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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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M.r Arnold.
[n.d., c.1785.]
Rare stipple proof. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Thread margins on three sides, old ink mss., 'Aeronaut', in bottom margin.
A bust-length oval portrait of Stuart Amos Arnold (active c.1785) a cockaded hat over his curled and powdered hair tied in a queue, in a dark coat and light waistcoat with large lapels, his linen starched. He was a Royal Navy purser and surveyor and author and. Arnold published several commercial works on Navigation in the 18th Century, before losing an arm, at which point he became famous as a hot air balloonist, touring Europe with his flying circus. He made an ascent from St George's Fields in 1785, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings. In 1778 he wrote 'The Merchants and Owners Friend: Or, Seamens Preserver, Etc.'. In 1800 his sea chart 'The Lewis and West Coast of Scotland' was published in London by D. & E. Steel; in 1803 a French edition of his chart of Ireland was published by the Depot de la Marine. The British Museum have incorrectly identified the sitter as the military commander and famous traitor Benedict Arnold (1741-1801).
O'Donoghue 1908-25 undescribed. BM website 1920,1211.147. See also reference 56930.
[Ref: 60800] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1785.]
Rare stipple proof. 150 x 110mm (6 x 4¼"). Thread margins on three sides, old ink mss., 'Aeronaut', in bottom margin.
A bust-length oval portrait of Stuart Amos Arnold (active c.1785) a cockaded hat over his curled and powdered hair tied in a queue, in a dark coat and light waistcoat with large lapels, his linen starched. He was a Royal Navy purser and surveyor and author and. Arnold published several commercial works on Navigation in the 18th Century, before losing an arm, at which point he became famous as a hot air balloonist, touring Europe with his flying circus. He made an ascent from St George's Fields in 1785, which ended in disaster after it got caught on some railings. In 1778 he wrote 'The Merchants and Owners Friend: Or, Seamens Preserver, Etc.'. In 1800 his sea chart 'The Lewis and West Coast of Scotland' was published in London by D. & E. Steel; in 1803 a French edition of his chart of Ireland was published by the Depot de la Marine. The British Museum have incorrectly identified the sitter as the military commander and famous traitor Benedict Arnold (1741-1801).
O'Donoghue 1908-25 undescribed. BM website 1920,1211.147. See also reference 56930.
[Ref: 60800] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Jaguarai, Brazil?]](jpegs/60881.jpg)
[Jaguarai, Brazil?]
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pencil sketch on pink embossed card. Sheet 115 x 155mm (4½ x 6"). Glue stains in embossing.
A pencil sketch of buildings on a riverside with mooring places. 'Jaguarai' is written in pencil on the reverse, probably Jaguarari Brazil or somewhere in Thailand.
[Ref: 60881] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1850.]
Pencil sketch on pink embossed card. Sheet 115 x 155mm (4½ x 6"). Glue stains in embossing.
A pencil sketch of buildings on a riverside with mooring places. 'Jaguarai' is written in pencil on the reverse, probably Jaguarari Brazil or somewhere in Thailand.
[Ref: 60881] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
![Inte[rior of the res]idence of the Prince of the Sandwich Islands.](jpegs/60760.jpg)
Inte[rior of the res]idence of the Prince of the Sandwich Islands.
[London: Richard Philips, 1821.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 130 x 205mm (5¼ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, bottom edge frayed with binding damage, affecting title.
A plate from Otto von Kotzebue's 'Voyage of Discovery in the South Sea, and to Behring's Straits, in search of a North-east Passage; Undertaken in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the Ship Rurick'.
[Ref: 60760] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
[London: Richard Philips, 1821.]
Rare aquatint. Sheet 130 x 205mm (5¼ x 8"). Trimmed within plate, bottom edge frayed with binding damage, affecting title.
A plate from Otto von Kotzebue's 'Voyage of Discovery in the South Sea, and to Behring's Straits, in search of a North-east Passage; Undertaken in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the Ship Rurick'.
[Ref: 60760] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Panama] Marche des Indiens lors qu'ils vont rendre visite à quelcum, ou qu'ils vont à un Festin.](jpegs/60824.jpg)
[Panama] Marche des Indiens lors qu'ils vont rendre visite à quelcum, ou qu'ils vont à un Festin. P.220,
[after Lionel Wafer.]
[Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1711.]
Engraving. 150 x 285mm (6 x 11¼"). Original binding folds.
Portraits of the Cuna king Lacenta, his wife and children, with his bodyguard, after Lionel Wafer (1640-1705), published in part of a French edition of Dampier's account of his voyages to Australia. Wafer, a Welsh ship's surgeon who served on buccaneer and privateer ships, was injured by a gunpowder blast while with Dampier near Cartagena in 1680. Left with the Cuna Indians on the Darien Isthmus to recover, he integrated with the tribe so much that when his crewmates returned they did not recognise him. In 1695 he published 'A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America', which contained much about Cuna culture and the natural history of Panama. His glowing account influenced the infamous 1698 Darien Scheme that nearly bankrupted Scotland: the 'Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies' hired him as an advisor and quoted his account in their promotional literature.
[Ref: 60824] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
[after Lionel Wafer.]
[Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1711.]
Engraving. 150 x 285mm (6 x 11¼"). Original binding folds.
Portraits of the Cuna king Lacenta, his wife and children, with his bodyguard, after Lionel Wafer (1640-1705), published in part of a French edition of Dampier's account of his voyages to Australia. Wafer, a Welsh ship's surgeon who served on buccaneer and privateer ships, was injured by a gunpowder blast while with Dampier near Cartagena in 1680. Left with the Cuna Indians on the Darien Isthmus to recover, he integrated with the tribe so much that when his crewmates returned they did not recognise him. In 1695 he published 'A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America', which contained much about Cuna culture and the natural history of Panama. His glowing account influenced the infamous 1698 Darien Scheme that nearly bankrupted Scotland: the 'Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies' hired him as an advisor and quoted his account in their promotional literature.
[Ref: 60824] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)