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Recueil de diverses Figures Chinoise du Cabinet de Fr. Boucher Peintre du Roy Dessinées et Gravées par lui-même. Avec Priv du Roy.
AParis Chez Huquier rue S.t Jacques, au coin de la rue des Matherins [n.d., c.1745].
4to (250 x 210mm, 9¾ x 8¼"), large margins, modern boards; engraved title and 10 plates, lacking one plate, plates 4, 7 & 9 from later state (with plate numbers). Remnants of glue on the reverse.
Scarce collection of portraits of Chinese characters, including musicians, soldiers, women and a doctor. The missing plate (6) is a magician.
[Ref: 60833] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
AParis Chez Huquier rue S.t Jacques, au coin de la rue des Matherins [n.d., c.1745].
4to (250 x 210mm, 9¾ x 8¼"), large margins, modern boards; engraved title and 10 plates, lacking one plate, plates 4, 7 & 9 from later state (with plate numbers). Remnants of glue on the reverse.
Scarce collection of portraits of Chinese characters, including musicians, soldiers, women and a doctor. The missing plate (6) is a magician.
[Ref: 60833] £2,000.00 view all images for this item
![[Scrapbook relating to Bridgnorth, with election broadsides, theatre bills, newspaper clippings and letters.]](jpegs/60831.jpg)
[Scrapbook relating to Bridgnorth, with election broadsides, theatre bills, newspaper clippings and letters.]
[Compiled 1824-56.]
Unique scrapbook, large folio, half morocco gilt; with c.50 broadsides, many loose. Binding worn.
The broadsides relate to elections from 1832-58. Satire and results of polls, some handwritten are included. Letters etc, over 80 items in total.
[Ref: 60831] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[Compiled 1824-56.]
Unique scrapbook, large folio, half morocco gilt; with c.50 broadsides, many loose. Binding worn.
The broadsides relate to elections from 1832-58. Satire and results of polls, some handwritten are included. Letters etc, over 80 items in total.
[Ref: 60831] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
The Christian's Defence Against the Fears of Death, with Reasonable Directions How to Prepare Ourselves to Die Well. Written, originally, in French, by the late Reverend Divine of the Protestant Church of Paris, Charles Drelincourt. Translated into English by Marius D'Assigney, B.D. A New Edition, Corrected, and Embellished with Engravings. With an Account of the Author, and his Last Minutes.
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, No. 53, Paternoster-Row, By Rider and Weed, Little Britain. 1814.
Small 4to, contemporary full calf gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. (viii)+558+(ii)(ads); engraved frontis, engraved title and ten plates. Old ink ownership inscriptions on front endpapers, tear on frontis. taped.
A theological work by Charles Drelincourt (1595-1669), first published in French in 1651. The engraved title is illustrated with a 'memento mori' of a skull on the Bible. Included as a foreword is a re-issue of a 1706 pamphlet, 'A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal', said to have been written by Daniel Defoe and to be the first modern ghost story. In it the ghost of Mrs Veal visits an old friend before departing the world, recommending the perusal of Drelincourt's work.
[Ref: 60844] £180.00 view all images for this item
London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, No. 53, Paternoster-Row, By Rider and Weed, Little Britain. 1814.
Small 4to, contemporary full calf gilt, marbled endpapers; pp. (viii)+558+(ii)(ads); engraved frontis, engraved title and ten plates. Old ink ownership inscriptions on front endpapers, tear on frontis. taped.
A theological work by Charles Drelincourt (1595-1669), first published in French in 1651. The engraved title is illustrated with a 'memento mori' of a skull on the Bible. Included as a foreword is a re-issue of a 1706 pamphlet, 'A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs Veal', said to have been written by Daniel Defoe and to be the first modern ghost story. In it the ghost of Mrs Veal visits an old friend before departing the world, recommending the perusal of Drelincourt's work.
[Ref: 60844] £180.00 view all images for this item
![[Portraits of the founders of the colleges of Oxford & Cambridge.]](jpegs/60845.jpg)
[Portraits of the founders of the colleges of Oxford & Cambridge.]
London. Pub.d for Ackermann's History of Cambridge [& Oxford] [n.d., c.1815].
