Authors starting with T from Donald Heald Rare Books

Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, [1823]. Copper-engraved map, with full original color, n very good condition.23 3/4 x 31 1/4 inches. A World map by one of America's first great cartographers The objective of depicting a three dimensional sphere on a two dimensional sheet of paper has challenged mapmakers since Classical times. Mercator's solution was to straighten all of the longitudinal meridians, making them perpendicular to the lines of latitude. The consequence of this projection was that while la... more information

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Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, [1823]. Engraving, with full, period colour. Excellent condition, with very large margins. Slight discolouration at centerfold and some mild off-setting. 18 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches. 23 3/4 x 31 1/4 inches. An early 19th century American map of Asia American maps of foreign lands in the early days of American cartography were necessarily derived from European, and specifically, British models. This map shows Asia and Australia at the beginnings of the great European expansions into ... more information

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Philadelphia: H. S. Tanner, 1819-23. Copper-engraving with full period color. 23 1/8 x 28 inches. 23 3/4 x 31 3/8 inches. Henry Tanner's A New American Atlas, was the most distinguished atlas published in America during the nineteenth century. The maps were carefully constructed from the best and most recent surveys. They were finely engraved on a large-scale, printed on high quality paper, and carefully hand colored. Because of the great expense involved in the production and publication, the atlas w... more information

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Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1825. Folio. (23 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches). Letterpress half-title, 1p. index and 18pp. text. Engraved title with vignette of the "First Landing of Columbus in the New World, 21 fine hand-coloured engraved map sheets (16 maps on 16 double-page sheets; 1 map on one folding sheet; and 1 map on 4 double-page sheets), some expert restoration to corners. Expertly bound to style in half brown straight-grained morocco over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divide... more information

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Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1846. Copper-engraved map, on banknote paper, with original hand-colour. Good condition with some expert restoration to margins and old folds. 22 7/8 x 29 5/8 inches. An important and rare map of Mexico and the southwestern United States, depicting Texas in its largest form, the 1846 "Second edition" of the celebrated Tanner map. The present map embraces all of modern Mexico and the southwestern United States of America, and prominently features the new state of Texas ... more information

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Philadelphia: published by Henry S. Tanner, 1834. Hand-coloured map in sections backed onto linen and edged with green silk, sheet size: 49 3/4 x 62 7/8 inches, 'engraved by H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen, and J. Knight', with integral decorative title vignette after J.W. Steel, the map surrounded by numerous small panels including 2 extensions to the area covered by the map, 6 more-detailed maps of environs of various eastern cities, 8 city plans, a number of elevation profiles of ... more information

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Philadelphia: H.S.Tanner, 1826. Engraved folding pocket map, on banknote paper, with original outline hand-colouring, accompanied by the original red roan gilt covers, titled in gilt "Mexico.", modern red cloth chemise, all contained within a modern red morocco-backed slipcase, titled in gilt on spine. Includes inset titled Map of the Roads &c. from Vera Cruz & Alvarado to Mexico, as well as inset tables of distances and statistics. The map in good condition apart from a few splits at fo... more information

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London: printed for T. Cadell, 1787. Quarto. 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. 1 folding engraved map with routes marked by hand in colour, 4 engraved plans (2 folding) with positions and troop movements marked by hand in colours. Contemporary figured calf, the flat spine divided into six compartments by Greek-key and other roll tools, black morocco label in the second compartment, the others with overall repeat decoration in gilt. A key work concerning the southern campaigns of the American Re... more information

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London: printed for T. Cadell, 1787. Quarto. (10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches). 2pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. 1 folding engraved map with routes marked by hand in colour, 4 engraved plans (2 folding) with positions and troop movements marked by hand in colours. Mid-20th century dark brown calf, covers bordered in gilt and blind, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettering-piece in the second and third, the others tooled in gilt, t.e.g. First edition of a key work concerning the southern ca... more information

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London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales, 1988. Three plates, engraved by Robert Havell and son, printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand, each with printer's blindstamp. 24 1/2 x 31 inches. From an edition limited to 110 copies, printed from the original printing plates in 1988 employing the same techniques as used in 1823. This fine edition was published as a collaborative effort between the State Library of New South Wales and the renowned fine art ... more information

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London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales, 1988. Large oblong folio. (24 ½ x 31 inches). Letterpress title, 1 leaf explanatory text, 1 leaf colophon. 1 letterpress and half-tone key plate, three plates, engraved by Robert Havell and son, printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours 'a la poupee' and finished by hand, each with printer's blindstamp and pencilled notation on the margin 'B[onne] A T[irer]', extra-illustrated with three uncoloured printer'... more information

