Grosvenor Prints

Christianæ a Francia, Sabaudiæ Ducissæ, Cypri Reginæ, &c. Vinea Montana juxta Valentinum.
Thomas Borgonius inv & delineavit.
Johannes Blaeu Excudit [but The Hague, R.C. Alberts, 1724.]
Engraving. 445 x 605mm (17½ x 23¾"). Centre fold as usual, faint mount burn.
An elevated view of the 'Vineyard', a building complex, built for Christine of France (sister of Louis III) when she was Duchess of Savoy and regent to her son Francis Hyacinth. It was on the opposite bank of the Po River from the Castello del Valentino, the official residence of the Duke and Duchess outside Turin. This plate was published in Jan Blaeu's 'Townbook of Savoy', as reissued by Alberts.
[Ref: 33884] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Nuovo ponte sul Po in Torino. Nouveau Pont du Po a Turin.
Nicolosini dis. Stucchi inc.
Torino presso Gio. Batta. Maggi Negro.te di Stampa in Via de Po [n.d., 1827.]
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"), with large margins. Uncut. Slight crease top right.
A view of the Ponte Vittorio Emanuele I, Turin, with washerwomen working on the riverbank.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54963] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Piazza Reale a Torino. Place Royale a Turin.
Nicolosini dis. Stucchi inc.
Torino presso Gio. Batta. Maggi Negro.te di Stampa in Via de Po [n.d., 1827.]
Aquatint, printed in sepia. 230 x 325mm (9 x 12¾"), with large margins. Uncut.
A view of the Piazza San Carlo, Turin, before the placing of the 'Caval 'd brons'.
From the Berkeley Collection, Spetchley Park.
[Ref: 54964] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Plan of Turin as Besieged in 1706.
I. Basire Sculp.
For Mr Tindal's Continuation of Mr Rapin's History of England. [London, James & Paul Knapton, 1751.]
Engraved map. 390 x 480mm (15¼ x 19"). Original binding folds, trimmed into plate at top, as issued.
A plan of Turin under siege by the French during the War of the Spanish Succession. The siege lasted two months and the French were on the point of victory when Prince Eugene of Savoy arrived with a relief army. Caught between Eugene's army and Turin's garrison, the siege collapsed, causing Marlborough to write 'I not only esteem, but I really love that Prince'. Nicholas Tindal (1687-1774), at one time Chaplain to Greenwich Hospital, first published a translation of Frenchman Paul de Rapin's 'History of England' in 1727, running to thirteen volumes; in 1732 it was enlarged with his own notes and maps. This map was published in 'A summary of Mr Rapin de Thoyras's History of England, and Mr Tindal's Continuation, from the Invasion of Julius Caesar, to the End of the Reign of King George I. Illustrated With Medals, Plans of Battles, Towns, and Sieges', 1751.
[Ref: 28274] £260.00

[The Royal Vineyard, Turin, during the fireworks] Veduta della Vigna di S.M. la Regina con l'illuminatione [parallel text in French]
Ignatius Agliaudus Architect ornavit Joan. Ant. Belmondus sculpsit Taurini 1737
Etching, rare, platemark 290 x 410mm (11½ x 16¼").
The villa of the Royal Vineyard in Turin, Italy, which underwent substantial expansion after it passed to Anna d'Orleans in 1692. This locally-published print shows a firework display taking place in the background.
Provenance: Thomas Pitt 1st Baron Camelford
[Ref: 45279] £420.00

