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London: Henry Graves. Fine with no dust jacket. 1845. First Edition Thus; First Printing. N/A. OVERALL SIZE: 11 and 1/2 by 16 and 1/2 inches IMAGE SIZE: 7 by 7 and 1/4 inches COMMENTS: A beautiful original engraving Rescued from a damaged copy of "Engravings from the Choicest Works of Sir Thomas Lawrence". Published by Henry Graves, London. Included with the engraving is a full page biography of the piece. Would look lovely matted and framed. CONDITION: The image is fine . The description page has has minor foxing to the bottom margin. 17 by 11 & 1/2 inches. Steel Engraving Print. ; Painted by Sir Lawrence in 1829, Engraved by Cousi; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1 pages .

NY: J. C. Riker,. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1853. Paper. This original antique engraving has dust soiling in the margins, the image is fine and would look great matted and framed. A 9 by 7 & 1/4 Inch Steel Engraving. See Photos; A beautiful original steel engraving removed from a 1853 autograph album. A great piece of New York History, showing Saratoga Lake as it looked 155 years ago; Artist: William Bartlett & Engraver: A.b. Dick .

NY: M. Barrows. 1950. 4 1/2 by 6 Inches, 170 pp. American Lithographs- Their Value, Lithography, A 19th Century Process, The Early Firms, A Few of the Artists, About Conditions and Fakes and more. Filled with full and half page plates. Condition : The book is in very good condition with light edge wear and minor sunning and dust soiling to the covers, The dust jacket is in good only condition with sunning and edge wear, damp stain to the rear panel as shown, See Photos; bx9

Vintage hand colored print of Azalia Indica. Taken from an 1847 The Family Circle Parlor Album published by D. Newell, New York Condtion: light age toning and dust soiling. Small holes to left edge from binders threads. A scarce original botanical print. 5 1/2 by 8 1/2 Inches. Art Print. ; A beautifully Hand-colored illustration of a Azalia Indica . The print was recused from a damaged copy of the Family Circle Parlor Annual. ; Hand Colored .ebbx

Washington DC: House Of Representatives. Very Good. 1855. Single sheet. SIZE: Overall size 9 by 11 1/2 inches, Engraving size: 8 by 10 inches CONDITION: Near Fine with small chips to one outer margin (from where it was removed from the book) . Minor foxing and dust soiling . A beautiful Lithograph that would look great matted and framed. This Beautiful lithograph would make a fine and unusual gift. ; COMMENTS: This beautiful Color Lithographic print is taken from: The U. S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to The Southern Hemisphere During The Years 1849, '50, '51, '52 Volume II . This work was published in 1855 as house of Representatives document #121. This being Plate # XXIV. In the Photos is one with the authors description of the Plate. .celcartE

Linden's Helmet-Crest Humming Bird Chromolithograph by L.Prang & Co. Boston, MA. Overall Size 12.5 x 9.25". Image size 8.25 x 5.5". The print was removed from a damaged copy of "Our Living World; An Artistic Edition Of The Rev. J. G. Wood's Natural History of Animate Creation. Volume II. Published by Selmar Hess, New York 1885. The chromolithograph is signed "Ptd Louis Prang & Co". in the lower right-hand corner. The page it is mounted on has "Selmar Hess, N.Y." under the print to the left, and "Linden's Helmet-Crest Humming Bird" for the title. The image depicts a male and female sitting on a branch. The background scene is snow-covered mountains. The colors are bright and it would look beautiful matted and framed, or just framed as is. Condition: Light dust soiling to the page it is mounted on. See photos.Cel/cartE

New York: Virtue & Yorston. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1866. Single sheet. This vintage engraving is in very good collectible condition with a small hole in the right hand margin and 3 small binder holes in the outside edge with some soiling and a stain to the outside edge as shown. Overall size is 9 by 11 and 1/2 inches with the image size with title being 9 by 6 and 1/2 inches. See Photos; This fine steel engraving was rescued from a damaged copy of part 16 of the series done right after the civil war of The War for the South by Robert Tomes . All of the small faults would be covered by matting and framing the excellent engraving of this Famous Naval Officer. Andrew Hull Foote (September 12, 1806 – June 26, 1863) was an American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came, he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla,… Read More

London: Adam & Charles Black. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1905. Single sheet. This vintage print is in fine collectible condition as shown . A 6 By 8 1/2 Inch Antique Print. See Photos; A beautiful color plate Rescued from a damaged copy of Japan, A Record in Colour by Mortimer Menpes . It would look lovely matted and framed. The original tissue guard with the title of the plate attached at the edge; Mortimer Menpes .whbx 2

Boston: Shumway & Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1870. N/A. This vintage engraving is in near fine collectible condition with light dust soiling and age toning. A 10 1/2 By 8 Inch, engraving. See Photos; A beautiful antique engraving rescued from a damaged copy of the Gallery of Famous Painters by Henry G. Stothert. ; T. Webster .print bx 1

Boston: Shumway & Co. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1870. Single sheet. This vintage engraving is in near fine collectible condition with light dust soiling and age toning. A 10 1/2 By 8 Inch, engraving. See Photos; A beautiful antique engraving rescued from a damaged copy of the Gallery of Famous Painters by Henry G. Stothert. ; T. Webster.print bx 1E

Queen Isabella and Her Ladies (King Richard II) Engraving. 14 x 10 inches. G.H. Boughton Pinxt. T. Sherratt, Sculpt.
The engraving by Thomas H. Sherratt is from a picture by George Henry Boughton and shows a scene from William Shakespeare's "King Richard II" depicting a seated Queen Isabella of France. The illustration most likely came from (but I am not positive) The Works of William Shakespeare 2 Vol Imperial Edition w/ Notes by Charles Knight and Steel Plate Illustrations. Published by Virtue & Yorston of London and New York in the 1880s. There are numerous references to it on the web.
Condition: Dust soiling, slight age-toning to margins.
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Boston: Shumway & Co. Very Good. 1870. First Edition Thus. Single sheet. Light crease top right corner. Age toning to margins. 10 1/2 By 8 Inches. Engraving. ; A beautiful engraving of a young woman walking arm in arm with an old woman. Taken from Gallery fo Famous Painters by Henry G. Stothert. ; F.c. Compte- Calix. Pinx.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1 pages .Print bx 1E