Titles starting with J from Donald Heald Rare Books

New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1861. Engraved map by Creuzbaur, coloured by hand. Some splits at old folds, neatly repaired. 36 x 34 inches. A very rare and little-known edition of the most important map of Texas during the early statehood period. Jacob De Cordova (1808 - 1868) was one of the first major land speculators in Texas. He hired Robert Creuzbaur, of the Texas General Land Office, to compile this map for promotional purposes. It was the first map of the state to be constructed through the u... more information

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Paris: [C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1827-1833]. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand, engraved by Bessin. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. Trimmed to plate mark on the right side. 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches. 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. A beautiful image from "Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs": one of greatest flower books ever published by the most celebrated flower painter of all time. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world's great flower painters. Born i... more information

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[London: Day & Son, 1842-1849]. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe, coloured by hand, mounted on card in imitation of a watercolour (as issued). Very good condition apart from a small water stain in the lower margin and a skillfully repaired 4 3/4" tear in the top margin. 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches. (of mount) 17 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches. A fine example from the deluxe issue of David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the gr... more information

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New York: 1988. Large 4to. Wrappers ... more information

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Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 18 1/2 x 24 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited ... more information

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London: [At lower center:] "Published according to Act of Parliament 1755.". Copper-engraved wall map with inset: "A General Plan of Port Royal" by J. Bayly, on two joined sheets, with original outline colour, in very good condition. 29 x 54 1/4 inches. An unrecorded state of the "The first large-scale map of Jamaica" This large, dramatic map of Jamaica, the first map of the island on a large scale, corresponds to the new importance and interest the island had for its British... more information

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London: Printed for Robert Stewart, No. 15 Millman street, Bedford Row, Dec. 7, 1776. Mezzotint. State ii/ii, with engraved inscription. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed on the plate mark. Image slightly rubbed in places. Image size: 13 x 10 inches. 14 x 10 inches. A rich impression of this outstanding portrait of James Ferguson, the astronomer whose writings made the complex world of scientific theory available to the general public. James Ferguson was one of the first writers o... more information

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London: Robert Sayer and John King, circa 1770. Engraving, coloured by hand, by R. S.[heppard]. (Cut close to plate mark). 13 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches. 14 x 9 7/8 inches. A very rare image that is both a highly decorative botanical print and an important document in the history of gardening. The plate comes from a very rare later issue of a series called 'Twelve Months of Flowers', originally issued by Robert Furber in 1730. Furber was a nurseryman with gardens near Hyde Park Gate in Kensington, London.... more information

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London: Robert Furber, 1730. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Henry Fletcher. 16 x 12 1/8 inches. 17 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches. Gold leaf frame. A fine example of this celebrated image from Furber's renowned series titled "Twelve Months of Flowers", here with excellent contemporary hand colouring From the first edition of "a celebrated flower catalogue published by Robert Furber, a nurseryman from Kensington, then on the outskirts of London. Twelve Months of Flowers presented almost 400 differ... more information

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[Amsterdam]: Jansson, [n.d. but circa 1659]. Hand-coloured copper engraved map in excellent condition. 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. A handsome early Dutch map of Japan This map of Japan was Jansson's second. It represents a considerable improvement on the first, (1646), which was a re-issue of Luis Teixeira's 1595 map. Jansson's 1659 map adds to Teixeira's knowledge the discoveries of Martin Vries, a Dutch explorer, who set out in 1643, and revelations found in Father Martino Martini's ma... more information

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London: Yamanaka and Company, 1916. Two parts bound in one, folio. (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). 214pp. text, 162 black & white plates, 8 in colour, with lettered tissue guards. Contemporary half morocco gilt, some dampstaining and wrinkling along top edge of contents, affecting mostly margins in center portion of block, scattered discreet owner's pencil notations. One of 175 numbered copies of this catalogue created for the seminal 1915 British Red Cross Exhibit. 2415 artifacts or sets of objects were... more information

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Washington D.C.: The Warm-Soft Village Press, 1973. 8vo. (10 1/4 x 7 inches). Paper Wrappers. 265 pp. With index, bibliography, author's notes. Chapters by various subjects and themes, with a cross-index in the back of the book, and consistent notes by the author explaining the cultural meaning of the humor. Very good condition. some wear to cover, clear tape on spine ... more information

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Eichstatt: 1613, 1st edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 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 were flowers, herbs, vegetables and newly discovered plants such as tobacco and peppers. Besler was,... more information

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[London]: 1759. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Ehret. 18 1/2 x 12 5/8 inches. Extremely rare: a very fine image by the greatest of all 18th century botanical artists. This plate is from the only engraved work produced and published by Ehret himself, 'Plantae et papilliones rariores' The Gardenia or Cape Jasmine (Gardenia augusta) is native to southern China, Taiwan, Japan and nearby regions of the subtropical eastern hemisphere. The common name Cape Jasmine comes from the mistaken idea that the C... more information

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London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. 19 x 22 3/4 inches. A very elegant sea chart of Indonesia's Java Sea from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot' This very fine sea chart depicts the Java Sea, in the very heart of the Indonesian Archipelago. By the early eighteenth-century this area was well-known to mariners, having been extensively explored first by the Portuguese and later by agents of the Dutch East India Company ... more information

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London: Printed by McLean & Co., circa 1850. Lithograph printed on fine thick wove paper. Very good condition. 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 unfulfilling political career. In additi... more information

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Strasbourg: Published by Simon fils, circa 1836. Lithograph. Portrait by Simon fils, calligraphic border executed by Ald. Berliner. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of being slighly trimmed. Some very marginal foxing in margins. Small tear on bottom right corner. Unevenly trimmed on sides of sheet. 19 ½ x 14 inches. A stunning calligraphic portrait of Johann Gutenberg the inventor of the printing press. Johann Gutenberg (1400?-1468), was a pioneer in the use of movab... more information

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[London: Day & Son, 1842-1849]. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe, coloured by hand. 12 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches. From the deluxe issue of David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. This example has been removed from the card mount Roberts' masterpiece was issued in 41 parts over seven years in three states; tinted, tinted proof and in its finest fo... more information

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[London]: W. Sheardown and Son, [no date but 1825]. Colour-printed aquatint by Thomas Sutherland, finished by hand and heightened with gum arabic. Printed on wove Whatman paper. State i, later republished by J. Fuller in a book. A stunning impression in fine condition. Expert repairs to the margins and two areas of the sky. Image size: 12 1/2 x 16 9/16 inches. 17 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches. This magnificent portrait of Jerry, R. O. Gascoigne's celebrated racehorse who won the Great St. Leger Stakes in 1820, ... more information

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[London: Day & Son, 1842-1849]. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe. Very good condition apart from two small water stains in the left margin and a very light pencil mark in the lower right margin. 14 1/8 x 19 3/8 inches. 16 7/8 x 23 1/2 inches. A fine example from David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. Roberts' masterpiece was issued in 41 p... more information

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