A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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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![[Six Studies from Nature of Mountainous, Marine, & Rural Scenery.]](jpegs/67496.jpg)
[Six Studies from Nature of Mountainous, Marine, & Rural Scenery.] Holywell Mill, Oxford. [&] Hastings, from East Cliff. [&] Deptford. [&] The Brill Mills, from Woodperry, near Oxford. [&] Merton Fields, Oxford. [&] The Castle Tower, Oxford, from M.r Bricknell's Meadow.
Drawn & Etch'd by W.m Crotch. Prepar'd & Aquafortis by J. Girtin.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Extremely rare set of six soft-ground etchings, printed on coloured chine collé and backing sheet. Sheets 265 x 385mm (10½ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line? Some damage to edges with glued paper remnants.
The complete set of six landscapes, lacking the illustrated title, from a series also called 'Six studies from nature drawn and etched in imitation of chalk by William Crotch'. The BM examples, not printed on chine collé, has a date on the title of 1809 but Girtin's publication line dated 1810. William Crotch (1775-1847) was an infant prodigy as musician but also an amateur draughtsman and etcher.
[Ref: 67496] £950.00 view all images for this item
Drawn & Etch'd by W.m Crotch. Prepar'd & Aquafortis by J. Girtin.
[n.d., c.1809.]
Extremely rare set of six soft-ground etchings, printed on coloured chine collé and backing sheet. Sheets 265 x 385mm (10½ x 15¼"). Trimmed within plate, losing publication line? Some damage to edges with glued paper remnants.
The complete set of six landscapes, lacking the illustrated title, from a series also called 'Six studies from nature drawn and etched in imitation of chalk by William Crotch'. The BM examples, not printed on chine collé, has a date on the title of 1809 but Girtin's publication line dated 1810. William Crotch (1775-1847) was an infant prodigy as musician but also an amateur draughtsman and etcher.
[Ref: 67496] £950.00 view all images for this item
Every Body For Ever !
James Nasmyth - April 5. 1854.
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"), with large margins. Tear and soiling in left margin.
A demonstration in progress, with the streets (and some of the roofs) packed with men. On the left a fight has broken out. The cityscape is invented with the buildings and monuments of various cities, including Edinburgh. The artist, James Nasmyth (1808-90), was better known as an engineer and inventor of the steam-hammer.
[Ref: 67454] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
James Nasmyth - April 5. 1854.
Lithograph. Printed area 260 x 350mm (10¼ x 13¾"), with large margins. Tear and soiling in left margin.
A demonstration in progress, with the streets (and some of the roofs) packed with men. On the left a fight has broken out. The cityscape is invented with the buildings and monuments of various cities, including Edinburgh. The artist, James Nasmyth (1808-90), was better known as an engineer and inventor of the steam-hammer.
[Ref: 67454] £140.00 (£168.00 incl.VAT)
![[Wooded landscape.]](jpegs/67117.jpg)
[Wooded landscape.]
Drawn from nature & etchd by Jos. Farington RA.
[n.d., c.1790] [Signed in plate Farington 1790]
Scarce soft ground etching on chine collé, scratched letter proof. Sheet 435 x 610mm (17 x 24"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners
A stream running through a wood, with a figure standing by his horse. Houses can be seen through the trees.
[Ref: 67117] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
Drawn from nature & etchd by Jos. Farington RA.
[n.d., c.1790] [Signed in plate Farington 1790]
Scarce soft ground etching on chine collé, scratched letter proof. Sheet 435 x 610mm (17 x 24"). Trimmed within plate, mounted on album paper at corners
A stream running through a wood, with a figure standing by his horse. Houses can be seen through the trees.
[Ref: 67117] £280.00 (£336.00 incl.VAT)
![[Titlepage] Grosser Atlas Uber die Ganze Welt...](jpegs/67113.jpg)
[Titlepage] Grosser Atlas Uber die Ganze Welt...
Nürnberg, In Berlegung der Homannischen Erbern. Gedrucht bey Jahann Heinrich Gottfried Bieling. MDCCXXXVII [1737].
Titlepage, letterpress printed in red and black, with engraved vignette map. Sheet 540 x 310mm (21¼ x 12¼"). Edges chipped, some spotting.
The title page to a posthumous edition of the atlas of Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724), Imperial Geographer to Charles VI. The vignette map shows the northern hemisphere, with California depicted as an island.
[Ref: 67113] £350.00
Nürnberg, In Berlegung der Homannischen Erbern. Gedrucht bey Jahann Heinrich Gottfried Bieling. MDCCXXXVII [1737].
Titlepage, letterpress printed in red and black, with engraved vignette map. Sheet 540 x 310mm (21¼ x 12¼"). Edges chipped, some spotting.
The title page to a posthumous edition of the atlas of Johann Baptist Homann (1664-1724), Imperial Geographer to Charles VI. The vignette map shows the northern hemisphere, with California depicted as an island.
[Ref: 67113] £350.00