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![[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)
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
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)
![The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre [with 'The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independant of the King of England, throughout the different Provinces, on July 4 1776]](jpegs/39408.jpg)
The Unfortunate Death of Major Andre [with 'The Manner in which the American Colonies Declared themselves Independant of the King of England, throughout the different Provinces, on July 4 1776]
Hamilton delin Goldar sculp
[both from Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England, 1783]
Two engravings, both approx 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Both trimmed to image, losing text and border, and glued to backing sheets. With text for the Death of Major Andre glued to sheet separately.
Two scenes of American interest, from Edward Barnard's history of England (1783). The first shows Americans celebrating the Declaration of Independence in 1776 (one person waves a flag while another holds a sign reading 'America Independant 1776') while the second shows the hanging of John André at Tappan, New York on 2 October 1780. André, an army officer and spy, was aide-de-camp of Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of British forces in America from 1778. In this capacity André handled the correspondence between Clinton and various American spies, and also negotiated with General Benedict Arnold, who was planning to surrender to the British the fort at West Point, New York. André was on his way to a personal interview with Arnold when, disguised as a civilian, he was seized by American militiamen. He was brought before a military board convened by George Washington, found to have acted in the character of a spy, and sentenced to hanging. André's actions were commemorated by a monument erected in Westminster Abbey in London, where his remains were transferred in 1821.
[Ref: 39408] £490.00 view all images for this item
Hamilton delin Goldar sculp
[both from Barnard's New Complete & Authentic History of England, 1783]
Two engravings, both approx 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Both trimmed to image, losing text and border, and glued to backing sheets. With text for the Death of Major Andre glued to sheet separately.
Two scenes of American interest, from Edward Barnard's history of England (1783). The first shows Americans celebrating the Declaration of Independence in 1776 (one person waves a flag while another holds a sign reading 'America Independant 1776') while the second shows the hanging of John André at Tappan, New York on 2 October 1780. André, an army officer and spy, was aide-de-camp of Henry Clinton, commander-in-chief of British forces in America from 1778. In this capacity André handled the correspondence between Clinton and various American spies, and also negotiated with General Benedict Arnold, who was planning to surrender to the British the fort at West Point, New York. André was on his way to a personal interview with Arnold when, disguised as a civilian, he was seized by American militiamen. He was brought before a military board convened by George Washington, found to have acted in the character of a spy, and sentenced to hanging. André's actions were commemorated by a monument erected in Westminster Abbey in London, where his remains were transferred in 1821.
[Ref: 39408] £490.00 view all images for this item
![[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)
By the Honorable William Bishop Esquire President of His Majesty's Council and Commander in Chief of this Island Chancellor Ordinary and Vice Admiral of the same. To all to whom these Presents shall Come Greeting.... Given at Pilgrim this Twenty eighth day of January One thousand Seven hundred and Ninety four and in the thirty fourth year of His majesty's Reign.
Mss. commission, lacking seal, dated 1794, on fine Whatman paper.
A commission in Barbados for Matthew Coulthurst 'to be His Majesty's Advocate for his Vice Admiralty Court of this Island'.
[Ref: 508] £490.00
Mss. commission, lacking seal, dated 1794, on fine Whatman paper.
A commission in Barbados for Matthew Coulthurst 'to be His Majesty's Advocate for his Vice Admiralty Court of this Island'.
[Ref: 508] £490.00
![[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)
![[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)
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
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)
![[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. Neale Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border, late 18th century watermark. 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'. A drawing is in the Scottish National Gallery titled "An Allegory connected to the Slave Trade."
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
R. Smirke R.A. pinx.t. J. Neale Sculp.
[Philadelphia: A. Conrad and Co., 1807.]
Stipple with engraving, scratched letter progress proof, with guidelines for the elaborate title border, late 18th century watermark. 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'. A drawing is in the Scottish National Gallery titled "An Allegory connected to the Slave Trade."
[Ref: 62291] £260.00 (£312.00 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 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)
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)
![[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
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)
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)
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)
![[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)
Fac-similes of the Signatures to the Declaration of Independence July 4 1776.
[British, Anon., n.d., c.1820.]
Etched facsimile autograph sheet, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Centrefold (as usual), with two small holes. Full margins. Faint offsetting.
A British reproduction of a fragment of John Binn's engraved facsimile of the 1776 American Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent states and no longer part of the British Empire. Binn, an Irish-born Philadelphia journalist and publisher of The Democratic Press, was one of the first to realize in 1816 the potential market for a "splendid and correct copy of the Declaration of Independence, with fac-similes of all the signatures..." (as described in his solicitation for subscribers). It was finally published in 1819. From an unidentified publication.
