Printed in Nuremburg

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful engraving showing 13 varieties of anenome with the rootstock of two varieties. The designs are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[3 coastal Views of Ascunsion].

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van

Decorative print showing three coastal views of Ascunsion island in the Atlantic, numerous birds, flying fish and ships at sea, compass rose at sea, strapwork cartouche at top right, two secondary cartouches at left centre and lower right. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

[3 views of the Bosphorus near Istanbul].

£245

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Views -> Asia -> Turkey

LE BRUYN, Cornelius.

Three prints on one sheet, 2 above, 1 below, each view shows part of the Bosphorus shore as seen from the water, with boats in the foreground..

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27 / 14 x 10½

[Anenomes].

£300

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SWEERT, Emanuel

13 species of anenome, six with the root stock shown. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Aqueducts near Istanbul, Bosphorus view]

£285

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Views -> Asia -> Turkey

LE BRUYN, Cornelius.

Three prints on one sheet, 2 above, 1 below, 2 show sectionss of the Roman aqueducts thast brought water into ancient Byzantium, the third shows part of the Bosphorus shore as seen from the water, with boat in the foreground..

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 27 / 14 x 10½

[Before and After]

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Prints -> Historical -> Hogarth

A handsome pair of prints, showing before and after scenes of a seduction.‘ ... Said to have been commissioned by "a certain vicious nobleman", the pictures contain an element of moralising in that the man in After looks somewhat dazed and unhappy despite his lustful conquest. Hogarth listened to ...

Dimensions (W x H): 33 x 43 / 13 x 17

[Carnations].

£300

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Nine species of carnations. Stems leaves and flowers are shown. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Carnations].

£300

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful engraving of nine species of carnation. The designs are elegantly balanced on the page and the captions neatly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Central section of the floor].

£295

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is an unusual example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. The print shows a central ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 33.5 / 18½ x 13

[Columbines].

£435

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Nine varieties of aqualegia, better known as columbines. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Crocus].

£300

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SWEERT, Emanuel

The engraving shows six species of crocus of various hues, from blue to red patterned to yellow. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Delphiniums].

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[Eight bulbs and eight flowering heads of varieties of grape hyacinths].

SWEERT, Emanuel

Four varieties of delphinium - white, variegated blue and white, purple and blue. The engraving shows flowers, leaves and stem. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£395

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful print of eight varieties of the muscari family (grape hyacinths), showing the bulbs and flowering heads. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Five varieties of Iris].

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[Four Mogul Emperors] Jehan ou Jehan Gure, mort en 1627. Cha Jehan ou Kourum, mort en 1665. Oranzeb, mort en 1707. Badour Siah, onignore le tems de sa mort.

SWEERT, Emanuel

This plate show five varieties of iris. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£185

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Prints -> Historical -> Chatelain

CHÂTELAIN, Henry Abraham

Four full figure portraits on one sheet of four seventeenth-century moguls. The portrait shows the moguls at rest, standing, with a simple halo. Title below each print.

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 37 / 9 x 14½

[Four prints on one sheet of seventeenth-century Indian life.]

£185

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Prints -> Travel/Costume -> Chatelain

CHÂTELAIN, Henry Abraham

The four prints show, from top left: 1. A holy man, seated on a rich terrace, feeding a peacock. 2. Two men seated on the ground, one with a bird on his head, the other has a bird in hand. 3. Three seated women, near a tree. 4. A woman, barebreasted, sitting on a rug in the lotus position, a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 37 / 9 x 14½

[Four varieties of Iris]

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[Four views of the myrtle plant - three show the plant flowering and one shows the plant with berries, and a view of ‘agnus castus’, the castor oil plant.]

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of four varieties of Iris, showing the whole plant from root to flower. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£300

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of five flowering plants. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Fragments of frieze].

£180

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville.This print shows fragments of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 37 x 44 / 14½ x 17½

[GANYMEDES, POLYPHEMUS & GALATEA]

£560

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Prints -> Decorative -> Carracci

CARRACCI, Annibal.

This superb engraving shows sections from Carracci’s famous designs for the Galerie Farnese in Rome. In the top panel, Ganymede is carried aloft by an eagle. Below, in the main panel, the furious cyclops, Polyphemus, hurls rocks after he has been tricked by Odysseus. The panels are flanked by ...