Country Girl Of Tuscany This sordid ass yet on his back does bear, __ of choice delicates a Plenteous share.
I. Northcote delt. T. Gaugain Sculpt.
Publish'd as the Act directs, May, 20, 1785 by Torre & Co, No. 28 Hay Market.
Stipple engraving, 280 x 215mm. 11 x 8½". Some foxing; glue stains to margin corners.
A girl riding an ass with a basket of fruit and turning to look at the viewer. Appears to be a companion to 'Blind Girl of the environs of Rome', also after James Northcote (1746 - 1831).
[Ref: 9647] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Val Ombrosa, on the Appenines.]
[C. Willyams. J.C. Stadler.]
[London: J. White, c.1801.]
Sepia aquatint, proof before letters, with large margins, 185 x 245mm. 7¼ x 9¾". Captioned 'Vallombrosa' in ink by hand to lower margin; three-line quotation from Milton's Paradise Lost in the same hand to upper margin.
Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in Tuscany, Italy, south-east of Florence; in the Apennines, it is surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Giovanni Gualberto, a Florentine noble, in 1038 and became the mother house of the Vallumbrosan Order. 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, 32.
[Ref: 22170] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Luques. Saint Michel. [/] Lucca. San Michele.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par J. Jacottet. Fig par Bayot.
Imp par Lemercier. Paris. Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla st Delarue, 10 rue, JJ Rousseau. [n.d., c.1850].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 290 x 380mm (11½ x15"). Small wormhole in left margin.
A highly detailed view of the front of the San Michele Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum. Until 1370 it was the seat of the Consiglio Maggiore (Major Council), the commune's most important assembly. It is dedicated to the Archangel Michael, and at the summit, flanked by two other angels, is a 4m tall statue of St. Michael. In addition, on the lower right corner of the façade is a statue (1480) of the Madonna salutis portus, sculpted by Matteo Civitali to celebrate the end of the 1476 plague. After Philipe Benoist (1813-1880), with titles in French and Italian.
[Ref: 33317] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Pise. La Cathédrale, le tour melineé, le Baptisere, et le Campo Santo. [/] Pisa. Il Duomo, il Battistero, e il Campo Santo.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par J. Jacottet. Fig par Bayot.
Imp par Lemercier. Paris. Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla st Delarue, 10 rue, JJ Rousseau. [n.d., c.1850].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 290 x 380mm (11½ x15").
The Campo Santo, also known as Camposanto Monumentale (monumental cemetery) or Camposanto Vecchio (old cemetery), is a historical edifice at the northern edge of the Cathedral Square in Pisa, Italy. 'Campo Santo' can be literally translated as 'holy field', because it is said to have been built around a shipload of sacred soil from Golgotha, brought back to Pisa from the Fourth Crusade by the archbishop of Pisa in the 12th century. This view shows some construction taking place on the main dome, to the left, with a number of figures, and a horse drawn cart, on the path in the foreground. After Philipe Benoist (1813-1880), with titles in French and Italian. For coloured impression, see item ref: 33386.
[Ref: 33318] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Livourne. Place d'Armes. [/] Livorno. Piazza d'Arme.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par Bachelier. fig par Bayot.
Imp par Lemercier, r. de Seine 57 Pais. Paris. Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla st Delarue, 10 rue, JJ Rousseau. [n.d., c.1850].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 290 x 380mm (11½ x15").
A detailed view of the Piazza d'Arme, or as it more commonly known, the Piazza Grande, a square located in the centre of Livorno, Italy. It is said that Inigo Jones, the father of English Renaissance architecture, was inspied by the Piazza Grande for the design of Covent Garden in London, the first square of regular shapes of the British capital. It is also believed that the Piazza Grande was taken as a model of the Place Dauphine in Paris, the first important example of a royal square of the French Baroque. After Philipe Benoist (1813-1880), with titles in French and Italian. For coloured impression, see item ref: 33385.
