Titles starting with V from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on thick wove paper. 18 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches. 22 1/8 x 29 inches. A lovely landscape of the stunning valley in Ethiopia 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 Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London an... more information

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London: Published by Thos. Agnew & Son, 1853. Tinted lithograph with rich publisher's colour. Printed on wove paper. Trimmed to image as issued. In excellent condition with the exception of some minor foxing in the image. 13 13/16 x 20 1/8 inches. A stunning view of Keswick Water, from the deluxe portfolio edition of John Baker Pyne's magnificent work "The English Lake District." The Lake District first came to the fore with the rise of the Romantic Movement during the second half of... more information

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Eichstatt: 1640, 2nd edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 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 were flowers, herbs, vegetables and newly discovered plants such as tobacco and peppers. Besler was,... more information

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Manchester: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1853. Lithograph by W. Gauci, printed in tints by M. & N. Hanhart, coloured by hand. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, minor foxing, and a light water stain in the bottom margin. 14 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches. 16 7/8 x 24 1/2 inches. An evocative image of the Lake District, an area renowned as the cradle of the Romantic Movement in Britain. The Lake District, an area of only some 700 square miles, contains all the main English lakes and is found w... more information

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London: Published by Robert Andrew Riddell, 1795. Colour-printed aquatint. Full inscription at bottom of print reads: 'To the Most Noble George Marquis of Tweedale & this View of the Valley of Glencoe is respectfully Inscribed by His Lordships most obedient Humble Servant. Very good condition apart from some light soiling, minor foxing, and several small losses in the margins. 14 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches. 17 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches. A fine plate of the scenic mountains of Glencoe in the Highlands of wester... more information

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New York: G. & W. Endicott, 1847. Tinted lithograph, engraved by C. Parsons after Whiting. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and a 1 3/4" loss in the lower left corner of the sheet. Trimmed on all sides. 14 1/8 x 19 inches. 15 1/4 x 20 inches. From Whiting's "Army Portfolio," a very scarce series of Mexican War views, which is not only one of the primary visual records of the conflict, but also a fine topographical work that accurately recorded the area at a ... more information

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London: 1775. Engraving by P. Begbie. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed just outside the platemark on the left margin. 26 1/4 x 19 inches. An elegant engraving depicting various furnishings designed by Robert and James Adam, including decorative clocks, an ornamental knocker and two elaborate hanging lights. Robert and his brother James Adam forever changed the face of British architecture by introducing innovative Classical design ideas. From 1754-57, Robert lived in Italy where... more information

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Paris: 1801-05. Colour-printed stipple engraving, finished by hand, engraved by Bouquet, printed by Langlois. 19 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches. This print is from an apparently unrecorded issue of Levaillant's 'Perroquets' published on large format paper (probably 'papier vélin colombier satiné'), with a scratch proof of the title and plate number, but otherwise avant-lettre. This issue is not recorded in any of the standard bibliographies. Levaillant describes this beautiful bir... more information

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Ghent: A. Verschaffelt for [E.G. Henderson & Son, 1857-1859]. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant of Ghent, with touches of hand-colouring. 14 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. A spectacular image originally published in the very rare 'The Illustrated Bouquet' In an interesting example of international cooperation, this beautiful plate was supplied by A. Verschaffelt, a nurseryman from Ghent in Belgium for inclusion in a highly ambitious periodical work published by a British nurseryman. The artist L. Stroob... more information

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[Paris: Published by M. Delafosse, 1779]. Hand-coloured engraving. Tipped onto larger sheet of fine laid paper. Very good condtion. 11 1/2 x 17 3/4 inches. 13 3/4 x 21 1/8 inches. A beautifully coloured print picturing one of the many picturesque garden follies in the Parc Monceau, from Carmontelle's "Jardin de Monceau," a collection of plates depicting the innovative features and design of this famous Parisian park. Designed by Carmontelle for the Duc de Chartres (the future Duc d'Orl&e... more information