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London: Alecto Editions and the State Library of New South Wales, 1988. Originally engraved by Robert Havell and son, printed by Edward Egerton-Williams in colours and finished by hand, with printer's blindstamp. 24 1/2 x 31 inches. "By 1820, Sydney was a town of 12,000 inhabitants, about a third of whom were convicts. It had grown dramatically during the administration of Lachlan Macquarie who was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1810. Unlike previous governors, Macquarie was not content... more information

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London: Published Josiah Taylor and Droosten, Allan & Co., 1864. Lithograph in black with a blue tintstone and additional hand-coloring, lithography by Vincent Brooks. 18 3/4 x 28 inches. Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was, more than any other individual, responsible for the formation of modern Italy out of a patchwork of small principalities and city-states. The decisive phase in the military side of the campaign began with his landing at Marsala on May 11, 1860, which he achieved under the protecti... more information

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London: John Boydell, 1 July 1777. Engraving, coloured by hand, by J.B. Michel. (Expert repair to upper margin just touching image area). 16 5/8 x 22 7/8 inches. 19 1/8 x 24 inches. A lively scene from the Flemish master of the interior genre picture. Born in Antwerp, David Teniers was the son of David Teniers I. He became a master of the Antwerp Guild of St Luke in 1632-3 after an apprenticeship to his father, with whom he also collaborated. In 1637 he married Anna, the daughter and heiress of Jan Breugh... more information

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London: Sold by John Boydell, Engraver in Cheapside, April 1st, 1771. Hand coloured engraving. Printed on thick laid paper. In excellent condition with wide margins. Image size: 14 1/4 x 19 3/8 inches. 16 3/8 x 20 1/2 inches. 19 1/8 x 25 1/2 inches. A wonderful image of card players in a tavern, by the celebrated Flemish painter David Teniers the Younger. Indoor tavern scenes such as this were a picture type particularly associated with Dutch art of the seventeenth century, but Teniers, a Flemish painter,... more information

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Etching printed in colors. Inscribed upper right: 138. 6½ x 5 inches; on a sheet 14¼ x 9 inches (uneven). 16 3/4 x 11 3/4 (mount). Johannes Teyler (1643 - before 1709) was born and lived in Nijmegen, Holland, where he was an engineer, draughtsman and mathematics teacher. He must have been well thought of since his career entailed extensive and extended journeys all over Europe, including tutoring at several courts. Additionally, he was an experimental printmaker specializing, with spect... more information

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Etching printed in colors. Inscribed upper right: 134. 6¼ x 4½ inches; on a sheet 14½ x 8¼ in. (uneven). 16 3/4 x 11 3/4 (mount). Johannes Teyler (1643 - before 1709) was born and lived in Nijmegen, Holland, where he was an engineer, draughtsman and mathematics teacher. He must have been well thought of since his career entailed extensive and extended journeys all over Europe, including tutoring at several courts. Additionally, he was an experimental printmaker specializing... more information

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[Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir]: 1628. Large folio. (21 ½ x 15 1/3 inches). Engraved title, portrait of the author, nine plates of coats-of-arms, 46 plates of fencing (45 double-page) by Crispin de Pass (1), Wilhelm Jacob Delff (3), J. Gilli (6), Crispian Queborn (6), S. or B. Bolswaert (6), Salomon Saurius (3), Andreas Stockius (3) and others. (Neat 18th-century repairs to title, the final armorial plate, and the 29th and 33rd of the fencing plates, four plates browned, some others lightly browned,... more information

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[Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir: 1628]. Copper engraving by Adrian Matham. Very good condition apart from several tears along the extreme edge of the top margin and a small brown spot in the top left-hand side of the image. 19 x 27 1/4 inches. 21 x 29 inches. A fine print from the most sumptuous book on fencing ever produced, which combines a strong design sense with beauty and historical importance, executed by one of the greatest engravers of the day. The image illustrates Thibault's theories of suc... more information

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[Leiden: B. & A. Elzevir: 1628]. Copper engraving by Adrian Matham. Very good condition apart from a skillfully repaired loss in the right margin. 19 1/8 x 27 3/8 inches. 21 x 29 3/8 inches. A fine print from the most sumptuous book on fencing ever produced, which combines a strong design sense with beauty and historical importance, executed by one of the greatest engravers of the day. The image illustrates Thibault's theories of successful fencing using movement and mathematical principles. Th... more information

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