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The Life & Age of Man. Stages of Mans Life from the Cradle to the Grave.
[after Nathaniel Currier.] D. Needham 12 Exchange St. Buffalo.
Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St. NY & 136 Main St Hartford [n.d., c.1850].
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed close to printed border and inscriptions, some surface rubbing, laid on card.
A modern take on Shakepeare's 'Sevan Ages of Man, expanding it to ten decades, each with a figure on an arch, a representative animal and lines of verse. Thirty and Forty are represented as soldiers (forty with the Stars and Stripes), with a bull and a lion; Eighty is an old cat by the fire. Based on an original by Nathaniel Currier.
[Ref: 63464] £380.00
[after Nathaniel Currier.] D. Needham 12 Exchange St. Buffalo.
Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St. NY & 136 Main St Hartford [n.d., c.1850].
Rare coloured lithograph. Sheet 230 x 330mm (9 x 13"). Trimmed close to printed border and inscriptions, some surface rubbing, laid on card.
A modern take on Shakepeare's 'Sevan Ages of Man, expanding it to ten decades, each with a figure on an arch, a representative animal and lines of verse. Thirty and Forty are represented as soldiers (forty with the Stars and Stripes), with a bull and a lion; Eighty is an old cat by the fire. Based on an original by Nathaniel Currier.
[Ref: 63464] £380.00
![[A European amoung Natives.]](jpegs/7131.jpg)
[A European amoung Natives.]
[Amsterdam, Olfert Dapper, 1671.]
Engraving, 130 x 165mm, set in German text.
A European among West Indian natives. Published in Armold Montanus' 'America'.
[Ref: 7131] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Amsterdam, Olfert Dapper, 1671.]
Engraving, 130 x 165mm, set in German text.
A European among West Indian natives. Published in Armold Montanus' 'America'.
[Ref: 7131] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] ''Him fader's hope, /](jpegs/65747.jpg)
[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] ''Him fader's hope, / Him moder's joy, / Him darling little / Contraband Boy.''
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with a red-printed wood engraving with letterpress, 75 x 135mm (3 x 5¼")
An unused envelope with a white man holding up a Black baby. It refers to the policy of not returning escaped slaves, classifying them as 'contraband'.
[Ref: 65747] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with a red-printed wood engraving with letterpress, 75 x 135mm (3 x 5¼")
An unused envelope with a white man holding up a Black baby. It refers to the policy of not returning escaped slaves, classifying them as 'contraband'.
[Ref: 65747] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
![[American Civil War Patriotic Cover - Benjamin Frankin Butler] Contraband of War; or, Volunteer Sappers and Miners from the ''F.F.V.''](jpegs/65746.jpg)
[American Civil War Patriotic Cover - Benjamin Frankin Butler] Contraband of War; or, Volunteer Sappers and Miners from the ''F.F.V.''
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with a colour-printed wood engraving with letterpress, 80 x 140mm (3¼ x 5½")
An unused envelope with a scene of a group of slaves escaping from the 'First Families of Virginia', offering to help Major Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-93) as workers. Butler gained fame for refusing to return escaped slaves, designating them as contraband of war. After the war, in the House of Representatives, he wrote the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and co-authored the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1875.
[Ref: 65746] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with a colour-printed wood engraving with letterpress, 80 x 140mm (3¼ x 5½")
An unused envelope with a scene of a group of slaves escaping from the 'First Families of Virginia', offering to help Major Benjamin Franklin Butler (1818-93) as workers. Butler gained fame for refusing to return escaped slaves, designating them as contraband of war. After the war, in the House of Representatives, he wrote the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 and co-authored the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1875.
[Ref: 65746] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] Come, patriots, all that hate oppressio, / Assist in putting down Secession.](jpegs/65745.jpg)
[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] Come, patriots, all that hate oppressio, / Assist in putting down Secession.
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with wood engraving on cover, 80 x 140mm (3¼ x 5½")
An unused envelope with a female allegorical figure of America, with one hand on the Constitution, the other around the throat of a man with 'Treason' and 'Secession' on his trousers. A paper marked 'Sumpter' lies on the ground.
[Ref: 65745] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with wood engraving on cover, 80 x 140mm (3¼ x 5½")
An unused envelope with a female allegorical figure of America, with one hand on the Constitution, the other around the throat of a man with 'Treason' and 'Secession' on his trousers. A paper marked 'Sumpter' lies on the ground.
[Ref: 65745] £30.00 (£36.00 incl.VAT)
![[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] The Man who conceived C S A.](jpegs/65744.jpg)
[American Civil War Patriotic Cover] The Man who conceived C S A.
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with red-printed wood engraving on cover, 80 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼")
An unused envelope satirising the Conferate States of America conceiver as a fop, with monocle hanging aroumd his neck.
[Ref: 65744] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c. 1863.]
Envelope with red-printed wood engraving on cover, 80 x 135mm (3¼ x 5¼")
An unused envelope satirising the Conferate States of America conceiver as a fop, with monocle hanging aroumd his neck.
[Ref: 65744] £25.00 (£30.00 incl.VAT)
The American Colonies.
[Drawn and engraved by George Bickham.]
[n.d., 1748.]
Extract, disbound, 21 engraved plates, numbered 165-185. Each c. 260 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼"). Some damp staining and wear to edges.
Twenty-one pages of engraved-text description of the American colonies (fourteen with illustrations), including New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina, published in George Bickham's 'The British Monarchy or a Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain'. One of Bickham's interests was calligraphy, so the text is engraved with great verve.
[Ref: 45950] £950.00 view all images for this item
[Drawn and engraved by George Bickham.]
[n.d., 1748.]
Extract, disbound, 21 engraved plates, numbered 165-185. Each c. 260 x 160mm (10½ x 6¼"). Some damp staining and wear to edges.
Twenty-one pages of engraved-text description of the American colonies (fourteen with illustrations), including New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina, published in George Bickham's 'The British Monarchy or a Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain'. One of Bickham's interests was calligraphy, so the text is engraved with great verve.
[Ref: 45950] £950.00 view all images for this item
American Hunting Scenes.
[Published in the USA, n.d., c.1860.]
Pair of lithographs, ea. 16¾ x 22".
