Category Antique Prints pre-1800
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)
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.
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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