Grosvenor Prints

[Theatre set] Fabbriche Sotteranee dell' India.
A.Basoli inv e dip. L. Landri dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 315 x 3905mm (12½ x 15½"), with very large margins.
A theatre set for a play set in India, with a vaulted chamber with a vast staircase leading up to a massive doorway and the sky. Published in Antonio Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62137] £320.00

[Theatre set] Cittá di Tebe in Beozia.
A.Basoli inv e dip. L. Basoli dis. L. e F. Basoli inc.
[Italy, 1821.]
Scarce aquatint with line engraving, printed in brown. 315 x 385mm (12½ x 15¼"), with very large margins. Creasing on right, hole in margin near bottom plate mark filled.
A theatre set for a play set in the city of Thebes in Boeotia, published in Basoli's 'Collezione di varie scene teatrali', 1821.
Ex: Collection of Edward Croft Murray
[Ref: 62135] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Si Giacerebbe Inutile Per Terra Deserta Senza Frutto, E Senza Onore.
G.B. Cipriani inv: F. Bartolozzi sculp. 1777.
Theatre ticket, printed in red, etching, sheet 200 x 175mm. 8 x 7". Lightly soiled. Trimmed within plate and at corners.
A classical male and female figure, with a putto flying above holding a dramatic mask, enclosed in an oval frame of fruit, corn, vine and grapes.
De Vesme: 1966; ii/ii. See 20506.
[Ref: 10554] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Tragedy.
Publishd Decr. 8, 1778 by I. Mortimer.
Etching. 295 x 200mm (11½ x 8"). A good impression.
The Muse Melpomene in classical dress standing over the body of a man laid at left, a chalice in her hand and leaning upon an altar at right, urn below; smoke rising behind and another grieving figure cloaked at left. From a series of 15 etchings by John Hamilton Mortimer (1740 - 1779) dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, published shortly after Mortimer's election as ARA in November 1778 - which suggests that he began work upon them before the elections.
See Sunderland pgs.92-96 for a detailed discussion of the set.
[Ref: 15731] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)

[Playbill] Theatre-Royal Newcastle. Revival For One Night Only Of Tom & Jerry. Mr Gill Most respectfully announces to the Nobility, Ladies, Gentleman and Public in general, that HIS BENEFIT is appointed to take place On Monday Evening, May 21, 1827...
W. Boag, Printer, Newcastle.
Letterpress, sheet 560 x 220mm (22¼ x 8¾"). Creasing. Surface dirt. Nicks to edges. Small holes top left.
Playbill for the benefit of Mr Gill at the Theatre-Royal Newcastle, featuring, 'Deaf As A Post,' 'Blue Devils,' 'the Comic Song of "The Adventures of Major Long Bow; or, how to tell a Tough Story,"' & 'Fun, Frolic, Fashion, and Flash.'
Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 65949] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Fire engine boat.] No 23.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An illustration of water pump built on a catamaran, designed to pump water from a river to fight fires. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49768] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Fire engine.] No 22.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An illustration of water pump built on a trolley, designed to pump water from a river to fight fires. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49769] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A horse-drawn water pump.] No 4.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"), with large margins. Time stained.
An illustration of a water-pump (tympanum), with a wheel lifting the water driven by horse-powered gears. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49765] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A lifting crane.] No XXI.
H G Excud. [Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾"), with very large margins. Time stained.
An illustration of a wooden crane, with lift gained by a screw thread turned by two men. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49766] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Fire engines.] No 25.
[Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An scene demonstrating the use of two types of fire engines. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49770] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[A winch ferry.] No VIII.
H G Exc. [Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 130 x 145mm (5¼ x 5¾"), with large margins. Mounted on 17th century album paper at corners. Time stained.
An illustration of a winch ferry buoyed by barrels, one of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49764] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Metal turning.] No 9.
H G Excud. [Leipzig: Henning Grosse, c.1614.]
Engraving. 125 x 145mm (5 x 5¾") very large margins.
An illustration of a man using a machine to shape metal tableware. One of the 152 plates in Heinrich Zeising's 'Theatri machinarum...', the first German book on machines.
[Ref: 49767] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Theatrical Attractions.
Drawn by A.S. Henning. Engraved by J.W. Huffam.
Printed by Brooker & Harrison. London: Oct.r 20th. S. Hollyer, 21 John Street, Pentonville.
Scarce mezzotint, proof. Plate: 460 x 340mm (18 x 13¼''). Small margins.
A portrait of two pretty young women in an ornate theatre box.
[Ref: 50137] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

A Theatrical Candidate. A Candidate for the stage lately applied to the Manager of Drury-lane Theatre for an engagement...
[n.d., c.1797.]
Hand-coloured etching. 1809 Watermark. Plate: 350 x 250mm (13¾ x 9¾'') large margins. Creasing, tears in edges.
A satirical print showing an actor in rags speaking before Sheridan, who sits at at a table littered with paper.
BM Satire 9086.
[Ref: 50747] £320.00

