Titles starting with R from Donald Heald Rare Books

New York: V.G. Audubon, [no date but circa 1849-1854]. Hand-coloured lithograph, after J.J. Audubon by E. Hitchcock, printed by J.T. Bowen. Very good condition apart from some slight marginal soiling. 9 x 5 1/4 inches. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. 'The plates are to my eye most beautiful' (John Bachman). A fine image from the first octavo edition of Audubon's final great natural history work on the quadrupeds of the United States (including Texas, California and Oregon), as well as part of Mexico, the B... more information

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London: 1842. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by Fairland, from a drawing by W.Nicholson after a painting by Shiels. 13 1/8 x 17 inches. A stunning image of a thoroughbred from David Low's famous pioneering work on the forerunners of all of today's most important breeds of horses, cows, sheep and pigs. This high quality hand-coloured lithograph is from David Low's 'The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands', published in London in 1842. The work as a whole forms a beautif... more information

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London: Published by J. Harris, circa 1800. Hand coloured etching. Mounted in a contemporary ink-ruled and colour-wash border. 8 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches. 11 1/4 x 16 inches. A lively scene by Thomas Rowlandson, one of the most gifted caricaturists of his day. Thomas Rowlandson was one of the greatest British caricaturists of his day; he excelled as a watercolourist, draughtsman and engraver and brought a new era to English satire. Although he is commonly thought of as a biting social and political satirist, ... more information

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Paris: Mabileau & Co., c. 1912. Hand-coloured pochoir print. Very good condition. approximately 14 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches. approximately 17 3/4 x 35 1/4 inches. Andre Beaumont in a Donnet-Leveque, one of 3 models built in 1912. The plane had a 27' central float and was controlled with warping ailerons. The wording also touts a non-explosive fuel tank by Brionne. The Gamy-Montaut prints document various historical events in the early history of transportation, including Power Boat Racing, Motorcycle... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 20 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches. An exquisite plate of two sprays of lilac-coloured hydrangea from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahiers ... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 20 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches. An exquisite plate of pomegranate blossom from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahiers (or parts) of 4 pla... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 20 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. An exquisite plate of a pink-flowered oleander spray from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahiers (or part... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 20 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. An exquisite plate of a rose-pink flowered hollyhock spray from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahiers (o... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 20 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches. An exquisite plate of a spray of double-flowered peach blossom from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahier... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 21 1/8 x 14 inches. An exquisite plate of a single spray from a rhododendron ponticum, from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahier... more information

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Paris: Vilquin, 1805. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand by Ruotte. 20 5/16 x 13 1/2 inches. An exquisite plate of a spray of pom-pom roses from arguably the most beautiful botanical work ever produced: "a work of outstanding importance and interest". Contemporary with the work of Redouté, 'Collection des Fleurs et des Fruits' is one of the earliest examples of stipple engraved and colour-printed botanical illustration. Published in 12 cahiers (or parts) of... more information

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[London: by the Author, 1835]. Hand-coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, printed by C. Hullmandel. Wove paper. Very good condition apart from some minor foxing. 19 x 14 1/4 inches (visible). Silver gilt frame. Frame size: 26 7/8 x 22 inches. A fine image from the first edition of John Gould's "A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans." The toucan family is limited to Mexico, Central and South America and some West Indian islands. The first time that any member of the... more information

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[London: by the Author, 1835]. Hand-coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, printed by C.Hullmandel. Wove paper. 21 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches. A fine image from the first edition of John Gould's 'A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans'. 'There has been some controversy about the classification of this toucan. Some writers classify several species together, others treat them separately... The range includes the whole of the Amazon basin as far as east Colombia, east Ecuad... more information

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[London: by the Author, 1835]. Hand-coloured lithograph by John and Elizabeth Gould, printed by C.Hullmandel. Wove paper. 21 11/16 x 14 5/16 inches. A fine image from the first edition of John Gould's 'A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans'. The toucan family is limited to Mexico, Central and South America and some West Indian islands. The first time that any member of the family was described was by Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes in his "de la natural hystoria de la... more information

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London: Published by I. & W. Macgavin, No. 107 New Bond Street, Oct. 1, 1808. Coloured aquatint. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of a small brown mark in the lower left corner of plate. Slight creasing through center of image. Image size: 13 1/2 x 20 inches. 15 1/4 x 20 inches. 18 3/8 x 24 3/8 inches. A pretty view of Ramsgate Pier, from Philippe Loutherbourg's great work "Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain." This impressive aquatint is plate two of Phi... more information

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Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1837. Hand-coloured lithograph. In excellent condition.11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. 18 x 12 3/4 inches. A fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important [works] ever published on the American Indians' (Field),` a landmark in American culture' (Horan) and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. The devoted and audacious wife of the famous Iowa chief Mahaska, Flying Pigeon or Rant-Che-Wai-Me acco... more information

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Eichstatt: 1640, edition. Hand-coloured engraving. In good condition with the exception of a large mended tear through the center of the image. A number of expertly mended tears along the edges of the sheet. 20 7/8 x 17 1/8 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 ... more information

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[Regensburg]: [1734-1745]. Engraving, printed in colours with additional hand colouring. Very good condition. 13 x 8 1/4 inches. 15 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches. A fine image from one of the first works to use colour printing successfully, and the first published work to include work by the greatest botanical artist of the eighteenth century: Georg Dionysius Ehret. This fine plate comes from Weinmann's magnum opus 'Phytanthoza Iconographia' (Regensburg: 1737-1745), a work which represented a major tech... more information

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Eichstatt: 1613, 1st edition. Hand-coloured engraving. In good condition with the exception of a skillfully mended 2 1/2 " tear on top margin and a number a repaired tears on bottom margin outside of platemark. 21 x 17 1/2 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 ... 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 1/4 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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