[Ref: 33320] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Livourne. Place d'Armes. [/] Livorno. Piazza d'Arme.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par Bachelier. fig par Bayot.
Imp par Lemercier, r. de Seine 57 Pais. [Paris. Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla st Delarue, 10 rue, JJ Rousseau. n.d., c.1850].
Original hand coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 205 x 275mm (8¼ x 10¾"). Trimmed to image and around title.
A detailed view of the Piazza d'Arme, or as it more commonly known, the Piazza Grande, a square located in the centre of Livorno, Italy. It is said that Inigo Jones, the father of English Renaissance architecture, was inspied by the Piazza Grande for the design of Covent Garden in London, the first square of regular shapes of the British capital. It is also believed that the Piazza Grande was taken as a model of the Place Dauphine in Paris, the first important example of a royal square of the French Baroque. After Philipe Benoist (1813-1880), with titles in French and Italian. For uncolored version, see item ref: 33320.
[Ref: 33385] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Sienne. Vue générale de la Cathédrale. [/] Siena. Veduta generale del Duomo.
Dessiné d'apres nature par Ph. Benoist. Lith par Bachelier. fig par Bayot.
Imp par Lemercier a Paris. Paris. Bulla éditeur, 18 rue Tiquetonne et Bulla st Delarue, 10 rue, JJ Rousseau. [n.d., c.1850].
Tinted lithograph. Sheet size: 290 x 380mm (11½ x15").
A detailed view of the front and side facades of the Siena Cathedral, a medieval church in Siena, Tuscany. The cathedral itself was originally designed and completed between 1215 and 1263 on the site of an earlier structure by Giovanni Pisano, who was able to oversee his work until about 1296 when he abruptly left Siena, reportedly over creative differences with the Opera del Duomo, the group that oversaw the construction and maintenance of the Siena cathedrals. The church has the form of a Latin cross with a slightly projecting transept, a dome and a bell tower. The areas around and above the doors, as well as the columns between the portals, are richly decorated with acanthus scrolls, allegorical figures and biblical scenes, which can be seen in the centre. After Philipe Benoist (1813-1880), with titles in French and Italian.
[Ref: 33319] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[Tuscany.]
W. Douglas Macleod.
[n.d., c.1930.]
Etching. Plate: 150 x 360mm (6 x 14''), with very large margins. Mint.
A view in Italy of a farmer working a plough pulled by two large oxen. An etching by Scottish artist W. Douglas Macleod (1892-1963).
[Ref: 49343] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Veduta, e Prospetto del Gran' Theatro dell' Acque della Villa Aldobrandina di Belvedere à Frascati.
Gio Batta Falda del. et sculp.
Gio. Iac. Rossi le stampa in Roma alla Pace co Priv.' del S.P. [n.d., c.1680.]
Etching, 250 x 400mm (9¾ x 15¾"), with very large margins. Vertical centre fold as issued.
The Teatro delle Acque (''Water Theater'') of the Villa Aldobrandini, built by Carlo Maderno (1556-1629) and Orazio Olivieri for Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini. The current owner, Prince Camillo Aldobrandini, tells that the staues on the balustrade shown here were taken by Napoleon, who promised to pay for them on his return from Russia. This is one of 18 plates engraved by Giovanni Battista Falda (1643-78) for 'Le fontane di Frascati', published by Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi (1627-91).
[Ref: 46399] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Chapelle et village pres de Tver.
Andre Durand. Imp. par Auguste Bry, r de Bac, 114, Paris.
Paris, Ernest Bourdon, Editeur, rue de Seine, 51. [n.d., 1843.]
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 280 x 365mm, 11 x 14½".
Tver in western Russia, once a rival for supremecy with Moscow, known as Kalinin during the Soviet era. From Anatole de Demidoff's 'Voyage Pittoresque et Archeologique en Russie'. André Durand (1807-67).
[Ref: 11036] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Couvent et Eglise de Tynieç sur les borde de la Wistule aux environs de Krakovie.
J.N Glowaki del. Georges Larbalestier sc.
[Paris, n.d., c. 1848.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 185 x 270mm, 7¼ x 10½".
A view of the Benedictine abbey at Tyniec, noew a suburb of Krakow, from a painting in the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21332] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