Folio, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, all edges gilt; 49 aquatints with etching, all in superb original hand colour, interleaved with tissue. A few plates on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1812'. Binding worn, some prints offet on guards but plates unusually clean.
A complete and matching set of the founder's portraits from the 'History of the University of Cambridge' (16 plates) and 'History of the University of Oxford' (33), published 1814 & 1815. Very unusual to find both universities bound together. None of the plates are dated, as usual.
See Abbey Scenery 79 & 278 for the complete Histories.
[Ref: 60845] £750.00 view all images for this item
London. Pub.d for Ackermann's History of Cambridge [& Oxford] [n.d., c.1815].
Folio, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, all edges gilt; 49 aquatints with etching, all in superb original hand colour, interleaved with tissue. A few plates on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1812'. Binding worn, some prints offet on guards but plates unusually clean.
A complete and matching set of the founder's portraits from the 'History of the University of Cambridge' (16 plates) and 'History of the University of Oxford' (33), published 1814 & 1815. Very unusual to find both universities bound together. None of the plates are dated, as usual.
See Abbey Scenery 79 & 278 for the complete Histories.
[Ref: 60845] £750.00 view all images for this item
![[Prospectus] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.](jpegs/60887.jpg)
[Prospectus] Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. A Prose Translation with an Introductory Essay by Gwyn Jones. With Six Engravings in Colour by Dorothea Braby. Printed in Great Britain by the Golden Cockerel Press 1952.
[1952.]
Pamphlet, 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7½; pp. (iv), with one colour-printed wood engraving.
A prospectus for the book, reproducing the titlepage, one plate and a page of text. The back page describes the publication.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60887] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
[1952.]
Pamphlet, 315 x 190mm (12½ x 7½; pp. (iv), with one colour-printed wood engraving.
A prospectus for the book, reproducing the titlepage, one plate and a page of text. The back page describes the publication.
Property of Nigel C. Talbot
[Ref: 60887] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT) view all images for this item
![[Scrap album with plates after Henry Bellenden Ker.]](jpegs/60830.jpg)
[Scrap album with plates after Henry Bellenden Ker.]
[n.d., c.1812.
Folio scrap album with 42 plates pasted in at corners, largest 205 x 340mm (8 x 13½"). Bookseller label of J Stabling Gt Yarmouth on front sheet. Boards and 1 plate loose.
A collection of landscapes: 38 are by Henry Bellenden Ker, including views of Wimbledon Common & Park, Hampton Wick and Windsor, and his grotesque figure with a bird's-skull head playing a trumpet. Also included are 18 etchings after Smith of Chichester etc. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871) was a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and an amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
BM 1853.01172.172
[Ref: 60830] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
[n.d., c.1812.
Folio scrap album with 42 plates pasted in at corners, largest 205 x 340mm (8 x 13½"). Bookseller label of J Stabling Gt Yarmouth on front sheet. Boards and 1 plate loose.
A collection of landscapes: 38 are by Henry Bellenden Ker, including views of Wimbledon Common & Park, Hampton Wick and Windsor, and his grotesque figure with a bird's-skull head playing a trumpet. Also included are 18 etchings after Smith of Chichester etc. (Charles) Henry Bellenden Ker (1780-1871) was a lawyer active in the Boundary Commission just before the Reform Act of 1852 and an amateur artist. As a young man he was patron to William Blake but Blake had to take legal steps to get paid.
BM 1853.01172.172
[Ref: 60830] £1,200.00 view all images for this item
![[Subscription issue of plates 51-60 of Volume III of Claude Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]](jpegs/60827.jpg)
[Subscription issue of plates 51-60 of Volume III of Claude Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude Lorraine del.t. Rich.d Earlom, sculp.t.
Pub. June 1, 1807, by Boydell & C.o 90 Cheapside London.
10 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes, with large margins. Sheets 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"), original stitching on top edge. Two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1808', six '1809', two not marked. Plates spotted
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, copied in mezzotint by Richard Earlom from the Duke of Devonshire's copy of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60828
[Ref: 60827] £450.00 view all images for this item
Claude Lorraine del.t. Rich.d Earlom, sculp.t.
