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The Combate in Paris betwixt John de Astley and Peter de Masse 29 Aug: Aº 1438. The Combate in Smithfeild betwixt the same John de Astley and Sr Philip Boyle, 30 Jan: An: 1441.
[Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[London, 1656.]
Rare etching, 17th century watermark. 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Small margins.
Two tournament scenes involving Sir John Astley of Patshull Hall, one of the most famous tournament knights of his time, flanked by eight panels with scenes before, during and after the action. The joust against Pierre de Massie in the upper scene was in the presence of Charles VII of France, ending; the lower scene is a duel, hand-to hand in armour with Philip de Boyle, before Henry VI of England. Astley was inducted into the Order of the Garter for his second victory. A plate from Dugdale's History of Warwickshire, 1656.
Pennington 530, i of ii.
[Ref: 62177] £480.00
[Wenceslaus Hollar.]
[London, 1656.]
Rare etching, 17th century watermark. 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Small margins.
Two tournament scenes involving Sir John Astley of Patshull Hall, one of the most famous tournament knights of his time, flanked by eight panels with scenes before, during and after the action. The joust against Pierre de Massie in the upper scene was in the presence of Charles VII of France, ending; the lower scene is a duel, hand-to hand in armour with Philip de Boyle, before Henry VI of England. Astley was inducted into the Order of the Garter for his second victory. A plate from Dugdale's History of Warwickshire, 1656.
Pennington 530, i of ii.
[Ref: 62177] £480.00
Le Koert de Bruxselles.
[after Bartholomeus de Momper?]
Excudebat Corn. de Jode. [n.d., c.1590.]
Engraving. Sheet 405 x 505mm (16 x 19¾"). Trimmed into image, some damage, backed on paper, mounted on album sheet.
The Palace of Coudenberg, seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, with a jousting scene in the foreground. It burned down in 1731. Cornelis de Jode is best known for republishing his father Gerard de Jode's atlas, 'Speculum Orbis Terrarum' in 1593.
[Ref: 42298] £480.00
[after Bartholomeus de Momper?]
Excudebat Corn. de Jode. [n.d., c.1590.]
Engraving. Sheet 405 x 505mm (16 x 19¾"). Trimmed into image, some damage, backed on paper, mounted on album sheet.
The Palace of Coudenberg, seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, with a jousting scene in the foreground. It burned down in 1731. Cornelis de Jode is best known for republishing his father Gerard de Jode's atlas, 'Speculum Orbis Terrarum' in 1593.
[Ref: 42298] £480.00
Curia Brabantiæ, in celebri et populosa Urbe Bruxellis.
J.v. Velde fecit.
CJVisscher excudit. [Amsterdam, n.d., c.1645.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card, several tears, some loss of printed detail made up with ink mss.
A bird's-eye view of the Palace of Coudenberg, seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, with a ten-point key of buildings. In the foreground is a jousting tournament. A copy of the view published by Cornelis de Jode c.1600.
BM 1840,0314.169, used in Nicolaes Janzoon Visscher's 'Belgium sive Germaniae Inferioris...'.
[Ref: 38166] £360.00
J.v. Velde fecit.
CJVisscher excudit. [Amsterdam, n.d., c.1645.]
Scarce etching. Sheet 430 x 540mm (17 x 21¼"). Trimmed to printed border, mounted on card, several tears, some loss of printed detail made up with ink mss.
A bird's-eye view of the Palace of Coudenberg, seat of the Dukes of Burgundy, with a ten-point key of buildings. In the foreground is a jousting tournament. A copy of the view published by Cornelis de Jode c.1600.
BM 1840,0314.169, used in Nicolaes Janzoon Visscher's 'Belgium sive Germaniae Inferioris...'.
[Ref: 38166] £360.00
Eglintoun Castle and Tournament. taken on the spot for the Court Gazette.
G. Brandard,lith. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Glenny, Publisher, Strand [n.d., c.1839].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼"). Marks in margins.
Two knights in full armour jousting, showing the moment of impact. The Eglington Tournament of 1839 was a re-enactment of a medieval tournament with other games and entertainments held at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. It drew 100,000 spectators.