A pair of large, fine hunting scenes. The first depicts two men and their dogs, landing a small canoe on a river. Thefigure on the shore holds a large rifle, as the othercollcts the ducs from the boat. The second scene shows three gentlemen in a wooded area by a lake, one sat in the foreground to the right with the birds the have shot, as another moves off to the left in the distance.
[Ref: 119] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[Published in the USA, n.d., c.1860.]
Pair of lithographs, ea. 16¾ x 22".
A pair of large, fine hunting scenes. The first depicts two men and their dogs, landing a small canoe on a river. Thefigure on the shore holds a large rifle, as the othercollcts the ducs from the boat. The second scene shows three gentlemen in a wooded area by a lake, one sat in the foreground to the right with the birds the have shot, as another moves off to the left in the distance.
[Ref: 119] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
American Hunting Scenes.
[Published in the U.S.A, n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 625 x 485mm.
Plate 3.
[Ref: 120] £650.00
[Published in the U.S.A, n.d. c.1860.]
Lithograph. 625 x 485mm.
Plate 3.
[Ref: 120] £650.00
![[American Revolution] Mal Lui Veut mal Lui Tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard.](jpegs/68120.jpg)
[American Revolution] Mal Lui Veut mal Lui Tourne dit le Bon Homme Richard. Sujet Mémorable des Révolutions de l'Univers. Le Commerce de la Grande Bretagne sous la forme d'une Vache.
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving 225 x 265mm (8¾ x 10½"), with large margins. Creasing and soiling.
A cow representing Britain's commerce is having its horns cut off by an American, as a Dutchman milks it, with a Spaniard and Frenchman wait with bowls. An Englishman wrings his hands. Bottom left a British lion lies asleep as a pug urinates on it. In the background brothers Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe sit at a table at Philadelphia, with Admiral Howe's flagship 'Eagle' in dry dock, the two bogged down in the occupation off the city (abandoned after 266 days on June 18th 1788). A reverse copy of a satire published in the 'Westminster Magazine, 1st March 1788 (BM 5472).
See BM Satires 5727.
[Ref: 68120] £950.00
[n.d., c.1780.]
Engraving 225 x 265mm (8¾ x 10½"), with large margins. Creasing and soiling.
A cow representing Britain's commerce is having its horns cut off by an American, as a Dutchman milks it, with a Spaniard and Frenchman wait with bowls. An Englishman wrings his hands. Bottom left a British lion lies asleep as a pug urinates on it. In the background brothers Admiral Richard Howe and General William Howe sit at a table at Philadelphia, with Admiral Howe's flagship 'Eagle' in dry dock, the two bogged down in the occupation off the city (abandoned after 266 days on June 18th 1788). A reverse copy of a satire published in the 'Westminster Magazine, 1st March 1788 (BM 5472).
See BM Satires 5727.
[Ref: 68120] £950.00
Portrait & Uniform of An American General. A real representation of the Dress of An American Rifleman. Engraved for Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England.
Roberts sculp.
[London: Alexander Hogg, 1783.]
Engraving. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top, edges worn.
Contemporary depictions of American Revolutionary War figures set within a decorative border. Their hats both have the skull and cross bones representing 'Death or Liberty'.
[Ref: 44610] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Roberts sculp.
[London: Alexander Hogg, 1783.]
Engraving. 240 x 350mm (9½ x 13¾"). Trimmed to plate at top, edges worn.
Contemporary depictions of American Revolutionary War figures set within a decorative border. Their hats both have the skull and cross bones representing 'Death or Liberty'.
[Ref: 44610] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution.
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00
[Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg.]
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching, scarce scratched letter proof. Platemark: 405 x 485mm (16 x 19"), with large margins. Light foxing in margins. Small spot of repaired damage in lower right title area.
Famous American Revolution satire, in which a figure of Time uses a magic lantern to project an allegorical representation of revolution in America, showing the consequences of the Stamp Act and the tax on tea, watched by an audience personifying the four continents. In the title area, two medallions depicting Holland and Switzerland as precursors of the American struggle in their own experiences of oppression. One (left) is inscribed "Auto da fe" and "Holland. 1560". It represents a man tied to the stake, while a monk, holding up a crucifix, holds a torch to the pile. On the right. is "Wilhelm Tell, Switzerland. 1296". Legendary Swiss patriot William Tell aims with a cross-bow at the apple on his son's head, while Austrian bailiff Gessler on horseback points at the child. Between the medallions is part of an oak-tree. The medallion representing Holland is supported (left) by the Dutch lion holding in his paw a sheaf of seven arrows representing the United Provinces. Hercules with his club (right) supports the medallion of Switzerland. An adaptation, in reverse, of 'The Oracle' by John Dixon. Engraved and published in Nuremberg by Carl Gottlieb Guttenberg (1743 - 1790).
BM Satires: 5490.
[Ref: 35379] £1,700.00
American Mode of Travelling in Winter.
J.M.Burbank del.t. Printed by L.M.Leferre, Newman St.
Published by L.Burbank, 18, York Terrace, Camberwell New Road [n.d., c.1840].
Very rare lithograph, with hand colour. Image 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Scrapes, filled worm holes, and closed tears; creased.
A horse-drawn sleigh transports a family through a wintry American landscape.
[Ref: 25933] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
J.M.Burbank del.t. Printed by L.M.Leferre, Newman St.
Published by L.Burbank, 18, York Terrace, Camberwell New Road [n.d., c.1840].
Very rare lithograph, with hand colour. Image 200 x 280mm (8 x 11"). Scrapes, filled worm holes, and closed tears; creased.
A horse-drawn sleigh transports a family through a wintry American landscape.
[Ref: 25933] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Anacoana Condemn'd to Death by the Spaniards.
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Jan 25 1817 by Rich.d Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼'') very large margins.
A historical scene showing Anacoana, who was a Taino chief captured because of her suspected involvement in attacks on the Spanish settlement in Hispaniola. Anacoana was offered the choice of becoming a concubine to one of the Spaniards but she refused and so was hanged.
[Ref: 48301] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Jan 25 1817 by Rich.d Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 6¼'') very large margins.
A historical scene showing Anacoana, who was a Taino chief captured because of her suspected involvement in attacks on the Spanish settlement in Hispaniola. Anacoana was offered the choice of becoming a concubine to one of the Spaniards but she refused and so was hanged.
