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London: Printed by McLean & Co., circa 1850. Lithograph printed on fine thick wove paper. Very good condition apart from some light foxing. 14 7/8 x 21 3/4 inches. A fine plate from John Edward Gray's "Gleanings from the Menagerie at Knowsley," a comprehensive visual survey of one of the largest private menagerie's in Victorian England. Edward Smith Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby (1775-1851) was a learned naturalist, who pursued his avid interest in zoology after a brief and unfulfillin... more information

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Paris, Coblenz and London: [1839-1842]. Aquatint engraving by Desmadryl after Bodmer. proof on india paper mounted, blindstamp. 19 1/2 x 14 3/8 inches. 24 1/2 x 18 inches. A rare India proof of this fine full-length double portrait, a composite from drawings made by Bodmer on 1 June 1833 and October 1833. The woman is Chan-Chä-Uiá-Teüin (`Woman of the Crow Nation') whose portrait was painted at Fort Pierre, her dress is trimmed with white beads and has a fringe of twisted metal cones ... more information

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Vienna: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, [1855-1856]. 'Nature printed' in brown ink, with titling and imprint in black, by the Vienna Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 18 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. 22 3/8 x 15 3/8 inches. A beautiful example from "most important work produced by nature printing ever published" (Stafleu). To the modern eye this plate has an almost photographic beauty to it, which, in aesthetic terms, foreshadows the work of the great early-20th century photographers such as Man Ray. However,... more information

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London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 28 July 1783. Mezzotint, collection mark on verso, tipped onto early mount. (Expert small repairs to upper corners). 13 x 10 inches. 14 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. A charming anonymous image from the collection of Frederic R. Halsey (1847-1918), 'un des principaux collectionneurs de son èpoque à New York' (Lugt 1308) The image (of a fashionably-dressed young lady reclining by a brook being approached by a young gentleman) is explained by the engraved vers... more information

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Boston: Published by R. Andrews, 116 Washington St. Boston, circa 1850. Mixed method engraving with added hand-colour. Printed on heavy wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of a tear along the right margin. Image size: 25 1/8 x 17 1/8 inches. 29 x 19 7/8 inches. 29 5/8 x 21 1/4 inches. A handsome portrait of Daniel Webster, one of America's most noted orators. This dramatic, mixed-method engraving was executed by Joseph Andrews and H. W. Smith after a portrait of Daniel Webster by Che... more information

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Vienna: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, [1855-1856]. 'Nature printed' in brown ink, with titling and imprint in black, by the Vienna Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 18 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches. 22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches. A beautiful example from "most important work produced by nature printing ever published" (Stafleu). To the modern eye this plate has an almost photographic beauty to it, which, in aesthetic terms, foreshadows the work of the great early-20th century photographers such as Man Ray. However,... more information

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London: Published by J.F.W. Des Barres in 'The Atlantic Neptune', 1 April, 1781. Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia. Printed on laid paper with `J Bates' watermark. Sheet size: 8 1/4 x 22 inches. A fine view of Halifax Harbour, from 'The Atlantic Neptune', the first British sea atlas of her North American colonies The Atlantic Neptune was the first British sea atlas of her North American colonies, and one of the greatest achievements of eighteenth century cartography. Published i... more information

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Munich: Johann Lucas Straub, 1701-26. Hand-coloured engraving by J. M. Steidbin. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. 10 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches. 12 x 29 1/2 inches. A fascinating and very beautiful print from Wening's rare work on the castles and monasteries of Bavaria: 'Historico-topographica Descriptio' This image is from Wening's only major published work, a large-scale study of Bavarian towns, churches and mansions published in four volumes between 1... more information

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London: Published by S. Gilpin Knightsbridge, & R. Pollard, N. 15 Braynes Row Spa Fields, Feb. 11, 1788. Engraving and aquatint. With hand colour. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some light scuffing in the margins. 14 7/8 x 20 1/2 inches. 17 1/8 x 21 5/8 inches. 17 5/8 x 22 inches. A dramatic portrait of Dash, Colonel Thornton's prized foxhound, after a painting by Sawrey Gilpin. Sawrey Gilpin studied art under Samuel Scott, the well-known landscape painter. He ... more information

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Havana: Impr. y Litografía de la Maestranza de Artillería, 1898. Folio. (17 3/4 x 12 inches). Letterpress title (verso blank); contents page (verso blank); 4pp. text (recto only of 4 leaves); 1p. text (a table listing all 34 of the 'Acorazados' or battleships in the US fleet, recto only); 1p. text (a table of the 51 other vessels ['No Acorazados']in the US fleet, recto only). 38 plates (each with a tinted lithographic image of an individual vessel above cross-sectional line i... more information

