ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair Listing: Catalogue 116!
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Pinchbeck.
Isaac Whood pinx.t. J. Faber fecit.
[n.d., c.1725.]
Mezzotint. 330 x 225mm (13 x 8¾"). Small repaired tear into
margin on left. Printer's crease bottom right in margin.
Christopher
Pinchbeck (1670?-1732), maker of clocks and automata, here shown
holding an open pocket watch. He also invented 'pinchbeck', an alloy of
copper and zinc that resembled gold, which created a new market for
costume jewelry. Among his clients was Louis XIV, for whom he made a
music clock. In 1717 he advertised a clock at one thousand guineas
(appoximately £140,000 today). From 1721 until his death his address was
'at the sign of ‘The Astronomico-Musical Clock' in Fleet Street.
CS 289 i/ii.
[Ref: 57864] £950.00
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This miscellaneous catalogue of over 230 items contains:
Portraits including Mezzotints.
Decorative items including items by Stefano Della Bella and assemblage prints after George Spratt.
Satire.
Costumes.
Historical, Political and Social Scenes.
Aviation.
Views Overseas and UK (including prints after John Constable), Sports and Pastimes.
Some Naval and Military.
Plus selected Natural History including horses, Ephemera, Science and a couple of Books.
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The Royall Hospitall at Chelsey To the Right Hon.ble S.r Stephen
Fox Kn.t Soley Employ'd by King Charles the Second to take care and
build the Royal Hospital at Chelsea for y.e Superanuated. and Indigent
Officers & Soldiers towards which, he gave the Ground and a third
part of his Office of paymaster to the Army which he then Enjoyed and
Carryed on the Work with Constant Payments.
[Engraved by Johannes Kip after Leonard Knyff.]
[London: David Mortier, n.d., c.1715.]
Engraving with etching on two sheets conjoined. Total
platemark 560 x 895mm (22 x 35¼"). Original binding folds, as normal;
old ink pagination.
A bird's eye view of the Royal
Hospital at Chelsea, with the river in the foreground and the formal
gardens between the river and the hospital. The Westbourne can be seen
entering the Thames. This is an early example, before the addition of
Joseph Smith's publication line in 1724. The hospital was founded by
King Charles II in 1682, however Sir Stephen Fox (1627-1716), to whom
this print is dedicated, was the inspiration for its foundation. Fox was
a royal administrator and courtier to Charles II and a politician who
rose from humble origins, so much so that he became known as 'the
richest commoner in the three kingdoms'.
[Ref: 57876] £990.00
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The Pictorial Missionary Map of the World.
Drawn by John Gilbert. Engraved and Printed by Edmund Evans.
London: James Nisbet & Co., 21, Berniers Street [n.d.,
c.1850], - Prince one Penny, or 7s. per 100, plain; Twopence, or 14s.
per 100. Coloured.
Scarce colour-printed wood-engraved
map. Sheet 510 x 760mm (20 x 30"). Edges chipped and torn, splits in
folds.
A double-hemisphere map, colour-coded to
depict parts of the world as 'Protestant', 'Roman Catholic', 'Greek
Church', Mahometan', 'Decayed Christian Churches' (Ethiopia) and
'Heathen'. Scenes in the borders denigrate 'heathen' religions,
depicting Sati (Suttee) for 'Cruelty of Hindoo Dolatory' and 'Cruelty of
Budhism.-- Infant-burying in China'. Top left two scenes compare druids
burning human sacrifices in Stonehenge (with a Straw Man) to 'England
under the Gospel'. Other scenes depict Maori war canoes, slaves,
'Liberated Negroes in Sierra Leone and missionaries preaching. Depicts
most of Australia, New Zealand and Americas as "Heathens" and American
Indians before and after conversion.
[Ref: 58204] £950.00
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[19th century scrapbook containing views of Portugal].
[5 Pencil drawings were drawn in 1830 by Lady Ashworth, 14
watercolours in 1816 by Lady Rooke. As per list compiled by Caroline
Ashworth (Cameron) c. 1860’s.]
[C.L. Cameron c. 1865, but contents much earlier.]
Book. Folio 485 x 360mm (19 x 16"). Leather spine detached.
Some pages missing. Tears. Some time staining.
A
large scrapbook containing views of Portugal, including a fantastic
collection of 14 large watercolours of the Douro by Lady Rooke in 1816
& 5 drawings of Braga & the Douro by Lady Ashworth drawn in 1830
and depicting the areas her husband fought in. Caroline Laura Ashworth
was born in Portugal presumably Oporto in 1820. Her father was Major
General Charles Ashworth (1784-1832) who fought in the Peninsular War.
He married Mary Anne Rooke, daughter of Sir Giles, a judge (1743-1808)
& Harriet Rooke and their daughter Emily Marianne (1825-1909)
married Prof. Edward Forbes, the famous naturalist & geologist.
Caroline married Lt. Col. Alexander Cameron (1781-1850) in 1847, and
they had one son Ewan Henry Cameron. Emily’s sister Frances Sophie
Rooke (1789) married Lucy Henry Kingston (d.1852). His family were major
wine & port traders in London & Oporto hence the major link to
all these families. Lucy’s father was a partner in the Oporto firm
Lambert Kingston & Egan and was MP for Lymington 1802-14. The family
also had links to Cork. Their son was the famous author William Henry
Giles Kingston who lived many years in Oporto. This is a rare chance to
buy a bit of history of Oporto with vivid illustrations by families
with close connections to the area in the 18th & 19th century.
[Ref: 58240] £4,900.00