[Ref: 48301] £50.00 (£60.00 incl.VAT)
![[Brazilian animal]](jpegs/53710.jpg)
[Brazilian animal] [Between these Trees he saw as strange a Monster, the foremost part resembling a Fox, the hinder a Monkey, the Feet were like a Mans, with Ears like an Owl; under whose Belly hung a great Bag, in which it carry'd the Young."]
[London: John Ogilby, 1671.]
Engraving. 130 x 165mm (5 x 6¾"). Trimmed from a larger sheet of text.
An illustration of a creature seen in Brazil, published Ogilby's 'America', a translation of the work by Arnoldus Montanus. The description, as above, comes from the text, not present here. It seems to be an exaggerated account of either an oppossum or a giant anteater.
[Ref: 53710] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: John Ogilby, 1671.]
Engraving. 130 x 165mm (5 x 6¾"). Trimmed from a larger sheet of text.
An illustration of a creature seen in Brazil, published Ogilby's 'America', a translation of the work by Arnoldus Montanus. The description, as above, comes from the text, not present here. It seems to be an exaggerated account of either an oppossum or a giant anteater.
[Ref: 53710] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Balboa claiming the Pacific Ocean for Spain.]](jpegs/35917.jpg)
[Balboa claiming the Pacific Ocean for Spain.] [Toma de posesion de la mar del sur.]
[Drawn and lithographed by Vicente Urrabieta Ortiz.]
[Madrid : Lit. J. Donon y Ayguals de Izco, 1849.]
Lithograph with hand colour; rare. Printed area 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17¾"). Some toning. Cut inside titles.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c.1475-1519) crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and became the first European to reach the Pacific from the New World. From 'Colección de láminas de la Historia de la Marina Real Española. Litografías de los Mejores Artistas Españoles.'
[Ref: 35917] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn and lithographed by Vicente Urrabieta Ortiz.]
[Madrid : Lit. J. Donon y Ayguals de Izco, 1849.]
Lithograph with hand colour; rare. Printed area 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17¾"). Some toning. Cut inside titles.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (c.1475-1519) crossed the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and became the first European to reach the Pacific from the New World. From 'Colección de láminas de la Historia de la Marina Real Española. Litografías de los Mejores Artistas Españoles.'
[Ref: 35917] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Between Friends.
From the Original Painting by O. Goldmann. Etched by J.S. King.
Copyrighted 1885. Gebbie & Co. Philadelphia, PA [USA].
Etching, 225 x 265mm (9 x 10½").
American social genre: two men and a woman share some gossip over refreshments at a table.
[Ref: 27685] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
From the Original Painting by O. Goldmann. Etched by J.S. King.
Copyrighted 1885. Gebbie & Co. Philadelphia, PA [USA].
Etching, 225 x 265mm (9 x 10½").
American social genre: two men and a woman share some gossip over refreshments at a table.
[Ref: 27685] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hunting bison]](jpegs/22596.jpg)
[Hunting bison]
[Anon.]
[ n.d., c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph, stamp of John Jerrard, 172 Fleet St, London on verso, image 260 x 355mm. 10¼ x 14". Margins trimmed. Closed puncture to centre of image. Small tear from upper edge
The hunters in this scene are wearing typical spanish style costumes. Hunting bison is offered by large ranches in the New Mexico highland to this day and traditionally bison was hunted in Texas.
[Ref: 22596] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Anon.]
[ n.d., c.1860.]
Hand-coloured lithograph, stamp of John Jerrard, 172 Fleet St, London on verso, image 260 x 355mm. 10¼ x 14". Margins trimmed. Closed puncture to centre of image. Small tear from upper edge
The hunters in this scene are wearing typical spanish style costumes. Hunting bison is offered by large ranches in the New Mexico highland to this day and traditionally bison was hunted in Texas.
[Ref: 22596] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
M. Bougainville hoisting French Colours on a small Rock, in Maghellan Streights.
Vangro delin. Royce sculp.
London, Published by Alex,r Hogg at the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1794.]
Engraving. Platemark: 285 x 170mm (11 x 6¾").
Louis Antoine de Bougainville holding a French flag, standing on a rock with other figures, with a small boat and large ship in the distance. Bougainville served as aide-de-camp to the French General Montcalm in Canada from 1759 to 1761, assisted in negotiating the Treaty of Paris, and then established a French colony on the Falkland Islands in 1764. After the French gave up the colony to the Spanish, he led the expedition of the first French circumnavigation from 1766 to 1769. A plate from 'A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all the various parts of the world.', publised by Alexander Hogg, 1794.
[Ref: 37410] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Vangro delin. Royce sculp.
London, Published by Alex,r Hogg at the Kings Arms No. 16 Paternoster Row. [n.d., c.1794.]
Engraving. Platemark: 285 x 170mm (11 x 6¾").
Louis Antoine de Bougainville holding a French flag, standing on a rock with other figures, with a small boat and large ship in the distance. Bougainville served as aide-de-camp to the French General Montcalm in Canada from 1759 to 1761, assisted in negotiating the Treaty of Paris, and then established a French colony on the Falkland Islands in 1764. After the French gave up the colony to the Spanish, he led the expedition of the first French circumnavigation from 1766 to 1769. A plate from 'A new, complete, and universal collection of authentic and entertaining voyages and travels to all the various parts of the world.', publised by Alexander Hogg, 1794.
[Ref: 37410] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Buffalo Hunting on the W. Prairies.
[1848]
Lithograph with hand-colouring and gum arabic, rare, printed area 215 x 310mm (8½ x 12¼"). Paper tone; originally printed on sheet with 'Forcing a passage through the burning prairie'.
Plate from 'Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory' by Captain Henry James Warre (1848). Warre (1819-98), aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in British North America, made the sketches for the book in 1845-6 while undertaking a secret military reconnaissance tour of what is now Oregon and Washington, assessing the strategic value of the region. The land dispute between America and Britain which occasioned the mission was resolved by the Treaty of Oregon in 1846.
Abbey 656.16
[Ref: 43413] £380.00
[1848]
Lithograph with hand-colouring and gum arabic, rare, printed area 215 x 310mm (8½ x 12¼"). Paper tone; originally printed on sheet with 'Forcing a passage through the burning prairie'.