Pub. June 1, 1807, by Boydell & C.o 90 Cheapside London.
10 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes, with large margins. Sheets 295 x 460mm (11½ x 18"), original stitching on top edge. Two plates watermarked 'J Whatman 1808', six '1809', two not marked. Plates spotted
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, copied in mezzotint by Richard Earlom from the Duke of Devonshire's copy of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60828
[Ref: 60827] £450.00 view all images for this item
![[Eleven bound plates of Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]](jpegs/60828.jpg)
[Eleven bound plates of Lorraine's 'Liber Veritatis'.]
Claude le Lorraine delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00 view all images for this item
Claude le Lorraine delin.t. R. Earlom fecit.
Published Jan: 1.st 1774 [to Jan.y 1.st 1776] by John Boydell Engraver in Cheapside.
Oblong folio, later cloth; 11 mezzotints with etching, printed in bistre, various sizes. Each plate c. 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). First plate with surface soiling, wear to edges.
Ten landscapes after Claude Gellée, known as Claude Lorraine, five from the collection of Earl Spencer and five from Charles Lambert's. They were issued as part of the Subscription Edition of the third volume of John Boydell's highly successful 'Liber Veritatis'. The first two volumes were published in 1774 and 1777, and contained mezzotint copies by Richard Earlom of Claude Lorrain's 'Book of Truth', owned by the Duke of Devonshire, which contained Claude's sketches of his works for authentication purposes. This third volume, also by Earlom, contained 100 plates of paintings in other collections. Engraving the plates of this additional volume began in January 1802 and the completed book was published 1819. The plates are numbers 140, 128, 109, 110, 99, 91, 87, 42, 3 & 16, evidence of removal of plates.
Abbey: Life 200. See Ref: 60829.
[Ref: 60828] £480.00 view all images for this item
Beauties of Claude Lorraine Consisting of Twenty Four Landscapes, Selected from the Liber Veritatis; And Engraved on Steel By Eminent Engravers, from a Brilliant Copy in the Possession of His Grace the Duke of Bedford.
London, Published by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square. 1825.
2º, later half morocco gilt with marbled boards and endpapers; frontispiece portrait, title, 4pp., 24 numbered mezzotints on steel, printed in sepia. Block loose from covers; plates spotted.
24 plates printed from mezzotints engraved on steel, copied from plates in John Boydell's 'Liber Veritatis' engraved by Richard Earlom. Bookplate of Arthur Perigal 1784-1847.
See Ref: 60827 & 60828
[Ref: 60829] £720.00 view all images for this item
London, Published by W.B. Cooke, 9, Soho Square. 1825.
2º, later half morocco gilt with marbled boards and endpapers; frontispiece portrait, title, 4pp., 24 numbered mezzotints on steel, printed in sepia. Block loose from covers; plates spotted.
24 plates printed from mezzotints engraved on steel, copied from plates in John Boydell's 'Liber Veritatis' engraved by Richard Earlom. Bookplate of Arthur Perigal 1784-1847.
See Ref: 60827 & 60828
[Ref: 60829] £720.00 view all images for this item
![[Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum.] Ill.mo D.D. Rogerio Dupplesseis...](jpegs/60847.jpg)
[Segmenta nobilium signorum et statuarum.] Ill.mo D.D. Rogerio Dupplesseis...
Franciscus Perrier, D.D.D. MDCXXXVIII Romæ, superiorum permissu. Cum privilegio summu Pontificis.
A Paris chez la v.e de F. Chereau [i.e. Marguerite Chereau] graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques aux deux pilliers d'or avec privilege du Roi [n.d., c.1730].
4to (340 x 230mm, 13½ x 9") album, 18th century half calf with marbled boards; engraved title and 84 plates (of 100, two double-page), plus six from earlier plates; engraved index with titles on two plates. Title and plates numbered up to 38 plus extra plates mounted on album paper; plates numbered from 39 bound in, with titles in old ink mss. in margins. Index annotated in ink, marking the missing plates.
A collection of engravings of classical statues in Italian museums, including the famous 'Dying Gaul'. Originally published by François Perrier in 1638, these were published by Margarite Chéreau, who continued the business of her husband, François Chéreau, when he died in 1729. The series are close copies of earlier plates: one of the additional earlier plates is a reversed version of plate 39.
