Grosvenor Prints

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)

Through Pangs fled to Felicity, / For within the Bosom bright / Of blazing Majesty and Light. / Milton.
Engraved by S.W. Reynolds from an original Sketch by Ja.s Northcote R.A. for the Comedy of Sighs Written by Prince Hoare.
Published by S.W. Reynolds, N.º 47 Poland Street, March 1, 1800.
Rare mezzotint. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"). Narrow margins.
A woman has died in childbirth, with a skeleton touching her wrist with one hand and her urn, marked 'Emilia', with the other. An emblem from the play 'Sighs; or, The Daughter, a Comedy' (1799) by Prince Hoare (1755-1834).
Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd. Not in Whitman.
[Ref: 67796] £320.00

Sigismond Empereur d'Occident. Tire en partie du Corpus juris publici de B.Gott.Struve.
Touze d. F[...] Duflos sc.
A.D.P.R. A Paris chez Duflos le Jeune. [n.d. c.1780]
Engraving with strong contemporary colour and a gold leaf line border. 275 x 166mm.
From 'Recueil d'estampes représentant les grades, les rangs et les dignités suivant le costume de toutes les nations existantes' by Pierre Duflos, published 1779-84. The original colour is particularly fine, with gold leaf highlights.
[Ref: 2135] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alphabet manuel francais. [&] Alphabet manuel anglais.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Four engraving, each approx 95 x 90mm. 3¾ x 3½". Laid on two album sheets.
The sign language alphabets in both French and English.
[Ref: 11135] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

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

[The Sika Deer] The Formosan Deer. Cervus Taivanus.
[Lithographed by Joseph Smit after Joseph Wolf.]
[London: Henry Graves & Company, 1861-1867.]
Coloured lithograph, trimmed to image and mounted on card with gilt title, as issued. Printed area 245 x 355mm (9½ x 14"), with very large margins and text sheet.
The sika deer (Cervus nippon), also known as the Japanese deer or the spotted deer (being one of the few deer species that does not lose its spots upon reaching maturity), From 'Zoological Sketches by Joseph Wolf. Made for the Zoological Society of London, from animals in their vivarium, in the Regent's Park', issued in two parts, 1861 and 1867. Joseph Wolf (1820-99), a German artist, specialized in natural history illustration, and is considered one of the great pioneers of wildlife art, having depicted animals accurately in lifelike postures. He worked with John Gould on 'The Birds of Great Britain'. Sir Edwin Landseer considered him 'without exception, the best all-round animal artist who ever lived'.
[Ref: 50358] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Silence! (Collection of J.S. Forbes Esq.)
L. Alma Tadema R.A. pinx. Ed. Ramus sc.
L'Art. Imp. A. Clement, Paris [c.1883].
Etching. 290 x 220mm (11½ x 8½"), very large margins. Some foxing on the edge of margins.
A woman lays in front of a cubiculum, holding her index finger to her lips commanding silence.
[Ref: 62584] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

Les Sylphides. Le Silence. The Hush, of Nature.
Peint d'après nature et lithographié par C. Bargue. Imprimé par Becquet frères, à Paris.
[n.d., c.1850.]
Colourd lithograph. Sheet: 330 x 420mm (13 x 16½"). Damage to corner, mark in margin in lower left corner.
A scene in which two nude women recline near a pool, their instruments lie discarded beside them and they watch two butterflies.
[Ref: 47347] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Silence.
F. Bartolozzi inv. G. Zancon Sculp.t
[n.d. c.1800]
Rare stipple 190 x 235mm (7½ x 9¼"), with very large margins. Very light foxing.
A naked boy, asleep on a bed, is visited by two putti; one shushes the other. After the original print made by Bartolozzi and Published by Thomas Simpson in 1791; it omits the two verses by, 'S Collings.' Gaetano Zancon (1771-1816), engraver from Bassano, he produced individual plates and published various series of outline etchings after Old Masters, as well as reproductions of English prints.
R 733.
[Ref: 66024] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Silenus.
Drawn by J.H. Mortimer. Etch'd by R. Blyth.
Publish'd as the Act directs. July 19th. 1779 by R. Blyth.
A fine etching. 265 x 232mm. 10½ x 9¼"
Silenus was a companion and tutor to the Greek god of wine, Dionysus.
[Ref: 14291] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Silhouette.
Mrs. E. Nevill Jackson.
Methuen & Co. Limited. 36 Essex Street, Strand, London, W.C.2. [1938.]
4to, original cloth gilt; pp. xviii + 1554, profusely illustrated. Stained cover, distressed binding.
Notes on and a dictionary of the art of silhouettes.
[Ref: 59910] £75.00 view all images for this item