[Ref: 20970] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[British, Anon., n.d., c.1820.]
Etched facsimile autograph sheet, 255 x 200mm. 10 x 8". Centrefold (as usual), with two small holes. Full margins. Faint offsetting.
A British reproduction of a fragment of John Binn's engraved facsimile of the 1776 American Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as independent states and no longer part of the British Empire. Binn, an Irish-born Philadelphia journalist and publisher of The Democratic Press, was one of the first to realize in 1816 the potential market for a "splendid and correct copy of the Declaration of Independence, with fac-similes of all the signatures..." (as described in his solicitation for subscribers). It was finally published in 1819. From an unidentified publication.
[Ref: 20970] £180.00 (£216.00 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)
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)
![[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.
[Ref: 50981] £360.00 view all images for this item
![[12 Illustrations from ''Domestic Manners of the Americans'' by Frances Milton Trollope.]](jpegs/50980.jpg)
[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)
Captn Daviss's Men taken off the Rock by their Comrades.
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving, 105 x 165mm. 4¼ x 6½".
From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...', which describes (among others) the voyages of Captain James Davis (1580 - 1623). Davis was a founder and builder of the first English colony in New England (Sagadahoc, Maine), referred to as a northern Virginia colony. After the remaining members of that colony gave up and returned in discouragement to England in 1609, he sailed for the southern Virginia colony where he became one its earliest settlers, one of the "ancient planters." Numbered 'page 304' upper right.
British Library: 008615932.
[Ref: 13205] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[London: F. Newbery, 1774.]
Engraving, 105 x 165mm. 4¼ x 6½".
From 'An Historical account of all the voyages round the world, performed by English navigators...', which describes (among others) the voyages of Captain James Davis (1580 - 1623). Davis was a founder and builder of the first English colony in New England (Sagadahoc, Maine), referred to as a northern Virginia colony. After the remaining members of that colony gave up and returned in discouragement to England in 1609, he sailed for the southern Virginia colony where he became one its earliest settlers, one of the "ancient planters." Numbered 'page 304' upper right.
British Library: 008615932.
[Ref: 13205] £95.00 (£114.00 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)
Dying Buffalo Bull, in Snow Drift. No.17.
Catlin del._Mc.Gahey lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
(From Catlins N.A. Indian Collection.) [London: Geo. Catlin, 1844.]
Lithograph with hand colour. 430 x 579mm (17 x 22¾").
Indians hunting bison in a bleak snowy landscape. "In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which the hunters of the northern prairies have to contend with in the depths of winter. An intensely cold day, and dry and sand-like snow three or four feet in depth, drifting before the wind, and a herd of buffaloes labouring to plough their way through it, whilst they are urged on by a party of Indians on snow-shoes, deeply clad in furs, and dealing death to them with their spears. The dying bull in the foreground of this picture, and that in the preceding plate, were carefully sketched by my own hand whilst the animals were thus struggling with death; and I therefore confidently offer them as faithful delineations of their forms and looks, as well as fit and impressive subjects for contemplation for those who may ever have the time, and feel disposed to sympathize with the cruel destruction and extinction of this useful and noble animal.” An exhibition of Catlin's 'American Indian Portraits' is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. From Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio".
Abbey Travel: 653.17.
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Catlin del._Mc.Gahey lith. Day & Haghe Lith.rs to the Queen.
(From Catlins N.A. Indian Collection.) [London: Geo. Catlin, 1844.]
Lithograph with hand colour. 430 x 579mm (17 x 22¾").
Indians hunting bison in a bleak snowy landscape. "In this view the reader is introduced to the optimum of dreariness and severity which the hunters of the northern prairies have to contend with in the depths of winter. An intensely cold day, and dry and sand-like snow three or four feet in depth, drifting before the wind, and a herd of buffaloes labouring to plough their way through it, whilst they are urged on by a party of Indians on snow-shoes, deeply clad in furs, and dealing death to them with their spears. The dying bull in the foreground of this picture, and that in the preceding plate, were carefully sketched by my own hand whilst the animals were thus struggling with death; and I therefore confidently offer them as faithful delineations of their forms and looks, as well as fit and impressive subjects for contemplation for those who may ever have the time, and feel disposed to sympathize with the cruel destruction and extinction of this useful and noble animal.” An exhibition of Catlin's 'American Indian Portraits' is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. George Catlin (1796-1872) was a Pennsylvanian-born artist who made five trips to the western United States to document the Native American peoples and their way of life. From Catlin's "North American Indian Portfolio".
Abbey Travel: 653.17.
[Ref: 29515] £850.00
Emigrants Crossing the Plains.
F.O.C. Darley fecit. H.B. Hall, Jr sc.