[Ref: 60847] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
Franciscus Perrier, D.D.D. MDCXXXVIII Romæ, superiorum permissu. Cum privilegio summu Pontificis.
A Paris chez la v.e de F. Chereau [i.e. Marguerite Chereau] graveur du Roy rue S.t Jacques aux deux pilliers d'or avec privilege du Roi [n.d., c.1730].
4to (340 x 230mm, 13½ x 9") album, 18th century half calf with marbled boards; engraved title and 84 plates (of 100, two double-page), plus six from earlier plates; engraved index with titles on two plates. Title and plates numbered up to 38 plus extra plates mounted on album paper; plates numbered from 39 bound in, with titles in old ink mss. in margins. Index annotated in ink, marking the missing plates.
A collection of engravings of classical statues in Italian museums, including the famous 'Dying Gaul'. Originally published by François Perrier in 1638, these were published by Margarite Chéreau, who continued the business of her husband, François Chéreau, when he died in 1729. The series are close copies of earlier plates: one of the additional earlier plates is a reversed version of plate 39.
[Ref: 60847] £3,000.00 view all images for this item
Original Sketches, Drawn and Engraved on Stone.
By Henry Stretton, Esq.
Subscribers' Copies to be had of Mr. Paul Gauci, 9, North Crescent, Alfred Place; and of Mr. Worsfold, 161, Regent Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Original blind-stamped cloth, titled in gilt on front board, hinges strained; title, dedication, list of 180 subscribers, 10 tinted lithographic plates, printed by Paul Gauci. With extra plate loosely inserted. Some spotting.
A collection of views drawn at Ramsgate, Ireland, Wales, Italy and Belgium. The extra plate is Stretton's 'A View of the Chateau of Weldene, at Seeverghem near Ghent as it was in the year 1300'. One of only 180 subscribers' copies of the book.
[Ref: 60832] £490.00 view all images for this item
By Henry Stretton, Esq.
Subscribers' Copies to be had of Mr. Paul Gauci, 9, North Crescent, Alfred Place; and of Mr. Worsfold, 161, Regent Street. [n.d., c.1840.]
Original blind-stamped cloth, titled in gilt on front board, hinges strained; title, dedication, list of 180 subscribers, 10 tinted lithographic plates, printed by Paul Gauci. With extra plate loosely inserted. Some spotting.
A collection of views drawn at Ramsgate, Ireland, Wales, Italy and Belgium. The extra plate is Stretton's 'A View of the Chateau of Weldene, at Seeverghem near Ghent as it was in the year 1300'. One of only 180 subscribers' copies of the book.
[Ref: 60832] £490.00 view all images for this item
Windsor, with its Surrounding Scenery, The Parks The Thames Eton College &c. by J.B. Pyne.
Published by Thomas McLean, 28 Haymarket, Ackermann & Co Strand, and J.B. Browne Royal Library, Windsor [n.d., 1839].
Large folio, original red half morocco gilt, gilt-decorated front board; index, coloured lithographic title and twelve tinted lithographic plates, as called for, Hinges worn, inner hinges taped, some spotting.
A fine & scarce series of views of the environs of Windsor Castle, all but one by James Baker Pyne (1800-70). The frontispiece, an interior of St George's Chapel, was drawn and lithographed by Joseph Nash (1809-78).
Abbey 360,
[Ref: 60834] £1,500.00 view all images for this item
Published by Thomas McLean, 28 Haymarket, Ackermann & Co Strand, and J.B. Browne Royal Library, Windsor [n.d., 1839].
Large folio, original red half morocco gilt, gilt-decorated front board; index, coloured lithographic title and twelve tinted lithographic plates, as called for, Hinges worn, inner hinges taped, some spotting.
A fine & scarce series of views of the environs of Windsor Castle, all but one by James Baker Pyne (1800-70). The frontispiece, an interior of St George's Chapel, was drawn and lithographed by Joseph Nash (1809-78).
Abbey 360,
[Ref: 60834] £1,500.00 view all images for this item