Titles starting with S from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: Published by J.F.W. Des Barres in 'The Atlantic Neptune', 1 June, 1779. Etching with aquatint, printed in sepia with hand-colouring. 23 3/4 x 31 1/2 inches. Five very fine aquatint navigator views of Sable Island, from 'The Atlantic Neptune', the first British sea atlas of her North American colonies These fine scenes depict Sable Island from various perspectives, an island known both for its wild horses, and more ominously as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." From 1766 to... more information

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London: Dec. 1st., 1804. Hand-coloured and colour-printed aquatint and stipple engraving by Burke and Lewis. Skilfull restoration to margins. 22 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches. The most strikingly beautiful flower plates ever to be printed in England. "The Sacred Egyptian Bean [Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner aka Sacred Lotus of the East Nelumbium speciosum], which no longer grows in Egypt, was first used as a religious symbol in that country, but veneration for it...afterwards spread to Buddhists and Hindus...It gro... more information

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London: Harding, 1 March 18 ??? (circa 1802, see watermark). Aquatint, coloured by hand, on laid paper (watermark '1802') (Publication line at foot of plate shaved with slight loss, some expertly repaired tears to margins). 16 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. 19 3/4 x 25 inches. An anonymous work of quality. Unusually, the present work does not include either the artist responsible for the original or the engraver who worked on the plate. The publication line is very faint: sometimes an indication of a later ... more information

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London: Published at R. Dodson's, Fine Art Gallery, 147, Strand, 1 November 1887. Aquatint engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition. Image size: 8 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches. 15 3/4 x 19 5/8 inches. A fine image from the celebrated suite of racing prints entitled, 'Dodson's Racing Incidents'. All four of the prints in the series were from paintings by Thomas Walsh, a prolific artist about whom little is known. He worked mainly in watercolou... more information

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London: Messrs. Fores, 10 July 1890. Photogravure, coloured by hand. 16 1/2 x 22 3/16 inches. 22 15/16 x 26 1/4 inches. A fine copy of this excellent image of the 1890 Derby winner, trained by J. Watts and ridden by J. Porter. Alfred Charles Havell was a member of the Havell family which included John James Audubon's engraver and printer: Robert Havell, Jr. Alfred Charles Havell first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1878 and soon afterwards took up commissions with Messrs. Fores to record important ... more information

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London: J. Braill & Son, [circa 1890]. Aquatint, printed in colours and finished by hand. 19 5/8 x 26 3/8 inches. 23 3/8 x 29 inches. A fine copy of this excellent late example of the racing aquatint. The heyday of the racing aquatint in Britain was probably about 1830, but the present example shows that the art had not died out, even sixty years later. The print is unfortunately unsigned, but, aside from the process used, the style of painting is charming and recalls the work of John Frederick Herrin... more information

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[No date, but circa 1753]. Manuscript, in black ink, with touches of colour, on laid paper, in very good condition. 20 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches. A unique early image from Saint Domingue, present day Haiti near Port-au-Prince: a manuscript plan of a plantation which was the foundation of a colonial fortune built on sugar by La Rochelle-born, Aimé-Benjamin Fleuriau, with images of the house and sugar mill A detailed plan of the "habitation de Mr. Fleuriau." The property is apparently divided in... 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. 17 x 12 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, this ac... more information

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London: Published by W. H. Pyne, 1818. Hand-coloured aquatint, heightened with touches of gum arabic. Very good condition apart from some light soiling. 10 x 12 3/8 inches. 10 1/2 x 13 inches. A beautifully coloured print from "The History of the Royal Residences...," William Henry Pyne's comprehensive collection of plates depicting the interiors of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore. Erected in 1703, Bucki... more information

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London: Published by C. G. J. and I. Robinson Paternoster Row, June 1, 1790. Sepia aquatint. Printed on watermarked laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark. 10 1/8 x 13 1/8 inches. A delicate view by Rowlandson of the Marine Pavilion in Brighthelmstone from his charming book entitled "An Excursion to Brighthelmstone". Thomas Rowlandson was one of the greatest British caricaturists of his day; he excelled as a watercolourist, draughtsman and eng... 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 13 3/4 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 limi... 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. 19 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, thi... more information

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Eichstatt: 1613, 1st edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 21 1/16 x 17 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 were flowers, herbs, vegetables and newly discovered plants such as tobacco and peppers. Besler was... 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. 17 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, thi... 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. 11 1/2 x 17 1/8 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 limi... more information

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London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on wove paper (watermark 'J Whatman'). 16 1/2 x 23 3/8 inches. 20 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches. View of the British colonial island St. Helena prior to its becoming Napoleon's last residence Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by... more information

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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Colour-printed lithograph, mounted on card. Very good condition apart from a few small brown spots in the lower left and right sides of the image. 14 3/8 x 20 5/8 inches. (of mount) 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches. Frederic Cozzens was one of America's greatest marine artists. Like nearly every other great marine artist, he was thoroughly acquainted with every aspect of ship construction and the art of sailing. He is best known for his paintings of great American y... more information

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[Paris: circa 1850]. Pencil, pen and wash drawing, with numerous, detailed measurements. 26 x 20 inches. A fascinating and beautiful drawing--or "rendu"--of an ancient Roman sarcophagus. A fine drawing from an architectural student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the most influential architectural school in existence during much of the 18th century, the whole of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. 'Students were eligible for the Ecole if they were at least fifteen ... more information

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New York: Sweetwater Editions, 1981. 4to. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches). Frontispiece and illustrations after Moskowitz, 10 etched plates by Moskowitz, each signed in pencil by the artist. Purple morocco, the upper cover and spine tooled in gilt. Limited edition of 475 copies, this copy out-of-series and un-numbered, with the limitation leaf signed by the author and artist, and all the etchings signed by the artist. "For this edition ... the author has made certain revisions in the English language text. H... more information

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London: J. Brydone, 31 January 1795. Stipple-engraving, by William Nutter, after Bigg. 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches. 20 7/8 x 24 5/16 inches. A fine stipple engraving depicting a rural idyll in 18th-century England. The image shows a family outside the door of their cottage. The father has just returned from the field. His wife hands him his youngest child, who he kisses fondly. His other four children are gathered companionably to his left: the eldest daughter sits quietly darning some stockings, her younger... more information

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