Summer Miscellany: Catalogue 130!

 

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Studies of Fresh Water Fish. Drawn on stone from Nature, and respectfully dedicated (with permission) to S. Gurney, Jun.r, Esq.r, (Carshalton) by his obedient Serv.t. H.y Leonidas Rolfe. 1851.
Published by the Artist at his Studio, Shorter's Court, Throgmorton S.t City.
Oblong folio, contemporary half morocco gilt, with marbled boards, red morocco gilt title label on front board; lithographed illustrated title pasted on original wrapper; 7 tinted lithographs on thick paper, mounted on stubs, each sheet approx. 355 x 540mm (14 x 21¼"). Binding worn, plates with some surface soiling and spotting, two plates with bottom right corner knocked.
The plates are: Pope, Minnow, Perch, Gudgeon; Barbel, Bream, Chub; Eel, Roach, Dace, Bleak; Tench, Carp; Trout; Graylng; Pike. The set of plates by Henry Leonidas Rolfe (1823-81). As the plates were issued loose in wrappers, complete sets are unusual and very scarce.
[Ref: 60910]   £2,500.00

 

 We are pleased to present our Summer Miscellany: Catalogue 130!

It contains just under 150 items and features:

Portraits
Mezzotints
Views UK
Views Overseas
Americana
Sports and Pastimes
Decorative items
Military and Naval
Natural History
Satire
Books
Ephemera
Historical, Social and Political items.

 Highlights include:

The Surrender of Ulm _ or. _ Buonparte & Gen.l Mack coming to a right Understanding, _ intended as a specimen of French Victories _ i.e _ Conquoring without Bloodshed.!!!
J.s Gillray inv & f-
Publishd Nov.r 6th 1805. by H. Humphrey. 27 St James's Str.
Coloured etching. 250 x 355mm (9¾ x 14"), very large margins.
Austrian General Karl Mack von Leiberich grovels before a tiny Napoleon, offering his sword and the keys to the city of Ulm. Mack eyes three French Grenadiers who each hold a large sack inscribed '20 Million Livres'. At the Battle of Ulm (16-19th October 1805) Napoleon surrounded Mack's entire army at Ulm: Mack surrendered with 25,000 men, 18 generals, 65 guns and 40 standards. He was later court-martialed for cowardice, but Gillray suggests here that he was bribed.
BM Satires 10437, with extensive description.
[Ref: 60962]   £780.00   
 
 
Fridericvs. D.G. Marchio. Brandenbvrgicbs. Dvx Borvssiae et Silesiae; Bvrggr. Norimb Pater Patriae. Pivs. Felix. Avgvstvs.
G. Eichler Universit Calcographus. ad. Hirdeone Erlangenj. vivum del. et fc. Enlangoe.
[n.d. c.1744]
Very rare framed mezzotint on silk. Silk 455 x 355mm (18 x 14"). Frame 530 x 430mm (20¾ x 17"). Slightly warped but very good condition considering it is on silk! Unexamined outside of frame. Any silk engravings of this period in very good condition are extremely scarce.
Three quarter portrait of Frederick (Friedrich) Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1711 -1763), wearing armour, cloak, sash and holding a baton. He was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and eldest son of Georg Frederick Karl, nominal Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth-Kulmbach (1688-1735), by his wife Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685-1761). His name has been added to the official name of the University of Erlangen, which he founded in 1743: the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) (English: University of Erlangen-Nuremberg). Gottfried Eichler the Younger (1715-1770) was an engraver active in Augsburg and son of German painter and draughtsman Gottfried the Elder (1677-1759).
[Ref: 61010]   £1,500.00   
 
 
 [Beckford's Tower] Views of Landsdown Tower Bath. The Favourite Edifice of the Late William Beckford Esq.r.
From Drawings by Willes Maddox. On Stone by S.J. Richardson, F.S.A.
Published by Edmund English, Jun.r Milsom S.t Bath and Thomas McLean, 26 Haymarket, London, 1844.
2°, original half morocco, moiré cloth, lettered in gilt on front board; lithographed dedication, list of plates and vignettes, letterpress 'To the Reader', facsimile mss. letter, 2pp. list of subscribers, errata slip; pp. 9, with six tinted lithographic vignettes and a wood engraving; 14 lithographs with fine hand colour on 13 sheets, trimmed to image and mounted on card as issued, as called for. Disbound, edges chipped, some spotting to text.
An example of the Subscription Edition of the account of Lansdown Tower in Bath, built by William Beckford in 1827. Now known as 'Beckford's Tower' and owned by the Bath Preservation Trust, it is Grade I listed.
Abbey Scenery 420.
[Ref: 60911]   £1,800.00
 

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