Catalogue: Europe
[Anna of Austria] Anna Königin in Polen Ertz Herzogin zu Osterreich.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, printed from two plates. Total 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7"), very large margins.
Anna of Austria (1573-1598) became Queen of Poland following her marriage to Sigismund III Vasa. From Franz Christoph Khevenhiller's 'Annales Ferdinandei'.
[Ref: 57763] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Augustus II Rex. Pol. et Elect. Saxon.
Eggelhoff sc.
[Frankfurt am Main: Johann Adam Jung, 1719.]
Engraving. Plate 155 x 115mm (6" x 4½"), with large margins.
Augustus II (1670-1733), known as Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony as well as King of Poland & Grand Duke of Lithuania. His death in 1733 sparked the War of the Polish Succession. Engraved by Johann Friedrich Eggelhoff (1680-1731) for 'Beschreibung des gantzen Welt-Kreises', a German edition of Allain Manesson Mallet's 'Description de L'Univers'.
[Ref: 57732] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Augustus II] Frid. Aucust. D.G. Rex Polon. S.R.I. Archim. et Elect. Saxon. &c.
[Frankfurt am Main, n.d., 1652.]
Engraving. 225 x 160mm (9 x 6¼"), very large margins.
Portrait of Augustus II (1670-1733, 'The Strong'), king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. From 'Theatrum Europeaum'.
[Ref: 57735] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Augustus II] August der Starke.
[German, 1837.]
Lithograph. Printed area 200 x 125mm (8 x 5") very large margins. Some spotting.
Portrait of Augustus II (1670-1733, 'The Strong'), king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I. From 'Theatrum Europeaum'.
[Ref: 57736] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Augustus III] Friderick Augustus, Rex Poloniarum Elector Saxoniæ.
[n.d., c.1750.]
Engraving. Sheet 130 x 110mm (5¼ x 4½"). Trimmed to image.
Portrait of Augustus III (1696-1763), wearing armour, ermine mantle and Order of the Golden Fleece. He was king of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus II.
[Ref: 57733] £45.00
(£54.00 incl.VAT)
De geboorte van den Ionge Cheur Prins van Saxen Carel Frederik Augustus Franciscus, op den 18 November 1720 [...] [parallel text in Latin]
Leon:Schenk Fecit.
Pet:Schenk Exc: Amst: C.Pr. [n.d. c.1730.]
Engraving, sheet 160 x 190mm (6¼ x 7½"). Trimmed to plate, one spot on image.
A scene showing the birth of Frederick Augustus Franz Xavier, the first son of the King of Poland Augustus III (1696-1763), on 18 November 1720. He died two months later.
[Ref: 59302] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Belarus] Son Éminence Monseigneur Basile Archevèque de Polotsk et de Vitebsk. Histoire Général (Partie qui comprend les Chefs et les Membres du Clergé des Différentes Églises) dont la publication sw continue à Genève.
A. Lugardon, Lith. Imp. Vauthey.
[Paris, c.1840.]
Tinted lithograph on india, with title on backing sheet. 290 x 220mm (11¾ x 8¾"). Large margins.
Basil, the Archbishop of Polotsk in Belarus, probably of the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church.
[Ref: 38986] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
J. Bem. Es lebe Ungarn! Es lebe die Freiheit! [Facsimilie Signature.]
Lith. v. Benseler. Druck v. Mercier in Berlin.
Verlag u. Eigenth v. Gebr. Rocca in Berlin.
Lithograph. Sheet: 495 x 360mm (19½ x 14"), with large margins
A half-length portrait of Józef Bem (1794-1850) who was a Polish engineer who also served as a Ottoman pasha, Bem worked and fought for the future of Poland both inside and outside Poland. From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846), mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot, and her family.
[Ref: 46453] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Albert Boguslawski. Célébre auteur et artiste dramatique. Créateur du théatre modern Polonaise [...]
Joseph Korowski del. James Hopwood sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Wojciech Boguslawski (1757-1829), Polish actor and playwright, director of the Polish National Theatre, regarded as the 'Father of Polish theatre'. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21280] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
[Catherine of Austria] Catherina Königin in Polen,
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, printed from two plates. Total 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7") very large margins.