[Silk Production.]
Haussard sculp.
Paris, 1785.
Engraving. 390 x 540mm. Trimmed into printed area lower left.
12 scenes depicting silk production from Abbe Grosier's 'Atlas General de la Chine'..
[Ref: 2857] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

The manner of placing the Leaves on Scaffolds & Shelves to Feed Silkworms.
Engrav'd for the Universal Magazine, according to Act of Parliament, 174, for J. Hinton, at ye Kings Arms, in St. Paul's Church Yard, London.
Engraving. 197 x 248mm. 7¾ x 9¾". Some tears and foxing, vertical crease to left as normal
The feeding of slikworms.
[Ref: 22248] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

The Silk Manufacture in China.
For the London Magazine, 1750. Plate 1.
Engraving. Plate 178 x 216mm. 7 x 8½".
Water staining along the lower edge, vertical crease to right as normal.
Six scenes showing the processed of manufacturing silk; winding the cods in ye Cauldron, Balneum Mariae to kill ye worms in the Cods, Taking the Cods from ye Mats after smother'd in the Earthen Pots, Hanging up ye Sheets of Paper with Eggs on them, Ways of Winding the Silk, Winding from the Cods in a Copper of Warm Water.
[Ref: 22249] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

Silk Reeling. Che.kiang
Fr Schenck. 50 Geo. St Edin. [n.d. c.1860]
Hand coloured lithograph, sheet 125 x 190mm (5 x 7½"). Bottom margin slightly creased.
A country scene in Zhejiang (Chekiang), China of people making silk thread. One person checks mulberry leaves for silkworm cocoons, another sits creating bundles perhaps for twig frames for the silkworms, one person guides the thread onto the wheel that winds it onto spools, with another person turning. Someone watches from a window nearby and two older people watch them closely. Chickens peck at the ground.
[Ref: 58995] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

The Silke Throwers.
[London, Printed for the Author Rich Wallis Citizen & Arms painter of London & are to be sold by him at his Shop against ye Royall Exchange 1677.]
Engraving. 200 x 155mm, 8 x 6". Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
The arms of the Silk Weavers of London, with a mulberry tree and two turbaned men. The Silk-throwers were incorporated in 1630 by Charles I under the name of 'the master, wardens, assistants, and commonalty of the trade, art, or mystery of Silkthrowers of the City of London'. Various craft guilds were established in London as early as the 12th century, later becoming known as City Livery Companies because they often wore a distinctive livery or uniform (although the Silk Throwers had no livery or hall). The companies decided who could work or trade in their crafts, controlling prices and wages, working conditions and welfare. In return for exercising rigorous quality control they received monopoly powers. In continental Europe, various revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries swept away the guilds, but in England they continued, and several new Companies have appeared in recent years.From "Londons Armory Accuratly delineated in a Graphical display of all the Arms, Crests, Supporters, Mantles and Motto’s of every distinct Company and Corporate Societie in the Honourable City of London".
[Ref: 17851] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

The Inspired Drummajor of the N~shire Militia.
T.Smith del et sculp.
Published as the Act directs 19th May 1772 by Tho.s Willson.
Mezzotint. 250 x 180mm. Crease at top left corner.
According to Bromley this is John Silk of the Northamptonshire Militia.
CS: p.1321. Ex: Collection of The Hon. C. Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 5602] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

The Silkmen.
[London, Printed for the Author Rich Wallis Citizen & Arms painter of London & are to be sold by him at his Shop against ye Royall Exchange 1677.]
Engraving. 200 x 155mm, 8 x 6". Trimmed, mounted in album paper.
The arms of the Silkmen, incorporated by Charles I in 1631, featuring bales of silk, camels and a merchant ship. Various craft guilds were established in London as early as the 12th century, later becoming known as City Livery Companies because they often wore a distinctive livery or uniform. The companies decided who could work or trade in their crafts, controlling prices and wages, working conditions and welfare. In return for exercising rigorous quality control they received monopoly powers. In continental Europe, various revolutions in the 18th and 19th centuries swept away the guilds, but in England they continued, and several new Companies have appeared in recent years.From "Londons Armory Accuratly delineated in a Graphical display of all the Arms, Crests, Supporters, Mantles and Motto’s of every distinct Company and Corporate Societie in the Honourable City of London".
[Ref: 17862] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)

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