Grosvenor Prints

[Vienna] Ansicht der Vorstaedte Weissgaerber und Landstrasse.
J. Wett del. A. Leitner sc.
[Vienna: P. P. Mechitaristen, 1832.]
Engraving with hand colour. 205 x 580mm (8 x 22¾). Some creasing, repairs on left edge.
A rare Panorama of Landstrasse, a district of Vienna.
[Ref: 51374] £450.00

Templum S. Petri Versus Domum Custodiarum Viennae La Yglesia de S. Pedro hazia la Guarda de Vienna.
[Raimondini. n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured engraving, 315 x 425mm. 12½ x 16¾". Stains top and bottom; trimmed at bottom.
A view d'optique of Peterskirche (St. Peter's Church) in Vienna. Vues d’optique are hand-colored etchings and engravings intended to be viewed through a convex lens. The devices, known variously as zograscopes, optiques, optical machines and peepshows, were an optical entertainment of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Vues d’optiques were rendered in high-key color and dramatic linear perspective, which enhanced the illusion of three-dimensionality when viewed through the lens.
[Ref: 9117] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)

Prospectus Primarii Telonii Caesarei Prope Turrim Rubram Viennae Prospetiva de l'Aduana Imper. Cabe de la Torre Colorada de Viena
[Raimondini. n.d., c.1760.]
Engraving, 320 x 430mm. 12½ x 17". Vertical creasing.
A view d'optique of the custom house in Vienna. Vues d’optique are hand-colored etchings and engravings intended to be viewed through a convex lens. The devices, known variously as zograscopes, optiques, optical machines and peepshows, were an optical entertainment of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Vues d’optiques were rendered in high-key color and dramatic linear perspective, which enhanced the illusion of three-dimensionality when viewed through the lens.
[Ref: 9134] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

Les clefs de Vienne.
Girodet pinx.t Lith: de C: Motte.
[n.d. c.1826.]
Lithograph. Sheet 444 x 596mm (17½ x 23½"), with very large margins.
The handing over of the keys of Vienna to Napoleon at the Schonbrunn Palace, as part of the 1805 treaty of friendship and co-operation, which was signed at the palace. Published in A.V. Arnault's 'Vie politique et militaire de Napoléon', Paris, 1822-1826.
[Ref: 30836] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Siege of Vienna.] Vienna Assediata da Turchi e Liberata da Christiani. All Ill.mo Sig,r Marchese Sachetti Suo riueritissimo Signore.
Era.co Bufalini D.D.D.
[n.d., c.1683.]
Engraving, scarce. Key on verso. Sheet: 400 x 365mm (15¾ x 14¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet. Central vertical fold.
A plan of Vienna showing the city during the siege and Battle of Vienna by the Ottoman Empire in 1683. The Ottomans were badly defeated by the Christian Allies and the battle staged the recapture of much of Eastern Europe from the Turks. Key to the plan on verso.
[Ref: 42670] £320.00

[Seige of Vienna.]Belegeringe en onset de Stadt Weenen.
C. Decker fe.
[n.d., c.1683.]
Engraving, with letterpress descriptions. Sheet: 350 x 285mm (13¾ x 11¼"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
A plan of Vienna showing the city during the seige and Battle of Vienna by the Ottoman Empire in 1683. The Ottomans were badly defeated by the Christian Allies and the battle staged the recapture of much of Eastern Europe from the Turks. Key to the plan on album sheet adjoining and description below, both in French.
[Ref: 42671] £450.00

[Vienna] Weenen, de Stoel des H. Roomschen Ryx, gelegen aen den Donau. Vienna, priscis Vindibona, sacri Romani Imperii sedes, Austriae ornamentum.
Pet Schenk exc: Amst: C. P. [n.d., c.1702.]
Hand-coloured engraving, 210 x 265mm. 8¼ x 10½". Pin hole in sky.
A prospect of Vienna from across the Danube. Numbered '13' lower right. From the series of city prospects engraved and published in Amsterdam by Pieter Schenk (1660 - 1718/1719). Titles in Dutch and Latin.
See 20408.
[Ref: 22331] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)