Anna of Austria (1573-1598), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, became Queen of Poland following her marriage to Sigismund II Augustus. From Franz Christoph Khevenhiller's 'Annales Ferdinandei'.
[Ref: 57764] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Cecilia Renata of Austria] Cecilia Renata Ertz Herzogin zu Osterreich Vladislao Königs in Pohlen Gemahlin.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, printed from two plates. Total 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7"), very large margins.
Cecilia Renata of Austria (1611-44) became Queen of Poland following her marriage to Wladyslaw IV Vasa. From Franz Christoph Khevenhiller's 'Annales Ferdinandei'.
[Ref: 57762] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Chlopicki. Revue des Armees. Journal. No.8.
Julien [facsimile.]
Imp. Aubert et C.ie. [n.d. c.1820.]
Rare lithograph. 246 x 159mm (9¾ x 6¼"). Small crease.
Josef Chlopicki (1771-1854) the Polish general who was involved in fighting in Europe at the time of Napoleon and later. He was present at all engagements fought during 1792-1794 and was publicly complimented by General Nicolas Oudinot for his extraordinary valour. He distinguished himself at the battles of Modena, Busano, Casablanca and Ponto. In 1814, Tsar Alexander I made him a General in the new Polish army with the rank of a general officer.
[Ref: 29923] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
[Christian, Duke of Brieg] Christianus Dux Silesiæ Lignicensis Bregensis et Wolaviensis, etc.
M. v. Sommer f.
[n.d., c.1665.]
Engraving. 220 x 145mm (8¾ x 5¾"). Some text faded, time stained. Small margins.
Oval portrait of Christian, Duke of Legnica-Brzeg-Wolów-Olawa. (1618-72), candidate for the Polish throne in 1668.
[Ref: 57756] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
Constantia von Österreich Königin von Polen.
[n.d., c.1620.]
Engraving, printed from two plates, 17th century watermark Total 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7") very large margins. Printer's crease at top.
Constance of Austria (1588-1631) became queen of Poland on her marriage to Sigismund III Vasa (his second wife). She was the mother of King John II Casimir.
[Ref: 57759] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Constantia of Austria] Constantia Austriaca Poloniæ Regina, Nag.-Duc. Lithuaniæ etc. Constantia van Oosternrÿck [...]
[n.d., c.1620.]
Coloured engraving. 185 x 135mm (7¼ x 5¼"), set in text, very large margins. Slight vertical crease.
Constance of Austria (1588-1631), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles II, was the second wife of Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland-Lithiania. From Franz Christoph Khevenhiller's 'Annales Ferdinandei'.
[Ref: 57765] £280.00
(£336.00 incl.VAT)
Paysan de la Samogitie. Femme de la Samogitie. Paysanne de la Podolie. Paysan de Cravovie qui travaille aux mines, Juif et femme Juive de Cracovie.
n.d., c.1780.
Coloured etching. Sheet 125 x 210mm (5 x 8½").
A costume plate with two groupings of three people. On the left are a Samogitian peasant and his wife (of Lithuania) and a Podolian woman (Ukraine). On the right are a Polish miner, and a Jewish man and wife of Cracow, Poland.
[Ref: 61471] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)
Le Prince Adam Czartoryski.
Maurin.
Lith de Villain.
Lithograph. Sheet: 510 x 330mm (20 x 13")
A portrait of Prince Adam Czartoryski (1770-1861) a Polish nobleman, statesman and author who worked for both the Russian Council of Ministers and was President of the Polish National Government during the November 1830 Uprising. From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846), mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot, and her family.
[Ref: 46459] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Annie z Sapiehów Czartoryskiéy Opiekunce cierpiacych na wygnaniu.
G. Grevedon 1839.
Imp. de Lemercier, Bernard & Cie.
Lithograph. Sheet: 510 x 355mm (20 x 14").
A portrait of Anna Zofia Sapieha (1799-1864) wife of Prince Adam Czartoryski (1770-1861) who was a polish social activist and philanthropist.
[Ref: 46460] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Jean Henri Dombrowski. Général d'un corps d'armée polonais en 1794 [...]