The Tyrol. Above Zerl, Looking Down the Valley of the Inn.
Drawn by P. Dewint, from a sketch by Major Cockburn. Engraved by W.B. Cooke.
LOndon, Published April 1, 1819, by John Murray, Albermarle Street, and W.B. Cooke, 13, Judd Place East, New Road.
Etching. 225 x 300mm (9 x 11¾") very large margins.
A landscape with a couple kneeling in front of a wooden crucifix on a grassy knoll in the right foreground. One of three bound views, the first part of a projected set of eight, titled 'Views in The Tyrol. Engraved by W.B. Cooke, from Drawings by P. Dewint. the Original Sketches taken by Major Cockburn, of the Royal Artillery, In the Year 1817'.
BM: 1871,0812.2327.
[Ref: 41777] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Femme de Stoerzing, dans le Tyrol. Cost. de div. Pays. No.8
Lanté delt. Gatine Sculpt.
[n.d. c.1827.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 292 x 204mm. 11½ x 8".
A woman in traditional dress, with a large bell shaped dress, and an ornate chain of keys hanging down. From Sterzing, and Italian commune once part of South Tyrol.
[Ref: 16209] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

The Tyrol. Chateau near Collman, at the Entrance of Grednerthal.
Drawn by P. Dewint, from a sketch by Major Cockburn. Engraved by W.B. Cooke.
LOndon, Published April 1, 1819, by John Murray, Albermarle Street, and W.B. Cooke, 13, Judd Place East, New Road.
Fine etching. 310 x 245mm (12¼ x 9¾") very large margins. Uncut.
A landscape with a castle on a mountain to right, a ruined tower on a peak above. In the foreground a woman drives cattle. One of three bound views, the first part of a projected set of eight, titled 'Views in The Tyrol. Engraved by W.B. Cooke, from Drawings by P. Dewint. the Original Sketches taken by Major Cockburn, of the Royal Artillery, In the Year 1817'.
BM: 1871,0812.2328.
[Ref: 41776] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Jeune Fille de la Vallée d'Oetz, dans le Tyrol. Cost. de div. Pays. No.10
Lanté delt. Gatine Sculpt.
[n.d. c.1827.]
Hand-coloured engraving. 292 x 209mm. 11½ x 8¼".
A woman in traditional dress, with a large bell shaped dress, and holding a small casket. Oest is in the Imst district of Tyrol, Austria.
[Ref: 16211] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

Meraner.
Lith, Aust. v. C.A. Czichna i Innsbruck.
Bei Fr. Unterbergerin Innsbruck [n.d. c.1830.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. 184 x 121mm. 7¼ x 4¾". Fine colour.
A man in Folkoric Costume from Merano, in South Tyrol, northern Italy. The town has been a popular place of residence for several scientists, literary people and artists, including Franz Kafka, Ezra Pound and Paul Lazarsfeld.
[Ref: 26606] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

[Siege of Tönning] Tonningen den 20 van Bloeimaent 1713, door den Graef van Steenbok [...] [parallel text in Latin]
P. Schenk exc: Amst: Cum Priv. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, tear on bottom edge along folding crease.
A scene of the siege of Tönning by an anti-Swedish coalition during the Great Northern War (1700-1721). The encircled Swedish forces finally surrendered on 20 May 1713.
[Ref: 59297] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Un Uhlane du Roy de Prusse
[unsigned, c.1750]
Rare engraving, sheet 260 x 190mm (10¼ x 7½"). Trimmed and glued to backing sheet at corners; creased.
Uhlans were originally Polish light cavalry created in the 1720s, although this print probably depicts a soldier in the Uhlan regiment formed by the Kingdom of Prussia in the 1740s, who were unsuccessfully deployed in the Silesian Wars. Plate from a volume depicting soldiers from various European countries.
[Ref: 47778] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Ukraine] Tartare De Crime.
Dessine sur les Lieux par fauvel en 1782.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos rue St. Victor. [n.d. c.1787]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 275 x 167mm.
[Ref: 1983] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark] Drottning Ulricae Eleonorae den Mildas [...]
Ehrenstral delin. C. Simonneau Sculpsit
E. Brenner effigiem Reg.ae Pinxit [c.1750]
Engraving, platemark 330 x 215mm (13 x 8½") very large margins.
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656-1693), queen consort of Sweden and wife of Charles XI. Engraving after a painting by David Kloecker Ehrenstrahl (1628-1698), German painter active in Sweden who produced a number of royal commissions.
Provenance: Pitsligo Library
[Ref: 45117] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Ulysse, also called Odisea Governor-General of Eastern Greece.
Bouvier Lithog. Printed by P. Simonau.
Drawn from Life & Published in London, April 1825, by A. Friedel, & Sold by all the Principal Printsellers.
Lithograph on india. 255 x 205mm (10 x 8"). Some surface soiling.
A Greek official during the Greek War of Independence (1821-32).
[Ref: 38984] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

La fileuse d'Unterwalden.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Hand-coloured lithograph. Sheet 279 x 215mm. 11 x 8½". Cut and laid on album sheet.
A woman in Unterwalden, Switzerland, sat at a spinning wheel, making wood; she smokes a pipe. A fileuse was an instrumental piece with rapid figurations of various kinds suggesting the motion of a spinning wheel.
[Ref: 24117] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

Punta dell'Ursa.
M.A.T.W. [Mary Anne Theresa Whitby] Newlands [c.1828].
Rare lithograph. Printed area 105 x 140mm (4 x 5½").
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: 35693] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Vadian.
H. Pf fecit.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Etching and engraving, with large margins. Plate 133 x 89mm. 5¼ x 3½".
Joachim Vadian (1484-1551) the Swiss Humanist, scholar, and reformer who also served as mayor of St. Gallen. He completed his masters degree in 1509 and moved to Vienna where he had a lot of success as a writer. In 1513 he visited Buda, and was then named poeta laureatus by Emperor Maximilian I. In 1516 he was even named a Dean of the University of Vienna. In 1517 he started to study medicine and science and later graduated as a doctor of medicine. He then returned home to St. Gallen and was appointed city physician. In 1526 he led the conversion of St. Gallen to Protestantism.
[Ref: 26045] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