[Vienna] Vûe de la Ville de Vienne du Coté du palais impérial.
[Engraved by Lopold Beyer after Jakob Alt.]
Proprieté des Editeurs [Vienna: Artaria & Comp., c.1815].
Fine coloured etching with hand colour. Sheet 465 x 730mm (18¼ x 28¾"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1813'. Repaired tears bottom right.
A large and scarce prospect of Vienna with the city walls and the Imperial Palace.
[Ref: 59232] £650.00

[Vienna] Weenen, de Stoel des H. Roomschen Ryx, gelegen aen den Donau. Vienna, priscis Vindibona, sacri Romani Imperii sedes, Austriae ornamentum.
Pet. Schenk Amst: C.P
[n.d. c.1702.]
Copper engraving. Plate 209 x 267mm. 8¼ x 10½". Large margins.
A view from across the Danube river towards Vienna, Austria.
[Ref: 20406] £320.00

A View of the City of Vienna.
Engraved for the Lady's Magazine.
[n.d. c.1796.]
Engraving. 108 x 182mm (4¼ x 7¼").
A view across the Danube River towards the City of Vienna, Austria.
[Ref: 28550] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)

[Vienna] Prospectus areæ à trunco ferrato nominatæ.
Sal. Kleiner I.E.M. del. C. Rembshart sculp.
[Vienna, c.1750.]
Engraving. 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Uncut; very large margins.
An architectural scene of Stock im Eisen Platz, Vienna, by Salomon Kleiner (1702-61).
[Ref: 38854] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)

[Vienna] Prospectus Domûs Visendicæ infra tabernas pannarias. In secunda Consignatione exercetur Academia Cæsarea privilegiata Pictorum et Sculptorum.
Sal. Kleiner I.E.M. del. I.A. Corvinus sculp.
[Vienna, c.1750.]
Engraving. 230 x 350mm (9 x 13¾"). Uncut; very large margins.
An architectural street scene in Vienna, by Salomon Kleiner (1702-61).
[Ref: 38855] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

[Vienna] Ansicht des Platzes und der Kirche von S.t Peter. Vue de la Place et de L'Eglise de S. Pierre.
dessiné et gravé d'apres nature par C. Shütz.
Cum Priv. S.C.M. [Vienna: Artaria c.1805.]
Etching with fine hand colour. 335 x 440mm (13¼ x 17¼").
A view of the Peterskirche, a Baroque Roman Catholic parish church, built 1701-33. It is now run by Opus Dei.
[Ref: 58738] £330.00

Wien.
Nach d. Nat. gez u. lith. v. Wage. Gedr. v. G. Reiffenstein.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet: 285 x 420mm (11¼ x 16½''). Trimmed.
A view of Vienna from Nussdorf in the west. Nussdorf was once a separate municipality but is now a suburb of the city.
[Ref: 49597] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Prospectus Viae Imperialis Versus Columnam SS. Trinitatis Viennae. Prospectiva de la Calle Imperiale Hacia la Coluna de la SS. Trinidad de Vienna.
[Bassano Remondini.]
[n.d., c.1780.]
Hand-coloured engraving. Plate: 420 x 320mm (16½ x 12½"). Staining and tears in the top and bottom edges.
A view of the Graben and the high baroque statue of the Holy Trinity, started in 1683 by Matthias Rauchmuller, in the centre of Vienna.
[Ref: 44687] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

The City of Vienna, with a Part of its Suburbs.
Published 1st May, 1811, by Rob.t Laurie & Ja.s Whttle, 53, Fleet Street.
Coloured engraving. 300 x 450mm (11¾ x 17¾"). A few creases. Bit messy.
A view of Vienna from an ornamental garden, with contemporary hand colour.
[Ref: 57611] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vienna Austriae.
[Frankfurt, Matthaus Merian, 1640.]
Engraved map. 210 x 330mm (8¼ x 13"). Original binding folds as normal.
A map of Vienna in the style of a bird's-eye view, with a 42 point key. From Johann Gottfried's 'Neuwe Archontologia Cosmica'.
[Ref: 59628] £260.00

