérou, fait dans les années 1790 à 1794'. A collection of costume plates from Peru and Chile, from reports by Narciso Girbal Barcelo, who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791, and Manuel Sobreviela, who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790; numbered II to XIII. Here a young woman of Lima, Peru, wearing a large European bell dress.
[Ref: 23575] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Servante quarteronne de Lima. XII.
[Paris, J.G. Dentu, Imprimeur-Libraire, Rue du Pont de Lodi, No.3. 1809.]
Hand-coloured stipple. Plate 247 x 203mm. 9¾ x 8".
From 'Voyage au Pérou, fait dans les années 1790 à 1794'. A collection of costume plates from Peru and Chile, from reports by Narciso Girbal Barcelo, who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791, and Manuel Sobreviela, who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790; numbered II to XIII. Here a young servant, a quadroon, the daughter of a Metis and a white or mestizo and white.
[Ref: 23577] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Male inhabitant of Lima of the middle class of society. [Plate XII.]
[London: Printed for Richard Phillips, No.6, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars; and to be had of all Booksellers. 1805.]
Fine hand-coloured stipple, with large margins. Plate 254 x 190mm. 10 x 7½".
A man of Lima, Peru; dressed in costume of the middle class society. From "The Present State of Peru: Comprising of is Geography, Topography...&c.&c....and Embellished by Twenty Engravings of Costumes, &c". This book was meant to be an extract of the reports of Father Manuel Sobreviela (who explored the Huallaga River from 1787 to 1790) and Narciso Girbal y Barcelo (who explored the Marañon and Ucayali rivers in 1791), which appeared in El Mercurio peruano, a newspaper begun in Lima in 1791. However, the compiler was unfamiliar with Spanish and the translation is suspect.
[Ref: 23590] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[People and customs of Lima, Peru]
[Anon., c.1780]
Engraving, platemark 215 x 350mm (8½ x 13¾"). Creases and folds (from a book).
Peruvian costumes and animals, identified in detailed key including 'Vicunna a sort of wild Beast without Horns', and 'Huanaco a larger Species of the Vicunna'.
[Ref: 33752] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Hacienda de Machay.
E. Pöppig nach d. Natur 1830. I.N. Ott ünchen Lithogr. 1834.
[Munich, 1829.]
Rare lithograph, watermark Thurneisen. Sheet 435 x 585mm (17 x 23") with very wide margins. Centre fold.
The farmer's home, a thatched open-sided cone. One of sixteen lithographs after Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868), published in his ' Reise in Chile, Peru und auf dem Amazonenstrome während der Jahre 1827-1832'. The work describes his zoological expedition to Chile, Peru and Brazil, in which he travelled the length of the Amazon, describing over 4,000 plant species and explored Incan ruins.
[Ref: 52572] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

P. Didacus de Ortiz, Augustÿn, wort wande Pervanen wreedelÿck met stocken gheslagen, en noch wreeder ghedoodt in t'iaer 1571. P. Vincentius de Valverde, Predick-heer, en Bischop van Cusco wort van de [selve...] ingeheslaghen met knodsen in t'iaer 1541.
A. a Diepenbeck de. A Melaer scul.
[Antwerp: Michiel Cnobbaert, 1667.]
Engraving, extremely rare. Sheet 305 x 195mm (12 x 7¾"). Trimmed into title, some spotting.
An illustrating incorporating two scenes of Spanish missionaries being killed by Incas thirty years apart. In the foreground is Father Diego Ortiz who, having been accused of poisoning Incas, is being beaten to death with sticks. Behind is Vincente de Valverde, wearing the mitre of the Bishopric of Cusco, attacked with swords on Puná Island, near Guayaquil, Ecuador.
[Ref: 33713] £360.00

Manner of Burying the Nobles of Peru [&] Funeral Honours paid to the Nobles of Peru after their death [parallel text in French]
B. Picart Delin. C. du Bosc Exc. [one only]
Two engravings, each sheet approx. 165 x 200mm (6½ x 8"). Trimmed and partly glued to backing sheet.
British copies of engravings by Bernard Picart published in Jean Frederic Bernard's monumental "Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde" (Religious Ceremonies and Customs of All the Peoples of the World). 'The world's first encyclopedia of religions, the heavily illustrated, detailed general survey treating all religions dispassionately and as notionally equal, was composed and published in Amsterdam under the title 'Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde' in seven large volumes between 1723 and 1737 by a group of radical, intellectually subversive Huguenot refugees' (Jonathan Israel, 'How the light came in', TLS June 21 2013).
[Ref: 47090] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The burning of the Town of Payta on the Coast of Santa Fee in the South Sea.
J.S. Müller sculp.
[London: for the author by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.]
Coloured engraving. 235 x 520mm (9¼ x 20½"). Folded as issued, repaired tear on left, backed on paper.
George Anson burning the Spanish city of Paita in Peru in 1742, during his buccaneering voyage around the world 1740-44. This attack was only a minor success, with booty valued at £30,000. Later a stroke of luck presented them with a Spanish treasure galleon laden with 1.3 million silver pieces of eight; on their return to London, thirty-two wagons were needed to transfer them to the Tower of London. Published in Anson's own account, ''A Voyage Round the World, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV''.
[Ref: 43990] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

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