Dimensions (W x H): 58 x 43 / 23 x 17

[Mrs Williams as St. Cecilia]

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Prints -> Portraits -> Pratt

PRATT, Joseph B.

Signed Artist’s Proof before Title of a very romantic print of Mrs Williams as St. Cecilia, sitting beside a piano, gazing up wistfully, clutching some manuscript paper whilst looked upon by two cherubs.

Dimensions (W x H): 38.5 x 61 / 15 x 24

[Nine species of Satyrion].

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Satyrion, commonly known as ‘salep’ was thought by the Greeks to be an aphrodisiac. Oiginally from the east it is now found wild in Britain. Nine varieties are shown in this beautiful engraving. The designs are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Nine varieties of flowering plants.]

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of nine flowering plants, including four varieties of Amaranthus. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Northern Nordrhein Westfalen].

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

QUAD, Matthias

Handsome map of Nordrhein Westfalen. Latin text at lower left. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. This map is from his Fascilus Geographicus. It was printed by Johannes Bussemacher.

Dimensions (W x H): 26 x 18 / 10 x 7

[Part of centre of floor]

£350

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows various figures ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

[Part of centre of floor].

£350

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows part of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 47 x 35 / 18½ x 14

[Part of end section of floor]

£350

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows the part of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

[Part of the floor]

£405

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of the mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows in immaculate ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

[Part of the floor].

£405

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville.This print shows four of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

[Part of the floor].

£405

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows two of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36 x 50 / 14 x 19½

[Part of the floor].

£350

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santiponce near Seville. This print shows two roundels, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 46 x 38 / 18 x 15

[Poppies].

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Fascinating print of five varieties of poppy with leaves and seed pod. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Section of the mosaic].

£350

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Prints -> Archaeology -> Laborde

LABORDE, Alexandre

This magnificent print is a superb example of early printed colour. It was published in Alexandre Laborde's 'Description d'un Pave en Mosaique'. This book documented the discovery of a mosaic floor of a Roman villa, found in the village of Santponce near Seville.This print shows two of the roundels ...

Dimensions (W x H): 48 x 36 / 19 x 14

[Six varieties of Leucoium]

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[The Distressed Poet] ‘Studious he sate, with all his books around, sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound’.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful engraving of six varieties of Leucoium. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs from Sweert's ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[South-western Holland].

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Maps -> Europe -> Netherlands

QUAD, Matthias

Handsome map of Southwestern Holland with north to the right. Latin text at top left, scales at lower right. Matthaus Quad was a German cartographer based in Cologne, which, at the time was the centre for German cartography. This map is from his Fascilus Geographicus. It was printed by Johannes ...

Dimensions (W x H): 26.5 x 18 / 10½ x 7

£215

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Prints -> Historical -> Hogarth

HOGARTH, William

This print shows a despairing writer at his desk in his flat writing for ‘Grub Street’. The print is possibly about Hogarth’s father, who became a hackwriter before being imprisoned for debt. Below the print are four lines from Pope’s Dunciad.

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 36 / 16 x 14

[The Siege of Koroni].

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Views -> Europe -> Greece

LE BRUN, Cornelius.

Birds eye view of ‘Coron’, or Koroni as it is now known, in the southern Peleponnese. The view depicts the town, under Turkish rule being attcked by Venetian forces in 1685. Key to events in German along lower edge. This print is almost identical to Coronelli’s engraving of the same scene.

Dimensions (W x H): 40.5 x 30 / 16 x 12

[Two sprouting bulbs]. Africanus bulbo crassofacie hyac. Peruiani. Hyacint, Indic, Orientaldict, swerti, ad hus Incognit.

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[Two Sprouting bulbs]. Narc. Promont bonae ... .Ornitho galum indicum ... .

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful engraving of two sprouting bulbs. The two plants are side by side on the page. The right hand plant has a light green leaf with a maroon mottled tip. The plants are well balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful engraving of two sprouting bulbs. The plants are side by side on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[Vine and three other species].

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1. fraxinella alba. 2. fraxinella alba sub Cerulea. 3. Anthyrrhinum albu. 4. Anthyrrhinum suaue Rubens.