Extraordinary Sale. Disposal of Theatrical Property: a Peep behind the Scenes. Proteus bidding for a Suit of Theatrical Armour.
Drawn & Engraved by Theo.e Lane.
[London: C.S. Arnold, 1825.]
Coloured aquatint. Sheet 120 x 190mm (4¾ x 7½"). Trimmed and mounted in album paper.
An extraordinary auction in a room full of props, including a dragon hot-air balloon, globe, harp, Pegasus and masks. An auctioneer on raised platform. From Pierce Egan's 'The Life of an Actor'.
[Ref: 61317] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Medinet Abou, Thebes Medinet Aboou, Thebes. Decr 5th, 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 490mm.
Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun.
[Ref: 4978] £850.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes. Decr. 8th. 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
A distant view of Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40722] £590.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes. Decr. 8th. 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
A distant view of Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41022] £650.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes Medinet Aboou, Thebes. Dec.r 5th, 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 350 x 490mm (13¾ x 19¼"(.
Interior view of Medinet Habu was both a temple and a complex of temples dating from the New Kingdom. It adjoins the cultivation at the southern end of the Theban necropolis, opposite southern Luxor. The area was one of the earliest places within the Theban region to be associated with the worship of Amun. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40721] £500.00

Medinet Abou, Thebes. Decr. 8th. 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm.
While not the best known, the mortuary temple has some of the most impresive bas-reliefs on the Theban plain. These military images glorify the figure of the Pharaoh.
[Ref: 4979] £850.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. , printed area 345 x 510mm.
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 4980] £980.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 345 x 510mm (13½ x 20").
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40900] £700.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 345 x 510mm (13½ x 20").
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41016] £750.00

Fragments of the Great Colossi, at the Memnonium.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, March 1st. 1847.
Tinted lithograph. Printed area 345 x 510mm (13½ x 20").
A view of the Osiride pillars and Great Fallen Colossus at the Memnonium, the mortuary temple built by Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Begun early in his reign, it took twenty years to complete. It was described by Diodorus as the 'tomb of Ozymandia' which inspired the famous verse by Shelley. Diodorus also mentions a 'sacred library' at the temple.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 34901] £750.00

Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes. Dec.r 5th 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, with the Colossi of Memnon on the far left, guarding the approach. A lighting bolt, rare for the area, flashes to the ground. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40901] £550.00

Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes. Dec.r 5th 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, with the Colossi of Memnon on the far left, guarding the approach. A lighting bolt, rare for the area, flashes to the ground. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41018] £500.00

Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes. Decr. 5th 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, May 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm.
The Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, with the Colossi of Memnon on the far left, guarding the approach. A lighting bolt, rare for the area, flashes to the ground. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 4981] £800.00

Thebes. Dec.r 1st 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Aug.t 1st, 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 340 x 490mm (13½ x 19¼").
The two Colossi of Memnon, massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (ruled c.1388-c.1351 BC), guarding the entrance to his mortuary temple. Later visitors named them after Memnon, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies to aid the defence of Troy and was killed by Achilles. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40897] £1,000.00

Thebes. Dec.r 1st 1838.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Aug.t 1st, 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 340 x 490mm (13½ x 19¼").
The two Colossi of Memnon, massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (ruled c.1388-c.1351 BC), guarding the entrance to his mortuary temple. Later visitors named them after Memnon, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies to aid the defence of Troy and was killed by Achilles. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40978] £850.00

Statues of Memnon at Thebes. During the Inundation.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Augt. 1st, 1848
Tinted lithograph, printed area 340 x 520mm (13½ x 20½").
The two Colossi of Memnon, massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III (ruled c.1388-c.1351 BC), guarding the entrance to his mortuary temple. Later visitors named them after Memnon, a King of Ethiopia who led his armies to aid the defence of Troy and was killed by Achilles. The statues are shown surrounded by flood waters from the Nile; however when Roberts visited in December the annual Innundation of the Nile would have receded. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40903] £1,850.00

Entrance to the Temple of Amun, Thebes.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 480mm (13 x 19").
Egyptians in the temple of Seti I, where the Pascha's agent receives local dignatories who petition for (or buy) the official's favours, published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41013] £600.00

Entrance to the Temple of Amun, Thebes.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 480mm (13 x 19").
Egyptians in the temple of Seti I, where the Pascha's agent receives local dignatories who petition for (or buy) the official's favours, published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40718] £600.00

Entrance to the Temple of Amun, Thebes.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Dec.r 1st, 1847.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 480mm (13 x 19").
Egyptians in the temple of Seti I, where the Pascha's agent receives local dignatories who petition for (or buy) the official's favours. From the majestic folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 5024] £800.00

