INDEX

Miscellany

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

A 19th century French memento mori

TURGIS, Louis jnr.

Le temps passe, l'Eternité approche ! et nous n'y pesnons pas! Souviens-toi, ô homme, que tu n'es que poussière et que tu retourneras en poussière. Acuerdate hombre, que eres de polvo y que volveras á polvo.
Paris: Louis Turgis, Jnr, 1851. Tinted lithograph finished with hand colour and gum arabic shine. Printed area 330 x 220mm.

Stock ID : 23887

£330

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

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

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

An atmospheric view of Vesuvius erupting

GALIANI.

Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1769.
London: Dr Robert John Thornton, 1808, Aquatint. 470 x 610mm.

Stock ID : 23734

£2,200

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

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

A 17th century ilIllustration of a Narwhal

KIRCHER, Athanasius.

No title.
Amsterdam, 1682. Engraving, 45 x 190mm, set in letterpress, sheet: 385 x 240mm.

Stock ID : 23704

£150

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

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

The fabulous beasts representing the four empires of 'Daniel's Dream'

LAURO, Giacomo.

Visio Danielis Prophetae in Cap VII de Romano et Alioru Imperio.
Rome, c.1650. Coloured etching. 180 x 235mm.

Stock ID : 24016

£650

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 : 23587

£2,950

Munster's famous woodblock illustrating sea monsters

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Les marins monstres & terrestres, lesquelz on trouve en beaucoup de lieux es partes septentrionales.
Basle, Henri Petri, c.1550, French text edition. Coloured woodcut, image size 250 x 350mm.

Stock ID : 23774

£3,200