SWEERT, Emanuel

The print shows four plants- the vine - ‘Vitis Vinifera’, Rosemary, ‘Balsamina sive momordica’ and ‘Halicacabus Indicus Arborescens’. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

[World] EASTERN HEMISPHERE/ WESTERN HEMISPHERE.

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Maps -> World, Hemispheres & Sets of Continents -> Eastern & Western Hemispheres

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. This was a compact version of his General Atlas, and shows the high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy that has led many to consider Cary as the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 23 / 11 x 9

‘Don’t be afraid of my bear, ladies and gentlemen’.

£145

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Prints -> Cartoons -> James Gillray

GILLRAY, James.

James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 34.5 x 25 / 13½ x 10

‘Here justice triumphs in his Elbow Chair.’

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Prints -> Historical -> Hogarth

HOGARTH, William

This print shows a pregnant woman pleading with a seated judge for the ‘rich old lecher’ at the centre of the print to provide security for her child. Twelve lines of text below the print explain the scene. The print was not published in Hogarth’s lifetime.

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 30.5 / 14½ x 12

“CARIAD - 1908”

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Prints -> Marine -> Frank Beken

BEKEN, Frank

From the Beken archive, printed digitally in Sepia-brown. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of Wight.The company "Beken & Son Ltd." was born and Frank was soon seen afloat in a dinghy, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 59.5 / 19½ x 23½

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1. Admirabilis peruiana flo. albu et luteo distinct. 2. Admirabilis peruiana vary coloris Albo Rubicunda. 3. Jasminum luteum 4. Jasminum album.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of four flowers. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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1. Coupe d’un Vaisseau dans su Largeur. 2. Dessein de la Machine nominee chameau dont en sert a Amsterdam pour enlever un Vaisseau

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of four flowering plants, including two varieties of jasmine. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£205

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Prints -> Marine -> Bellin

Bellin

A beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin. This one show a vessel cut through to show its six decks, and a dry dock for repairing a large ship.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

1. Globe Terrestre & Globe Celeste. 2. Le Nom de Systeme. Sphere.

£750

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Maps -> World, Hemispheres & Sets of Continents -> Sets of Continents

DE FER, Nicolas

An unusual and very attractive pair of engravings. One showing a terrestrial globe and a celestial globe. The other one of an armillary sphere showing four systems (the Copernican, Ptolemaic, Tycho-Brahe and composed systems).Nicolas de Fer (1646-1720) was the youngest son of Parisian print and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 21 / 11 x 8½

1. Hya hispa flo Cerul. 2. Hya hispa flo alb. ...

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1. Matricaria flore pleno 2. Chrysantheriu Valentinum 3. Cortusa Mathioli flore purpureo 4. flos Adonis Color mali aranti 5. flos Adoni Rubro fl. 6. Graphalium montanu Suaue Rubente fl.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful print of six different species of hyacinth, showing the whole plant from bulb to flowering head. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£300

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SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of six flowering plants. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

1. Murillo.- 2. Salvator Rosa. - 3. Rose Blanche.

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1. Sabina baccata altera 2.Arbor Vitae 3. Juniperius 4. Cedrus phoenicea.

GOOSSEN, A.

The wonderful print is from a Dutch work on hardy bulbous plants, “Florilegium Harlemense”, first edited in the Netherlands in 1901. The book belongs to the finest botanical works of its time, and it is beautifully decorated by a famous Brussels flower painter A. Goossen.

Dimensions (W x H): 28 x 34 / 11 x 13½

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1.Iris hispanica cerul.purpurea 2. Iris bulbosa Latifoli purpu. 3. Iris tuberosa abscuro viridi colo.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Four species of conifer showing branches, needles and berries. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£435

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1.Mala Insana 2.Poma Amoris 3. Solanum Somniferum 4. Solanum halicacabum.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful print of three varieties of iris, showing the whole plant, from bulb to flowering head. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

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1.Nar. sive pancratium clusy. 2. scilla marina. 3. Nar scilla minor. 4. Nar sive pancratiu maius hispa.

