Grosvenor Prints

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)

Sicre Gully Pass, between Bengal and Bahar. Pl. 32, Vol IV.
[Probably etched by either George Hunt or Thomas Sutherland after Charles Ramus Forrest.]
[London: Rudolph Ackermann, n.d., 1823.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 150 x 250mm (6 x 10"), on Whatman Turkill Mill paper. Slight ink offset.
A temple on a hill, with an elephant with a mahout in the foreground. This example comes from Ackermann's Repository of Arts, published a year before the same plate was used as a tailpiece in Forrest's 'Picturesque Tour along the Ganges and Jumna'. The image also appeared on a John Hall Pottery Pearlware sauce boat.
See Abbey Travel 441 for Forrest's book.
[Ref: 52327] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Rev. Joseph Sidden's Postscript to a publication entitled, “The Church of Peace and Truth.” Discource delivered in the Town Hall, Guildford, on 14th August, and 9th of October, before the Guildford Protestant Association, and others. The Mayor, Joseph Haydon, Esq. in the Chair. By the Rev. Joseph Sidden, Catholic Pastor.
London: Published by T. Jones, 63 Paternoster Row; and sold by the Booksellers in Guildford,- Price Six-Pence.
Letterpress pamphlet. 8vo, pp. iv. Creased.
Notes about a lecture about Catholicism to a Protestant association.
[Ref: 52007] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs Siddons. Grecian Daughter, Act the 5th Scene the Ist.
Painted & Engraved by J.K.Sherwin
Inscribed to the Gentlemen of the Bar. by J.K. Sherwin, No 28 St James's Street, and J. Bell, British Library, Strand, Dec.r 15th 1782.
Fine and rare stipple with engraving. Sheet 270 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Trimmed within plate.
A portrait of actress Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) as Euphrasia in Arthur Murphy's 'The Grecian Daughter'.
O'Donoghue 58.
[Ref: 54652] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[Portrait of Mrs Siddons.]
Malcolm Osbourne (pencil signature] [after Thomas Gainsborough].
[Art Journal of London, n.d., c.1911.]
Etching, proof signed by the etcher. 270 x 200mm (10½ x 8"). Laid on board.
A copy of the famous portrait of Welsh actress Sarah Siddons (1755-1831). Etched by Osbourne for the journal of the Art Union, but this is an early signed proof.
Salaman 22.
[Ref: 49995] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Mrs. Siddons.] Hold! - Pizarro - hear me! - if not always Justly, at least act always Greatly.
Drawn Etch'd & Pubd. by Dighton, Charg. Cross. Dec. 14th. 1799.
Hand-coloured etching, 220 x 175mm. 8¾ x 7".
The actress Sarah Siddons (1755 - 1831) as Elvira in 'Pizarro'. Her words are from Act III. iii (in Pizarro's tent). She stands with her head turned in profile to the left, right arm extended in a commanding gesture. She wears a high-waisted, quasi-classical dress, with a long cloak bordered with gold, folds of which are twisted round her left arm Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751 - 1816), dramatist and politician, adapted August Friedrich Kotzebue's comedy 'Die Sonnenjungfrau and Die Spanier in Peru' as 'Pizarro' to critical acclaim and popular success in 1799 (and became known by satirists as 'Doctor Pizarro'). By Robert Dighton (1752 - 1814).
BM Satires: 9437.
[Ref: 11533] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs Siddons [letters intersperced with SH-AK-SP-E-A-R-E] From a Miniature in Enamel in the Publishers Possession, taken by the late H. Hone Esq.r Miniature Painter to His Majesty shortly after M.rs S's Debut. Proof.
H. Hone Esq.r Del.t advivum. G.F. Phillips Sculp.t.
Published by A. Beugo 38, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, Sept.r 28th 1825.
Stipple, proof impression printed in sepia. Sheet 245 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed within plate, mounted in album paper at edges.
Bust portrait in oval of Sarah Siddons (1755-1831)
[Ref: 62410] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