[Ref: 56438] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
G. Brandard,lith. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Glenny, Publisher, Strand [n.d., c.1839].
Rare lithograph. Sheet 280 x 385mm (11 x 15¼"). Marks in margins.
Two knights in full armour jousting, showing the moment of impact. The Eglington Tournament of 1839 was a re-enactment of a medieval tournament with other games and entertainments held at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. It drew 100,000 spectators.
[Ref: 56438] £230.00 (£276.00 incl.VAT)
The Eglinton Testimonial. A Representation of the Piece of Plate Presented by the Noblemen, Gentlemen and Ladies Present at the Festivities Celebrated at Eglinton Castle, in the Autumn of 1839, to the Earl of Eglinton and Winton, Lord of the Tournament.
Manufactured by Mess.rs Garrard and Co., London. Goldsmiths, &c. to the Crown.
Landells, Bride Court, Fleet Street, sculpt.
Engraving on india paper. Scarce. Sheet: 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Offset.
An illustration of the Eglinton Trophy presented to Archibald, Earl of Eglinton in thanks for his holding the Eglinton Tournament on 30th August 1839. The tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and drew a huge crowd of 100,000. Many famous people and nobility watched and participated including Prince Louis Napoleon. In ink in bottom left corner "Weight 1501 ½ Ounces, Height 4' 6"".
[Ref: 42683] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Manufactured by Mess.rs Garrard and Co., London. Goldsmiths, &c. to the Crown.
Landells, Bride Court, Fleet Street, sculpt.
Engraving on india paper. Scarce. Sheet: 290 x 370mm (11½ x 14½"). Offset.
An illustration of the Eglinton Trophy presented to Archibald, Earl of Eglinton in thanks for his holding the Eglinton Tournament on 30th August 1839. The tournament was a re-enactment of a medieval joust and drew a huge crowd of 100,000. Many famous people and nobility watched and participated including Prince Louis Napoleon. In ink in bottom left corner "Weight 1501 ½ Ounces, Height 4' 6"".
[Ref: 42683] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eglinton Tournament] Knights of the White Rose.](jpegs/53288.jpg)
[Eglinton Tournament] Knights of the White Rose.
J.H. Nixon.
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"), with very large margins. Surface soiling in borders, edges chipped.
The White Rose team for the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, led by William Campbell as a knight in armour, with standard bearer, squires and foot soldiers. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53288] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.H. Nixon.
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"), with very large margins. Surface soiling in borders, edges chipped.
The White Rose team for the Eglinton Tournament of 1839, led by William Campbell as a knight in armour, with standard bearer, squires and foot soldiers. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53288] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eglinton Tournament] Authentic Costume of Lady Seymour, Queen of Beauty, as She appeared at the Tournament.](jpegs/53287.jpg)
[Eglinton Tournament] Authentic Costume of Lady Seymour, Queen of Beauty, as She appeared at the Tournament. Eglinton Castle. Aug.st 1839.
Bouvier, Del.
Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, Sep.t 16th 1839.
Tinted lithographs with very fine hand colour. Sheet 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"), with large margins. Published version trimmed into publication line at bottom.
A full-length portrait of Jane Georgiana Seymour (1809-84, wife of Duke of Somerset), in gothic dress for the Eglinton Tournament of 1839. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
See Ref: 53352 for unique colourist's proof.
[Ref: 53287] £260.00
Bouvier, Del.
Published by Tho.s McLean, 26 Haymarket, Sep.t 16th 1839.
Tinted lithographs with very fine hand colour. Sheet 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"), with large margins. Published version trimmed into publication line at bottom.
A full-length portrait of Jane Georgiana Seymour (1809-84, wife of Duke of Somerset), in gothic dress for the Eglinton Tournament of 1839. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
See Ref: 53352 for unique colourist's proof.
[Ref: 53287] £260.00
![[Eglinton Tournament] Procession to the Lists.](jpegs/53290.jpg)
[Eglinton Tournament] Procession to the Lists.
[James Henry Nixon.]
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"). Surface soiling in borders, tears edges chipped.