Plate from 'Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory' by Captain Henry James Warre (1848). Warre (1819-98), aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief of the forces in British North America, made the sketches for the book in 1845-6 while undertaking a secret military reconnaissance tour of what is now Oregon and Washington, assessing the strategic value of the region. The land dispute between America and Britain which occasioned the mission was resolved by the Treaty of Oregon in 1846.
Abbey 656.16
[Ref: 43413] £380.00
![[Hunting Buffaloes.]](jpegs/45630.jpg)
[Hunting Buffaloes.]
[after Felix O.C. Darley.]
[n.d., c.1869.]
Steel engraving on india, proof before letters, rare; 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½"). Soiled & foxed.
A buffalo hunt on the Western Plains, with a European rider shooting a buffalo with a pistol. Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-88), regarded as the first American illustrator of note. His works include the illustrations for Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' and 'Sleepy Hollow', as well as works by Dickens and James Fenimore Cooper.
[Ref: 45630] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[after Felix O.C. Darley.]
[n.d., c.1869.]
Steel engraving on india, proof before letters, rare; 215 x 290mm (8½ x 11½"). Soiled & foxed.
A buffalo hunt on the Western Plains, with a European rider shooting a buffalo with a pistol. Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-88), regarded as the first American illustrator of note. His works include the illustrations for Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' and 'Sleepy Hollow', as well as works by Dickens and James Fenimore Cooper.
[Ref: 45630] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
Bunker's Hill.
[after John Trumbull.]
Wood engraving on shiny paper. Printed area 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾").
A later printing of a keyplate to John Trumbull's famous scene 'The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill'. Trumbull painted several versions, but made more money from the engraved versions, including an edition published in London by Poggi in 1798 and one he published himself in New York in 1808.
[Ref: 45678] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[after John Trumbull.]
Wood engraving on shiny paper. Printed area 210 x 250mm (8¼ x 9¾").
A later printing of a keyplate to John Trumbull's famous scene 'The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill'. Trumbull painted several versions, but made more money from the engraved versions, including an edition published in London by Poggi in 1798 and one he published himself in New York in 1808.
[Ref: 45678] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![[Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands] Rana Terrestris. Sarraccena flava. T.69.](jpegs/58764.jpg)
[Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands] Rana Terrestris. Sarraccena flava. T.69.
MC [monogram of Mark Catesby].
[Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton, MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [1729-47].
Etching. 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins. Edges chipped and stained, old ink mss. by the titles.
Illustrations of a Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris), a Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and a Hooded Pitcher Plant, all native to the south-east USA. The plate was drawn and engraved by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) for his 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. Catesby learned to etch so that he had control over the creation of the plates, signing them with a monogram 'MC' with an inverted C for the left sweep of the M. Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
[Ref: 58764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
MC [monogram of Mark Catesby].
[Printed at the expence of the author, and sold by W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, by Mr. Hauksbee, at the Royal Society House, and by the author, at Mr. Bacon's in Hoxton, MDCCXXXI-MDCCXLIII [1729-47].
Etching. 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins. Edges chipped and stained, old ink mss. by the titles.
Illustrations of a Southern Toad (Anaxyrus terrestris), a Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and a Hooded Pitcher Plant, all native to the south-east USA. The plate was drawn and engraved by Mark Catesby (1683-1749) for his 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands', the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. Catesby learned to etch so that he had control over the creation of the plates, signing them with a monogram 'MC' with an inverted C for the left sweep of the M. Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World.
[Ref: 58764] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cincinnati. 36. Voy. en Amerique. T.II.73.
L. Massard del. Choubard sc.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Coloured engraving. 247 x 152mm. 9¾ x 6".
A mandolin player "Cincinnati." Costume appears central American or spanish.
[Ref: 23229] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
L. Massard del. Choubard sc.
[n.d. c.1840.]
Coloured engraving. 247 x 152mm. 9¾ x 6".
A mandolin player "Cincinnati." Costume appears central American or spanish.
[Ref: 23229] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Columbiad: a Poem.] [Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship.]](jpegs/62291.jpg)
[The Columbiad: a Poem.] [Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship.]
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, small hole in unprinted area.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Joel Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border. Sheet 285 x 220mm (11¼ x 8¾"). Trimmed to plate, small hole in unprinted area.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Joel Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Cruelty Presiding over the Prison Ship. Columbiad.
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"), a large-paper example.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 66300] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neagle Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving. 300 x 235mm (11¾ x 9¼"), a large-paper example.
An illustration from Joel Barlow's epic poem about America, 'The Columbiad', with the winged figure of (British) Cruelty ignoring the pleas from American prisoners of war reaching through the hatch of a prison ship. 'The Columbiad' is a philosophical epic poem, enlarged from Barlow's earlier work 'The Vision of Columbus' (1787). Intended as a national epic, it was initially popular but quickly fell out of favour: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature' describes it as 'a tedious and turgid work modeled on Milton'.
[Ref: 66300] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Columbus presenting the Production of the new World to Ferdinands & Isabella.
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Jan. 11.1817 by Rich. Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼'') very large margins.
A historic scene showing the explorer Christopher Columbus returning to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella who had funded his expeditions. Columbus presents a group of Native Americans who carry baskets full of fruit that look like coconut.
[Ref: 48303] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Jan. 11.1817 by Rich. Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 205 x 160mm (8 x 6¼'') very large margins.
A historic scene showing the explorer Christopher Columbus returning to the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella who had funded his expeditions. Columbus presents a group of Native Americans who carry baskets full of fruit that look like coconut.
[Ref: 48303] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
The first discovery of America by Columbus.
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Dec. 21 1861 by Rich.d Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 10¼'') very large margins.
An imagined historical scene showing Columbus landing on the shores of the West Indies.
[Ref: 48305] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Meyron del. Romney scu.
London Pub. Dec. 21 1861 by Rich.d Evans White row Spitalfields.
Engraving. Plate: 210 x 160mm (8¼ x 10¼'') very large margins.
An imagined historical scene showing Columbus landing on the shores of the West Indies.
[Ref: 48305] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Columbus setting sail.
Turner R.A. Goodall.