[Circo de Valencia.]
Ch. Damour sculp. de Chacaton pinx.
[Paris: Gihaut fréres, 1851.]
Etching. 250 x 320mm, 9¾ x 12½".
View of the Circo di Valencia, used for bullfighting. Etched by Charles Damour after Jean Nicolas Henri de Chacaton for "Espagne: Cinq Passages à l'Eau-forte", a series of folios each with five plates.
[Ref: 17838] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Valetta, from the Quarantine Harbour. Malta. Valetta,-dal Porto di Quarantina, Malta.
L.t Allen, Rl. Engineers. W. Wallis.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris. [n.d. c.1841.]
Steel engraving. Sheet: 280 x 190mm, (11 x 7½"). Tears in lower edge.
A view a of ports of Valetta with Fort Saint Elmo on the shoreline.
[Ref: 39798] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Her Majesty The Queen Dowager Adelaide. Entering Malta Harbour on Board H.M.S. Hastings 30th Nov.ber 1838.
Drawn and Lith.d by C. von Brocktorff. Malta.
[n.d., c.1838.]
Very scarce hand coloured lithograph. Sheet size: 365 x 520mm (14¼ x 20½"). Central vertical crease. Taped to mount.
A scene at Valletta Harbour, Malta, depicting Queen Adelaide on board H.M.S Hastings, greeted by crowds of joyful supporters both in boats and on the waters edge. The fortifications of the city can bee seen in the background. A year after her husband William III's death, Queen Adelaide cruised the Mediterranean and visited Malta, where she was received enthusiastically. Apparently there was no Anglican church at Malta, and she was ultimately responsible for founding and endowing the Anglican Cathedral of St Paul at Valetta, Malta (she laid the foundation stone in 1839).
[Ref: 38030] £620.00

Valetta, _Malta.
T.C. Dibdin. Drawn from Nature by Lieut. H.E. Allen, Rl. Engrs Js. Tingle.
Fisher, Son & Co. London & Paris, 1836.
Steel engraving, sheet 220 x 290mm. 8¾ x 11½".
A view of Valetta on the island of Malta, from the approach to the harbour.
[Ref: 26332] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Towing into Grand Harbour, Valetta.]
William L. Wyllie [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching, signed in pencil. Plate 165 x 381mm. 6½ x 15".
A steam tug towing a tall-ship into the Grand Harbour, Valetta, Malta. William L. Wyllie (1851-1931) was born on July 5th 1851, in London. He attended Heatherley’s art school until the age of fifteen, leaving to study at the Royal Academy Schools, where he won the Turner Medal at the age of eighteen. In the early 1870’s Wyllie became an illustrator for the Graphic and also held several exhibitions at the galleries of the Fine Art Society. In 1889 he was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, where he exhibited his work in 1901. Wyllie spent much of his time at sea working for the White Star Shipping Line. He also served in the Royal Navy during WWI, painting seascapes and coastal landscapes. His etchings and watercolours showing working life on the Thames and the Medway brought him widespread popularity. Later in his life he played an important role in the restoration of the Victory. Wyllie died on the 6th April 1931 in Hampstead, and scouts from the 1st Portchester Sea Scout Troop, which he had founded, rowed his coffin across Portsmouth Harbour for his burial at Portchester Castle.
[Ref: 26596] £850.00

[Saint John's Co-Cathedral] The Vault _ Il Sotterraneo.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 280 x 375mm (11 x 14¾") very large margins. Several repaired tears in edges.
The crypt of Saint John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, containing the tombs of Grand Masters, including Fra' Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle (1531-95) and Jean de la Cassière (1572-81), shown here.
[Ref: 58091] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[A small town in a wooded valley.]
J. Koller 1776 [in ink].
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 200 x 290mm (8 x 11½").
[Ref: 51383] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