[A side head]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Good impression; small margins; lightly foxed; cream laid paper.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression from the reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 with the number '77' added in the top right corner.
State i/ii; W77; D204
[Ref: 32878] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)

[A side head]
Worlidge [ms lower right]
Etching, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Good impression; small margins; white wove paper.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Later impression postdating the 1767 reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary.
State ii/ii; W77; D204
[Ref: 32880] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)

[A side head]
[by Thomas Worlidge]
Etching, platemark 200 x 145mm (8 x 5¾"). Good impression; small margins; cream laid paper.
Portrait study by Thomas Worlidge (1700-66) who specialised in etchings either copied from, or in the style of Rembrandt. Born in Peterborough, Worlidge was a pupil of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi, whose daughter Arabella he married. Posthumous impression from the reissue by Worlidge's widow Mary in 1767 with the number '77' added in the top right corner.
State i/ii; W77; D204
[Ref: 32879] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Cuthbert Sidenham.] This shade's the Authors outside: but this booke his inside opens, prethee doe not looke [...]
[n.d., c.1657.]
Engraving. Sheet 145 x 85mm (5¾ x 3¼). Trimmed and backed onto album paper at borders
Portrait of Cuthbert Sydenham (or Sidenham) (1622 - 1654) received Presbyterian ordination, and was a Reformed Calvinistic Preacher during the era of the Westminster Assembly. Frontis to Hypocrisie Discovered (1657).
[Ref: 68001] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Sidgismonda.]
Painted by F: Wheatley. Engrav'd by Thos: Watson.
London, Publish'd March 10th. 1779, by Dickinson & Watson No.158, New Bond Street.
Mezzotint, proof before title, 265 x 200mm. Some age toning.
Sigismunda, a character in Giovanni Boccaccio's 'Decameron'. She was the daughter of Tancredi, Prince of Salerno, married to the Duke of Capua, and falls in love with her father's page, Guiscardo. She poisons herself, drinking from the cup in which her father sends her Guiscardo's heart, having murdered him. A strong impression.
Chaloner Smith 44, I of II. Goodwin 55, between I & II; for lettered state see ref. 28424
[Ref: 7890] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Madam Sidley.
W.Wissing pinx. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Str.
Rare mezzotint. 235 x 175mm (9¼ x 7"). Trimmed into plate and tipped into album sheet. Some time-staining.
Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717), Mistress of James II and wife of 1st Earl of Portmore.
CS 52. i of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65504] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Madam Sidley.
W.Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Str.
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Trimmed into plate.
Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717), Mistress of James II and wife of 1st Earl of Portmore.
CS 52. ii of ii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65505] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Madam Sidley.
W.Wissing pinx: cum Privilegio Regis. R.Williams fe.
[n.d., c.1690.] Sold by E.Cooper at the 3 pidgions in Bedford Str.
Mezzotint. Sheet 240 x 180mm (9½ x 7"). Tipped into album sheet.
Portrait of Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657 - 1717), Mistress of James II and wife of 1st Earl of Portmore.
CS 52. iii of iii. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65506] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)

Broad-Bottom Drones storming the Hive. Wasps, Hornets & Bumble Bees, joining the Attack.
J.s Gillray inv & fec.t.
London Publish'd May 2nd 1808 by H.Humphrey, St James's Street.
Coloured etching 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾ "). Frame measures 485 x 385mm (19 x 15¼"). Slightly time stained. Unexamined out of frame.
A satirical scene depicting the body of Sidmouth terminating in a clyster-pipe inscribed 'Cysteria Ministeria'. Above him flies the head of Fitzpatrick between wings inscribed 'Hedge Lane' and 'Chick Lane'. Amongst the group are George Hanger, Lauderdale, Erskine, Moira, Grattan, Ellenborough, Sheridan, Grafton, Lord Holland, and Lord Spencer. The domesticated bees of the hive are much smaller, notably Canning is flying down towards an alarmed Petty. Behind him is Perceval and above is Castlereigh.
BM Satire 10984.
[Ref: 66037] £490.00

