Catalogue 135: New Spring Acquisitions!

 


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Elements of Bacchus, or, Toasts and sentiments, given by distinguished characters. Illustrated with Forty Portraits in Aqua Tinta, of the Most Celebrated Bon Vivants in Great Britain. With a Variet of Anecdotes and Remarkable Traits, Prefixed to Each Portrait. Written and Designed by George Murgatroyd Woodward.
London: Published by William Holland, No. 50, Oxford-Street. 1792.
4to, rebound in later half calf gilt, top edge gilt; pp. iv+84 (lacking 69-70), 38 (of 40) coloured aquatints. Front hinge cracked; one text page and one plate with long tears with old repairs.
A rare work, a collection of caricature portraits of men and women making toasts, each with a letterpress description. The missing text is for 'All Friends round the Wrekin'; the missing plates are 'Honest Men and Pretty Women' & 'May the Pleasures of the Evening Bear the Morning's Reflection'.
[Ref: 62158]   £2,600.00

 

Dear Customers, Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to present our latest listing;
Catalogue 135: New Spring Acquisitions!
It contains over 350 items including but not limited to:

Portraits
Decorative Items
Views Overseas
Views UK
Ephemera
Mezzotints
Science
Americana
Napoleonic Items
Maps
Books
Military and Naval
Satire
Historical, Social and Political items.
Sports and Pastimes
Australiana.

View the whole catalogue here!
Happy browsing.

 A few highlights:


[Twelve Months of the Year] Genaro [&] Febraro [&] Marzo [&] Aprile [&] Maggio [&] Giuno [&] Luglio [&] Agosto [&] Settembre [&] Ottobre [&] Novembre [&] Decembre.
G. Zocchi inven. F. Bartolozzi incid.
appo Wagner Ven.a C.P.E.S. [n.d. c.1761]
Set of 12 etchings with engraving on laid paper. Plate 365 x 360mm (14¼ x 18"), with margins. Mounted on album support, some surface dirt, occasional spotting and browning and old handling creases.
Twelve rustic scenes representing the months, including scenes such as ice skating, masquerade, fishing, sheep shearing, gardening, dancing, swimming, harvesting, fruit picking, trapping, truffle hunting and butchering.
Ex collection of the property of the Stirlings of Keir, including books from the library of Sir William Stirling Maxwell.
[Ref: 62413]   £2,600.00  



[A young blonde girl with a Cavalier King Charles spaniel.]
[n.d., c.1840.]
Lithograph with very fine hand colour. Circular, diameter 240mm (9½"). Trimmed to printed border.
[Ref: 62325]   £420.00   

 

 

The Monarch of the Glen. ''When First The Day Star's Clear, Coll Light, / Chasing Night's Shadows Grey, / With Silver Touch'd Each Rocky Height, / That Girdled Wild Glen-Strae. / Uprose The Monarch Of The Glen, / Majestic From His Lair; / Survy'd The Scene With Piercing Ken, / And Snuffed The Fragrant Air''_ Legends of Glen Orchay, a poem.
Painted by Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. Engraved by Thomas Landseer. Printed by R. Holgate.
London: Published Aug.t 18.th 1852, By Henry Graves & Comp.y Printsellers In Ordinary To Her Majesty & H.R.H. Prince Albert. _6, Pall Mall. Printed by R. Holdgate. M.M. Goupel & Compy. Paris, Berlin & New York.
Engraving on chine collé. 740 x 710mm (29¼ x 28"), with very large margins top and bottom.
An early printing of this now iconic highland image, from the first publisher to obtain the copyright, Henry Graves. The painting was commissioned originally for 300 guineas and intended for the Refresment Room of the House of Lords, but was rejected by a vote of the Commons. It was subsequently sold to Lord Londesborough for 800 guineas.
Graves: 372.
[Ref: 62436]   £900.00  

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