SWEERT, Emanuel

This beautiful print shows four species from the nightshade family, including deadly nightshade, aubergine and tomato. Each illustration shows both the fruit and the flower. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£355

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1.Sesamoides magnu Cordi flo Virid. Color 2. Heleborusniger.flo.albo. 3. Calceolus Marieflo. flavo 3. Helebor niger feruleceus flo Luteo.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Four varieties of minor bulb, two of which are ‘scilla’ or squill. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was originally a sales catalogue for plants and bulbs ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

1.Petit Batiment Hollandais nomme Cague. 2. Semale ou Semaque.

£205

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Prints -> Marine -> Bellin

Bellin

This beautiful print, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin, is an accurate and elegant representation of two ships of the time.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

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1.Viola Damascena. 2. Dentaria alba flore. 3. Thabacum sive herba sancta minor. 4. Nicotiana sive sana Sancta Indorum.

SWEERT, Emanuel

A beautiful print of four species of flower: Two varieties of hellebore, yellow ladies slipper, and one other. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert's Florilegium was first printed in Frankfurt by Kempner in 1612 -1614. It was ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

£300

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A General View of the City of Madrid, the Capital of the Kingdom of Spain.

SWEERT, Emanuel

Beautiful plate of four flowering plants. The lower two on the plate are varieties of the tobacco plant. The designs are beautifully balanced on the page and the captions elegantly inscribed. Emanuel Sweert was prefect of the gardens of the Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. His Florilegium was first ...

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 33.5 / 8½ x 13

1.Yacht u Yac. 2. Hourque ou Houcre

£205

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Prints -> Marine -> Bellin

Bellin

A beautiful print of two small boats, engraved from drawings by the French hydrographer, Bellin.

Dimensions (W x H): 21 x 34 / 8½ x 13½

20th Montreux Jazz Festival.

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Prints -> Modern -> Warhol, Andy

WARHOL, Andy and Keith Haring.

Print edition unknown. A poster on card being a collaboration between Warhol and Haring printed to coincide with the 20th Montreux Jazz Festival. Signed by Andy Warhol lower right and Keith Haring lower left.

Dimensions (W x H): 70 x 100 / 27½ x 39½

3e. Ve.

£165

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Views -> Asia -> Syria

CASSAS, Louis Francois

Magnificent engraving showing four figures looking into an unexcavated ruin. The ruin is almost submerged in the ground and covered with vegetation. Louis-François Cassas’ Voyage Pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse-Egypte is perhaps the finest eighteenth ...

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 29 / 16 x 11½

3e. Ve. No25.

£190

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Views -> Asia -> Syria

CASSAS, Louis Francois

This beautiful engraving shows an exploration at the entrance to an unexcavated building. Three men with a flaming torch descend into the dark interior while five guards, with guns and a flute idly stand guard outside. Louis-François Cassas was one of the best French printmakers of the ...

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 27 / 15 x 10½

A Fifth Rate 1684.

£275

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Prints -> Marine -> Charnock

Charnock, John

This handsome print shows the side (‘sheer draught’), plan, stern and ‘Bow and Forebody’ of a 22 gun seventeenth century warship. John Charnock’s History of Marine Architecture was an important history of naval ships from ancient times onwards.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 27 / 21½ x 10½

A Fourth Rate of the Second Class, 1684.

£275

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Prints -> Marine -> Charnock

Charnock, John

This handsome print shows the side (‘sheer draught’), plan, stern, after body and forebody of a 42 gun seventeenth century warship. John Charnock’s History of Marine Architecture was an important history of naval ships from ancient times onwards.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 27 / 21½ x 10½

£750

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Views -> Europe -> Spain & Portugal

Handsome view of Madrid from across the river. Various figures in foreground. The title which was originally below the print, has at some time been cut off, and neatly pasted on the reverse.

Dimensions (W x H): 38 x 22 / 15 x 8½

A large Draught of the Island ANTEGUA,

£450

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Maps -> Oceans and Islands -> Caribbean Islands

THORNTON, John

Attractive chart of Antigua, with compass at centre, rhumb lines, rocks and sand banks, depth soundings, title at top right. The map is printed on a folio page, between a page header at right, and text to the left.

Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 26 / 13 x 10

A New Map of BOHEMIA and MORAVIA.

£145

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Maps -> Europe -> Czech Republic

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A New Map of BOHEMIA and MORAVIA.

£150

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Maps -> Europe -> Czech Republic

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 50 / 23½ x 19½

A New Map of GERMANY, Divided into its Circles.