Wallis's Library Shed, and Room for Morning Recreation.
[n.d., c.1820.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 90 x 155mm (3½ x 6").
The exterior of 'The Shed', Sidmouth's first lending library, on the Esplanade, overlooking the sea. Also known as Wallis's Royal Marine Library, it closed in 1830. John Wallis was also a publisher of prints.
[Ref: 66604] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

Sidmouth, Devon.
Drawn & Engraved by Will.m Daniell.
Published by W. Daniell, Russell Place, Fitzroy Square, London May 20. 1825.
Aquatint with hand colour. Plate: 230 x 300mm (9 x 12"), with large margins. On card as issued.
A view of Sidmouth in Devon. From William Daniell's 'A Voyage Round Great Britain', a series of 308 aquatints published in eight volumes between 1814-1825, described by R.V. Tooley as 'the most important colour plate book on British Topography'.
Abbey: Scenery, 16; Tooley: Books with Coloured Plates 177.
[Ref: 47283] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

View of Part of the South Front of Knowle Cottage Sidmouth, The Marine Villa Ornée of Tho.s K. Fish Esq.r.
C.F. Williams del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published and Sold by J. Harvey, Fore Street Sidmouth [n.d., c.1834.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14").
A view of the garden and the exterior of The Knowle, covered with ivy. Thomas Leversidge Fish bought Knowle in 1821, spending a fortune furnishing the house and grounds with an extraordinary collection of objets d'art, exotic trees and plants, birds and animals including kangaroos, gazelles, alpacas, buffalos, parakeets, peacocks and pelicans. Fish allowed tours of the house every Monday until a theft made him close it to the public. This plate was published in the 'Guide to Illustrations and View of Knowle Cottage, Sidmouth': as Abbey describes it as 'folding' it is likely to have also been issued separately, as this example has no fold.
Abbey Scenery 312.
[Ref: 66605] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)