Michel Stachowicz pinx. James Hopwood sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Jan Henryk Dabrowski (1755-1818), fought under Poniatowski in the campaign of 1792 against the Russians, in the 1794 Kosciuszko Insurrection, set up the Polish Legions in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, joining Napoleon on the march on Moscow in 1812. His name appears on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21276] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
[Dantzig Dock, Poland.]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1925]
Etching, printed in sanguine. 165 x 290mm.
b.1882. Scotland. Official Artist with the 51st Highlanders 1914-1918.
[Ref: 2436] £175.00
(£210.00 incl.VAT)
Henri Dembinski. Aus Jelachichs Einbruch in Ungarn wird Ungarns Freiheit erflogen. [Facsimilie signature.]
Gez. v. Kurowski, lith. v. A.v. Deinert. Druck v. Mercier in Berlin.
Verlag u. Eigenth v. Gebr. Rocca in Berlin.
Lithograph. Sheet: 495 x 360mm (19½ x 14"), with large margins.
A portrait of Polish engineer, traveller, and general Henryk Dembinski (1791-1864). From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846) mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot, and her family.
[Ref: 46450] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Elizabeth of Austria] Elisabeth Königin von Polen Ertzhe von Osterreich.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving, printed from two plates. Total 290 x 175mm (11½ x 7"), very large margins.
Elizabeth of Austria (1526-45) became Queen of Poland following her marriage to Sigismund II Augustus, but died only two years later, aged 18. From Franz Christoph Khevenhiller's 'Annales Ferdinandei'.
[Ref: 57761] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Frederic Auguste Roy de Pologne Electeur et Duc de Saxe..[etc.]
Grave par E. Desrochers et se vend chez luy a Paris rue St. Jacque au Mecenas [n.d., c.1720].
Engraving. 105 x 150mm. Trimmed within plate.
Frederick Augustus I or Augustus II the Strong (1670 – 1733) was Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I) and King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (as Augustus II); in armour and fur cloak, in inscribed oval frame. Four lines of tribute to pediment. Engraved and published by Étienne Desrochers (1668 - 1741).
[Ref: 14047] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Andreas Fritsche, ihr Königl: May. in Pohlen und Chur-Fürstl: Durchl: zu Sachen Wohl bes talt Gewesener Ober Steuer-Cassirer. ætat 73. Iahr, gebohren den 13. Septembr. 1637, gestorben den 27 Januar. 1710.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Rare mezzotint. 315 x 215mm (12½ x 8½"). Trimmed to plate, creaes and folds. Small margins.
Andreas Fritsche (1637-1710), chief tax cashier of Poland and the Electorate of Saxony.
[Ref: 57754] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Gdynia, Poland.]
Fred. A. Farrell [signed in pencil]
[n.d. c.1925]
Etching. 165 x 350mm.
b.1882. Scotland. Official Artist with the 51st Highlanders 1914-1918.
[Ref: 2440] £180.00
(£216.00 incl.VAT)
[Marie Louis Gonzaga] Maria de Nevers Royne de Pologne.
[Frankfurt am Main: Matthaüs Merian, 1651.]
Engraving. 160 x 110mm (6¼ x 4¼"), set in woodcut border and letterpress, very large margins.
Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611-67), born in Nevers to Charles I, Duke of Mantua, married two kings of Poland, Wladyslaw IV and his brother John II Casimir.
[Ref: 57766] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Stanislaus Hosius, Card.
N. de Larmessin sculp.
[n.d., 1682.]
Engraving, 190 x 140mm, 7½ x 5½". Trimmed.
Stanislaus Hosius (1504-1579), Polish cardinal; from 1558 papal legate to the Holy Roman Emperor's Imperial Court in Vienna; from 1566 a papal legate to Poland. He actively opposed the Protestant Reformation. Published in Isaac Bullart's 'Académie des Sciences et des Arts'.
[Ref: 16996] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Karolina. Polonaise. 1786 + 1832.
Joseph Kurowski del. James Hopwood sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Portrait of a Polish beauty from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21282] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Charles Kniaziewicz Général en 1794 sous Kosiusko, et dans les Légions polonaises en Italie de 1797 [...]