Vienne.
Ed. de Montulé del. Lith de Langlumé. Al. Leroy.
Lithograph. Sheet: 370 x 260mm, (14 x 10¼"), very large margins.
A view of Vienna in Austria. From 'Voyage en Angleterre et en Russie, pendent les années 1821, 1822 et 1823' by Edouard Montulé published in 1825 in which he described his travels to Great Britain and Eastern Europe.
[Ref: 39451] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Vienna] Der Hohemarkt. Vue du Haut Marché.
Nach der Natur gezeichnet und gestochen von C. Shütz.
Wein, bey Artaria u. Comp. [n.d., c.1793.]
Etching with fine hand colour. Sheet 415 x 425mm (12½ x 16¾"). Trimmed within plate, glue stains at corners, repaired tear top left. Central crease.
A view of Hoher Markt Square, Vienna, with the 'Vermählungsbrunnen' (The Marriage Fountain), a baroque, white marble temple based on a drawing by Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, consecrated 1732.
[Ref: 58739] £320.00

Bombardement de Vienne. la nuit du 11 au 12 Mai.
Hoehte del. Piringer sculp.
[Paris, c.1840.]
Etching with aquatint, sheet 240 x 325mm. 9½ x 12¾". Trimmed within plate.
Numbered 'Tom. I.' upper right. From a series of views of the Napoleonic Wars 1800-15 issued by Bernard Edouard Swebach (1800-70).
BNF: FRBNF40344234.
[Ref: 15522] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Karlskirche, Vienna] Prospect Der Neüen Kirchen S. Caroli Borromoei [...]
Fischers V:E: inv:
Cum Privil: Sacr: Caesar Majest. [Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to edges.
The baroque Karlskirche (St. Charles Church) in Vienna, commissioned by Emperor Charles VI in 1713, following a plague epidemic in Vienna. It was dedicated to 16th cerntury reformer Carlo Borromeo, who was known for healing plague sufferers. The church was designed by Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach and completed, after Fischer's death, by his son. Plate from Fischer's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
[Ref: 33400] £450.00

[Turkish Attacks Repelled by the Besieged Viennese] Mines et assauts des Turcqs, Contremines et Sorties des Assieges [parallel text in Dutch]
Per R. de Hooghe Amst:
apud N. Visscher cum Privil. [n.d., c.1688]
Etching, platemark 165 x 205mm (6½ x 8").
Plate five of a series depicting the Battle of Vienna in 1683, by Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt.1645-d.1708), Dutch artist who was an important representative of the late Dutch Baroque and was a prolific producer of military, political, ceremonial and satirical prints engaging with contemporary Dutch life. He also wrote a number of historical and political treatises.
[Ref: 41992] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

[Defeat of the Turks in the Vienna Woods] Opening en slaen der Turken aen t Weener Wald, Ouverture du Grand Bois de Vienne et defaicte des Turqs.
Per R. de Hooghe Amst:
apud N. Visscher cum Privil. [n.d., c.1688]
Etching, platemark 165 x 205mm (6½ x 8").
Plate seven of a series depicting the Battle of Vienna in 1683, by Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt.1645-d.1708), Dutch artist who was an important representative of the late Dutch Baroque and was a prolific producer of military, political, ceremonial and satirical prints engaging with contemporary Dutch life. He also wrote a number of historical and political treatises.
Landwehr Bookplates 60.
[Ref: 41990] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[Imperial Forces fight the Turks to raise the Siege of Vienna] Bataille des Imperiaux contre les Turcqs pour lever le Siege de Vienne [parallel text in Dutch]
Per R. de Hooghe Amst:
apud N. Visscher cum Privil. [n.d., c.1688]
Etching, sheet 160 x 200mm (6½ x 8"). Trimmed to subject.
Plate eight of a series depicting the Battle of Vienna in 1683, by Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt.1645-d.1708), Dutch artist who was an important representative of the late Dutch Baroque and was a prolific producer of military, political, ceremonial and satirical prints engaging with contemporary Dutch life. He also wrote a number of historical and political treatises.
[Ref: 41991] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