View of the Shipping and Ocean Scenery, as seen through the large Ivy Arch, at the extreme End of the Verandah, at Knowle Cottage Sidmouth; The Marine Villa Ornée of Tho.s K. Fish Esq.r.
C.F. Williams del. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
Published and Sold by J. Harvey, Fore Street Sidmouth [n.d., c.1834.]
Lithograph. Sheet 245 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"). Slight spotting.
A view looking through an ivy-covered arch out to sea, with a fish bowl, birdcage and classical bust. Thomas Leversidge Fish bought Knowle in 1821, spending a fortune furnishing the house and grounds with an extraordinary collection of objets d'art, exotic trees and plants, birds and animals including kangaroos, gazelles, alpacas, buffalos, parakeets, peacocks and pelicans. Fish allowed tours of the house every Monday until a theft made him close it to the public. This plate was published in the 'Guide to Illustrations and View of Knowle Cottage, Sidmouth': as Abbey describes it as 'folding' it is likely to have also been issued separately, as this example has no fold.
Abbey Scenery 312.
[Ref: 66606] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Sir Will.m Sidney Smith K.T. of Sweden.
Drawn & Engraved by W. Ridley.
Pubd. by Bunney & Gold. Shoe Lane, Jan.1.1801.
Stipple. 222 x 140mm. 8¾ x 5½". Slight creasing.
Sir William Sidney Smith ( 1764-1840), admiral. He distinguished himself at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 and, by helping the Turks repell Napoleon's siege of Acre in 1799, caused Bonaparte to say 'That man made me miss my destiny'. He was made Rear Admiral in 1805. In 1790, he was appointed to command the light squadron and to King Gustav III's principal naval adviser in the Royal Swedish Navy during the war between Sweden and Russia. The Swedish lost only four ships and had few casualties, for which Smith was knighted by the king with the Swedish Svärdsorden.
Ex Collection: R. Hobson of Hove.
[Ref: 25312] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Dorothea Comitissa de Sunderland.
Antonius Van Dyck Eques pinxit. P. Lombart Sculpsit.
Londini avec Pri. du Roy et ex parisis. [n.d. c.1660.]
Engraving; paper watermarked. Collector's stamp on verso. Plate 355 x 242mm (14 x 9½"). Cut to platemark.
A portrait of Lady Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland (1617-1684), daughter of the Earl of Leicester and wife of Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland. She was celebrated not only for her beauty but for wit, charm and intelligence. Spencer was killed at the First Battle of Newbury, leaving Dorothy with two children, and pregnant with a third, who died in infancy. In 1652 she remarried to Sir Robert Smythe of Bidborough, Kent. Her death is attributed to grief caused by her brother Algernon's trial and execution for treason.
Lugt: 2794 [unidentified. Belgian collection from c.19.]
[Ref: 30882] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Edwin Sidney [facsimile signature].
T.H. Maguire 1849.
[Ipswich: George Ransome, 1852.]
Lithograph. Printed area 330 x 245mm (13 x 9½"), with large margins.
Half-length portrait of Reverend Edwin Sidney (1798?-1872), Rector of Little Cornard in Suffolkfrom 1847 until his death, biographer and naturalist, who lectured at the Royal Institution and elsewhere. He helped Michael Faraday with his Ozone measurements. Among his books are: 'Electricity, its phenomena, laws and results' in 1843, 'Blights of the wheat, and their remedies' (1846) and 'The philosophy of food and nutrition in plants and animals' (1849). From the series 'Portraits of Honorary Members of the Ipswich Museum.'.
Wellcome: 1313.
[Ref: 57193] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Sidney son to Robert Earle of Leicester.
P. Lely Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex: Browne at ye blew belcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c.1684].
Fine mezzotint, 360 x 280mm. (14¼ x 11"). Small margins. Paper slightly toned.
Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney (1641-1704), politician; youngest son of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester. Here depicted wearing a hunting shirt and buskins, and holding a staff or spear, a dog alongside him. Envoy to The Hague in 1679 - 1681, Sidney gained the confidence of William of Orange and was instrumental in preparing his arrival in England in 1688. After the accession of William III to the English throne Sidney was rewarded with offices and honours, including the posts of secretary of state (1690-1) and lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1692). He was created Earl of Romney in 1692 and died unmarried in 1704. After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
CS 35. Turner B43 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64980] £450.00

Henry Sidney son to Robert Earle of Leicester.
P. Lely Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex: Browne at ye blew belcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c.1684].
Mezzotint, 365 x 280mm. 14¼ x 11". Paper age toned.
Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney (1641 - 1704), politician; youngest son of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester. Here depicted wearing a hunting shirt and buskins, and holding a staff or spear, a dog alongside him. Envoy to The Hague in 1679 - 1681, Sidney gained the confidence of William of Orange and was instrumental in preparing his arrival in England in 1688. After the accession of William III to the English throne Sidney was rewarded with offices and honours, including the posts of secretary of state (1690-1) and lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1692). He was created Earl of Romney in 1692 and died unmarried in 1704. After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
Chaloner Smith: 35, state II of II.
[Ref: 9463] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Henry Sidney son to Robert Earle of Leicester.
P. Lely Eques pinxit.
Sold by Alex: Browne at ye blew belcony in little Queen Street [n.d., c.1684].
Fine mezzotint, 17th century watermark, 360 x 280mm. (14¼ x 11"). Trimmed to plate. Glued to album paper at corners. Slight loss below right foot.
Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney (1641-1704), politician; youngest son of Robert, 2nd Earl of Leicester. Here depicted wearing a hunting shirt and buskins, and holding a staff or spear, a dog alongside him. Envoy to The Hague in 1679 - 1681, Sidney gained the confidence of William of Orange and was instrumental in preparing his arrival in England in 1688. After the accession of William III to the English throne Sidney was rewarded with offices and honours, including the posts of secretary of state (1690-1) and lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1692). He was created Earl of Romney in 1692 and died unmarried in 1704. After Sir Peter Lely (1618 - 1680).
CS 35. Turner B43 II of II. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 64979] £550.00

Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke. From the original of Mark Gerards, in the Collection of John Shelley Sidney Esq.r
Drawn by W. Satchwell & Engraved (with Permission) by W. Holl.
London, Published July 20.th 1816, by Lackington, Allen & Co. and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown.
Stipple. 375 x 260mm (14¾ x 10¼"). Narrow margins.
Mary Herbert (née Sidney), Countess of Pembroke (1561-1621) was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, poetry, poetic translations and literary patronage. She was the dedicatee of Sir Philip Sidney's'The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'.
Ex Collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 27269] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

M.rs Sidney.
Cosway p.
Publish'd Oct.r 11.th 1771.
Mezzotint, scratched letters, inscription area not quite cleaned. Sheet 390 x 285mm (15¼ x 11¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A woman with a cloak covering her hair and wreath, holding an incense burner. The painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1770 as ''A portrait in the character of Minerva''.
CS: 152. Frankau 319. Ex: Collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 65063] £260.00

Sir Philip Sydney.
[after Antonio Moro.]
[n.d., c.1820.]
Ink and watercolour. Sheet 135 x 90mm (5¼ x 3½), very fine mounted within embossed border.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), the English poet, courtier and soldier, who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan Age. Probably after an 18th century portrait in the National Portrait Gallery (NPG 2096), copied from a painting by Antonio Moro (or Antonis Mor, c. 1517-77)
[Ref: 60486] £380.00 (£456.00 incl.VAT)

The Death of Sydney. S.r Philip Sidney mortally wounded (the victorious) at the battle of Zutphen; being extremely thirsty, asked for water, but as he was going to drink it, he saw a poor wounded Soldier half expiring, casting up a wishful look to it; instantly without tasting it, he gave it to him, saying, here honest fellow take it, thy wants are greater than mine.
GCarter pinxit. J. Jones fecit.
London Publish'd as the Act Directs Oct.r 21, 1782 by Gcarter Margaret Street, Cavendish Square.
Mezzotint, Sheet 485 x 620mm (19 x 24½"). Trimmed to plate. Water stain in lower right corner.
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), poet and courtier, was shot in the thigh fighting the Spanish at the Battle of Zutphen (22nd September 1586), dying of gangrene three weeks later. Interred in the Old St. Paul's Cathedral, his grave was lost in the Great Fire of 1666.
[Ref: 54256] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Siege of a walled town]
C. Eisen inv. Louis Legrand sculp. [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 130 x 190mm (5 x 7½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45114] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Siege of a walled town]
C. Eisen inv. L. Lempereur sculp. [c.1770]
Engraving, sheet 130 x 190mm (5 x 7½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Engraving after a design by Charles Eisen (1720-78), painter, draughtsman and illustrator. It was through his drawings, engraved to illustrate nearly 400 books, that Eisen's reputation was chiefly established. These included editions of Lucretius, Ovid, Tacitus, Virgil, Boccaccio, Ariosto, Erasmus and La Fontaine.
[Ref: 45113] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