A team of bagpipers lead a knight to the joust. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53290] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
[James Henry Nixon.]
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with fine hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"). Surface soiling in borders, tears edges chipped.
A team of bagpipers lead a knight to the joust. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53290] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eglinton Tournament] General View of the Lists.](jpegs/53353.jpg)
[Eglinton Tournament] General View of the Lists.
[James Henry Nixon.]
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"), with large margins. Surface soiling, dusty.
The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53353] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[James Henry Nixon.]
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"), with large margins. Surface soiling, dusty.
The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglington had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53353] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Eglinton Tournament] [The Banquet.]](jpegs/53289.jpg)
[Eglinton Tournament] [The Banquet.]
[James Henry Nixon.]
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"), with very large margins. Surface soiling in borders, edges chipped.
The tournament banquet, with the diners in period costume. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglinton had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53289] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[James Henry Nixon.]
London: March 1st 1842. Published by Colnaghi & Puckle, Cockspur St.
Tinted lithograph with very fine hand colour. Sheet 390 x 560mm (15½ x 22"), with very large margins. Surface soiling in borders, edges chipped.
The tournament banquet, with the diners in period costume. The 13th Earl of Eglinton staged a tournament for his family and friends at his estate in Ayrshire. The 4,000 expected visitors turned into 100,000 from all over the British Isles but, because tickets were free, Eglinton had to spend much of the wealth of his estate on the three-day event.
Twenty of James Henry Nixon's watercolours of the event are held in the Future Museum, Scotland.
[Ref: 53289] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Prospectus Atrii Catadromi. Vista D'Una Sala Del Torneo.
[Published in Venice by Raimondini, n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, image 290 x 410mm. 11½ x 16¼". Trimmed at lower platemark. Tatty extremities with tears, one just into image upper right. Scarce.
Spectators watch an exhibition of horsemanship or jousting tournament from the galleries of an decorated interior. A vue d'optique intended to be viewed through a convex lens. The devices, known variously as zograscopes, optiques, optical machines and peepshows, were an optical entertainment of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Vues d'optiques were rendered in high-key color and dramatic linear perspective, which enhanced the illusion of three-dimensionality when viewed through the lens. Possibly after Johann Elias Ridinger (1698 - 1767). Numbered 'P I.' lower left.
[Ref: 9601] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
[Published in Venice by Raimondini, n.d., c.1760.]
Hand coloured etching, image 290 x 410mm. 11½ x 16¼". Trimmed at lower platemark. Tatty extremities with tears, one just into image upper right. Scarce.
Spectators watch an exhibition of horsemanship or jousting tournament from the galleries of an decorated interior. A vue d'optique intended to be viewed through a convex lens. The devices, known variously as zograscopes, optiques, optical machines and peepshows, were an optical entertainment of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Vues d'optiques were rendered in high-key color and dramatic linear perspective, which enhanced the illusion of three-dimensionality when viewed through the lens. Possibly after Johann Elias Ridinger (1698 - 1767). Numbered 'P I.' lower left.
[Ref: 9601] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Veluti in Speculo. No.2. Nium fuit. Interjection!!! Not getting in quite his own way. Sublimi feriam sidera vertice. Interrogation? Getting it all his own way..."P.S. We heard some time ago, that Mr. Craig was constructing a Mill, with which he boasted that he was to grind Dr. Thomson to powder!_Can this be the Mill?_what a piece of machinery!"
Christan Instructor, January 1828. p.88. No.2.
R.H. Nimmo's Lithog. 30. South Hanover St. Edinburgh. Col.d 2/6.
Lithograph. 475 x 330mm (18¾ x 13"). Folded though centre, some creasing and tears. Dusty.
Two satires based on Don Quixote tilting at windmills. From the 'Veluti in Speculo', a periodical paper that was published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780.
[Ref: 25758] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Christan Instructor, January 1828. p.88. No.2.
R.H. Nimmo's Lithog. 30. South Hanover St. Edinburgh. Col.d 2/6.
Lithograph. 475 x 330mm (18¾ x 13"). Folded though centre, some creasing and tears. Dusty.