London, Published 1833, by Moon, Boys, & Graves, Pall Mall.
Engraving. Sheet size: 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Very large margins. Trimmed inside plate at upper edge. Slight foxing.
A view of a busy harbour in Genoa, with a crowd on the quay in the left foreground waving hands towards leaving ships in the bay on the right. A church and other buildingscan be seen on higher ground in the left background. After JMW Turner. Avignette to poem 'The Voyage of Columbus' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers.
Rawlinson: 399: III.
[Ref: 37294] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
Turner R.A. Goodall.
London, Published 1833, by Moon, Boys, & Graves, Pall Mall.
Engraving. Sheet size: 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Very large margins. Trimmed inside plate at upper edge. Slight foxing.
A view of a busy harbour in Genoa, with a crowd on the quay in the left foreground waving hands towards leaving ships in the bay on the right. A church and other buildingscan be seen on higher ground in the left background. After JMW Turner. Avignette to poem 'The Voyage of Columbus' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers.
Rawlinson: 399: III.
[Ref: 37294] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
The Landing of Columbus.
Turner R.A. Goodall.
London, Published 1833, by Moon, Boys, & Graves, Pall Mall.
Engraving. Sheet size: 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Very large margins. Trimmed inside plate at upper edge. Slight foxing.
A coastal view with a line of figures landing on the shore on the right, with a boat and ships in the bay on the left, and the sun settingon the horizon behind. After JMW Turner. Avignette to poem 'The Voyage of Columbus' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers.
Rawlinson: 402: III.
[Ref: 37293] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
Turner R.A. Goodall.
London, Published 1833, by Moon, Boys, & Graves, Pall Mall.
Engraving. Sheet size: 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Very large margins. Trimmed inside plate at upper edge. Slight foxing.
A coastal view with a line of figures landing on the shore on the right, with a boat and ships in the bay on the left, and the sun settingon the horizon behind. After JMW Turner. Avignette to poem 'The Voyage of Columbus' in 'Poems' by Samuel Rogers.
Rawlinson: 402: III.
[Ref: 37293] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
The Indians Astonished at the Eclipse of the Moon foretold by Colombus. Engraved for Drake's Voyages.
[n.d.]
Coloured engraving. 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Paper toned.
Desperate for supplies, Columbus impressed the natives of Jamaica by correctly predicting a lunar eclipse for February 29, 1504. He threatened that the gods would turn off the moon if they did not continue to feed his crew.
[Ref: 45052] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d.]
Coloured engraving. 185 x 250mm (7¼ x 9¾"). Paper toned.
Desperate for supplies, Columbus impressed the natives of Jamaica by correctly predicting a lunar eclipse for February 29, 1504. He threatened that the gods would turn off the moon if they did not continue to feed his crew.
[Ref: 45052] £85.00 (£102.00 incl.VAT)
The first Interview of Christopher Columbus with the Natives of America.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[n.d., c.1777.]
Etching and engraving. 295 x 175mm (11½ x 7"). Trace of water stain to lower left corner.
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) landed within the Bahamas Archipelago in October 1492 at a locale he named San Salvador. Mistaking the Carribean island for the East-Asian mainland, he referred to its inhabitants as "Indians". Severely underestimating the circumference of the Earth, Columbus had hypothesized that a westward route from Iberia to the Indies would be shorter and more direct than the overland trade route through Arabia. If true, this would have allowed his royal Spanish patrons entry into the lucrative spice trade. Plate to Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography ... Embellished ... with ... copper plates, etc.', London 1777-78.
[Ref: 9664] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[n.d., c.1777.]
Etching and engraving. 295 x 175mm (11½ x 7"). Trace of water stain to lower left corner.
Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) landed within the Bahamas Archipelago in October 1492 at a locale he named San Salvador. Mistaking the Carribean island for the East-Asian mainland, he referred to its inhabitants as "Indians". Severely underestimating the circumference of the Earth, Columbus had hypothesized that a westward route from Iberia to the Indies would be shorter and more direct than the overland trade route through Arabia. If true, this would have allowed his royal Spanish patrons entry into the lucrative spice trade. Plate to Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography ... Embellished ... with ... copper plates, etc.', London 1777-78.
[Ref: 9664] £75.00 (£90.00 incl.VAT)
![[Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rábida Explaining his Intended Voyage.]](jpegs/52069.jpg)
[Christopher Columbus in the Convent of La Rábida Explaining his Intended Voyage.]
[Engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall after Sir David Wilkie.]
[n.d., 1843.]
A very rare mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. 595 x 705mm (23½ x 27¾"), with very wide margins, edged with silk. Mint.
Columbus sits at a table using a pair of compasses on a map watched by three men and his son Diego.
Wilkie's original oil is in the North Carolina Museum of Art.
[Ref: 52069] £360.00
[Engraved by Henry Thomas Ryall after Sir David Wilkie.]
[n.d., 1843.]
A very rare mezzotint, proof before letters on chine collé. 595 x 705mm (23½ x 27¾"), with very wide margins, edged with silk. Mint.
Columbus sits at a table using a pair of compasses on a map watched by three men and his son Diego.
Wilkie's original oil is in the North Carolina Museum of Art.
[Ref: 52069] £360.00
An Indian Cacique of the Island of Cuba, addressing Columbus concerning a future state.
B. West delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"). Trimmed inside plate.
A meeting between Christopher Columbus and a cacique (Taino for chief) and his people. Columbus is backed by a priest and some soldiers to the left. The natives appear to have an offering of fruit, including pineapples, shown on the right. After Columbus' arrival, Cuba became a Spanish colony, ruled by a Spanish governor in Havana. In 1762, Havana was briefly occupied by Great Britain, before being returned to Spain in exchange for Florida.
[Ref: 37611] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
B. West delin.t. F. Bartolozzi sculp.t.
[n.d., c.1794.]
Engraving. Sheet size: 230 x 195mm (9 x 7¾"). Trimmed inside plate.
A meeting between Christopher Columbus and a cacique (Taino for chief) and his people. Columbus is backed by a priest and some soldiers to the left. The natives appear to have an offering of fruit, including pineapples, shown on the right. After Columbus' arrival, Cuba became a Spanish colony, ruled by a Spanish governor in Havana. In 1762, Havana was briefly occupied by Great Britain, before being returned to Spain in exchange for Florida.