[First plan for Schönbrun Palace and grounds, Vienna] Premier project que l'auteur a formé pour placer la Venerie Imperiale sur la hauteur de Schönbrun [...]
J:B: Fischers d'Erl: inv: et del: / J.A. Delsenbach fecit
[Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French; ingrained dirt in title area. Foxing.
Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach's first plan for the famous palace of Schönbrun in Vienna. It has been claimed that the audacious 'mega-Versailles' envisaged here, with the palace on the crest of a hill and claiming improbably to offer view of 'the borders of Hungary', were 'intended to display the "universal claim to power" of the Habsburg dynasty, but never seriously considered as a concrete architectural project'. The palace was eventually built at the bottom of the hill, rather than the top as shown here, along with other adjustments. Plate from Fischer's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
see Martin Mutschlechner, 'From castle in the air to château de plaisance – Schönbrunn and Fischer von Erlach', www.habsburger.net
[Ref: 33405] £450.00

[Imperial Stables, Vienna] Prospect Des Gross Neuen Kaisl. Stalls vor 600 Pferde [...]
Fischers V:E:
Cum Privil: Sacr: Caesar Majest. [Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to top of image.
The Imperial Stables in Vienna, designed by Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach and inspired by the Emperor Nero's 'Domus Aurea'. The building included stables for six hundred horses, room for two hundred state coaches, and an amphitheatre for public displays, and a horse pond. The stables were severely damaged during the French Occupation of Vienna in the Napoleonic Wars, after which they were renovated and expanded. After the stables became redundant in the twentieth century, the site was used for trade fairs before recently becoming 'MuseumsQuartier Wien', an arts centre including several museums, galleries and other cultural institutions. In the background are the Vienna districts of Laimgrube and St. Ulrich Plate from Fischer's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
for Nero's Domus Aurea, see ref.33418
[Ref: 33399] £480.00

[Palais Trautson, Vienna] Veüe et Perspective de l'Hôtel, du Jardin, et de l'Orangerie [...]
Jos. Emanu: Fischers d'Erl: deline:
Cum Priv: Sacr: Cas: Maj: [Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French; foxing.
The baroque Palais Trautson in Vienna, designed by Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach. It now houses Austria's Ministry of Justice. The palace was built adjacent to the Imperial Stables, also designed by Fischer. Plate from Fischer's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
for the Imperial Stables, see ref. 33399
[Ref: 33403] £480.00

[Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy] Außerliches Ansehen des Pallasts, wechen S. Durche Prinz Eugenius von Savoien [...]
Cette Maison avec le Grand escalier est du dessein de J.B. Fischers d'E / Delsenbach fecit.
[Leipzig, 1725]
Engraving with very large margins, platemark 300 x 430mm (11¾ x 17"). Text in French and German; foxing to margins only.
The Winter Palace on Himmelpfortgasse in Vienna, built for Prince Eugene of Savoy. It was subsequently owned by Empress Maria Theresa, used as the Court Treasury and Ministry of Finance, and has recently become an exhibition space run by the Belvedere. This print shows the visit of the Grand Vizier's emissary to Vienna on the 9th April 1711. Plate from Austrian architect Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach's 'Entwurf einer historischen Architektur' ('Outline of Historical Architecture', first published 1721) , the first comparative architecture of all periods and nations.
for the Imperial Stables, see ref. 33399
[Ref: 33404] £450.00

Cav. Francesco. Vierira Lusitano.
Sim. Watts sculp. 1775. CR. edidit.
Rare stipple, printed in sanguine. Sheet: 240 x 170mm (9½ x 6¾''). Trimmed.
A portrait of Portuguese court painted Francisco de Matos Viera (1699-1785) after Joaquin Manuel da Rocha.
[Ref: 48793] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)

Rochers de Marbres en Cochinchine.
Lauvergne del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing, india lifting off. Stain in left margin.
A view of the Marble Mountains in Vietnam. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46785] £250.00 (£300.00 incl.VAT)

A View in the Island of Pulo Condore.
J. Webber, R. A. fecit.
London Pub.d April 1. 1809 by Boydell & Comp.y No. 90 Cheapside.
Aquatint with large margins and very fine hand colour on watermaked paper, 'J. Whatman, 1820'. Platemark: 325 x 450mm (12¾ x 17½"). Very small pin hole in sky in printed area.
A scene in Vietnam with a man walking in the centre, leading a bull with his back turned to the viewer. A group of figures to the right are gathered beside bundles of reeds at the entrance to a thatched building, set under trees. A river can be seen in the background to the right with thick trees on a slope to the left. John Webber was the official artist on Cook's final voyage through the Pacific; his drawings formed the basis for printed illustrations to the account of 'A Voyage to the Pacific', published in 1784.
Vol. III, Book VI p. 450.
[Ref: 31822] £450.00