Entrance to the Tombs of the Kings of Thebes._Biban-El-Moloon.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Augt. 1st, 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm.
The most famous archaeological site in the world, the 'Valley of the Kings' is surrounded by the overhanging rocks of the Theban Heights. Thutmoses I first departed from the tradition of separating burial from the funeral temple.
[Ref: 5028] £800.00

Entrance to the Tombs of the Kings of Thebes._Biban-El-Moloon.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Augt. 1st, 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
The 'Valley of the Kings', surrounded by the overhanging rocks of the Theban Heights. Thutmoses I started a tradition of burying the bodies of pharoahs away from the funeral temple. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe. This example comes from the library of Sir Richard Hungerford Pollen (1815-81), 3rd Baronet of Redenham, an amateur artist listed as a subscriber to this work. However this is not a hand-coloured subscription plate but is still an early printing, one issued in wrappered parts prior to the bound First Edition.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 40727] £480.00

Entrance to the Tombs of the Kings of Thebes._Biban-El-Moloon.
David Roberts. R.A. L. Haghe Lith.
London, Published F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, Augt. 1st, 1848.
Tinted lithograph, printed area 330 x 490mm (13 x 19¼").
The 'Valley of the Kings', surrounded by the overhanging rocks of the Theban Heights. Thutmoses I started a tradition of burying the bodies of pharoahs away from the funeral temple. Published in the monumental folio edition of 'Egypt & Nubia: from drawings made on the spot' by David Roberts (1796 - 1864), lithographed by Louis Haghe.
Abbey Travel 272.
[Ref: 41037] £550.00

Rendlesham.
T. H. Maguire. 1850.
[M. & N. Hanhart.]
Lithograph, printed on india. Printed area: 340 x 240mm (13½ x 9½").
A seated portrait of politician Frederick Thellusson, 4th Baron Rendlesham (1798-1852), Conservative MP for Suffolk East from 1843 until his death. He was the grandson of Peter Thellusson (1737-97) whose odd will, in which his estate was allowed to accumulate over the lives of the next three generations of his family, led to law regulating such wills. In 1856 a lawsuit about who were the actual heirs, which eventually reached the House of Lords, inspired the case of 'Jarndyce and Jarndyce' in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House.
[Ref: 46829] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Mary Andalusia Thellusson, Lady Rendlesham .]
Painted by G.Engleheart. Engraved by C.Turner.
[n.d., c.1810.] London Published for the Proprietor by C.Turner, 50 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square.
Very rare mezzotint, proof before title. 355 x 255mm (14 x 10"), large margins.
Portrait of Mary Andalusia Thellusson (née Dickens), Lady Rendlesham (1791 - 1814). She was the first wife of John Thellusson, 2nd Baron Rendlesham; daughter of Lieutenant General Samuel Trevor Dickens.
W492. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67237] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

John Thelwall.
H. Richter del.t.
Publish'd Dec: 8 1794 by H. Richter, G.t Newport Street.
Stipple. Sheet 220 x 120mm (8¾ x 4¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Oval portrait of John Thelwall (1764-1834), radical orator and political reformer, shortly after his aquittal of high treason. He had to flee to Wales to avoid mobs, but in 1800 he reappeared as an elocution teacher (in practice a combination of speech therapist and rhetoric teacher). A poet friend of Wordsworth & Coleridge, he was the first to publish a book on speech therapy "The Legopaedis".
Not in Wellcome
[Ref: 58615] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

John Thelwall.
H.Richter delt.
Published Dec: 8, 1794, by H.Richter, Gt. Newport Street.
Stipple engraving. 225 x 190mm (9 x 7½"), large margins.
Portrait of John Thelwall (1764 -1834), radical British orator, writer, political reformer, journalist, poet, elocutionist and speech therapist.
[Ref: 64217] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Themis. Fille du Ciel et de la Terre, elle etablie la Religion, et tout ce qui Maintient l'ordre et la Paix parmis les Hommes [...]
Martinet [after Charles Eisen?, c.1760]
Engraving, sheet 145 x 90mm (5¾ x 3½"). Trimmed to platemark; glued to album sheet at corners.
Themis, ancient Greek Titaness and personification of natural order, fairness and law. Allegorical scene probably 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: 44936] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)

[Symposium involving Themistocles and Aristides] Den anschlag vom Themistocles/Wiewol sein nutz scheint gross und breit [...]
[Anon. German sixteenth century]
Woodcut, sheet 120 x 155mm (4¾ x 6"). Trimmed from larger sheet, false margins added; another image verso.
[Ref: 46388] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