[Ref: 37611] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Columbus presenting an Account of his Discovery of America to the King and Queen of Spain. Engraved for Middletons Complete System of Geography.
Wale delin. Grignion sculp.
[n.d., c.1780]
Etching with small margins. 260 x 200mm (10 x 8"). One tear in margin into plate. Crease across bottom left corner.
Interior scene in which Christopher Columbus presents an account of his discover of America to the King and Queen of Spain. Several figures stand in the background and a ship can be seen in the distance.
[Ref: 33268] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
Wale delin. Grignion sculp.
[n.d., c.1780]
Etching with small margins. 260 x 200mm (10 x 8"). One tear in margin into plate. Crease across bottom left corner.
Interior scene in which Christopher Columbus presents an account of his discover of America to the King and Queen of Spain. Several figures stand in the background and a ship can be seen in the distance.
[Ref: 33268] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The first Interview of Christopher Columbus with the Natives of America.
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching and engraving. 295 x 175mm (11½ x 7").
Christopher Columbus' crew interacting with naked islanders. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography ... Embellished ... with ... copper plates, etc.', London 1777-78.
[Ref: 67682] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for Middleton's Complete System of Geography.
[n.d., c.1778.]
Etching and engraving. 295 x 175mm (11½ x 7").
Christopher Columbus' crew interacting with naked islanders. From Charles Theodore Middleton's 'A new and complete system of Geography ... Embellished ... with ... copper plates, etc.', London 1777-78.
[Ref: 67682] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Cristofano Colombo Promo Scopritore dell'America.
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage. Pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Italian explorer Christopher Colombus (1451-1506), the first known European to visit the West Indies. Various seafaring instruments shown. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 1 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage. Pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Italian explorer Christopher Colombus (1451-1506), the first known European to visit the West Indies. Various seafaring instruments shown. Published as the frontispiece portrait of volume 1 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67081] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
Christofel Colonus.
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 295 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
Portait of Christopher Columbus (1451- 1506), with a sextant in hand and sea charts before him. Within a decorative oval made up of sea monsters on either side, while one of his ships sails in the background Plate 23 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Pieter van der Aa.]
[n.d., c.1710.]
Fine engraving. Platemark: 295 x 170mm (11½ x 6¾"). Very large margins.
Portait of Christopher Columbus (1451- 1506), with a sextant in hand and sea charts before him. Within a decorative oval made up of sea monsters on either side, while one of his ships sails in the background Plate 23 from the scarce series of historical portraits, 'Principum et illustrium quorundam virorum. Qui in Europa alibique terrarum, qua fama, qua eruditione celebres fuerunt, verae imagines', published Pieter van der Aa (1659 - 1733) c.1710.
[Ref: 39271] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Hernan Cortes] Ferdinando Cortes.](jpegs/67079.jpg)
[Hernan Cortes] Ferdinando Cortes. Cavato da un Originale fatto innanzi ch'ei si prtasse all conquista del Messico.
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage, with large margins. Old ink in title box, pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), the frontispiece portrait of volume 3 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67079] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
In Venezia, MDCCLXXXIII [1783] Nella Stamperia Gatti A spese di Leonardo e Giammaria Fratelli Bassaglia.
Engraving. 160 x 105mm (5¼ x 4¼"), with letterpress titlepage, with large margins. Old ink in title box, pasted label on titlepage.
A half-length portrait in oval of Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes (1485-1547), the frontispiece portrait of volume 3 of 'Storia di America', an Italian edition of William Robertson's 'History of America', translated by Antonio Pillori.
[Ref: 67079] £80.00 (£96.00 incl.VAT)
![[Cortez scuttling the Spanish fleet in Mexico, 1519.]](jpegs/35916.jpg)
[Cortez scuttling the Spanish fleet in Mexico, 1519.] Emulo de Agatocles: Imitador de Timarco: Digna Copia de Lauria.
Dib y lit.o por Urrabieta. Lit. de Ayguals de Izco.
[Madrid : Lit. J. Donon y Ayguals de Izco, 1849.]
Lithograph with hand colour, rare. Printed area 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17¾").
Hernán Cortez watching his ships sink, having scuttled his fleet to strand his troops in Mexico, preventing a possible mutiny. The title compares him to three historical figures: Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse; Timarchus, tyrant of Miletus, and Roger of Lauria (c. 1245 – 17 January 1305), a Sicilian admiral in the service of Aragon. Drawn and lithographed by Vicente Urrabieta Ortiz for 'Colección de láminas de la Historia de la Marina Real Española. Litografías de los Mejores Artistas Españoles.'
[Ref: 35916] £380.00
Dib y lit.o por Urrabieta. Lit. de Ayguals de Izco.
[Madrid : Lit. J. Donon y Ayguals de Izco, 1849.]
Lithograph with hand colour, rare. Printed area 350 x 445mm (13¾ x 17¾").
Hernán Cortez watching his ships sink, having scuttled his fleet to strand his troops in Mexico, preventing a possible mutiny. The title compares him to three historical figures: Agathocles, tyrant of Syracuse; Timarchus, tyrant of Miletus, and Roger of Lauria (c. 1245 – 17 January 1305), a Sicilian admiral in the service of Aragon. Drawn and lithographed by Vicente Urrabieta Ortiz for 'Colección de láminas de la Historia de la Marina Real Española. Litografías de los Mejores Artistas Españoles.'
[Ref: 35916] £380.00
Cowley & his Men taking in Provisions at the Island of Juan Fernandez
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Sailors fill up water casks, butcher goats and chop wood. An illustration of the 17th buccaneering circumnavigation of William Ambrosia Cowley, master of a buccaneer ship in a fleet which included William Dampier. He surveyed and published a map 'The Gallapagos Islands Discovered and Described by Cap.t Cowley in 1684', but also 'discovered' the mythical Pepys Island, near the Falkland Islands. From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...'.
[Ref: 52027] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Sailors fill up water casks, butcher goats and chop wood. An illustration of the 17th buccaneering circumnavigation of William Ambrosia Cowley, master of a buccaneer ship in a fleet which included William Dampier. He surveyed and published a map 'The Gallapagos Islands Discovered and Described by Cap.t Cowley in 1684', but also 'discovered' the mythical Pepys Island, near the Falkland Islands. From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...'.