[The Kingdom of Tonquin] Their New Years Pastime & Feats of Agility, of Bady, w.th other hocus Pocus Tricks. The Manner & Order of Choosing Literadoes
[London: Awnsham & John Churchill, 1732.]
Engraving. 140 x 160mm (5½ x 6¼"), set in letterpress, large margins. Crease in margin.
Illustrations from Jean-Baptiste Tavernier's 'A New and Sigular Relation of the Kingsom of Tunquin', northern Vietnam, as published in 'Churchill's Collection of Voyages'. A circus image.
[Ref: 58636] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vue de Touranne. Cochinchine. Voyage de la Bonite.
Dessine par Fisquet. Lith. par Sabatier_fig. par Ferogio. Imp. Lemercier, Bernard et Ce.
Arthus-Bertrand editeur [Paris]. London Ackermann et Co. 96 Strand. [n.d., c.1850.]
Lithograph with bright contemporary colour by hand, image 200 x 265mm. 8 x 10½". A fine and clean impression.
View in central Vietnam at what is now Da Nang (French: Tourane); lying at the southern end of a horseshoe-shaped bay, it is one of the largest cities in Vietnam and the chief port of the central lowlands. Numbered '68' upper right. From Admiral Auguste Nicolas Vaillant's 'Voyage autour du Monde exe´cute´ pendant les anne´s 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite...'
See BNF FRBNF31395814.
[Ref: 20283] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Vietnam] No 1. Le Grand Chancelier de Royaume de Tunquin. 2.3.4 Mandarins ou Officiers de guerre...
[n.d., c.1679.]
Rare engraving, a fine impression. 190 x 355mm (7½ x 14") very large margins. Original binding folds.
Officials of the Vietnamese court, from the memoirs of traveller and gem merchant Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605-89). After writing an account of his six expeditions, in which he travelled as far as Burma, he published a supplementary 'Recueil de Plusieurs Relations' which contained an account of Japan and Tonking (Hanoi)
[Ref: 53061] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Cochinchine. Madarin de Guèrre. Madarin Civil.
Pâris del. Himely sc.
de Sainson Edit. Finct imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint, printed on india paper. Plate: 290 x 385mm (11½ x 15¼"), with large margins. Foxing; stain in left margin.
Two portraits of Vietnamese men one showing in military attire and the second in civilian dress. After a drawing by Barthelmey Lauvergne who travelled on the corvette La Favorite commanded by Captain Cyrille Pierre Theodore Laplace (1793-1875) who circumnavigated the world between 1829-1832. A plate from the series 'Voyage autour du monde par les mers de l'Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite'.
[Ref: 46789] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Vietnam] Cochinechine. Soldats de la Guarde de l'Empereur. Soldats de L'Armée.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit. Finot imp.
[Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833-1835.]
Aquatint on chine collé. 295 x 380mm (11½ x 15") with large margins, blind stamp of 'La Favorite'. Some spotting in margins.
Soldiers of the Imperial Guard and the regular army. From the series "Voyage Autour du Monde par les Mers de l’Inde et de la Chine de la corvette de sa Majeste La Favorite execute pendant les annees 1830,1831,1832 sous le commandement de M. Laplace", published in Paris in 1835 under the direction of Louise Auguste de Sainson. Under the command of Laplace, La Favorite explored Indian Ocean and the route to the Indies via the Strait of Malacca, between Sumatra and Malaysia, into the China Sea (1830-1832).
[Ref: 56202] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)

