Search Results: Titles starting with J from Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books

London: J.M. for Henry Herringman,, c.1669. . Corners bumped, starting; frontispiece missing; mispag:73 as 67. Lower marginal tear on p. 39 -42 of Pindarique Odes and p. 5 of Davideis; A very good copy.. Binding: Contemporary full, brown mottled calf with blind rulings and blind floral corner designs. Seven (7) raised bands with blind ruled compartments. Starting, slightly rubbed. , Notes: Abraham Cowley, 1618 – 1667, was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his works published between 1668 and 1721. In his earlty years, he was best known as a dramatist and satirist; in mid life he was read for the love lyrics of “The Mistresse” and for his status as a poet next to his contemporary, John Milton, but because Cowley’s epics – “The Civil War” and “Davideis” – were not completed. His four books on the biblical kings, however, broke new ground for the epic, preparing the way for Milton’s “Paradise Lost”. The first edition of the present… Read More

United States: U.S. Coast Survey / U.S. Navy, 1854. Good, slight darkening of folds. Size : 587x567 (mm), 23.125x22.25 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: ; Maps United States West

Washington, D.C.: US Coast Survey, 1853. Very Good. Size : 295x325 (mm), 11.61x12.80 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps United States West California;

United States: U.S. Coast Survey, c. 1851. Very Good; bottom left margin extended.. Notes: Depth soundings mark the entrance to San Diego Bay. The location marked as "San Diego" is now where San Diego International Airport sits; the location "New San Diego" is the heart of the present-day city., Size : 294x327 (mm), 11.57x12.87 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps United States West California;

United States: U.S. Coast Survey / U.S. Navy, 1855. Excellent. Size : 619x568 (mm), 24.375x22.375 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps United States West Washington & Oregon;

USA: U.S. Coast Survey, 1852. Very Good; lower left margin extended.. Size : 428x341 (mm), 16.85x13.43 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline, Category: Maps United States West California; Maps Sea Chart;

United States: U.S. Coast Survey / U.S. Navy, 1852. Excellent. Size : 557x577 (mm), 21.875x22.75 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps United States West California

Riga: Izdevnieciba Liesma, 1965. In good condition. . Binding: Full cloth boards with illustration, Size: 4vo., Illustration: Illustrated with 15 full color plates (including frontis),, Pages: P. 7-212, Category: Book Europe Estonia & Latvia;

Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 1968. In very good condition. Text and plates are clean and crisp.. Binding: Original Paper boards., Notes: Collection by the artist from over a period of 25 years including 81 paintings and watercolours., Illustration: B / W and colour images throughout, Category: Book Art, Architecture & Design; Book Bibliography & Reference Prints;

VENETIIS: Ex Aedibus Francisci Bindoni & Maphei Pasini. Anno a Virginis partu. , 1523.. Attractive, later calf; title reinforced; some expertly restored; some age-related light spots; lacks leaves A1-8; overall, an attractive and very good copy of this rare work.. Binding: Later, panelled, gilt embossed full calf; spine with five raised bands; all edges red., Notes: [Colophon:] VENETIIS: Ex Aedibus Francisci Bindoni & Maphei Pasini. Anno a Virginis partu. M D XXXXVIII.1523). Juvenal was a Latin satirical poet of the late first century and early second century AD; his poetry (16), composed between 90 -127 A.D., was assembled in one volume. While not much is otherwise known about the author, his texts refer to the personages of his time. His works follow Lucilius' genre of Roman satire, as do Horace and Persius. All his poetical works, satyrs or satura, are “in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a wide-ranging discussion of society and social… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1889. Boards and spine lightly scuffed, corners bumped, otherwise very good, plates are clean and crisp.. Binding: Original publisher's ¼ green cloth with pictorial paper boards with a gothic style title and vignette, flat spine, leaves inserted loosely as issued. , Size: Folio. , Illustration: Complete with 20 plates of text and illustrations., Pages: P. title, I-XVIII, tailpiece plate., Category: Book Plate Books Colour; Book Children;

