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Amsterdam: c. 1710. Engraved with period outline colour. Bottom margin trimmed close to neat line. All edges browned. 20 1/2 x 24 1/8 inches. 21 1/8 x 24 3/4 inches. A handsome early 18th century Dutch map of Denmark The de la Feuille family came to Amsterdam from France in 1683. The father, Daniel, was a goldsmith and engraver. Talent in engraving in Amsterdam at that time naturally led to publishing and mapmaking. This map was made by Jacob (originally Jacques) on the basis of several contemporary maps.... more information

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Le Mans, France: L'Automobile-Club de l'Ouest, 1949. Large quarto. (12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches). Half-title, printed in brown and black throughout. Numerous illustrations, most in colour, most by Ham (including 6 full-pages of portraits, 17 full-page coloured illustrations of the race, 1 full-page section title in colours, 1 full-page map printed in 2 colours). Largely unopened. Original cream-coloured thick paper wrappers, the upper cover with an overall design printed in colours incorporating the map ... more information

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London: John Boydell, 1 October 1768. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Philip Charles Canot. 16 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches. 19 1/4 x 23 3/16 inches. A fine example of van Laer's 'bambocciata' compositions, ably engraved by one of the great late 18th century engravers working in London. The title notes that the original picture, from which this engraving is taken, was 29 inches by 38 inches. Dutch painter and printmaker, [Van Laer was ]... active mainly in Rome, [where] he established a reputation as t... more information

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London: John Boydell, 24 June 1769. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Philip Charles Canot. 16 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches. 19 1/4 x 23 1/8 inches. A fine example of van Laer's 'bambocciata' compositions, ably engraved by one of the great late 18th century engravers working in London. The title notes that the original picture, from which this engraving is taken, was 29 inches by 38 inches. Dutch painter and printmaker. [Van Laer was ]... active mainly in Rome, [where] he established a reputation as the ... more information

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Leiden: Elzevier, 1633. Folio. (13 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches). Half-title. Engraved title with elaborate emblematic and architectonic border, 14 double-page engraved maps by Hessel Gerritsz, 68 woodcut illustrations. Contemporary calf, covers with double-fillet border in blind, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, the bands flanked by pairs of fillets in blind, painted figure '4' carefully painted in an attractive early calligraphic hand in white paint in the uppermost compartment, red-stained ... more information

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Leiden: Elzevier, 1633. Folio. (13 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches). Engraved title with elaborate emblematic and architectonic border, 14 double-page engraved maps by Hessel Gerritsz, 68 woodcut illustrations. Near-contemporary marbled calf gilt, the covers with a large central shaped arabesque of strap-work, scrolling foliage, flowers and pomegranates, all within a simple outer border of a single fillet and a dog-tooth roll, expertly rebacked to style, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt i... more information

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The Hague: chez Charles Delo, 1706. 2 volumes, 12mo. (6 x 3 5/8 inches). Titles in red and black. Engraved additional title, 26 plates and maps (including 2 large folding maps, 22 other folding plates or maps). Contemporary calf, covers ruled in blind, spine in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco labels in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat overall tooling in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, expert repairs to head and foot of spines, contained within a single modern dar... more information

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London: Printed for J. Osborn [vol I]; Printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, J. Osborn, S. Birt, T. Ward and E. Wicksteed [vol II], 1735. 2 volumes, 8vo. (8 x 5 inches). 20 engraved maps and plates (8 folding), as issued, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 3 engraved plates from the 1703 first edition. Later mottled calf by Morrell, gilt triple-fillet borders with circular floral corner designs on the covers, spine with raised bands in six compartments, decoratively tooled in gilt, morocco gilt le... more information

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Paris: Huquier and others, circa 1740] - 1744 - 1768. 18 suites and 4 unassigned plates in one volume, folio (21 5/8 x 14 inches). Engraved throughout. 150 leaves with 13 titles and 161 plates, all after Lajoue (1 folding, 1 hand-coloured reverse-printed 'vue d'optique' plate), most plates mounted to size, some plates cut to the edge or into the plate area. Mid-nineteenth century green morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked to style, spine in compart... more information

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Philadelphia: J.E. Gillette & Co. publishers, 1861. Lithographed folding wall map, hand-coloured in outline, in 36 sections backed onto linen (87 4/5 x 65 3/4 inches overall), edged with pink linen ribbon, contemporary metal rings through cloth hoops sewn along upper margin of map. Contained in a recent red two-fold chemise, all within a recent red morocco-backed cloth slipcase, lettered and dated in gilt on the 'spine'. A rare and finely-detailed magnificent large scale map of Philadelphia a... more information