Two satires based on Don Quixote tilting at windmills. From the 'Veluti in Speculo', a periodical paper that was published at Edinburgh in the years 1779 and 1780.
[Ref: 25758] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jousting Knights.]](jpegs/46836.jpg)
[Jousting Knights.]
J.S. [James Stuart.]
London Published by Colnaghi June 1821.
Etching, printed on india. Plate: 230 x 275mm (9 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Staining in margins on left.
A jousting scene in which two mounted figures charge at each other with jousts. Perhaps a plate from his series 'Etchings of Militray Subjects by an Amateur'.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46836] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
J.S. [James Stuart.]
London Published by Colnaghi June 1821.
Etching, printed on india. Plate: 230 x 275mm (9 x 10¾"), with very large margins. Staining in margins on left.
A jousting scene in which two mounted figures charge at each other with jousts. Perhaps a plate from his series 'Etchings of Militray Subjects by an Amateur'.
Provenance: Edge Hall Library, Cheshire
[Ref: 46836] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
The Tilt Yard of the 19.th Century. Near the Regents Park. Saturday July 13.th 1839. Heralds. Lord Glenlyon. Earl of Eglington. Retainers. Centre Figure the Marquis of Waterford. Cap.n Maynard. Retainer. [under]
Waterhouse Hawkins del.t. Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c.1845.]
Very rare lithograph with fine hand colour. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼").
A scene with two knights in full armour jousting, another tilting at rings and a third lancing a dummy. The Eyre Arms, on the Finchley Road, was the site of rehersals for the Eglington Tournament in 1839, a re-enactment of medieval joust with other games and entertainments held at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. These practice sessions were as popular as the main event, which drew 100,000 spectators. The artist, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-94) is better known for his natural history work: he contributed illustrations to ''The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle'' and created the life-size concrete dinosaurs at Crystal Palace.
Collage: [uncoloured] p5387481. Ex collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 20758] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Waterhouse Hawkins del.t. Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c.1845.]
Very rare lithograph with fine hand colour. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼").
A scene with two knights in full armour jousting, another tilting at rings and a third lancing a dummy. The Eyre Arms, on the Finchley Road, was the site of rehersals for the Eglington Tournament in 1839, a re-enactment of medieval joust with other games and entertainments held at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. These practice sessions were as popular as the main event, which drew 100,000 spectators. The artist, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-94) is better known for his natural history work: he contributed illustrations to ''The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle'' and created the life-size concrete dinosaurs at Crystal Palace.
Collage: [uncoloured] p5387481. Ex collection: Norman Blackburn.
[Ref: 20758] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
What a Bore!!
E. Hull del.t. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Pub.d by Rowe & Waller 49 Fleet Street. _ 1826.
Very scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"), 1826 Edmonds watermarked, with wide margins. A few marks, old ink mss. in margin "W Thomas 1826".
A bizarre jousting scene: a contest between an armoured knight mounted on a bear with fangs and an unarmoured rider on an elephant-headed horse! The armoured knight uses a spike on his helmet to pierce his opponent through his horse's chest.
[Ref: 33096] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
E. Hull del.t. Printed by C. Hullmandel.
London Pub.d by Rowe & Waller 49 Fleet Street. _ 1826.
Very scarce coloured lithograph. Printed area 175 x 230mm (7 x 9"), 1826 Edmonds watermarked, with wide margins. A few marks, old ink mss. in margin "W Thomas 1826".
A bizarre jousting scene: a contest between an armoured knight mounted on a bear with fangs and an unarmoured rider on an elephant-headed horse! The armoured knight uses a spike on his helmet to pierce his opponent through his horse's chest.
[Ref: 33096] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
The Tilt Yard of the 19th Century. Near the Regents Park. Saturday July 13.th 1839.
Waterhouse Hawkins del.t. Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c.1845.]
Very rare lithograph. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"), large margins.
A scene with two knights in full armour jousting, another tilting at rings and a third lancing a dummy. The Eyre Arms, on the Finchley Road, was the site of rehersals for the Eglington Tournament in 1839, a re-enactment of a medieval tournament with other games and entertainments held at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. These practice sessions were as popular as the main event, which drew 100,000 spectators. The artist, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-94) is better known for his natural history work: he contributed illustrations to ''The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle'' and created the life-size concrete dinosaurs at Crystal Palace.