New York, D.Appleton & Co. Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1869...
Coloured steel engraving. Printed area 180 x 205mm.
The archetypal western wagon train. The artist is the American Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-1888), regarded as the first American illustrator of note. His works include the illustrations for Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' and 'Sleepy Hollow'. The illustrated edition of James Fenimore Cooper's complete works (1855-61) was advertised as a 'Monument of American Art'.
[Ref: 7141] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
F.O.C. Darley fecit. H.B. Hall, Jr sc.
New York, D.Appleton & Co. Entered according to act of Congress, A.D. 1869...
Coloured steel engraving. Printed area 180 x 205mm.
The archetypal western wagon train. The artist is the American Felix Octavius Carr Darley (1822-1888), regarded as the first American illustrator of note. His works include the illustrations for Washington Irving's 'Rip van Winkle' and 'Sleepy Hollow'. The illustrated edition of James Fenimore Cooper's complete works (1855-61) was advertised as a 'Monument of American Art'.
[Ref: 7141] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
A South View of Oswego, on Lake Ontario, in North America.
Engraved for the London Magazine, 1760.
Engraving on watermarked laid paper, sheet 150 x 270mm. 6 x 10½". Trimmed within plate. Pin hole to sky.
Fort Oswego was an important frontier post for British traders in the 18th century. A trading post was established in 1722 with a log palisade, and New York governor William Burnet ordered a fort built at the site in 1727. The fort established a British presence on the Great Lakes. During the French and Indian War, this fort was captured and destroyed by the French in 1756. The site is now included in the city of Oswego, New York. Illustration to the London Magazine, numbered in image, with key lower left.
From Capper Album.
[Ref: 10950] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved for the London Magazine, 1760.
Engraving on watermarked laid paper, sheet 150 x 270mm. 6 x 10½". Trimmed within plate. Pin hole to sky.
Fort Oswego was an important frontier post for British traders in the 18th century. A trading post was established in 1722 with a log palisade, and New York governor William Burnet ordered a fort built at the site in 1727. The fort established a British presence on the Great Lakes. During the French and Indian War, this fort was captured and destroyed by the French in 1756. The site is now included in the city of Oswego, New York. Illustration to the London Magazine, numbered in image, with key lower left.
From Capper Album.
[Ref: 10950] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
Reception de Franklin au Palais Royal par le Duc d'Orleans (Louis Philippe) 1778. Histoire du Palais Royal. (Stuben).
Weber del. lith de Ch: Motte.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with publisher's blindstamp. A little spotting, chine collé lifting on left.
Benjamin Franklin being presented to the Duc d'Orleans in 1778, while he was a commissioner of the United States, during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 55756] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Weber del. lith de Ch: Motte.
[n.d., c.1840.]
Coloured lithograph on chine collé. Sheet 390 x 280mm (15¼ x 11"), with publisher's blindstamp. A little spotting, chine collé lifting on left.
Benjamin Franklin being presented to the Duc d'Orleans in 1778, while he was a commissioner of the United States, during the American War of Independence.
[Ref: 55756] £90.00 (£108.00 incl.VAT)
Wellingtonia Gigantea, Lindl.
J.M. Lapham, ad nat. del. L. Stroobant, Lith, in Horto Van Houteano.
Gent: Louis van Houtte, 1854.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Folded as issued, faint offset.
A view of a Sequoiadendron giganteum (also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, or Wellingtonia), the world's largest tree, shown with figures to show scale. Published in van Houtte's 'Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe', after the tree had been introduced to Europe by William Lobb for James Veitch's Nursery. The first European reference to the tree was in 1833, but the first scientific naming of the species was by John Lindley in December 1853, as recorded here. However the name 'Wellingtonia' had already been used, but the name was not corrected until 1939.
[Ref: 37119] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
J.M. Lapham, ad nat. del. L. Stroobant, Lith, in Horto Van Houteano.
Gent: Louis van Houtte, 1854.]
Tinted lithograph. Sheet 340 x 245mm (13¼ x 9¾"). Folded as issued, faint offset.
A view of a Sequoiadendron giganteum (also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, or Wellingtonia), the world's largest tree, shown with figures to show scale. Published in van Houtte's 'Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe', after the tree had been introduced to Europe by William Lobb for James Veitch's Nursery. The first European reference to the tree was in 1833, but the first scientific naming of the species was by John Lindley in December 1853, as recorded here. However the name 'Wellingtonia' had already been used, but the name was not corrected until 1939.
[Ref: 37119] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
![[Set of nine illustrations to 'The Heathen Chinee by F. Bret Harte'.]](jpegs/26729.jpg)
[Set of nine illustrations to 'The Heathen Chinee by F. Bret Harte'.]