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Eichstatt: 1640, 2nd edition. Hand-coloured engraving. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark on the top margin. 20 5/8 x 16 3/8 inches. Basil Besler published "Hortus Eystettensis", the earliest large folio botanical, at Eichstatt near Nuremburg, in 1613. He worked on the drawings for the 374 copper engravings over a period of sixteen years using the plants in the garden of Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, his patron. Depicted in this florilegium w... more information

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[London: Jefferys and Faden, 1776]. Copper-engraved sea chart, on a full, untrimmed sheet, in excellent condition. 30 x 21 3/4 inches. A very rare and highly important sea chart of South Carolina's Hilton Head area, made towards the beginning of the Revolutionary War, in the first state This finely engraved map was the finest sea chart of the area available in the early days of the Revolutionary War, and most certainly would have played an important role in the development of strategies by various com... more information

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London: Published by James Walker, No. 49 Upper Mary Le Bone Street, May 10 1784. Mezzotint. State i/ii before the addition of the title and with imprint dated 10 May 1784. In fair condition with the exception of being trimmed just outside the plate mark. Image slightly rubbed. Crease running along left margin. Bent crease in bottom right corner. Small tear in bottom right edge. Light crease running across middle of image. Image size: 18 x 14 inches. 19 15/16 x 14 inches. 20 1/8 x 14 1/4 inches. A strikin... more information

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London: Published by Lloyd Brothers & Co., circa 1858. Albumen photograph mounted on card as issued. Very good condition apart from some light soiling and minor foxing in the margins. 14 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches. 19 1/4 x 14 3/16 inches. A stunning image from the series "Portraits of Eminent British Artists" by one of the leading figures of early Victorian photography. David Roberts (1796-1864) was born at Stockbridge near Edinburgh, and at the early age of 10 apprenticed to Gavin Buego, a house p... more information

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Paris: De l'imprimerie Royale, 1790. Quarto. (9 15/16 x 7 3/4 inches). 12 folding engraved maps and plates, extra-illustrated with five portraits from the French edition of Cook's Second Voyage tipped in. Contemporary French sheep-backed marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments with gilt fillets and a decorative roll, red morocco label in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration in gilt, marbled edges. First edition of this important work, which e... more information

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[Antwerp: Zutphen, Schillemans & Van Belkum, 1907]. Colour-printed lithograph by J.L. Goffart, after a painting by Otto Eerelman on heavy textured card. Very good condition apart from some minor chipping at the extreme edges and a small crease in the top left-hand corner. 17 3/8 x 23 1/8 inches. A rare and finely rendered portrait of a noble draft horse, from the limited Dutch edition of Eerelman's 'Paardenrassen Kunstalbum'. First bred in the Le Perche region near Normandy, France, the P... more information

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[Antwerp: Zutphen, Schillemans & Van Belkum, 1907]. Colour-printed lithograph by J.L. Goffart, after a painting by Otto Eerelman on heavy textured card. Very good condition. 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches. A rare and finely rendered portrait of a historically significant breed of horse, from the limited Dutch edition of Eerelman's 'Paardenrassen Kunstalbum'. First appearing during the late nineteenth century, the Russian Trotter was a combination of the American Standardbred (American Trotter) an... more information

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London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1763. Hand-coloured copper engraving by Hall. Very good condition apart from some overall light foxing and mild creasing. 10 1/8 x 15 5/8 inches. 13 x 19 1/4 inches. An elegant print from Angelo's renowned fencing manual "L'Ecole des Armes" During the eighteenth-century, fencing was a popular sport among the English royalty and aristocracy, primarily learned on the Continent until the Italian fencing master Domenico Angelo Malevolti Tremamondo established his... more information

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Amsterdam: [Gerard Hulst van Keulen], 1782-83. Volumes I and II, folio. (21 5/8 x 13 1/4 inches). Pp. (2), 1-97, (1 blank), (1)-24 (pp. 17-20 omitted at pagination), (2); (2), 1-78, 1-29, (1 blank). (Lacks engraved frontispiece.) 146 engraved sea-charts (116 double-page, 17 folding), 9 engraved coastal profiles (7 double-page), 54pp. incorporating woodcut coastal profiles. (3 charts shaved close, just touching the image area). Contemporary vellum over pasteboard, cloth ties, all within two modern black mor... more information

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London: Published by Robt. Sayer No 53 Fleet Street, June 22, 1787. Mezzotint. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some soiling in the margins. Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 13/16 inches. 10 x 13 3/4 inches. 11 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches. This is a rich impression of this stunning print by Burford after Seymour depicting hare coursing. James Seymour is recognized as one of the earliest English sporting artists. He was the son of a wealthy goldsmith and diamond merchant who supplied the ... more information

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