[Ref: 52027] £70.00 (£84.00 incl.VAT)
David Crockett's Fight for Bear-Meat. Sporting Anecdotes. The Hardest Fend Off!! [...]
Drawn & Engraved by H. Alken.
Published March 1st 1839 by R. Ackermann at his Eclipse, Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent St.
Aquatint printed in colour with gum arabic, platemark 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), on Whatman paper watermarked 1837. Crease through centre.
Davy Crockett (1786-1836), American frontiersman, soldier, and politician, encountering a bear. He approaches the bear, which has one of Crockett's dogs in its clutches. Already a media star in his lifetime, this print was published three years after he was killed at the Alamo. Print made by Henry Alken (1785-1851), painter and engraver who specialised in hunting, coaching, racing and animal subjects. His work was highly sought-after in sporting circles, particularly amongst the huntsmen who gathered at Melton Mowbray.
[Ref: 39541] £450.00
Drawn & Engraved by H. Alken.
Published March 1st 1839 by R. Ackermann at his Eclipse, Sporting Gallery, 191, Regent St.
Aquatint printed in colour with gum arabic, platemark 280 x 380mm (11 x 15"), on Whatman paper watermarked 1837. Crease through centre.
Davy Crockett (1786-1836), American frontiersman, soldier, and politician, encountering a bear. He approaches the bear, which has one of Crockett's dogs in its clutches. Already a media star in his lifetime, this print was published three years after he was killed at the Alamo. Print made by Henry Alken (1785-1851), painter and engraver who specialised in hunting, coaching, racing and animal subjects. His work was highly sought-after in sporting circles, particularly amongst the huntsmen who gathered at Melton Mowbray.
[Ref: 39541] £450.00
Charles-Henri, Comte d'Estaing, Chevalier des Ordes du Roi, Lieutenant Gen.l de ses Armées, Vice-Amiral de France; Né le 24 Novembre 1729.
[French, c.1780.]
Engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed within plate right and bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Oval portrait of Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing (1729-94), within a decorative border featuring putti wearing Amerind feather headresses and pointing at a map of the Americas. A French general and admiral who had already fought against the British in India during the Seven Years' War, D'Estaing commanded the French fleet sent to aid the rebels in the American War of Independence. He blockaded New York in 1778, captured St Vincent and Grenada in the West Indies and participated in the Siege of Savannah in 1779. Wounded, he returned to France in 1780, after which he fell out of favour, not regaining a command until just before the war ended. In 1789 he supported the French Revolution but was guillotined during the Terror for being a reactionary. Before his execution, he wrote: 'After my head falls off, send it to the British, they will pay a good deal for it!'.
[Ref: 40549] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[French, c.1780.]
Engraving. 175 x 120mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed within plate right and bottom, thread margins elsewhere.
Oval portrait of Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing (1729-94), within a decorative border featuring putti wearing Amerind feather headresses and pointing at a map of the Americas. A French general and admiral who had already fought against the British in India during the Seven Years' War, D'Estaing commanded the French fleet sent to aid the rebels in the American War of Independence. He blockaded New York in 1778, captured St Vincent and Grenada in the West Indies and participated in the Siege of Savannah in 1779. Wounded, he returned to France in 1780, after which he fell out of favour, not regaining a command until just before the war ended. In 1789 he supported the French Revolution but was guillotined during the Terror for being a reactionary. Before his execution, he wrote: 'After my head falls off, send it to the British, they will pay a good deal for it!'.
[Ref: 40549] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Discovery of America.
E. Edwards del. W. Walker sc.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, 3. Jan. 1778, by Fielding & Walker in Pater-noster Row London.]
Engraving. Plate 233 x 171mm. 9¼ x 6¾". Cut.
Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. He strikes the ground with a sword to claim the land for Spain while some of his men kiss the ground. A group for native Americans stands nearby. Frontispiece to "The History of America, from its discovery by Columbus...Volume I".
[Ref: 20845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
E. Edwards del. W. Walker sc.
[Publish'd as the Act directs, 3. Jan. 1778, by Fielding & Walker in Pater-noster Row London.]
Engraving. Plate 233 x 171mm. 9¼ x 6¾". Cut.
Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World. He strikes the ground with a sword to claim the land for Spain while some of his men kiss the ground. A group for native Americans stands nearby. Frontispiece to "The History of America, from its discovery by Columbus...Volume I".
[Ref: 20845] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Ontdekking van America.]](jpegs/20794.jpg)
[Ontdekking van America.]
[A. Montanus.]
[t'Amsterdam, 1671.]
Copper engraving. 171 x 204mm. 6¾ x 8". Page cut.
A depiction of 1492 and the arrival of Christopher Colon on the shoreline, ships in the distance. From 'De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America' by Arnoldus Montanus.
[Ref: 20794] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[A. Montanus.]
[t'Amsterdam, 1671.]
Copper engraving. 171 x 204mm. 6¾ x 8". Page cut.
A depiction of 1492 and the arrival of Christopher Colon on the shoreline, ships in the distance. From 'De Nieuwe en Onbekende Weereld: of Beschryving van America' by Arnoldus Montanus.
[Ref: 20794] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[8 Illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by Frances Milton Trollope.]](jpegs/50981.jpg)
[8 Illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by Frances Milton Trollope.]
Hervieu del.t.
A Ducotes Lithog. 70 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1832.]
8 lithographs. Each sheet: 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5''). Solemnity of Justice very messy.
A collection of eight illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by British writer Frances Milton Trollope. Titles include: 'Box at the Theatre'; 'The Solemnity of Justice'; 'Debate Between Own and Campbell'; 'Wood Cutters Cabin on the Mississippi'; 'Cincinnati Ball Room'; 'Member of Congress'; 'Settlement of Nashoba &c'; 'Ancient and Modern Republics'. Trollope wrote about her travels throughout the USA and the people she met, she was horrified by the egalitarian middle class, slavery and the lack of manners and learning. Mrs Trollope wrote strongly against slavery the illustration 'Settlement of Nashoba' shows the Nashoba Commune of ex-slaves set up by Frances Wright in Tennessee which Frances Trollope visited, she was horrified by the primitive conditions.
