ABA Firsts London Listing: Catalogue 119!

Cover image:

[Portrait of an auctioneer] 
 [n.d., c.1820.]
Fine & unique watercolour. Sheet 155 x 130mm (6 x 5"), with 'Bristol Paper' blind stamp.                                               
A young auctioneer standing at a table, one hand on a notebook, the other holding a gavel.
[Ref:  58943] £450

 

 

 

We are pleased to present our listing for Firsts London:Catalogue 119!

This listing contains just under 450 items, such as but not limited to:
Portraits including mezzotints.
Decorative items.
Views UK.
Overseas views.
Military & Naval.
Satire.
Sports and Pastimes.
Natural History.
And lots of Ephemera.

View the whole catalogue here!

 Some highlights:


The Battle of the Boyne, July 1st 1690. From the Original in the Collection of the Earl of Leicester.
Wyke Pinx.t. [Engraved by John Brooks.] Printed for T. Kitchin Engraver, at No 59 Holborn Hill, London [n.d., c.1750].
£2000
Stock Ref: 59079

 

[12 Months of the Year.] L 1 [-12].
Huquier ex. A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins à côté de celle de Sorbonne. C.P.R. [n.d., c.1760.]
£1900
Stock Ref: 58927
For more Gabriel Huquier click here


 


If Only I Could Get the Door Down? I Should See Them All for Nothing.
Dean & Co, Threadneedle Street. 
[n.d., c.1840.]
Stock Ref: 58833

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