£175

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A NEW MAP OF GERMANY, DIVIDED INTO ITS CIRCLES; VIZ. THE UPPER AND LOWER RHINE, SWABIA, UPPER AND LOWER SAXONY, FRANCONBIA AND WESTPHALIA, WITH THE KINGDOM OF BOHEMIA &c. FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£245

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 50 / 22 x 19½

A NEW MAP OF SCOTLAND FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£475

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Maps -> British Isles -> Scotland

CARY, John.

This magnificent map of Scotland is in two parts, north and south. The north part has two inset maps of the Shetlands (top left) and the Orkneys (top right). The map is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary ...

Dimensions (W x H): 101 x 90 / 40 x 35½

A New Map of SCOTLAND.

£475

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Maps -> British Isles -> Scotland

CARY, John.

This magnificent map of Scotland is in two parts, north and south. The north part has two inset maps of the Shetlands (top left) and the Orkneys (top left). The map is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary ...

Dimensions (W x H): 101 x 90 / 40 x 35½

A NEW MAP OF THE CIRCLE OF BAVARIA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£220

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 54.5 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLE of BAVARIA.

£145

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A NEW MAP OF THE CIRCLE OF FRANCONIA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£120

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 49.5 / 22 x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLE of FRANCONIA.

£145

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLE of LOWER SAXONY.

£145

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLE of LOWER SAXONY.

£145

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 51.5 / 23½ x 20½

A NEW MAP OF THE CIRCLE OF SWABIA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£120

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 50 / 22 x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLE of SWABIA.

£220

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A NEW MAP OF THE CIRCLE OF WESTPHALIA, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£120

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 50 / 22 x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLE of WESTPHALIA.

£145

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A NEW MAP OF THE CIRCLES OF THE UPPER AND LOWER RHINE, FROM THE LATEST AUTHORITIES.

£150

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 49 / 22 x 19½

A New Map of the CIRCLES of the UPPER AND LOWER RHINE.

£165

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Maps -> Europe -> Germany

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. The high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy has led many to consider Cary the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 55 x 49 / 21½ x 19½

A new way to pay the NATIONAL-DEBT, Dedicated to Mons.r. Necker.

£220

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Prints -> Cartoons -> James Gillray

GILLRAY, James.

James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 39 / 20½ x 15½

A View of Chelsea Waterworks

£545

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Views -> British Isles -> London

BOYDELL, John

Splendid print of the Chelsea waterworks, with the marshes of Pimlico and Westminster Abbey in the distance. The waterworks were built in 1723 from material taken from the rebuilding of St.Martin in the Fields, and were in use until the early nineteenth century.

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 25 / 16 x 10

A View of London taken off the Thames near York Buildings.

£750

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Views -> British Isles -> London

Anon

An attractive eighteenth century engraving of the London Thames with Westminster Abbey and Westminster Hall in the background. The obelisk shaped building in the foreground is the watermill at York Buildings,near Hungerford stairs next to present day Hungerford Bridge. Printed in reverse

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 24.5 / 16 x 9½

A View of St. Eustathius’s Church & the Rivioalti Buildings in Venice.

£775

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Views -> Europe -> Italy

Canalette

Stunning Venetian view. Church at right, many gondolas on the canal. The title which was originally below the print, has at some time been cut off, and neatly pasted on the reverse.

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 23.5 / 16 x 9½

A View of the Church and Piazza of St. Peter at Florence.

£295

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Views -> Europe -> Italy

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Stunning view of church and Piazza in Florence, with townspeople strolling across in the foreground. The title which was originally below the print, has at some time been cut off, and neatly pasted on the reverse.

Dimensions (W x H): 41 x 24.5 / 16 x 9½

A View of the Grand South Walk on VAUXHALL GARDENS with the Triumphal Arches, Mr Handel’s Statue &c

£375

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Views -> British Isles -> London

CANALETI

Fascinating print of members of high society promenading in Vauxhall Gardens, in the foreground, whilst others dine in the booths lining the walk behind

Dimensions (W x H): 39 x 25 / 15½ x 10

A View of the West Front of the Chappel dedicated to St. Thomas on London Bridge also the Inside View from West to East of the said Chappal as it was first built, Ano. 1209

£250

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Views -> British Isles -> London

VERTUE, George

A handsome view of the interior and exterior of St. Thomas Chapel on the old London Bridge. At centre of the engraving is a view of ‘London bridge as it was first built in 1209’. The lower third of the plate contains a history of the bridge set in an emblematic architectural frame. In the days ...