[Ref: 56437] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Waterhouse Hawkins del.t. Printed by L.M. Lefevre, Newman St.
Published by Tho.s Mc.Lean, 26, Haymarket. [n.d. c.1845.]
Very rare lithograph. 280 x 360mm (11 x 14¼"), large margins.
A scene with two knights in full armour jousting, another tilting at rings and a third lancing a dummy. The Eyre Arms, on the Finchley Road, was the site of rehersals for the Eglington Tournament in 1839, a re-enactment of a medieval tournament with other games and entertainments held at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire. These practice sessions were as popular as the main event, which drew 100,000 spectators. The artist, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807-94) is better known for his natural history work: he contributed illustrations to ''The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle'' and created the life-size concrete dinosaurs at Crystal Palace.
[Ref: 56437] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Louis XIII practicing jousting.]](jpegs/57450.jpg)
[Louis XIII practicing jousting.] Figure 47. CCC. Seconde partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), on paper with 17th century watermark, very large margins. Creasing at top.
Louis XIII riding down a tilt barrier striking a mannikin in the forehead, watched by four named courtiers, including Earl of Carlisle. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57450] £320.00
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), on paper with 17th century watermark, very large margins. Creasing at top.
Louis XIII riding down a tilt barrier striking a mannikin in the forehead, watched by four named courtiers, including Earl of Carlisle. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57450] £320.00
![[Jousting armour.] Pieces des Armes rompce en lice faict au Naturel dans Le Logis de M. le Duc de Bellegar de grand Escuter de france.](jpegs/57452.jpg)
[Jousting armour.] Pieces des Armes rompce en lice faict au Naturel dans Le Logis de M. le Duc de Bellegar de grand Escuter de france. Figure 50. ooo 2 partie.
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), large margins on 3 sides. Tears affecting image at top, damp stains and creasing. Small loss top right.
An illustration of various parts of a knight's jousting armour. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57452] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
[drawn and engraved by Crispijn de Passe the younger.]
[Paris, c.1623.]
Engraving on two plates. Outer plate 315 x 410mm (12½ x 16"), large margins on 3 sides. Tears affecting image at top, damp stains and creasing. Small loss top right.
An illustration of various parts of a knight's jousting armour. Around the image is a separately-printed architectural border. A plate from Antoine de Pluvinel's important work on dressage, published first in 1623 as 'Le Maneige Royal' and secondly as 'L'instrvction du Roy, en L'exercice de Monter a Cheval' in 1625. Pluvinel (1562-1620), the first French riding master, taught Louis XIII to ride, and the king often takes centre stage in the plates from this work.
[Ref: 57452] £220.00 (£264.00 incl.VAT)
Tournament At Calais In 1416. Richard Earl Of Warwick Unhorsing Sir Collard Fynes.
Painted by Edward Corbould. Glyphographed by Thomas Taylor.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Glyphograph. Sheet 560 x 730mm (22 x 28¾").
An impressive example of the glyphograph printing method, patented in 1842, of creating a relief printing block by drawing through a composition on a metal plate, and making an electrotype of the result. After Edward Henry Corbould (1815 - 1905).
[Ref: 11348] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Painted by Edward Corbould. Glyphographed by Thomas Taylor.
[n.d., c.1870.]
Glyphograph. Sheet 560 x 730mm (22 x 28¾").
An impressive example of the glyphograph printing method, patented in 1842, of creating a relief printing block by drawing through a composition on a metal plate, and making an electrotype of the result. After Edward Henry Corbould (1815 - 1905).
[Ref: 11348] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Fomes Virtutis Gloria. Ut facile est leni candelam accendeze flatu, Cum presso Lychnus fumigat ignae micans; Mens Virtutis amans facili sic pectore motus Concipit, Heroum fortia facta sequi. 13.
[n.d., c.1620]
Engraving, plate 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
A man blows on a roman candle firework at a jousting tournament.
[Ref: 57297] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1620]
Engraving, plate 110 x 80mm (4¼ x 3¼"), with large margins.