The Straights of Thermopylae.
London: Published by J. McCormick, 147, Strand, June 1.st 1832. A. Ducôte's Estab.t 70, St. Martins Lane.
A very scarce lithograph. 272 x 380mm. 10¾ x 15". Uncut sheet.
The straits of Thermopylae, Greece. A narrow coastal passage that existed in antiquity, its names from its hot sulphur springs, meaning 'hot gate'. It was here that the Battle of Thermopylae took place between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece.
[Ref: 22962] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

L.s J.ques Thenard (Chimiste,) Membre de l'Académie des Science, et des Académies de Berlin, d'Edimbourg, de Madrid, de Naples et de Stockholm. Né à Lalouptiere (Aube) le 4 mai 1777.
Dessiné d'apres Nature en 1824 et Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu.
[n.d. c.1830.]
Stipple. 211 x 146mm (8¼ x 5¾"). Cut at top to platemark.
Louis Jacques Thenard (1777-1857) the French chemist. He attended the lectures of Antoine Francois Fourcroy and Nicolas Louis Vauquelin (ref: 29636) and was allowed into Vaquelin's laboratory. In 1821 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His first original paper in 1799 was on the compounds of arsenic and antimony with oxygen and sulphur. In 1807 he began research into ethers and in 1818 he discovered hydrogen peroxide. In 1799 he also developed the pigment known as Thenard's blue in response to a request by Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal for a cheap colouring matter. He is one of the 72 names incribed on the Eiffel Tower.
W: 2911.
[Ref: 29635] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Theobalds.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Fine watercolour. Sheet: 240 x 175mm (9½ x 7"). Glued to album sheet. Unfaded.
A watercolour of some of the buildings built in the grounds of Theobalds Palace, built by Sir William Cecil and destroyed in 1651 by Parliament. Several other buildings were built on the estate in the following centuries.
[Ref: 44671] £350.00

[Town of Theodosia.] Vol.2.Pl.14.
Geisler del.t Medland Sculp.t
[John Stockdale.] [n.d. c.1812.]
Hand-coloured engraving, offset, small margins; Stamp: Stamford Library. Plate 202 x 342mm (8 x 13½"). Trimmed along right edge; folds as normal.
Plate 14: prospect of the ruinous Town of Theodosia, or Kaffa, with part of the bay; the ancient town seen surrounded by the fortified wall. From Volume 2 of "Travels Through the Southern Provinces of the Russian Empire, in the Years 1793 and 1794".
[Ref: 31043] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Un Chef de Famille, or, An Expounder of the Thephilanthropic Worship, or, Natural Religion, at Paris, in his Dress of Office. *** In Paris, Twelve Churches, only, remain open for Public Worship. The Catholics use them from 6 'till 10 in the morning, & the Theophilanthropes occupy them the remainder of the day.
[n.d., c.1797.]
Coloured engraving. 170 x 105mm (6¾ x 4"). Trimmed to printed border at bottom.
A portrait of a minister of the French Revolution's new "Deistic' sect. Voltaire, Montesquieu & Robespierre were deistics for a short time led by Robespierre "cult supreme being" was the formal religion. It was banned by Napoleon in 1802.
[Ref: 58956] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Mary Theresa by y.e Grace of God Queen of Hungary & Bohemia, Archdutchess of Austria, &c &c
C.Valo Pinx. J. Frank fecit.
Sold by T. Millward at the Dial and 3 Crowns in Fleet Street 1741. Prince 2 shillings.
Fine & scarce mezzotint, print 360 x 250mm (13¼ x 10"). Trimmed within plate and glued to album sheet.
Full body portrait of Queen Maria Theresa (1717-1780), sitting, hair in curls dressed with pearls, wearing earring, pearl necklace, dress with short sleeves, and robe; fluted pillar and curtain on the left; curtain on the right. Plate reduced and altered from one by R.Williams of Barbara Duchess of Cleveland. The names Valo and Frank are evidently fictitious.
CS: 13.IV. Layard 32.
[Ref: 58795] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)

Diva Eleonora Divi Leopoldi Caesaris. Salus Augusta.
B. Kilian sculp.
[n.d. c.1680.]
Engraving. 324 x 190mm. 12¾ x 7½". Trimmed and laid on album page; crease in middle.
Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg (1655-1720) was Holy Roman Empress as the spouse of Leopold I. She served as Interim Regent in 1711 following the death of her son, Joseph I who served after his father from 1705.
[Ref: 26047] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

Beata Theresia.
G.D. Lar: inv: ex formis Nicolau Visscher Cum Privi Ordinum General Belgii foederarati. P.V.D. Berge fec.
[c.1675]
Rare mezzotint. Sheet 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Trimmed on platemark. Creases.
St Teresa of Avila kneeling in ecstasy and surrounded by angels. Plate from an early edition of the 'Opus Elegantissimum' published by Valk, which contained etchings by Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) along with a selection of plates (such as this) after his designs. The publication line at the bottom was changed several times in later publications.
Hollstein 14 (after Lairesse).
[Ref: 33072] £360.00

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