[Illustrated by Joseph Hull.]
[Published by the Western News Company, 121 & 123 State Street, Chiacgo. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1870 by the Western News Company in the Office of the Librarian of Congress.]
Nine numbered lithographs on stiff card, lacking title. Each 185 x 135mm, 7¼ x 5¼" Some soiling.
Nine cards illustrating 'The Heathen Chinee' by Bret Harte, a narrative poem by American writer Bret Harte satirising the racial prejudice against the Chinese in northern California, especially from the Irish labourers who saw them as a threat to their jobs. First published in September 1870 as 'Plain Language from Truthful James', the narrator tells the story of how he and Bill Nye invited 'Ah Sin' to join a gambling card game which the chinaman claimed not to know. Although Nye is cheating the chinaman wins: he is attacked and revealed as a better cheat. The game ending in a riot with bottles thrown and guns fired. However James's claim that Ah Sin had 24 packs of cards up his long sleeves show his claims were exaggerated. The poem was an instant hit and was republished in newspapers across the country. However the satire was too subtle for some people: Eugene Casserly, a senator from California, thanked Harte for supporting his anti-Chinese immigration campaign. Despite the poem making him one of the foremost American writers of the period, Hart (1836-1902) called the poem 'the worst poem I ever wrote, possibly the worst poem anyone ever wrote'.
[Ref: 26729] £380.00 view all images for this item
[Illustrated by Joseph Hull.]
[Published by the Western News Company, 121 & 123 State Street, Chiacgo. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1870 by the Western News Company in the Office of the Librarian of Congress.]
Nine numbered lithographs on stiff card, lacking title. Each 185 x 135mm, 7¼ x 5¼" Some soiling.
Nine cards illustrating 'The Heathen Chinee' by Bret Harte, a narrative poem by American writer Bret Harte satirising the racial prejudice against the Chinese in northern California, especially from the Irish labourers who saw them as a threat to their jobs. First published in September 1870 as 'Plain Language from Truthful James', the narrator tells the story of how he and Bill Nye invited 'Ah Sin' to join a gambling card game which the chinaman claimed not to know. Although Nye is cheating the chinaman wins: he is attacked and revealed as a better cheat. The game ending in a riot with bottles thrown and guns fired. However James's claim that Ah Sin had 24 packs of cards up his long sleeves show his claims were exaggerated. The poem was an instant hit and was republished in newspapers across the country. However the satire was too subtle for some people: Eugene Casserly, a senator from California, thanked Harte for supporting his anti-Chinese immigration campaign. Despite the poem making him one of the foremost American writers of the period, Hart (1836-1902) called the poem 'the worst poem I ever wrote, possibly the worst poem anyone ever wrote'.
[Ref: 26729] £380.00 view all images for this item
![Hierogliphics [sic].](jpegs/9549.jpg)
Hierogliphics [sic].
Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 140 x 225mm. 5½ x 9". Foxing, tatty and chipped lower extremity.
A traveller inspects some hieroglyphs carved into rocks, probably in central America. Hieroglyphs are characters made by graphical figures, be it animals or objects. An illustration from a book published in the USA, printed in Baltimore, Maryland.
[Ref: 9549] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Lith. by E. Weber & Co. Balto.
[n.d., c.1830.]
Lithograph, sheet 140 x 225mm. 5½ x 9". Foxing, tatty and chipped lower extremity.
A traveller inspects some hieroglyphs carved into rocks, probably in central America. Hieroglyphs are characters made by graphical figures, be it animals or objects. An illustration from a book published in the USA, printed in Baltimore, Maryland.
[Ref: 9549] £45.00 (£54.00 incl.VAT)
Indian Gratitude. Peruvians Attending Las Cassas.
London Published by Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d. c.1845.]
Very rare mezzotint and etching, with hand-colouring and gum-arabic. 190 x 220mm (7¾ x 8¾"), very large margins.
Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) was a 16th century Spanish Dominican priest, and the first resident Bishop of Chiapas in Mexico, He defended the rights of indigenous Peruvians against the slavery imposed on them by the Spanish Conquistadors. Here depicted on his deathbed, attended by grateful Peruvian Indians.
[Ref: 56287] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
London Published by Dean & Co. Threadneedle Street. [n.d. c.1845.]
Very rare mezzotint and etching, with hand-colouring and gum-arabic. 190 x 220mm (7¾ x 8¾"), very large margins.
Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) was a 16th century Spanish Dominican priest, and the first resident Bishop of Chiapas in Mexico, He defended the rights of indigenous Peruvians against the slavery imposed on them by the Spanish Conquistadors. Here depicted on his deathbed, attended by grateful Peruvian Indians.
[Ref: 56287] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)