[The Valley Farm, Semur.]
Malcolm Osborne. [Signed in pencil.].
Etching. 140 x 325mm (5½ x 12¾"). Slight crease across top right corner. Very large margins.
Malcolm Osborne [1880-1963] was born in Frome, Somerset. He studied at Bristol School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London, under Sir Frank Short. When Short retired in 1924 he succeeded him as head of the etching and engraving school. Osborne produced just over a hundred prints, including British and European land and townscapes.
[Ref: 38927] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Charles de Valois Duc D'Angoulesme Pair de France Comte D'Auvergne.
Champagne pinxit. Aeg. Rousselet sculp.
[n.d., c.1660.]
Engraving. Sheet: 330 x 255mm (13 x 10''). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Central crease.
A half-length portrait in an oval of Charles de Valois, Duke of Angouleme (1573-1650), illegitimate son of Charles IX and Marie Touchet.
[Ref: 49704] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Abraham van der Hulst] De Onsterfelijcke Zeehelt Abraham vander Hulst, Viceadmirael van Hollant en Westvrieslant, onder het Ed: Moog: Collegie ter Admiraliteyt tot Amsterdam, geboren in Amsterdam 1619, geschoten en voor't Vaderlant overleden inde bevochte Victorie tegens de Engelsche den 12 juni 1666.
Jan de Visscher Sculpsit
[n.d., c.1666]
Engraving, sheet 490 x 340mm (19¼ x 13¼"). Trimmed inside platemark; fold through centre. Small tear on right edge.
Abraham van der Hulst (1619 - 1666), Dutch admiral. Van der Hulst captained the 'Groningen' ship during the First Anglo-Dutch War (1652-4) and subsequently blockaded Portugal in the later stages of the Dutch-Portuguese war (1601-61). He then returned to action against the English in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-7). He fought in the Battle of Lowestoft, a heavy defeat for the Dutch in which van der Hulst's conduct saw him promoted to admiral. He was second-in-command to Cornelis Tromp in the 'Four Days Battle' (11 June to 14 June) off the Isle of Thanet, which remains one of the longest naval engagements in history. Van der Hulst commanded the ship the 'Spiegel' and was shot in the chest by a bullet and died on June 12th. This print commemorates his participation in the battle, which can be seen taking place in the background. Van der Hulst was buried in the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam, where a marble tomb by Artus de With was erected in his memory.
For other impressions see refs. 229 and 31881.
[Ref: 42790] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

[John II Casimir Vasa] Johannes Casimirus Dei Gratia Rex = Poloniæ, Mag: Dux Lithuaniæ, Russiæ, Prussiæ, Masoviæ...
Avec privilegio [n.d. c.1660.]
Engraving. 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"), set in a wood-engraved border and German letterpress, very large margins.
John II Casimir Vasa (1609-1672), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, last ruler from the House of Vasa, abdicated 1668. From a German edition of Lundorp's 'Laurea Austriaca'.
[Ref: 57738] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[John II Casimir Vasa] Johannes Rex Poloniæ Sueciæ, Magnus Dux Lithuania'. etc. Ao 1668.
W.P. Kilian sc.
[n.d. c.1692.]
Engraving. 170 x 125mm (6¾ x 5"), set in a wood-engraved border and German letterpress, very large margins.
John II Casimir Vasa (1609-1672), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, last ruler from the House of Vasa, abdicated 1668. Engraved by Johannes Wolfgang Philipp Kilian (1654-1732)
[Ref: 57739] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

61. The Church of St. Peter at Rome. L'Eglise de St. Pierre a Rome. Built in the Pontificates of Pope Juilius II. Paul III. and Paul V. _Was more than 140 Years in compleating._Bramante, Michael Angelo, &c. Architects.
London. Printed for Bowles & Carver. No.69. St.Paul's Church Yard.
Very fine hand coloured engraving plate 280 x 420mm (11 x 16½), with large margins.
A bird's-eye view of Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican with the Colonades of the St. Peter Plaza planned by Gianlorenzo Bernini. The Architect Bernini died in Rome in November 1680; best known for his paintings & sculpture.
[Ref: 56292] £380.00

