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![[Joseph-Marie Amiot.] M. Amyot,](jpegs/59872.jpg)
[Joseph-Marie Amiot.] M. Amyot, Missionaire Apostolique à Peking, Correspondant de l'Academie &c &c. Chargé d'Affaires par S.M.T.C. auprès de l'Empereur de la Chine [...]
Peint? à la Chine par Panzi.
Rare stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
Joseph-Marie Amiot (1718-93), Jesuit priest and missionary in China, astronomer and historian. Amiot arrived in Macao in 1750 and the following year travelled to Peking (now Beijing) where he remained until his death. A prolific author on science and music, his translations from Chinese included the first translation into a European language of Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'. Amiot was one of the last Jesuit missionaries in China, as the Chinese attitude towards the West hardened in the late 18th century. Engraved after a portrait made in China by the Italian artist and missionary Giuseppe Panzi.
[Ref: 59872] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Peint? à la Chine par Panzi.
Rare stipple. Sheet 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate at sides.
Joseph-Marie Amiot (1718-93), Jesuit priest and missionary in China, astronomer and historian. Amiot arrived in Macao in 1750 and the following year travelled to Peking (now Beijing) where he remained until his death. A prolific author on science and music, his translations from Chinese included the first translation into a European language of Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War'. Amiot was one of the last Jesuit missionaries in China, as the Chinese attitude towards the West hardened in the late 18th century. Engraved after a portrait made in China by the Italian artist and missionary Giuseppe Panzi.
[Ref: 59872] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Slave Merchant, Constantinople.]](jpegs/59822.jpg)
[The Slave Merchant, Constantinople.]
[Designed from Nature & on Stone by T. Allom. Printed by C. Hullmandel.]
[Fisher, Son & Co., Paris & London.] [n.d., c.1845.]
Rare lithograph, proof before letters. Printed area 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"). Crease left bottom and slight soiling in unprinted areas.
An interior, with two men haggling over a woman slave, while other women look on. By Thomas Allom (1804 - 1872). Possibly from 'Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy. Designed and drawn ... by Thomas Allom, Esq. With descriptive letter-press by Emma Reeve' (21 plates).
[Ref: 59822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Designed from Nature & on Stone by T. Allom. Printed by C. Hullmandel.]
[Fisher, Son & Co., Paris & London.] [n.d., c.1845.]
Rare lithograph, proof before letters. Printed area 300 x 230mm (11¾ x 9"). Crease left bottom and slight soiling in unprinted areas.
An interior, with two men haggling over a woman slave, while other women look on. By Thomas Allom (1804 - 1872). Possibly from 'Character and Costume in Turkey and Italy. Designed and drawn ... by Thomas Allom, Esq. With descriptive letter-press by Emma Reeve' (21 plates).
[Ref: 59822] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
![[Bijapur] Nuptiarum ritus, et epule in Provincia Ballagate supra Goam.](jpegs/59679.jpg)
[Bijapur] Nuptiarum ritus, et epule in Provincia Ballagate supra Goam. Maniere van bruijloft in Ladt van Ballagate achter Goa gelegen.
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Joa à Doe: fec.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving, 16th century watermark. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), large margins. Old ink mss. correction to plate number.
A wedding procession in Bijapur, India. Engraved by Jan van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
See Ref: 51621 (trimmed)
[Ref: 59679] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Joa à Doe: fec.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving, 16th century watermark. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), large margins. Old ink mss. correction to plate number.
A wedding procession in Bijapur, India. Engraved by Jan van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
See Ref: 51621 (trimmed)
[Ref: 59679] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
Hac forma Lusitanorum nobiliores et qui opulentiores se gestari jubent Op dese maniere laeten haer die Portugeesen draegen die van affcompste en vermoegen zyn.
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Joannes à Doetechum: fecit.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving, 16th century watermark. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), large margins. Repaired split in lower centre fold.
An important Portuguese nobleman in a pallanquin carried by slaves. Engraved by Jan van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
[Ref: 59680] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Joannes à Doetechum: fecit.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving, 16th century watermark. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), large margins. Repaired split in lower centre fold.
An important Portuguese nobleman in a pallanquin carried by slaves. Engraved by Jan van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
[Ref: 59680] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Goa] Hoc Habitu, qui e Lusitanis Nobilitate aut dignitate clariores in India fere conspiciuntur per plateas obequitant.](jpegs/59678.jpg)
[Goa] Hoc Habitu, qui e Lusitanis Nobilitate aut dignitate clariores in India fere conspiciuntur per plateas obequitant. Op dese maniere rijden gemeenlick over straeten die Portugeesche Edellieden Rigierders en Raetsheeren.
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Joann à Doete: fec.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), large margins. A very small hole in centre fold.
A Portuguese dignitary on horseback, surrounded by servants (one of whom shelters the rider with a 'Sombreiro', a large parasol), rides through the streets of India. Engraved by Jan van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
See Ref: 51620 (trimmed)
[Ref: 59678] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Joann à Doete: fec.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), large margins. A very small hole in centre fold.
A Portuguese dignitary on horseback, surrounded by servants (one of whom shelters the rider with a 'Sombreiro', a large parasol), rides through the streets of India. Engraved by Jan van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
See Ref: 51620 (trimmed)
[Ref: 59678] £290.00 (£348.00 incl.VAT)
![[Trees of India.]](jpegs/59682.jpg)
[Trees of India.]
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Baptista à Doetechum: fecit.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), very large margins. Repaired split in lower centre fold.
An illustration of cash crop trees of India, including Coco palms, pepper, areca and fig. Engraved by Baptista van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
[Ref: 59682] £360.00
J.v. Linchoten [monogram]. Baptista à Doetechum: fecit.