[Ref: 50981] £360.00 view all images for this item
Hervieu del.t.
A Ducotes Lithog. 70 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1832.]
8 lithographs. Each sheet: 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5''). Solemnity of Justice very messy.
A collection of eight illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by British writer Frances Milton Trollope. Titles include: 'Box at the Theatre'; 'The Solemnity of Justice'; 'Debate Between Own and Campbell'; 'Wood Cutters Cabin on the Mississippi'; 'Cincinnati Ball Room'; 'Member of Congress'; 'Settlement of Nashoba &c'; 'Ancient and Modern Republics'. Trollope wrote about her travels throughout the USA and the people she met, she was horrified by the egalitarian middle class, slavery and the lack of manners and learning. Mrs Trollope wrote strongly against slavery the illustration 'Settlement of Nashoba' shows the Nashoba Commune of ex-slaves set up by Frances Wright in Tennessee which Frances Trollope visited, she was horrified by the primitive conditions.
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[12 Illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by Frances Milton Trollope.]
Hervieu del.t.
A Ducotes Lithog. 70 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1832.]
12 lithographs. Each sheet: 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5'').
A collection of twelve illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by British writer Frances Milton Trollope. Titles include: 'Methodist Preacher Baltimore'; 'Evening at a Boarding House'; 'Wood Cutters Cabin on the Mississipi'; 'Member of Congress'; 'Ancient and Modern Republics'; 'Debate Between Owen & Campbell'; 'Philosophical Millnery Store'; 'The Solemnity of Justice'; 'Toilet'; 'Ex Pede Herculem'; 'Miss Clarissa and Mr Smith'; 'Live Stock Virginia 1830'. Trollope wrote about her travels throughout the USA and the people she met, she was horrified by the egalitarian middle class, slavery and the lack of manners and learning. Mrs Trollope wrote strongly against slavery the illustration 'Live Stock Virginia 1830' shows a white man holding up an elderly black man.
[Ref: 50980] £480.00
Hervieu del.t.
A Ducotes Lithog. 70 S.t Martin's Lane. [n.d., c.1832.]
12 lithographs. Each sheet: 195 x 125mm (7¾ x 5'').
A collection of twelve illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by British writer Frances Milton Trollope. Titles include: 'Methodist Preacher Baltimore'; 'Evening at a Boarding House'; 'Wood Cutters Cabin on the Mississipi'; 'Member of Congress'; 'Ancient and Modern Republics'; 'Debate Between Owen & Campbell'; 'Philosophical Millnery Store'; 'The Solemnity of Justice'; 'Toilet'; 'Ex Pede Herculem'; 'Miss Clarissa and Mr Smith'; 'Live Stock Virginia 1830'. Trollope wrote about her travels throughout the USA and the people she met, she was horrified by the egalitarian middle class, slavery and the lack of manners and learning. Mrs Trollope wrote strongly against slavery the illustration 'Live Stock Virginia 1830' shows a white man holding up an elderly black man.
[Ref: 50980] £480.00
Drake Conveying the Spanish Judges and Criminal Savages of Anguatulco, in Procession on Board his own Ship.
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving, 114 x 164mm.
A book illustration of one of Francis Drake's raids on the Spanish settlements along the Pacific coast of South America.
[Ref: 7751] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1770.]
Engraving, 114 x 164mm.
A book illustration of one of Francis Drake's raids on the Spanish settlements along the Pacific coast of South America.
[Ref: 7751] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Drake receiving the Crown from the Hioh, or King of new Albion.
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Drake landed on the coast of California, took possession in the name of his sovereign, and named it Nova Albion. He remained for some weeks, and made friends with the natives, who regarded the newcomers as gods. The chief, dressed in furs, came with his official attendants, and indulged in a wild dance. Drake was asked to sit down, and the king, singing with all the rest, set a crown on Drake's head and saluted him as Hioh ('sovereign'). From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...'.
British Library: 008615932.
[Ref: 52025] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving. Sheet 105 x 160mm (4¼ x 6¼"). Trimmed within plate.
Drake landed on the coast of California, took possession in the name of his sovereign, and named it Nova Albion. He remained for some weeks, and made friends with the natives, who regarded the newcomers as gods. The chief, dressed in furs, came with his official attendants, and indulged in a wild dance. Drake was asked to sit down, and the king, singing with all the rest, set a crown on Drake's head and saluted him as Hioh ('sovereign'). From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...'.
British Library: 008615932.
[Ref: 52025] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The dream of Francis Xavier.] Den droom van Xaverius van Indien te bekeeren.](jpegs/41459.jpg)
[The dream of Francis Xavier.] Den droom van Xaverius van Indien te bekeeren.
[Antwerp: Plantin, 1640.]
Engraving, 105 x 135mm (4¼ x 5¼"), set in text.
A young boy with a bow and quiver of arrows carries a native American wearing feathered headdress. Published in Jean Bollandus's 'Af-beeldinghe van d'eerste eeuwe der societeyt Jesu', a history of the Jesuits which contained emblems by Abraham van Diepenbeek (1596-1675), a follower of Rubens. In 1537 Francis Xavier had a recurring dream in which he that he was carrying an Indian on his back as penance. This led him to leave Rome in 1541 and undertake missionary work in India, Goa, Japan, and China, for which he was eventually made a saint. Despite this work being in Asia the 'Indian' is often portrayed as an American.
[Ref: 41459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[Antwerp: Plantin, 1640.]
Engraving, 105 x 135mm (4¼ x 5¼"), set in text.
A young boy with a bow and quiver of arrows carries a native American wearing feathered headdress. Published in Jean Bollandus's 'Af-beeldinghe van d'eerste eeuwe der societeyt Jesu', a history of the Jesuits which contained emblems by Abraham van Diepenbeek (1596-1675), a follower of Rubens. In 1537 Francis Xavier had a recurring dream in which he that he was carrying an Indian on his back as penance. This led him to leave Rome in 1541 and undertake missionary work in India, Goa, Japan, and China, for which he was eventually made a saint. Despite this work being in Asia the 'Indian' is often portrayed as an American.
[Ref: 41459] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)