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My Book About the Post Office c.1914
My Book About the Post Office by Edith Robarts c.1914 Illustrated by Thomas Somerfield Blackie and Son Limited London Glasgow Bombay First edition. Small quarto. 80 pages. 22 full-page illustrations, fourteen of which are in colour, double-page colour centre-spread and numerous black and white drawings in the text by Thomas Somerfield. Cloth-backed paper boards with […]
Niagara Falls Gentleman’s Magazine 1751
A View of the Fall of Niagara Gentleman’s Magazine 1751 “After Peter Kalm. “A View of the Fall of Niagara.” From Gentleman’s Magazine. London, February 1751. 4 x 7 1/4. Engraving. Corners a bit ragged. Otherwise, excellent condition. Impressions of Niagara: 6. One of the earliest available views of Niagara Falls, this print is derived from Father Hennepin’s […]
French Ornamental Pattern Book c.1890 – Chromolithographic Plates
French Ornamental Pattern Book c.1890 – Chromolithographic Plates unknown title – I will update as soon as I find out more about it also I will try to put the plates in the right order wonderful victorian scrapbook material 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Artefacts Recovered from the Wreck of the SS Medina – Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s Catalogue 1988 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 […]
The Arms Of The Peers, Peeresses and Bishops of England 1783
The Arms Of The Peers, Peeresses and Bishops of England 1783 LONDON Printed for I. Fielding, No. 23, Pater-noster Row. more pages coming… similar found here: The court companion, containing the arms of the peers, peeresses, and bishops of the United Kingdom. Also, a peerage directory (Google eBook)
The Bellerophon after J.M.W. Turner, c.1836
The Bellerophon after J.M.W. Turner, c.1836 A wonderful engraving, from an unidentified book, engraved by E.Goodall, Published by A&C. Black, Edinburgh, c.1836… The TATE Gallery in London has an almost identical print, which seems to be a vignette version… The engraving in the TATE is from Walter Scott’s Prose Works, published by Cadell, Edinburgh 1834-36. […]
Abraham Swan Designs c.1750
Abraham Swan Designs c.1750 from an unknown directory printed in England, the plate engraved by E. Rooker. The designs are for shelves, in a Rococo / Late Baroque style. Abraham Swan was an English carpenter / architect, whose design books were reprinted in America, and were among the first pattern books printed in the States.
The Ambulator; or, A pocket companion for the tour of London and its environs – 1811
The Ambulator; or, A pocket companion for the tour of London and its environs, within the circuit of twenty-five miles: descriptive of the objects most remarkable for grandeur, elegance, taste, local beauty, and antiquity, illustrated by anecdotes, historical and biographical and embellished with fourteen elegant engravings and a correct map. Eleventh Edition, Published 1811 by […]
Thomas BANKES’s New System of Geography c.1775
Copper engraving from Thomas Bankes’s “New System of Geography” published by Royal Authority c.1775 Thomas Bankes, Edward Warren Blake, and Alexander Cook’s A New Royal Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography (hereafter Thomas Bankes’s). A massive folio volume of 990 double-columned pages, this was a popular work, running to six editions in the years from […]
A NEW AND COMPLETE DICTIONARY OF ARTS & SCIENCES – 1754 – JEFFERYS
A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts & Sciences – Comprehending All the Branches of Useful Knowledge – by a Society of Gentlemen – c.1754 – Copper Plates Engraved by Mr Jefferys, Geographer to His Majesty – Printed for W. Owen at Homer’s Head, in Fleet Street… Thomas Jefferys (c. 1719–1771), “Geographer to King George III”, […]
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