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[The 12 Months of the Year.]
[The 12 Months of the Year.]
Craig delin.t. J.Timms [et al.] sculp.
Published by Charles Brightley, Bungay, 1812.
Twelve engravings. Each c. 190 x 120mm, 7¼ x 4¾".
Scenes representing the twelve months of the year, illustrating subjects like astonomy, fishing, shipwrecks and wine-making, each with a quotation. Brightley had published the same set in 1803, all plates engraved by Barlow.
[Ref: 22431]   £360.00   view all images for this item
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Mensis Aprilis.
Mensis Aprilis. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of April: a man dances(?), carrying a two of spoon-like precussion instruments. One foot is on wooden blocks similar to a xylophone. To his left is a candlestick with snail feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42179]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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No.8. ~August~
No.8. ~August~ The Jolly Farmer here Despotie Stands. / While Men & Maids obey, his just Commands; / His Golden heaps Surveying Count's his Store, / Blest with a due encrease, he asks no more.
[n.d. c.1770]
Copper line engraving. 254 x 362mm. 10" x 14¼".
A rustic scene at a mill, where the corn is being harvested.
[Ref: 8657]   £140.00   (£168.00 incl.VAT)
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July [ms]
July [ms]
[Burney delt. J. Agar sculpt.]
[Pub. Novr 20th 1807 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text.
Julius Caesar in carriage pulled by leo and driven by a cherub; two sheep lying in foreground. After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of months of the year.
[Ref: 34853]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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Mars. Martius. Marzo.
Mars. Martius. Marzo.
[Augsburg: J.F. Leopold, c.1710.]
Hand coloured etching, highlighted in gilt, 265 x 180mm. 10½ x 7".
A man digging in the fields with a spade or shovel in a landscape; behind men chopping wood and working. From a series of allegorical representations of the months, published by Joseph Friedrich Leopold (fl.1695 - 1726). Plate numbered '3' lower left.
[Ref: 15404]   £180.00   (£216.00 incl.VAT)
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Mensis Maius.
Mensis Maius. Ausonii Tetrastichon...
Tob. Sadler sculp.
[Vienna, n.d., c.1672.]
Etching with engraving, scarce. Sheet 265 x 150mm (10½ x 6"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card.
A classical allegory of May: a woman collects flowers on a basket, a peacock at her feet. An illustration from the 'Tetrastichs of Ausonius', by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. 310-c. 395), with each tetrastich (the four-line stanza under the image) celebrating a month. The engraver, Tobias Sadeler, son of Ægidius Sadeler II, was working in Vienna in the 1670s.
[Ref: 42180]   £260.00   (£312.00 incl.VAT)
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September [ms]
September [ms]
[Burney delt. T. Williamson sculpt.]
[Pub. Feb. 1 1808 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts 101 Strand London]
Stipple printed in brown, sheet 145 x 250mm (5¾ x 9¾"). Trimmed, losing text; slight staining.
Libra in carriage, child balanced on carriage carrying balanced baskets of flowers, the chariot pulled by Ariadne and Faun (as tiger-like animals). After Edward Francis Burney, from a series of months of the year.
[Ref: 34855]   £95.00   (£114.00 incl.VAT)
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[Set of Twelve Months.]
[Set of Twelve Months.]
[1864.]
Set of 12 coloured woodblock engravings. Each sheet: 100 x 155mm (4 x 6"). Slightly damaged.
A set of comic and satirical scenes, with poetry, illustrating the twelve months with scenes from Victorian life.
[Ref: 44675]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
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