Londonderri [sic]. Double victory upon the Barbars...
Tot Leyden, Gedruckt by Iohannes Tangena, Kaert-en Boeckverkooper, over de Academie. Anno 1690 [Leiden, The Netherlands].
Illustrated Dutch broadside on the Siege of Derry, 1689; etching of the battle with title and key below, very scarce. Sheet 270 x 460mm, 10½ x 18". Presented with four related letterpress fragments of verse, in Dutch, French, Latin and English, with decorative vignettes; all glued to a large folded scrap sheet. The etching with water stains, vertical creases, and trimmed into plate at right.
The Siege of Derry (Londonderry) took place in Ireland from 18 April to 28 July 1689, during the Williamite War in Ireland. The city, a Williamite stronghold, was besieged by a Jacobite army until it was relieved by Royal Navy ships. The siege is commemorated annually in August by the Apprentice Boys of Derry. The battle scene is by Romeyn de Hooghe (Dutch, 1645 - 1708), a propagandist for William of Orange (King William III). A panorama of another battlefield, the 'Seige of Bonn' (1689), also by de Hooghe, was originally issued by Johannes Tangena on the same sheet, directly below. The two plates were often separated, and the letterpress commemorates both battles.
See Landwehr, Romeyn De Hooghe The etcher p.160, I: "often these parts are found separately".
[Ref: 22844] £360.00 view all images for this item

William Siemens [facsimile signature].
Rudoph Lehmann pinx. Swan Electric Engraving Co.
[n.d., c.1883.]
Photogravure. 220 x 170mm (8½ x 6¾"), very large margins with a sheet of letterpress biography. Slight foxing.
Half-length portrait of Sir Charles William Siemens (originally Karl Wilhelm, 1823-83), electrical engineer and entrepreneur. Godalming in Surrey had the world's first street lighting, powered by a Siemens AC Alternator driven by a watermill. Rudolf Lehmann's oil, painted in 1882, in in the National Portrait Gallery.
NPG 2632.
[Ref: 43389] £75.00 (£90.00 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)

[The Governor's House, Sierra Leone]
JH[?].
[n.d., c.1820.]
Pencil sketch, titled in old ink mss. on reverse. Sheet 190 x 310mm (7½ x 12¼"). Slight mount burn.
A fine sketch of the Governor's House from the sea, with an American ship at anchor. Unfortunately it is unsigned.
See Ref: 58036
[Ref: 58035] £320.00

Vue de la Riviere de Sierra-Leone, Sur la cote occidentale de l'Afrique. Du Voyage de Jonh Mathews a ce Continent, en 1785.
Oz. del / Y. Le Gouaz sculp.
A Paris, Chez Noél M.d d'Estampes, Rue St. Jacques, No. 16. [/] et chez Bulla, Rue St. Jacques, No.38. [n.d., c.1795].
Engraving. Platemark: 190 x 230mm (7½ x 9"). Paper toned. Crease to lower left corner.
A view of Sierra Leone, west Africa, from the water. The scene illustrates the voyage of British slave trader John Matthews, as described in his publication titled 'A Voyage to the River Sierra-Leone on the Coast of Africa', first publised in 1788, containing an account of the trade and productions of the country, and of the civil and religious customs and manners of the people. Three vessels can be seen approaching the coast, with more ahead in the distance.
[Ref: 32191] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Sierra Leone [pencil].
JH[?].
[n.d., c.1820.]
Pencil sketch. Sheet 190 x 310mm (7½ x 12¼"). Slight mount burn.
A fine sketch, possibly from the Governor's House looking out to sea. Unfortunately it is unsigned.
See Ref: 58035
[Ref: 58036] £320.00

Part of Regents-Town a Settlement of Liberated Negros. (in the Colony of Sierra Leone)
Engraved on Steel by Illman & Pilbrown, N. York.
Boston, Published by Samuel Walker 1832.
Rare steel engraving on chine collé. Sheet 145 x 195mm (5¾ x 7¾")
A view of Regent, originally Hogbrook, founded in 1812 for liberated slaves brought to Sierra Leone by the Royal Navy West Africa Squadron. It was published in ''The Origin and History of Missions: Containing Faithful Accounts of the Voyages, Travels, Labors and Successes of the Various Missionaries who Have Been Sent Forth to Evangelize the Heathen'' by Thomas Smith and John Choules, an account of the Moravian missionaries. The minister at Regent was William Johnson, paid for by the Church Missionary Society.
[Ref: 55484] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de Freetown prise de Kingstown, Sur la Côte deSierra Leone en Afrique.
Dessiné par J.s Gray. Gravé par Himeley.
Déposé à la Direction. [n.d., c.1840.]
Scarce aquatint. Sheet 350 x 470mm (13¾ x 18½"). Surface crease in image. Trimmed.
[Ref: 55637] £480.00

