INDEX

Miscellany

Munster's famous woodblock illustrating sea monsters

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Meerwunder und seltzame Thier wie die in den Mitnachtigen Landern im Meer.
Basle, Henri Petri, c.1560, German text edition. Coloured woodcut, image size 250 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23339

£2,950

Venus and Cupid travelling to Cyprus in a shell

LAIRESSE, Gerard de.

[Water.] G. Lairesse inuentor et sculpsit.
Amsterdam, c.1677. Etching. 210 x 165mm.

Stock ID : 22978

£300

An engraving of a Porphyrian tree or tree of virtues

PINCHARD, P.

[Porphyrian tree] Generalis Divisio Virtutis...
French, c.1679. Engraving. Sheet 545 x 400mm.

Stock ID : 20584

£1,100

An early 18th century circular list of monarchs and popes, with a moving arm

WEIGEL, Christoph.

Discus Chronologicus in quo Omnes Imperatores et Reges orbis Europaei...
Nuremberg, c.1720. Original wash colour. 510 x 485mm, with printed rotating arm.

Stock ID : 22160

£650

Two majestic still life mezzotints after a Dutch Old Master

VAN HUYSUM, Jan.

A Flower Piece. [&] A Fruit Piece. In the Cabinet at Houghton.
London: John Boydell, 1778 & 1781. Pair of mezzotints, each 545 x 420mm.

Stock ID : 21956

£3,500

A decorative table of river lengths and mountain heights

THOMSON, John.

Plan of the Lengths of the Principal Rivers Throughout the World.
Edinburgh, c.1810. Coloured. Sheet 630 x 705mm.

Stock ID : 23167

£550

Colour-printed examples of George Morland's famous anti-slavery scenes

MORLAND, George.

African Hospitality. [&] Slave Trade.
London: S. Morgan, 1814. Pair of mezzotints, printed in colours and hand-finished. Each c. 475 x 650mm.

Stock ID : 22500

£4,000

Early 19th century original table of maritime flags

ROSSI, Luigi.

Prospetto generale delle bandiere che si inalberano a bordo dei bastimenti di guerra e mercantili di tutte le nazioni all'epoca del primo Giugno 1820...
Milan: Batelli & Fanfani, c.1820. Original colour 450 X 610mm.

Stock ID : 23465

£750

Six early illustrations of the Aurora Borealis

GAIMARD, Paul.

Apparence de L'Aurore Boréale dans le Nord, à Bossekop (Finmark) le 11 Novembre 1838, vers 8.h 20.m de soir. [&] ... dans le Sud, é Bossekop, (Finmark), le 6 Janvier 1839, à 6.h 4.m de soir. [&] ... dans le Nord, à Bossekop, (Finmark), le 6 Janvier 1839, à 6.h 27.m du soir. [&] ... dans le Sud, à Bossekop, (Finmark), le 19 Janvier 1839, à 7h 40m du soir. [&] ... dans l'Est, à Bossekop, (Finmark), le 19 Janvier, à 9.h 27.m du Soir. [&] ... dans le Nord, à Kaafiord, (Finmark), le 24 Kanvier 1839, à 7.h 25.m su soir.
Six tinted lithographs with hand colour. each sheet 315 x 515mm.

Stock ID : 23350

£1,650

Five early illustrations of ther Aurora Borealis on one sheet

GAIMARD, Paul.

Apparences successives de L'Aurore Boréale dans le Nord-Nord-Ouest, à Bossekop (Finmark) le 12 Janvier 1839
Tinted lithograph with hand colour. Sheet 515 x 315mm.

Stock ID : 23354

£300

Meteorological phenomena of the atmosphere

EMSLIE, John.

Dessins des phénomènes variés météorologiques de l'atmosphère.
Brussels, c.1850. 190 x 270mm.Original colour.

Stock ID : 19943

£160

Pair of charts comparing geographic features of each hemisphere

TALLIS, John.

A Comparative View of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains, in the Western Hemisphere. [&] A Comparative View of the Principal Waterfalls, Islands, Lakes, Rivers and Mountains, in the Eastern Hemisphere.
London, John Tallis & Co., c.1851. Pair of steel engravings, printed area c.350 x 250mm.

Stock ID : 21574

£240