Dimensions (W x H): 49 x 54 / 19½ x 21½

A View of the Westmünster Bridge, London. Vue du Pont de Westmünster, a Londres. Viso del Ponte di Westmünster, a Londra. Gesicht der Westmünster Brucke, zu London.

£650

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Views -> British Isles -> London

LEIZEL, I. F.

/ PROBST, Georg Balthasar

Handsome view of Westminster Bridge, with St. Pauls in the left background. Sailing boats and rowing boats in the foreground pointing towards and away from the viewer. This print was produced in Augsburg by Georg Balthazar Probst, who specialised in producing optical prints of European cities, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 40 x 31 / 15½ x 12

a. Chrysanthemum Indicum seu flos minimius. b.Chrysanthemum Indicum flos solis minor.

£1000

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Aertbeeyinge tot Jedo / Tremblement de Terre a Jedo dans la Chine

EHRET, George

/ WEINMANN, Johann Wilhelm

Beautiful print of two sunflowers. One of a stunning collection of tulips, poppies, lilies and sunflowers from Weinmann’s Phytanthoza Iconographia. This series was printed in colour and hand finished, and is one of the earliest examples of colour printing. It is also the first published ...

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 34 / 9 x 13½

Acipenser Huso.

£195

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Prints -> Natural History -> Fish

[BLOCH, Marcus] KRUGER

Marcus Éliéser Bloch was born in 1723 in Anspach. He spent the earlier part of his career as a physician, studying intestinal worms. It was not until the age of 57, that Bloch turned to the study of fish, and set himself the task of providing full descriptions and illustrations of the species known ...

Dimensions (W x H): 36.5 x 19 / 14½ x 7½

ADIX 1992 - 56866/4

£450

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Prints -> Marine -> Frank Beken

BEKEN, Frank

From the Beken archive, carefully printed by hand using the original glass plate wherever possible. It is then Sepia-brown toned, retouched and titled. Frank Beken was born in Canterbury, England in 1880. His father Alfred was a chemist and photographer. In 1888 the family moved to the Isle of ...

Dimensions (W x H): 64.5 x 54 / 25½ x 21½

Aegyptus Antiqua

£295

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Maps -> Africa -> Egypt

after JANSSON

Very similar to Jansson’s map of the same name, but with addition of an inset map of the eastern Mediterranean. The print is less bold, the decorated cartouche is a little smaller

Dimensions (W x H): 46.5 x 39.5 / 18½ x 15½

Aegyptus Antiqua.

£220

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Maps -> Africa -> Egypt

after JANSSON

Very similar to Jansson’s map of the same name, but with addition of an inset map of the eastern Mediterranean. The print is less bold, the decorated cartouche is a little smaller than Jansson’s map.

Dimensions (W x H): 51 x 37 / 20 x 14½

£175

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Views -> Asia -> Japan

AA, Pieter van der

A truly apocalyptic print depicting an earthquake and erupting volcano in Japan (‘Jedo’). Panicking people in the foreground, a flood or mudslide to the right sweeping trees and buildings along with it, destroyed buildings and trees, dark brooding clouds and a fiery erupting volcano on the horizon, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 23.5 / 12½ x 9½

Aethiopum e Mocambyque et conterminis regionibus ico quarum alij Christian alij Gentiles verum major pars Maurituii vocant ...

£195

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van

Attractive print of four Africans. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le Grande Route de Mer’ and ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

Against Apartheid.

£1500

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Prints -> Modern -> Lichtenstein, Roy

LICHTENSTEIN, Roy

Edition of 5000. This copy is signed R F Lichtenstein lower right. The image was issued simultaneously as a poster and a print of 100 plus 30 AP signed and numbered.

Dimensions (W x H): 60 x 85.1 / 23½ x 33½

Agricola Indus Canaryn dictus.

£195

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van

Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

Agricola Indus Canaryn dictus.