Joseph Korowski pinx. James Hopwood sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Baron Karol Otto Kniaziewicz (1762-1842), fought in the Polish-Russian war of 1792, the Kosciuszko Uprising in 1794, the Napoleonic Wars in the Polish Legions, including the Russian Campaign of 1812. During the November Uprising of 1830 he was a representative of the "Polish National Government" in Paris. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21274] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Kosciuszko.
Engraved by W. Holl. From a print engraved in 1829 by A. Heszezynski, a Pole.
London. Published by Charles Knight. Pall Mall East.
Stipple. Sheet size: 275 x 180mm (10¾ x 7"). Trimmed inside platemark.
Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817), fought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia and on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. He was a close friend and admirer of Thomas Jefferson, and as Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, led the 1794 'Kosciuszko Uprising'. He was considered a hero for his role in the American Revolution and for his leadership of a national insurrection in his homeland.
[Ref: 32617] £60.00
(£72.00 incl.VAT)
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polsk Faltherre. Libertas Animae Deo, Corporis Paul Petri Filio.
Tilegnas Herr Hof-Intendenten Pehr Tham.
[Sweden, c.1800.]
A scarce lithograph. sheet 180 x 220mm, 7 x 8½". Trimmed around title, laid on album paper.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) Polish general, and leader against the Russians in 1792 and of the uprising of 1794. Imprisoned in St Petersburg; released 1796 and henceforth in exile. He reclines on a chaise longue, looking ahead, wearing a dark coat and boots. An interesting Swedish version of the portrait by Thomas Stothard (1755-1834), published in London in 1800.
[Ref: 19716] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
[Signed in plate, unidentified Polish artist.]
[Polish (Krakow?), c.1852.]
Lithograph, sheet 335 x 225mm. 13¼ x 9". Tatty extremities; some foxing.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) Polish general, and leader against the Russians in 1792 and of the uprising of 1794. Imprisoned in St Petersburg; released 1796 and henceforth in exile. He reclines on a chaise longue, looking ahead, wearing a dark coat and boots, with a table set with a book and quill to left. A view beyond at right. An interesting Polish reissue of the plate originally published in London in 1800. After Thomas Stothard (1755 - 1834).
[Ref: 15163] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Thadé Kosciuszko. Eleve de l'école militaire ou Corps des cadets de Warsavie; Général aux armées de L'Amérique du Nord, commandées part Washington [...] (De la Coll.on de L. Chodzko)
Joseph Grassi pinx, Kurowski del. James Hopwood sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817), a Polish-Lithuanian general who fought in the American Revolution before leading the 1794 Polish uprising against Russia. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21248] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
General Kosciuszko. Commander in chief of the Polish Army.
J. Chapman sculpt.
Published as the Act directs [British, n.d., c.1820].
Stipple, 165 x 110mm. 6½ x 4¼". Some foxing to (wide) margins.
Oval portrait of Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817), a Polish-Lithuanian general who fought in the American Revolution before leading the 1794 Polish uprising against Russia.
[Ref: 23482] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
General Kosciusko. Commander in chief of the Polish Army.
Published as the Act directs [n.d., c. 1790].
Stipple with etching, small margins. Platemark: 165 x 112mm (6½ x 4½").
A portrait, in an oval, of General Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817), a Polish military engineer and a military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Belarus, and the United States. He fought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's struggles against Russia and Prussia, and on the American side in the American Revolutionary War. As Supreme Commander of the Polish National Armed Forces, he led the 1794 Kosciuszko Uprising.
[Ref: 34427] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Thaddeus Kosciuszko.
[n.d., c.1800.]
Engraving. Sheet: 255 x 220mm (10 x 8½"0 Trimmed to printed border and tipped into album sheet.
Thaddeus Kosciuszko (1746 - 1817) Polish general, and leader against the Russians in 1792 and of the uprising of 1794. Imprisoned in St Petersburg; released 1796 and henceforth in exile. He reclines on a chaise longue, looking ahead, wearing a dark coat and boots.
[Ref: 42156] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Krakovie Capitale de la République Polonaise. Vue prise du côté du Tertre-Kosciuszko.
J.N Glowaki del. Outhwaite sc.
[Paris, n.d., c. 1848.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 185 x 270mm, 7¼ x 10½".
A view of Krakow, from a painting in the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21331] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Joachim Lelewel Historien et Archéologue Polonais [...]
