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[Giorgio Baglivi] Georgius Baglivus Aetat. 34.
Carolus Maratta inv:, delin:, et Autori amico D.D.D. Romæ 1713. C. Duflos Sc. Parisüs.
Engraving. Sheet 215 x 145mm (8½ x 5¾"). Trimmed within plate.
Giorgio Armeno (1668-1707, Latinised as Baglivi), a Croatian-Italian physician, Professor of Anatomy at the College of Sapienza, then Professor of Theoretical Medicine. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in England in July 1698, Wellcome 141-1.
[Ref: 63457] £70.00
(£84.00 incl.VAT)
[Gianello della Torre] Juanelo Torriano
[n.d., c.1820.]
Chine collé mezzotint. 175 x 140mm (6¾ x 5½"),
An illustration of the carrara marble bust of Italo-Spanish clockmaker, engineer and mathematician Gianello della Torre (c.1500-85), attributed to Pompeo Leoni. now in the Museo de Santa Cruz.
[Ref: 63366] £140.00
(£168.00 incl.VAT)
Two Views of Mars.
W. Read Sculp.t.
Pub.d by Sir Rich.d Phillips & C.º Jan.y 1821.
Mezzotint. 160 x 100mm (6¼ x 4"). Binding notches on left edge.
From 'The wonders of the heavens displayed' by Sir Richard Phillips (1767–1840).
[Ref: 63450] £130.00
(£156.00 incl.VAT)
Die Menagerie. La ménagerie. The menagery.
[n.d., c.1845.]
Scarce lithograph with bright hand colour. Sheet 215 x 240mm (8½ x 9½"). Creased and stained.
The interior of a zoo, with cages including a lion, tigers and a pelican, with an elephant, parrot and monkeys loose. The richer clientel are getting a tour, while the regular visitors stand behind a barrier.
[Ref: 63485] £230.00
(£276.00 incl.VAT)
Mons. S. Joel, Pedicure, (Native of Paris,) Keeps Always His Residence in London. Patronised by their R.H. the Dukes of Orleans and Nassau.
[n.d., c.1840.]
4pp. letterpress; at bottom in ink "No32 Gt Winchester Street and Old Bond Street; 220 x 195mm (8¾ x 7¾"). Some damage.
An advert for a pedicurist operating at Great Winchester Street. According to the text, ''S.J. exterminates Corns by a new process of his own invention, without cutting''. Most of the text is testimonials, dated 1836-40.
[Ref: 63488] £160.00
(£192.00 incl.VAT)
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