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Florence: 1744. Copper-engraving by Baldassare Gabbugiani of Rome after Zocchi. 23 3/8 x 30 5/8 inches. A very fine image of 18th-century Florence by one of the four greatest view painters of the period `The Strozzi Palace and the Street leading to the Ponte Santa Trinita… [In] the foreground [is] the magnificent Renaissance palace begun in 1489 for Filippo Strozzi. The names of several designers and architects have been associated with the palace: Benedetto da Maiano, Guliano da Sangallo, and Cronac... more information

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Florence: 1744. Copper-engraving by Bernardo Sgrilli after Zocchi, the figures by Zocchi. 21 7/8 x 29 ¼ inches. A very fine image of 18th-century Florence by one of the four greatest view painters of the period `The Hospital and Piazza of Santa Maria Nuova… The portico which renders this piazza one of the most beautiful in Florence was designed by Bernardo Buontalenti. The construction of the loggia progressed at slow and infrequent intervals: the first campaign took place 1612-16 under the ... more information

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Philadelphia: M.Carey & Son, 1817 - 1818. 2 volumes, quarto. (10 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches). Half-titles, 'To Subscribers' leaf at end of vol.I, 3pp. subscribers' list at back of vol.II. 50 hand-coloured engraved plates (1 folding) by Tanner, Vallance & Kerny & Co. (41), J.Boyd (6) or J.G.Warnicke (2) after Barton, the hand colouring executed by Barton, and others. (Lacking 'To the binder' leaf from the back of vol.II as usual). Expertly bound to style in red morocco over contempo... more information

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Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Chapuy. 21 x 13 7/8 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world's great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him to the... more information

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Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by de Gouy. 20 3/8 x 13 1/2 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world's great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him t... 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. 12 x 17 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 limited ... more information

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[London: T. Gardner, n.d. but 1740]. Engraved plan by Bowen. Shaved into plate area at the upper and right margins. Sheet size: 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. A reminder of the War of Jenkin's Ear. "The War of Jenkins's Ear was a conflict between Great Britain and Spain that lasted from 1739 to 1748. After 1742 it merged into the larger War of the Austrian Succession. [The present map of Veracruz and its environs, printed just after the start of the war, was produced as it was apparent that the fortre... more information

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Berlin: Richard Labisch & Co., 1928-29. 4to. (9 x 6 1/3 inches). Vol. I: 287pp. + 48 plates; Vol. II: 376 pp. + 41 plates. Red cloth with black morocco lettering piece(spine slightly faded). The very rare catalogue of the highly important collection of music books assembled by Dr. Werner Wolffheim, and auctioned at the firm of Martin Breslauer & Leo Liepmannssohn Antiquariat in Berlin 1928 & 1929. The two volumes include 4,000 entries of some of the rarest music titles ever printed. The collec... more information

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[Paris: published by Van der Meulen, 1685]. Copper engraving, on two joined sheets, by A.F. Baudouin, after Van der Meulen. Titled in French and Latin. 24 x 59 1/2 inches overall. A lively panorama of Besançon and its environs, recalling King Louis XIV's war against Spain of 1667. This excellent view of the capital of the Franche Comté region of France, shows Besançon almost encircled by the river Doubs and overlooked by the surrounding hills. In the foreground is a lively scene o... more information

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Paris: distribuë par l'Auteur, en l'Hostel des Manufactures des Gobelins, et en la rue St.Jacques, [1685]. Copper engraving, on two joined sheets, after Van der Meulen. Titled in French and Latin. In excellent condition. Some infill work along the bottom margin. Image size: 18 1/2 x 38 5/8 inches. 20 1/8 x 39 inches. 24 x 42 7/16 inches. A striking contemporary view of Gray in Franche-Comte, by the celebrated court painter Van der Meulen. This fine view shows the town of Gray in Franche-Comte... more information

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