£150

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LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van

Attractive print of four people and two children in India. Text in Latin and Dutch along lower edge. Linschoten lived and wrote at a time when exploration was rapidly opening up the world. His travel writings, in three parts, the famous ‘Itinerarium’, included ‘Description de l’Amerique’, ‘Le ...

Dimensions (W x H): 32 x 25 / 12½ x 10

Ah! Storm Clouds Rushed From the Channel Coasts

£1800

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ALECTO and her Train, at the Gate of Pandemonuim; or The Recruiting Sarjeant enlisting JOHN-BULL, into the Revolution Service.

CAULFIELD, Patrick

No. 67 of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs. Signed lower right by Patrick Caulfield. From the sought after C Edition with larger margins and each print signed on the front by Caulfield. The A and B editions were printed without margins and only 6 images from each set were signed on the reverse. Framed ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 61 / 22 x 24

Album de Sem

£450

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Prints -> Cartoons -> SEM

SEM (Georges Goursat)

Georges Goursat SEM (1863-1934) attained a high level of success with his wonderful portrayals of Paris at the turn of the century. This outstanding caricaturist was a member of the Salon des Humoristes and an officer of the Legion of Honor. His works offer us glimpses into Parisian high society ...

Dimensions (W x H): 55.5 x 51.5 / 22 x 20½

£220

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Prints -> Cartoons -> James Gillray

GILLRAY, James.

James Gillray (1757 - 1815) was a British caricaturist and printmaker famous for his etched political and social satires. He started his career as a letter engraver which later helped him to support his studies at the Royal Academy. Gillray's incomparable wit and humour, knowledge of life, ...

Dimensions (W x H): 44 x 37.5 / 17½ x 15

ALGERIA (L’ALGÉRIE)

£120

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Maps -> Africa -> Algeria

JOHNSON, J Hugh

A detailed map of Algeria with two round inset maps of ORAN AND ENVIRONS and CONSTANTINE AND ENVIRONS in the bottom corners as well as an inset map of ALGIERS AND ENVIRONS in-between them. Fullarton's Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography was the last highly decorative atlas published in ...

Dimensions (W x H): 51.5 x 41.5 / 20½ x 16½

Algunas Flores Para Los Amigos. (Quelques Fleurs Pour Des Amis.) Frontispiece.

£2500

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Prints -> Modern -> Miro, Joan

MIRÓ, Joan

Signed in pencil lower right. Total edition of 225 signed. This print unnumbered. Framed.

Dimensions (W x H): 32.5 x 41 / 13 x 16

All Souls taken from the top of the Radcliffe Camera.

£175

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Views -> British Isles -> Oxford

A. Pugin

/ ACKERMANN, Rudolf

Ackerman’s encyclopaedic work on the colleges of Oxford is perhaps the definitive work on the subject. Prints from this work are much sought after.

Dimensions (W x H): 29.5 x 25 / 11½ x 10

All These Confessions

£3000

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CAULFIELD, Patrick

No. 67 of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs. Signed lower right by Patrick Caulfield. From the sought after C Edition with larger margins and each print signed on the front by Caulfield. The A and B editions were printed without margins and only 6 images from each set were signed on the reverse. Framed ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 61 / 22 x 24

Along a Twilighted Sky

£2000

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CAULFIELD, Patrick

No. 67 of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs. Signed lower right by Patrick Caulfield. From the sought after C Edition with larger margins and each print signed on the front by Caulfield. The A and B editions were printed without margins and only 6 images from each set were signed on the reverse. Framed ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 61 / 22 x 24

AMERICA.

£175

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Maps -> Continents -> The Americas

CARY, John.

This beautiful map, accurate and concise, is from John Cary’s Universal Atlas. This was a compact version of his General Atlas, and shows the high standard of design, printing, and geographical accuracy that has led many to consider Cary as the finest of English map-makers.

Dimensions (W x H): 23 x 28 / 9 x 11

And I Am Alone In My House

£2000

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CAULFIELD, Patrick

No. 67 of 100 and 20 artist’s proofs. Signed lower right by Patrick Caulfield. From the sought after C Edition with larger margins and each print signed on the front by Caulfield. The A and B editions were printed without margins and only 6 images from each set were signed on the reverse. Framed ...

Dimensions (W x H): 56 x 61 / 22 x 24

And, With My Eyes Bolting Towards the Unconscious

£2000

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