Sketches by Astley Herbert Terry. The Army Service Corps. Vol. V. Sierra Leone & ''The Islands''.
1899-1900.
Obling 4to album, full green morocco gilt; manuscript title in colours and 22 titled watercolours on paper, mounted on card album pages. Front board and title detached, spine broken.
An album of watercolours by Lieutenant Astley Herbert Terry (1866 - after 1937), starting with a view of Las Palmas on Grand Canary dated May 1899, continuing with his arrival at Freetown on the 12th May, then recording his stay in Sierra Leone until August 1st 1900. Although he has ample time to sketch the buildings, people and scenery of the region his stay seems not to have been happy: the final watercolour is titled ''The Last, (and consequently the best!) view of S. Leone'. The son of Major General Astley Fellows Terry, the artist served with both the Army Service Corps and the 60th Rifles. His posting to Sierra Leone coincides with the Second Boer War, so his duties would have been to provide for the troops en route to South Africa. He was promoted to major at the time of his departure, which was probably to the Cape: a 'Major Terry' of the 60th Rifles is recorded as participating in the war. In the 1911 census Terry was recorded as living in Kensington. In 1937 Colonel Astley Herbert Terry was installed as Commander of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, which is the last reference to him we can trace.
[Ref: 46987] £1,350.00 view all images for this item

Prospect of Bense Island and Fort, from Smith. Bense Island. Negro House at Sierra Leona.
[London: Thomas Astley, 1745.]

A map and two two views of Bunce Island, a British slave fort on the Sierra Leone river, twenty miles upstream from Freetown. Raised about 1670 by the Royal African Company, it was one of the chief suppliers of slaves to the rice industry in the British colonies of South Carolina and Georgia. The banning of the slave trade in 1807 made the fort uneconomic and it was abandoned in 1840. During the negotiations for the Treaty of Paris, ending the American War of Independence in 1783, one of the British delegates was Richard Oswald, one of the owners of Bunce Island; on the American delegation was Henry Laurens, a wealthy rice planter and slave dealer, Bunce Island's business agent in Charleston. From John Green's 'A new general collection of voyages and travels; consisting of the most esteemed relations, which have been hitherto published in any language; comprehending everything remarkable in its kind, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America'.
[Ref: 30244] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Freetown, Sierra Leone.]
[Lithographed by A. Laby and J. Needham after Mrs. Terry.]
[London, McLean, c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph with some hand colour. Sheet 325 x 690mm (12½ x 27"). Repaired tears.
A view from above the native village looking out to sea with European ships anchored. Under the image named features are: Murray Point; Mandingo Caravansera Wesleyan Mission House; King Tonis Point; Glen Huntley; Royal Albert. Laetitia Jervis Terry was the wife of the Assistant Superintendant of the Liberated African's Department. The 'Liberated Africans' were those rescued by the Royal Navy from slave ships destined for the Americas. Over 40,000 arrived in Freetown between 1808 (when Britain abolished the slave trade) and about 1855.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 31430] £480.00

[Freetown, Sierra Leone.]
Drawn on Stone by A. Laby & J. Needham after Sketches by Mrs. Terry.
Printed at Mclean Lithographic Establishment, 50 St Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1850.]
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 325 x 755mm (12½ x 29¾"). Tear through title repaired.
A view looking across the bay to Freetown, with European ships anchored. Under the image named features include East Battery, Freetown Church and 'Queen Yard for Lib.d Af.ns'. Laetitia Jervis Terry was the wife of the Assistant Superintendant of the Liberated African's Department. The 'Liberated Africans' were those rescued by the Royal Navy from slave ships destined for the Americas. Over 40,000 liberated Africans arrived in Freetown between 1808 (when Britain abolished the slave trade) and about 1855.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 49576] £380.00