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London: [printed by Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1823. 8vo. (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches). 6pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Original drab paper-covered boards, paper label to backstrip, uncut (some expert repair). [With:] [Charles LAMB]. The Last Essays of Elia. London: [printed by Bradbury & Evans for] Edward Moxon, 1833. 8vo. (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches). Half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at the back. Original dark blue moire cloth-backed drab paper-covered board... more information

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London: Sold by James Lambert, Painter, at Lewes in Sussex, and Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller, [circa 1760]. Hand-coloured engraving on laid paper by Pierre Charles Canot. Heightened with small spots of gum arabic in the lower part of the image. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, a 1 1/4" tear in the left margin, and a skilfully repaired 2" loss in the lower right corner of the sheet. 16 3/8 x 24 5/8 inches. 18 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches. A beautiful panoramic view of the En... more information

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London: printed for B. and J. White, 1797. Quarto. [11 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches). Half-title. 13 folding engraved plates with roulette work by J. Barlow (8 after Ferdinand Bauer). Expertly bound to style in dark blue straight-grained half morocco over 18th-century marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments by gilt fillets and roll tools, lettered in the second compartment, the others with repeat tooling in gilt. First edition of this important work on Peruvian bark or Cinchona by... more information

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London: published by Landi, sold by Thos. King Jun., 1810 [title watermarked 1808, plates variously watermarked 1802 and 1809]. Imperial folio. (21 x 16 inches). Engraved calligraphic title, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, by G. d'Argenzo after Landi, the 7th plate with a slip pasted on as part of the title. Contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border in gilt and blind, composed from fillets, roll tools and star tools at each corner, expertly re-backed to style in red morocco, t... more information

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London and Meldon: W.W. Simpson & J. Landseer, 1 August 1818. Etching with aquatint, coloured by hand, by Thomas Landseer (three small neat repairs to margins). 12 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches. 17 1/5 x 22 3/8 inches. A very fine aquatint etching after Sir Edwin Landseer, one of the most famous of all Victorian artists. Thomas Landseer (1795-1880) "was an engraver of great power and originality, and may be said to have invented a style in order to render more faithfully and sympathetically the works of hi... more information

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[N.p. but Boston]: FH Lane, [n.d. but circa 1837-1845]. Tinted lithograph by Lane, printed by John C. Sharp. Two large expertly repaired tears. Image area: 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches. Sheet size: 12 x 15 3/4 inches. A very rare and beautifully-rendered image of the greatest American battleship of her era, the "Ohio". This work is recorded, but not as being by Fitz Henry Lane and is therefore an unrecorded addition to Lane's canon of lithographic work. The Ohio was built in the New York Navy Yar... more information

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Boston: Published by A. Conant, Lane & Scott's Lith. Tremont Temple, 1845. Lithograph printed in colour and finished by hand. 19 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches. A stunning view of the harbor of New Bedford, Massachusetts by Fitz Henry [Hugh] Lane, one of America's most celebrated marine painters. Fitz Henry [Hugh] Lane is considered one of America's greatest landscape artists. His elegant panoramas of coastal towns are nothing short of magnificent, and his accomplished lithographs set a precedent for... more information

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London: circa 1840]. Engraving, by Edward Hacker (repaired tears to margins, occasionally affecting image area). 15 x 21 inches. 19 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches. A fine quality scene showing a beagling pack and their master. George Laporte "came from an artistic family... [and] turned to sport for the subjects of many of his paintings. He lived in London, exhibiting there from the age of seventeen. The proprietor of The Sporting Magazine used his work and later in life he was appointed animal painter to the ... more information

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Winchester" [but London: Henry Bohn], 1821-1828 [but circa 1845]. 11 volumes in 10, (index volume bound in Volume X), 4to (10 1/2 x 8 1/2). 7pp. of subscribers listed, 193 hand-coloured etched plates after and by Latham, some printed in bistre, or blue, most heightened with gum arabic, some heightened in gilt. Contemporary green half morocco by J. Wright of Noel Street, London, spines in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in the second compartment, numbered in the third. the others with elab... more information

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London: Published by R. Sayer & Co. Fleet Street, Nov. 20, 1789. Stipple, colour printed a la poupée. Printed on wove paper. Collectors blindstamp of a star in left margin. Collectors mark not identified in Lugt but attributed to the eighteenth century. In excellent condition. 9 x 7 3/8 inches. 17 x 11 9/16 inches. This charming colour-printed portrait by Robert Laurie depicts the celebrated actress Charlotte Goodall in the character of Adeline in "The Battle of Hexham". Charlotte Goo... more information

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