Het Haar Boord brengen, van den Sultan Machmoed Badaroedin vaar L. M. Schooner de Johanna op de Riviere Sousang in der Oost-Indien op den 27 Juny 1821 …… der Palembangsche Expeditie &c.

The Hague ? 1822

Aquatint

Trimmed to image, laid onto card, slight overall browning.

245x310mm

£140

Het Haar Boord brengen, van den Sultan Machmoed Badaroedin vaar L. M. Schooner de Johanna op de Riviere Sousang in der Oost-Indien op den 27 Juny 1821 …… der Palembangsche Expeditie &c.

A rare, naïve, popular print, on an unusual subject. A view of the expeditionary force, including the British ships Johanna and Calypso, taking part in the punitive expedition against Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II of Sumatra, for his recent massacre of Dutch traders. The view shows boats crowded with marines and sailors rowing towards the city of Palembang.

Antwerp, c. 1649

Etchings by Sebastian Vranck (Francken).Five small, delicately executed views of the ruins of Rome.

Set of five plates including title page

75x100mm

£350

Ruinæ aliquot sive Antiquitatus Romanæ Vestigia…

Title page




Amphiteatri Romani.




Ruine de Ste. Croy de Jerusalem.




Thermaru Diocletianus Ruine (plate 1)




Thermaru Diocletianus Ruine (plate 2)

Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada : Summer View

Victoria Bridge, Montreal, Canada : Winter View

Sarony Major and Knapp, New York 1860

Chromolithograph, printed in blue, black and light brown

Overall time staining to edges. Tide marks bottom left. Tear centre left extending 5cm into the Winter image. Other marginal defects and abrasions

540 x 712 mm

£ 600

Depiction of the Victoria Bridge in Montreal, Canada in the summer and winter seasons. The Victoria Bridge was the first bridge to span the St Lawrence river, a great engineering achievement. It carried both road and rail traffic from Saint Lambert to Montreal and back. These images were originally created to accompany W.S Hunter’s book on Victoria Bridge.

Natolie

Frankfurt, J. D. Zunner 1685-6

Copper engraving

155x110mm

£65

Natolie

From the second, German edition of Mallet’s Description des Univers &c. first published in Paris in 1683. A small, early, naively executed map of Anatolia, Turkey, with a decorative cartouche of mounted turks and trophies of arms. The map covers the whole Anatolian peninsula, from the Black Sea in the north to Cyprus in the south, and from Trebizond in the east to Europe in the west.

Abritz des Kayserlichen Feuer wercks Schlosses: und Barraquen, worinen das Fried und freudenmahl gehalten worde, vor Nurnberg auff et Joh. Schutzplatz Ao. 1650

Frankfort, 1652

Copper engraving

270x370mm

£225

Abritz des Kayserlichen Feuer wercks Schlosses: und Barraquen, worinen das Fried und freudenmahl gehalten worde, vor Nurnberg auff et Joh. Schutzplatz Ao. 1650

A spectacular view of the splendid fireworks display, held at the Royal Palace and barracks at Nuremburg in August 1650. The view shows the fireworks ascending from the palace roof and grounds on the right, with the strange conical roofed barracks on the left.

Bordeaux

Basle, 1579 - c. 1628

Woodcut, with text in German

290x320mm

£350

Bordeaux

A fine early city map of Bordeaux, France, enclosed within a fine scrolled border. The view shows the city from the River Garonne, within its defensive walls, looking northwards towards the Castle. An interesting, rare, early city map, from a later German edition of Munster's Cosmographia one of the most influential geographical works of the 16th Century.

Libyae Interioris Pars

Basle, 1540-52

Woodcut

Neat repairs to centrefold

320x460mm

£ 280

Libyae Interioris Pars

A fine strong impression. A rare early map of Egypt and Libya, covering the area from Benghazi and the Gulf of Sidra in the west, to Sinai in the east, and including the course of the Nile. A good example from this popular series of wood-cut maps first published in Sebastian Munster’s edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia.

Vue de Site d'Allevard

Paris, 1782

Copper engraving

Very faint spotting in title area

360x550mm

£ 180

Vue de Site d'Allevard

A fine, detailed, panoramic view of the Chateau d'Allevard in the Rhone Alps, home of the Comte de Barral. This view shows the Chateau and its gardens, formally laid out with fountains, waterworks, flowerbeds and allées, taken from across the fast flowing river. With the mountains in the background.

Watercolour views of Continental cities

Basle, July 24th 1865

Watercolours,1854-65

275x375mm

£140

Watercolour views of Continental cities

Delicate watercolour sketches, executed mostly in light sepia tones, of views executed during Petit’s frequent travels all over Europe. John Louis Petit (1801-68) was educated at Eton and then elected to a scholarship at Trinity College. He took Holy Orders in 1824 - hence Rev. John Louis Petit - but did not perform any parochial work. A keen amateur artist with an interest in church architecture, he early showed a talent for detailed and correct drawing and sketching. He died in Lichfield on 2nd December 1868 - from a cold caught while sketching ! He is buried in St. Michael’s, Lichfield.