A man blows on a roman candle firework at a jousting tournament.
[Ref: 57297] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Henry Prince of Wales, Eldest Son of King James 1st. Obit Novr. 6th. 1612 Aet 18. From an extreme rare Print by S. Pass.
Dunkerton sculp.t.
London: Pub. by S.Woodburn No.112 St. Martin's Lane.
Mezzotint, a fine, proof impression. Plate: 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins.
Henry Frederick Stuart (1594 - 1612), first child of King James VI of Scotland (later King James I of England) and Anne of Denmark, was born on February 19, 1594, at Stirling Castle in Scotland. In November 1612 Henry suddenly took ill and died, probably of typhoid fever, though rumours circulated that the Prince was poisoned. Here he is depicted in armour during a lance drill, a jousting tournament in the background. A copy after the engraving by Simon de Passe. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 469.
[Ref: 39819] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
Dunkerton sculp.t.
London: Pub. by S.Woodburn No.112 St. Martin's Lane.
Mezzotint, a fine, proof impression. Plate: 355 x 265mm (14 x 10½"), with large margins.
Henry Frederick Stuart (1594 - 1612), first child of King James VI of Scotland (later King James I of England) and Anne of Denmark, was born on February 19, 1594, at Stirling Castle in Scotland. In November 1612 Henry suddenly took ill and died, probably of typhoid fever, though rumours circulated that the Prince was poisoned. Here he is depicted in armour during a lance drill, a jousting tournament in the background. A copy after the engraving by Simon de Passe. From a series of 15 copies of early engravings, 'Portraits of Royal Personages', by Turner, Earlom and Dunkarton, issued by Samuel Woodburn in book form in 1816.
Whitman: 469.
[Ref: 39819] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
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[A French tournament.]
Carré 1783.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 700mm, with large margins. Folded for binding, one fold split to plate mark.
A medieval tournament, with a melée and a joust in process, in front of a pavilion flying the French Royal standard of the fleur-de-lys.
[Ref: 43478] £350.00
Carré 1783.
Rare mezzotint. 340 x 700mm, with large margins. Folded for binding, one fold split to plate mark.
A medieval tournament, with a melée and a joust in process, in front of a pavilion flying the French Royal standard of the fleur-de-lys.
[Ref: 43478] £350.00
Un Quart-D'heure de Recreation, au Mexique. Dépsé.
A Paris chez Aubert Rue St. Victor No. 7. [n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 370 x 245mm. Centre crease.
A colourful scene of waterjousting making fun of where the 'dandies' are being knocked into the water by more skilled watermen.
[Ref: 12171] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
A Paris chez Aubert Rue St. Victor No. 7. [n.d., c.1800.]
Coloured etching. 370 x 245mm. Centre crease.
A colourful scene of waterjousting making fun of where the 'dandies' are being knocked into the water by more skilled watermen.
[Ref: 12171] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Representation De La Joute Qui S'est Faite Sur La Riviere De Sein... Le Jour De La Feste Donnee Par La Ville De Paris, A L'Occasion Du Mariage De Madame Louise-Elisabeth De France, Et De Dom Philippe Infant Et Grand Amiral D'Espagne.
Jac. Rigaud del. et Sculp.
[engraved c. 1740 but published later.]
Engraving, plate 160 x 310mm (6¼ x 12¼"), with large margins on three sides. Small bottom margin.
A view on the river Seine of water jousting, one of the festivities given by the City of Paris, on the occasion of the Wedding of Marie Louise-Elisabeth of France (1727 - 1759), & Infante Philip, Duke of Parma (1720 -1765). With key.
[Ref: 57419] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Jac. Rigaud del. et Sculp.
[engraved c. 1740 but published later.]
Engraving, plate 160 x 310mm (6¼ x 12¼"), with large margins on three sides. Small bottom margin.
A view on the river Seine of water jousting, one of the festivities given by the City of Paris, on the occasion of the Wedding of Marie Louise-Elisabeth of France (1727 - 1759), & Infante Philip, Duke of Parma (1720 -1765). With key.
[Ref: 57419] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)