No II. - Free Town, Sierra Leone. South East View.
[Drawn on Stone by A. Laby & J. Needham after Sketches by Mrs. Terry.] Printed at Mclean Lithographic Establishment, 50 St Martin's Lane.
London: Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand [n.d., c.1850.]
Rare tinted lithograph. Sheet 325 x 755mm (12½ x 29¾"), with wide margins.
A view of Freetown with a key noting Government House, Soldiers's Hospital and the Wesleyan Mission House. Laetitia Jervis Terry was the wife of the Assistant Superintendant of the Liberated African's Department. The 'Liberated Africans' were those rescued by the Royal Navy from slave ships destined for the Americas. Over 40,000 liberated Africans arrived in Freetown between 1808 (when Britain abolished the slave trade) and about 1855.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 52573] £450.00

No V. - Free Town, Sierra Leone. General View from Tom's Point.
Drawn on Stone by A. Laby & J. Needham after Sketches by Mrs. Terry. Printed at Mclean Lithographic Establishment, 50 St Martin's Lane.
London: Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand [n.d., c.1850.]
Rare tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 325 x 755mm (12½ x 29¾"). Tear through title repaired.
A view looking across the bay to Freetown, with European ships anchored. Under the image named features include East Battery, Freetown Church, 'Queen Yard for Lib.d Af.ns', and Wesleyan Institution. Laetitia Jervis Terry was the wife of the Assistant Superintendant of the Liberated African's Department. The 'Liberated Africans' were those rescued by the Royal Navy from slave ships destined for the Americas. Over 40,000 liberated Africans arrived in Freetown between 1808 (when Britain abolished the slave trade) and about 1855.
Not in Abbey.
[Ref: 52574] £450.00

A View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, Dedicated by permisson to the Right Hon.ble Lord Glenelg Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Colonies by Patrick Leigh Strachan Esq.r. Private Secretary to His Excellency Rich.d Doherty, Governor in Chief of the Western Coast of Africa &c. &c. &c.
Painted by W.J. Huggins. Marine Painter to His late Majesty Will.m IV form a sketch by P.L. Strachan, Esq.r. Engraved by F. Duncan.
Published for him at 105 Leadenhall Street, London. Sep.t 14th 1832.
Extremely scarce aquatint, printed in colours with fine hand finishing. Sheet size: 435 x 660mm (17¼ x 26"). Trimmed within plate.
A view of the port and colony of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The figures in the foregound depict, on the left, two Europeans conversing with a 'Mandingo man and a liberatred African woman', and in the centre 'Shebro woman, a Foulah man, and a Kroo man', inhabitants of Freetown. Buildings on the opposite shore in the distance include the church missionary house, a 'Liberated African Department Store', the military hospital, a number of barracks, and many others. A numbered key is inscribed below the image. From 1808 to 1874, Freetown served as the capital of British West Africa and as the base for the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, which was charged with enforcing the ban on the slave trade.
[Ref: 37833] £950.00

A.J. Sigaud de la Fond, ancien Pro=fesseur de Mathématiques, de monstrateur de Physique expérimentale en l’Université, de la Societé Royale des Sciences de Montpellier, des Académie de Petersbourg, Dangers, de Baviere, de Valladolid, de Florence, &c.&c.
Naudin. Pinx. Coron Sculp. 1777 (bit later).
Aparis chéz l'Auteur, Rue des Anglais, vis-à-vis la rue de Platre 1.
Engraving on india with large margins. Plate 156 x 89mm (6¼ x 3½").
Joseph-Aigan Sigaud Lafond (1730-1810), the French physicist and teacher who was a pupil of Abbe Nollet.
Not in Welcome.
[Ref: 29617] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

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