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode. Boards lightly soiled but contents are clean and bright.. Binding: Original illustrated boards., Notes: c. 1880., Size: Folio, Illustration: Verses with tinted and coloured lithograph illustrations by Ernest Maurice Jessop. Printed and illustrated in red and black., Pages: 18 loose sheets., Category: ; Book Literature

Sweden, 1680. Excellent, laid down on board.. Notes: A superb hand coloured view of a Swedish castle, with elaborate garden designs., Image Size : 250x570 (mm), 9.875x22.375 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : , Coloring: Original Hand Coloring, Medium: Copper Engraving, Categories: ; Views Europe Scandinavia

London: Moon, F.G., 1844. Very Good Condition; lower margin extended. Notes: The Prints of David Roberts:Part 1 - The PrinterLouis Haghe (1806-1885) was one of the msot skillful exponents of the tinted lithograph who became a leading reproductive lithographer in England and on the Continent. Haghe's reputation as a lithographer was primarily based upon topographical views, of which Twyman notes "his most important work of this kind, the translation of Roberts' sketches of the Holy Land, represents the culmination of his art".Part 2 - The Publication of Roberts' Holy Land and EgyptRoberts first sketched in his journals "on the spot" the vaious subjects which, on returning to London, he transcribed into finished paintings and watercolors. These then formed the basis of the lithographs drawn and printed by Louis Haghe. It is interesting to note that in some instances Roberts' original drawings were twice or three times the size of the published print, which indicated the skill of Haghe and his… Read More

London: F.G. Moon, 1843. Excellent. Notes: David Roberts (1769-1864), was one of the first painters in the 19th century who came to the Middle East and published and shared its views with the European audience. Roberts prepared quick sketches "In Situ" using watercolours, and later produced lithographs available to the public., Image Size : 347x495 (mm), 13.66x19.49 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 428x602 (mm), 16.85x23.70 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Medium: Lithograph, Categories: Artists David Roberts Holy Land; Views Asia Middle East;

London: Edward Stanford, 1887. Very Good;. Size : 472x600 (mm), 18.58x23.62 (Inches), Coloring: Printed in Color with Some Hand Coloring, Category: Maps West Indies Other Islands;

Edinburgh: T. Clerk, 1819. Very Good. Notes: Two insets depicting "The Harbour of Bluefields" and The Harbours of Kingston and Port Royal" appear, one on the lower left and one of the lower right., Size : 425x600 (mm), 16.75x23.625 (Inches), Coloring: Hand Colored, Category: Maps West Indies Other Islands;

London: John Tallis & co, 1851. Excellent. Notes: With four inset views: "Port Royal Harbour", "Kingston", "Sugar Mill", "Port Antonio". The seal of the colony is shown directly under the title of the map; and an image of a flying fish is shown in between the two lower insets of the map., Size : 276x355 (mm), 10.875x14 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: Maps West Indies Other Islands;

London: Sawyer, Robert, 1775. Very Good, a marginal tear not affecting the plate professionally repaired. Upper and lower portion of the central fold have been reinfoced.. Notes: With two inset views: One titled "The Harbour of Bluefields"; the other "The Harbours of Kingston and Port Royal"., Size : 495x650 (mm), 19.5x25.625 (Inches), Coloring: Original Outline Coloring, Category: Maps West Indies Other Islands;

London: Henry Graves & Co. Ltd.,, 1896. Very Good. Notes: Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927), born in London; he was the most prolific battle artist of the nineteenth and early twentieth century in Britain, producing countless oil paintings and drawings.Jameson's Last Stand, Battle of Doornkop 2nd January 1896 by Richard Caton WoodvilleIn 1895, Leander Starr Jameson assembled a private army outside the Transvaal with the aim of invading and overthrowing the Boer government. The idea had been to encourage civil unrest among foreign workers (Uitlanders), and use the outbreak of open revolt as an excuse to invade and take over the territory. But Jameson grew impatient and so launched the Jameson Raid on 29th December 1895, and managed to push within twenty miles of Johannesburg before superior Boer forces compelled him and his men to surrender at Doornkop on the 2nd of Janaury 1896., Image Size : 511x828 (mm), 20.12x32.60 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 646x933 (mm), 25.43x36.73 (Inches),… Read More