Joseph Malinski del. Camille Huard sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861), a Polish historian regarded by the Russians as one of the most dangerous rebels of the 1830 revolt. In 1847, in exile in Brussels, Lelewel, along with Marx and Engels, was a founding member of the Democratic Society for Unity and Brotherhood of All Peoples. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21278] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Joachim Lelewel. [Facsimilie signature.]
Maures. Lith de Villain.
[n.d., c.1835.]
Lithograph. Sheet: 520 x 335mm (20½ x 13¼") large margins. Hole in margin.
A half-length portrait of Polish historian Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861) who was involved in the November 1830 Uprising in Russia, and was a founding member of the Democratic Society for Unity and Brotherhood with Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. From the collection of Lady Elizabeth Fielding (1773-1846) mother of William Henry Fox-Talbot and her family.
[Ref: 46451] £360.00
Stanislas 1er Leszczynski. Staroste d'Odolanow. Grand-Echanson de la Coronne. Palatin de Posnanie. Roi de Pologne. Grand-duc de Litvanie, Duc des Terres Russiennes, des Terres Prussiennes etc, etc. Duc de Lorraine et de Bar. Né à Léopol, le 30 Octobre 1677. Mort à Luneville le 23 Février 1766. (De la Coll.on de L. Chodzko)
Michel Stachowicz del. Geoffroy sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Stanislas 1 Leszczynski, King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, forced to abdicate twice. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21245] £65.00
(£78.00 incl.VAT)
Stanislas Leszinski. Elu Roy de Pologne à Varsovie le 12 juillet 1705. Couronné le 4 Octobre 1705.
A Paris chez E. Desrochers rue de soin prés la rue St. Jacq.
Engraving. Plate: 155 x 105mm (6 x 4''), with very large margins.
A portrait of Stanislaw I Leszczynski (1677-1761), King of Poland. From a series of small portraits by Étienne-Jehandier Desrochers (1668-1741).
[Ref: 48269] £75.00
(£90.00 incl.VAT)
Lithuaniens. Dans le champ qu'il cultive il trove la richesse, / Et sous son toit rustique il trouve le bonheur.
A. Devéria del. Imp. de Lemercier. Paris.
Paris, chez Bulla, quai S.Michel No. 25 [n.d., c.1860.]
Lithograph with exceptional hand colour. Printed area 390 x 265mm (15¼ x 10½"), with large margins, with publisher's blind stamp..
A rustic Lithuanian couple and their infant outside a cottage.
[Ref: 60242] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
[Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski] Giorgio Sebastiano Lubomirzki, Conte de Wisnicz, e Jaroslau Principe del Sacro Romano Imperio Gran Marsceiallo del Regno di Polonia Generale de Camp Generale della minor Polonia, Governatore di Craccovia Chmielnicz, Olstqn, Percus Javia, e Casimiria.
J.D. Heredt del.
F. v. Steen S.C.M. Sc: fec.
Engraving. 265 x 180mm (10½ x 7"), very large margins.
Oval portrait of Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (1616-67), a Polish noble and able commander in wars against the Ukrainian Cossacks, Sweden, Transylvania and Muscovy (1648-60). However he is best remembered for the Lubomirski Rebellion (1665-6), which successfully prevented reforms of the Commonwealth, but caused him to be exiled. The Italian text suggests this is an illustration to one of the works of historian Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato (1606-78).
[Ref: 57757] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
[Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski] Giorgius Sebastianus Lubomirzki, Comes de Wisnicz et Jaroslaviæ S.R.I. Princeps Mareschallus magnus, Regni Poloniæ, et Poloniæ minoris Generalis Gubernator Kcrckoviæ Chmielnicz, Nizqn, olstqn, Pereuslaviæ et Casmiriæ.
W.P. Kilian sc.
[Ulm: Wagner, 1691.]
Engraving. 310 x 180mm (12¼ x 7") very large margins.
Oval portrait of Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski (1616-67), a Polish noble and able commander in wars against the Ukrainian Cossacks, Sweden, Transylvania and Muscovy (1648-60). However he is best remembered for the Lubomirski Rebellion (1665-6), which successfully prevented reforms of the Commonwealth, but caused him to be exiled. From 'Historia Moderna Europae, oder eine Historische Beschreibung des heutigen Europae' by Everhardus Guernerus Happelius.