[Amsterdam, 1596.]
Scarce engraving. 255 x 320mm (10 x 12½"), very large margins. Repaired split in lower centre fold.
An illustration of cash crop trees of India, including Coco palms, pepper, areca and fig. Engraved by Baptista van Doetechum for 'Histoire de la navigation de Jean Hugues de Linschot Hollandois', Jan Huygen van Linschoten's account of the East Indies. Known as the ''Itinerio'', this work broke the Portuguese monopoly on the trade routes to the Far East.
[Ref: 59682] £360.00
A View in the Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Pekin. 29.
W.Alexander del.t. S.Smith sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796 by G.Nicol.
Engraving. Platemark: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"), with very large margins.
A detailed view of the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Peking, China. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 60055] £320.00
W.Alexander del.t. S.Smith sculp.t.
London Published April 12, 1796 by G.Nicol.
Engraving. Platemark: 295 x 390mm (11½ x 15¼"), with very large margins.
A detailed view of the gardens of the Imperial Palace in Peking, China. From Sir George Staunton's 'An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China', describing the expedition of Lord Macartney (1737 - 1806) as the first British ambassador to China.
[Ref: 60055] £320.00
A Persian Archer.
Ortowskj ex nat. del. On Stone by D. Dighton.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Trimmed to image, some creases, stains and tears to edges.
A Persian warrior on horseback with his bow and arrow drawn.
[Ref: 59808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Ortowskj ex nat. del. On Stone by D. Dighton.
[n.d. c.1800.]
Fine hand-coloured lithograph, sheet 205 x 330mm (8 x 13"). Trimmed to image, some creases, stains and tears to edges.
A Persian warrior on horseback with his bow and arrow drawn.
[Ref: 59808] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Matteo Ricci] Pere Matthew Ricci.](jpegs/59870.jpg)
[Matteo Ricci] Pere Matthew Ricci.
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the first European to enter Beijing's Forbidden City in 1601, where he used his knowlege of astronomy to gain influence in court. He is famed for his world map with Chinese characters, which introduced European cartography to China.
[Ref: 59870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1700.]
Engraving. Sheet 190 x 105mm (7½ x 4¼"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
A full-length portrait of Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), the first European to enter Beijing's Forbidden City in 1601, where he used his knowlege of astronomy to gain influence in court. He is famed for his world map with Chinese characters, which introduced European cartography to China.
[Ref: 59870] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Alvaro Semedo] The true Effigies of F. Alvarez Semedo Procurator of ye Provinces of Japan & China.](jpegs/59871.jpg)
[Alvaro Semedo] The true Effigies of F. Alvarez Semedo Procurator of ye Provinces of Japan & China.
Tho: Cross fecit.
[London: John Crook, 1655.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Alvaro de Semedo (1585-1658) the Portuguese Jesuit missionary in China. Along with another Jesuit, he was imprisoned during an anti-Christian campaign in Nanjing in 1616, and then sent back to Macau. He later returned to to China and in 1636 he went back to Europe as a procurator. The frontispiece to Semado's 'History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China',
[Ref: 59871] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Tho: Cross fecit.
[London: John Crook, 1655.]
Engraving. Sheet 180 x 125mm (7 x 5"). Trimmed and laid on album paper.
Alvaro de Semedo (1585-1658) the Portuguese Jesuit missionary in China. Along with another Jesuit, he was imprisoned during an anti-Christian campaign in Nanjing in 1616, and then sent back to Macau. He later returned to to China and in 1636 he went back to Europe as a procurator. The frontispiece to Semado's 'History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China',
[Ref: 59871] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[Vishnu] The Idol Bodhe. [&] The Idol of the Winged Horse.](jpegs/59920.jpg)
[Vishnu] The Idol Bodhe. [&] The Idol of the Winged Horse.
[London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704.]
Two engravings. Each 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), set in letterpress, printed back to back. Printer's crease.
Two plates from 'The Idolatry of the East-India Pagans', a chapter of 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels'. The first shows Vishnu incarnated as the Gautama Buddha; the second shows Vishnu as Kalki, leading a winged horse.
[Ref: 59920] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1704.]
Two engravings. Each 210 x 165mm (8¼ x 6½"), set in letterpress, printed back to back. Printer's crease.
Two plates from 'The Idolatry of the East-India Pagans', a chapter of 'A Collection of Voyages and Travels'. The first shows Vishnu incarnated as the Gautama Buddha; the second shows Vishnu as Kalki, leading a winged horse.
[Ref: 59920] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Lion Tomb, Xanthus.]](jpegs/59905.jpg)
[Lion Tomb, Xanthus.]
[Etched by Charles Oliver Murray after William James Müller.]
['The Portfolio', 1882.]
Etching, proof. 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Creasing on right.
A view of the ruins of the Lion Tomb in Xanthos, Turkey, with trees and goats. William James Müller (1812-45) visited Greece and Egypt 1838-9, then Turkey 1843-4 as part of the archaeological expedition of Sir Charles Fellows, during which the Xanthus Marbles were taken for the British Museum. The watercolour this print is based on is also in the BM (1878,1228.97).
[Ref: 59905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)
[Etched by Charles Oliver Murray after William James Müller.]
['The Portfolio', 1882.]
Etching, proof. 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Creasing on right.
A view of the ruins of the Lion Tomb in Xanthos, Turkey, with trees and goats. William James Müller (1812-45) visited Greece and Egypt 1838-9, then Turkey 1843-4 as part of the archaeological expedition of Sir Charles Fellows, during which the Xanthus Marbles were taken for the British Museum. The watercolour this print is based on is also in the BM (1878,1228.97).
[Ref: 59905] £95.00 (£114.00 incl.VAT)