Vue d'Optique Représentant Un Lac et Village de la Cochinchine. Prospectus Lacus et Pagi Singensis.
[n.d., c.1760].
Coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 245 x 390mm (9½ x 15¼"). Tear in title, some soiling.
A view of a Vietnamese village on a canalised river. The print was designed to be used in a zograscope, an optical viewer, so the title is repeated in reverse above the image.
Ex: Collection of David G. E. Smith
[Ref: 55527] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Vietnam] Natives of Cochin-China, Playing at Shittlecock [sic] with their Feet.
W. Alexander del. J. Landseer & J. Shirt sculp.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, very large margins. Platemark: 210 x 255mm. (8¼ x 10").
A game played with a shuttlecock by the inhabitants of a village in the Cochinchina region, now encompassing the southern part of Vietnam. Plate 14 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 40026] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

Vue d'Optique Représentant Un Lac et Village de la Cochinchine. Prospectus Lacus et Pagi Singensis.
A Parus chez Jacques Chereau rue St Jacques au dessus de la Fontaine St. Severin No 57 [n.d., c.1760].
Coloured engraving. 245 x 390mm (9½ x 15¼"), large margin top and bottom. Trimmed into plate at sides.
A view of a Vietnamese village on a canalised river. The print was designed to be used in a zograscope, an optical viewer, so the title is repeated in reverse above the image.
Ex: Collection of David G. E. Smith
[Ref: 55526] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

[Vietnam] Natives of Cochin-China, Playing at Shittlecock with their Feet.
W. Alexander del. J. Landseer & J. Shirt sculp.
London, Published April 12, 1796, by G. Nicol.
Engraving, very large margins. On watermarked paper, 'J. Whatman 1794.' Platemark: 210 x 255mm. (8¼ x 10").
A game played with a shuttlecock by the inhabitants of a village in the Cochinchina region, now encompassing the southern part of Vietnam. Plate 14 from Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38151] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)

[Da Nang]. A Chart of part of the Coast of Cochin-China Including Turon Harbour and the Island Callao From an actual Survey in 1793.
J. Barrow del.t. B. Baker sculp.t.
Published April 12, 1796 by George Nicol.
Engraved map. Sheet 560 x 420mm (22 x 16½"). Staining bottom left & top right.
A map of the coast around Da Nang in Vietnam with a coastal profile, sketched by members of the George Macartney mission to China, the first British embassy to that country, 1792-94. It was published in Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China'. Da Nang is now most famous for the huge American airbase there during the Vietnam War. See item ref: 37515, 'Narrative of the British Embassy to China In the Years 1792, 1793 and 1794' for a detailed account of Æneas Anderson's voyage to China in the service of Lord Macartney, including a list of the retinue of Lord Macartney and a Glossary of Chinese words.
[Ref: 38157] £260.00

Pagode dans une Grotto à Touranne.
Paris del. Himely sc. de Sainson Edit.
Finot imp. [Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1832-3.]
Aquatint on india. 360 x 280mm (14¼ x 11"). With blindstamp of the stern of "La Favorite".
From Francois-Edmund Paris's account of Cyrille-Pierre-Théodore Laplace's voyage to the South Seas (1830-2) on 'La Favorite', a corvette of 680 tons and a crew of 177. After exploring the Strait of Malacca, 'le Favorite' sailed for Canton. Anchoring at Tourane [Da Nang] on the east coast of Vietnam, some of the crew took a small boat into the natural canals among grottos there. They were fascinated by the formations of calcium, some as brilliant and as hard as marble. 'We arrived in a place hidden behind the grotto, secluded, where a truly magical effect struck us with astonishment'. There they found two colossal sculptures carved into the stone, one a strangely dressed figure, and the other a ferocious, fabulous animal.
[Ref: 7531] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

[Hanoi] 19.e Vüe d'Optique Representant Le Grand Lac de Barbarie. Barbariæ Lacus Maximus.
A Parus chez Daumont rue St Martin [n.d., c.1760.]
Coloured engraving, 18th century watermark. 280 x 390mm (11 x 15¼"). Trimmed into plate at bottom.
A view of Hanoi designed to be used in a zograscope, an optical viewer.
Ex: Collection of David G. E. Smith
[Ref: 55525] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)