Elbequier Place in Cairo during the Inundation of the Nile

London, Longman & Rees, and Richard Phillips c. 1814

Aquatint

Traces of old folds

270x820mm

£ 140

Elbequier Place in Cairo during the Inundation of the Nile

An interesting, log view of Cairo by night, during the Nile flood. The view shows a flooded Azbakiya (Elbequier) Square, surrounded by houses and minarets, with the tops of trees and monuments showing above the waters, and boats floating in the moonlight.

Vue perspective du Chateau de la Celle du côté du jardin

Paris, c. 1746

Copper engraving

Slight marginal dust staining

290x505mm

£ 140

Vue perspective du Chateau de la Celle du côté du jardin

A detailed view of the extensive gardens of the Chateau de la Celle, Touraine. This view show the formally laid out beds, the curving topiary screen, central fountain and garden front of the chateau. In the foreground are chatting peasants, and a hunting party of young men lounging under a tree.

London, R. Ackermann 1819-20

Aquatints

Original hand-colouring.Slight time and damp staining

250x300mm

Picturesque views along the river Rhine, from an account of the travels of the author and diplomat Baron Johann Isaak von Gerning (1767-1837).

Biebrich. Summer Residence of the Duke of Nassau.Price: £85. A view of the vast baroque palace, from across the River.

The Town of Bingen. Price: £100. A view from the Cathedral, looking down towards the River.

Bodesberg and the Seven Hills. £85. A view of the island in the Rhine, with each hill crowned by a castle.

Boppard.Price: £85. A view of the picturesque town, with shipping in the foreground.

Bornhofen. Price: £85. A view of the town, perched on the steep crags above the River.

The Castles of Drachenfels and Rolandseck. Price: £100. One of the most famous views of the Rhine, eulogized by Byron. The view shows the Rolandseck Castle on its island in the Rhine, with Drachenfels perched dramatically on its crag above.

The Castle of Furstenberg. Price: £85. The romantic castle, situated high above the town, on the cliffs above the Rhine.

The Johannesberg. Price: £100. The town with its picturesque church spires, with a crane unloading Rhine barges in the foreground.

The Castle of Johannes, at the influx of the Lahn. Price: £85. The baroque castle, opposite wooded crags.

Liebenstein. Price: £85. The castle ruin, situated on a mountain ridge above the town of Liebenstein, near Arnstadt.

Mentz, from the influx of the Maine into the Rhine. Price: £85. The town, seen from across the River.

The Mice Tower. Price: £85. A view of the isolated tower near Bingen. According to legend, the Archbishop of Mainz met his death here in a memorable way. The Archbishop who was known for his hard- heartedness towards the poor had begun to hoard grain, thereby plunging the people into famine. Ironically, he received his just punishment in the form of a plague of mice. The hungry animals not only destroyed his grain, but they also followed him personally. He fled to the Mice Tower in fear, but the mice followed and ate him.

The Town of Oberwesel. Price: £85. The picturesque fortified town, with its immense defensive tower.

Salmon Fishery at Lurley. Price: £85. Fishing boats and their nets at Loreley.

St. Goarshausen, St. Goar and Rheinfels. Price: £85. A view of the town, monastery and castle on either side of the Rhine.

Petit Waux-Hall

Paris, L’Autour 1780 – c. 1810

Copper engraving

Trimmed within platemark

460x600mm

£ 450

Petit Waux-Hall

A fine, rare, humorous engraving, showing visitors at the French Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, near Paris. In the centre a pretty, elaborately dressed young woman, wearing a flounced, panniered dress, lowcut overdress and enormous, domed hat trimmed with feathers, is being ogled by a young buck and his elderly, leering friend. Meanwhile her chaperone has been distracted by an elderly, unfashionably dressed man with whom she is shaking hands. In the background are high hedges and a crowd of smartly dressed revellers. London’s Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on the south bank of the Thames opened just before the Restoration in 1660, and during the height of their popularity during the latter half of the eighteenth century, spawned many copies notably in Paris and St. Petersburg. Until the opening of Westminster Bridge in 1750 the gardens could only be reached by crossing the Thames by boat. Under the management of Jonathan Tyers between 1728-67, the gardens became one of London’s most popular resorts. Tyers added supper boxes, ruins, arches, pavilions, intimate wooded walks and a Gothick orchestra which could accomodate fifty musicians. In 1840 the owners went bankrupt and after many revivals the site was finally built over in 1859.