[Venetian woman taking fruit from a tray]
Franco f [c.1610]
Engraving, sheet 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to image; large nick on left side; glued to backing sheet.
Plate from the series 'Habiti delle donne veneziane intagliate nuovamente da Giacomo Franco' (c.1610), a set of twenty plates with explanatory text in Italian and Latin. Giacomo Franco (1550-1620) was based in Venice and specialised in prints showing the topography, life and customs of the city.
[Ref: 46413] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II, Venice.]
John Shapland. W.H. Sweet [pencil signature.]
[n.d. c.1920.]
Etching. 241 x 273mm. 9½ x 10¾".
John Shapland (1865-1929) A painter of seascapes and landscapes mainly in watercolour but occasionally in oil. He exhibited at the RA, Paris Salon, and in the USA. He was the principle of the Exeter School of Art from 1899 to 1913. His compositions are loose' and his colouring is reminiscent of the continental style. He was for a time in business with the well known Devon artist Walter Henry Sweet who produced etchings of Shapland's subjects. A view from behind the Statue of Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878; who was King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia. In 1861 he assumed the title of King of Italy, to become the first king of a united Italy, and upon his death he was given the epithet 'Father of the Fatherland') looking towards Santa Maria della Salute in Venice, with the Tronchetto-Lido di Venezia to the left.
Guichard: pg.75, Appendix 1 'Minor Etchers'.
[Ref: 17820] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A 'Venetian gondola' and another boat.]
[Unsigned, n.d., c.1820s.]
Brown watercolour and wash over pencil, c.165 x 235mm. 6½ x 9¼".
A drawing from life, possibly in the East Indies, by a skilful amateur artist from a sketch book of scenes on a voyage of the ship 'Elphinstone'. She was a sloop in the service of the Honourable East India Company launched c.1824 which travelled to the Mediterranean, around the southern tip of Africa and on to the East Indies and Australia. The identity of the artist who travelled on board the Elphinstone drawing the different landscapes and scenes he saw is not ascertained. The sketch book is inscribed in ink with the initials 'W.B.' on the front endpaper.
[Ref: 9401] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Sale Du Grand Conseil De Venise.
Dessine sur le Lieu et Mis au Iour Par le Soin de Pierre Mortier Libraire. A Amsterdam.
[n.d., c.1705.]
Etching, 495 x 590mm. 19½ x 23¼". Centre fold as issued. Marginal chips, nicks and tears.
A large and impressive illustration of the meeting of the Maggior Consiglio, or Council, of the Republic of Venice. The Doge and his advisors at the upper centre of the composition. From 'Histoire du gouvernement de Venise', 2 vols., 1705 by Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaie. Numbered 'XLI' upper right, key text to left and right of title. Published by Pierre Mortier (1661 - 1711), book and map seller, playing-card maker and publisher in Amsterdam from 1685.
Provenance: from the collection of Rudolf Nureyev.
[Ref: 11989] £360.00

[Venetian man.]
[n.d., c. 1840.]
Coloured lithograph, 195 x 140mm. 7¾ x 5½". Trimmed and laid down. One crease and some staining.
Attractively coloured lithograph of a man in local costume standing by the Grand Canal, Venice.
[Ref: 12714] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)

Palazzo Grimani ora J.R. Direzione delle Poste. Palais Grimani. Direction de la Poste.
Gilio dis. Lit. Kier.
Giuseppe Kier, Edit. piazza S. Marco No. 117. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph in fine hand colour with gum arabic highlights. Printed area 170 x 210mm (6¾ x 8¼"), with publisher's blind stamp, very large margins.
The mid-16th century Renaissance-style Palazzo Grimani di San Luca, facing the Grand Canal, now Venice's Appeal Court.
[Ref: 39766] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

The Riva dei Schiavoni.
[Drawn by Lake Price, lithographed by Joseph Nash]
[Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket. Printed by C. Hullmandel. 1843]
Lithograph, 340 x 445mm. 13¼ x 17½". Trimmed to image.
Plate 5 from Lake Price's 'Interiors and Exteriors in Venice' (1843), showing a busy scene
Abbey 171
[Ref: 15347] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Gondolier Venitien. Costes. Etrangers.
d’après Carpaccio V. 1506. Hipte. Pauquet.
Pauquet freres, editeurs. Impe. Fosset, Fbg. St. Jacques, 19. 7me. Liv. No.14. Bureaux des modes et costumes historiques Rue d'Enfer, 119 et Rue Richelieu, 78. [n.d. c.1800.]
Hand-coloured engraving and stipple. 292 x 222mm. 11½ x 8¾".
[Ref: 15661] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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