[Ref: 57758] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Kasimir Malachowski, Cannonnier en 1784 - Major en 1794, en Pologne. Chef de bataillon dans les légions d'Italie, en 1797. Commandant la Lègion polonaise à St Domingue, en 1803. Général de Brigade en 1812-Généralissime en 1831. Né à Wisxniow et Litavnie, le 24 Février 1765. Mort à Chantilly en France le Janvier 1845.
Kwiaskowski del. J. Hopwood sc. [De la Coll.on de Léonard Chodzko.]
[Paris: P. Dien, n.d., c. 1840.]
Mezzotint on steel. Printed area 140 x 95mm (5½ x 3¾").
A portrait of Kazimierz Malachowski of Gryf (1765-1845), a general of both the armed forces of Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland. After fighting with the French during the Napoleonic Wars, he is best remembered as one of the last Commanders-in-Chief of the failed November Uprising, assuming command shortly after the disastrous battle of Warsaw in 1831. From the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 31846] £95.00
(£114.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Josepha, Ertz:hertzogin von Oesterreich Kaÿs. Josephi I. und Amaliæ Prinzessi.
[n.d., c.1720.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 105mm (5½ x 4¼"). Trimmed and mounted on a mismatched contemporary sheet with a decorative engraved architectural surround, total printed area 310 x 205mm (12Ľ x 8").
Decorative portrait of Maria Josepha of Austria (1699-1757), Queen of Poland following her marriage to Augustus III.
[Ref: 57760] £260.00
(£312.00 incl.VAT)
Adam-Stanislas Naruszwicz. Historien et poete Polonais [...]
Jean-Pierre Norblin del. Camille Huard sc.
P. Dien impr. [Paris, n.d., c. 1840.]
Stipple engraving on steel. Sheet 270 x 185mm, 10½ x 7¼".
Adam Stanislaw Naruszewicz (1733-96), a Polish nobleman who wrote the first modern history of the nation. A portrait from the collection of Leonard Chodzko (1800-71), a Polish historian active in the November Uprising of 1830 and the Great Emigration that followed it.
[Ref: 21277] £65.00
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National Polonoise.
T.W.P. Oginsky. [n.d. c.1815.]
Sheet music. 240 x 294mm. 9½ x 11¾".
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765-1833), was a Polish and later Russian statesman, insurrectionary and composer, best known for his polonaise “Pozegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Fatherland). He was also ambassador and Paymaster General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This section of manuscript is not necessarily a part of the Pozegnanie Ojczyzny, although he did composer 24 polonaises of pianoforte.
[Ref: 15030] £70.00
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National Polonoise.
T.W.P. Oginsky. [n.d. c.1815.]
Sheet music. 240 x 294mm (9½ x 11¾").
Michal Kleofas Oginski (1765-1833), was a Polish and later Russian statesman, insurrectionary and composer, best known for his polonaise “Pozegnanie Ojczyzny” (Farewell to the Fatherland). He was also ambassador and Paymaster General of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. This section of manuscript is not necessarily a part of the Pozegnanie Ojczyzny, although he did composer 24 polonaises of pianoforte. Published in Ackermann's Repository of Arts.
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[Georg Benedict Ogilvy]. Georg Benedict Baron de Ogilvÿ, Sr. Czaar, Maj. General Feld Marschal.
[n.d., c.1722.]
Engraving. Sheet 140 x 85mm (5½ x 3¼"). Trimmed and mounted on a mismatched contemporary sheet with a decorative engraved architectural surround, total printed area 310 x 205mm (12Ľ x 8").
Decorative portrait of Georg Benedict Ogilvy (1644-1710), in wig and armour. A great-grandson of James Ogilvy, 5th Lord Ogilvy of Airlie of the Scottish clan Ogilvy, he served in the armies of Austria, Russia, Poland & Saxony. In 1704 he was second in command of the Russians at the Siege of Narva (under Peter the Great). He then entered the service of Augustus II the Strong, becoming a field marshal of Saxony in 1706. He died at the Siege of Danzig in 1710.
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