Vietti. Role d'Arsace (3.me Acte de Semiramide).
Lith. Tischulanoff.
[n.d. c.1850.]
Lithograph on album page. 400 x 297mm. 15¾ x 11¾". Time stained.
Probably Carolina Vietti, who was in Venice at La Fenice and known to Venetian audiences in 1843/44. It is recorded that she sang Semiramide in Torino in 1832-33. She was known by Verdi, who wanted to write the part of Ernani for her, however it was changed to Tenor for Carlo Guasco. While this has been catalogued as Carolina Vietti, this could also be Rosina Pico-Vietti, recorded to have sung the same role and also a contralto primarily in the USA and Havana; she was married to Adelindo Vietti who also performed at La Fenice. Semiramide is an opera by Gioachino Rossini, based on Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis. The opera was first performed at La Fenice in Venice in 1823. The role of Arsace, the Commander of the Assyrian army is usually played by a Contralto.
[Ref: 23664] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)

Revue Comique. 47 [in top right-hand corner of plate] Oh le vieux grigou de propriétaire! le voila que fait l'oeil à sa domestique! quelle noirceur! si sa femme l'empoigne, elle n'est pas blanche!
Chez Bauger R. du Croissant, 16, Imp. a Aubert & Co.
[n.d. c.1870] Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse
Lithograph. Sheet 337 x 267mm. 13¼" x 10½". Some spotting and staining.
Slavery Item. The master falls for his servant - but alas she is not white!
Not in BM.
[Ref: 8446] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)

A View Near Windsor Castle. This Print contains the likenesses of her Majesty with the young Prince, Prince Albert, Duke of Wellington, Sir R. Peel & L.d John Russell.
Printed by Casey & Mourityan, 34 King St. Holborn.
Published 1842 by R. Sly, 8 Queens Place C.t. Queen St. Lincolns Inn Fields & 40 Up.r Seymour S.t Somers Town.
Lithograph, rare. Framed. Printed area: 300 x 260mm (11¾ x 10¼"). Frame: 340 x 300mm (13½ x 11¾"). Unexamined out of frame.
A puzzle print in which the outlines of the Royal Family and politicians are formed out of branches of four trees on the banks of the Thames by Windsor.
[Ref: 44852] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)

Views in Australia; or New South Wales and Van Diemens Land Delineated by J: Lycett. Scilitoe's Escape, near the North Rooks.
London Publish'd June 1st 1824 by J. Souter 73 St Paul's Church Yard. Entered at Stationer's Hall.
Scarce lithographic titlepage. Sheet 225 x 320mm (9 x 12½"). Trimmed into image.
The pictorial title page of the incredibly rare book of Australian views painted by a transported forger, Joseph Lycett (c.1774 - c.1825). The title of the book is on a rockface.
Abbey 570.
[Ref: 69474] £380.00

La Vigilance. R 8.
Huquier ex.
[A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins près celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R.] [n.d. c.1760.]
Fine and rare etching. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), with very large margins.
A rococo design, with a magic eye, engraved and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).
[Ref: 59574] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)

Vigilance. See Vigilance stands' rapt. Her starry Eyes, eternally on Guard, Bend their firm Gaze on heav'n: her deathless Torch Flames the bright Emblem of her ferved Zeal; And at her side her feather'd Centinel Unslumb'ring keep his watch.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.t 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi, Sala, & Co. (late Torre) No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching. Plate 190 x 136mm (7½ x 5½"). Small margins.
A girl with bare breasts looking up to the heavens holding a flaming torch in her right hand and a cockerel close to her left side.
See De Vesme: 738.
[Ref: 52410] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

Vigilance. See Vigilance stands rapt. Her starry Eyes, eternally on Guard, Bend their firm Gaze on heav'n: her deathless Torch Flames the bright Emblem of her ferved Zeal; And at her side her feather'd Centinel Unslumb'ring keep his watch.
G.B. Cipriani inv. F. Bartolozzi sculp.
London Pub.d Feb.t 1.st 1798 by Colnaghi, Sala, & Co. (late Torre) No.132 Pall Mall.
Stipple and etching. 185 x 140mm. 7¼ x 5½". Very slight foxing.
A girl with bare breasts looking up to the heavens holding a flaming torch in her right hand and a cockerel close to her left side.
De Vesme: 738; iii/iii, but later state.
[Ref: 20575] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)

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