1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 110mm by 85mm (sheet). Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial text / image on reverse. "
Photogravure, 1914. 250mm by 140mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : A couple of tiny spots in the margins.
Photogravure, 1914. 240mm by 175mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image.
Photogravure, 1914. 245mm by 190mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : One tiny speck on edge of platemark.
1860. Colour lithograph. 1860. 170mm by 255mm (image only). From 'The instructive Picture Book. Lessons From The Geographical Distribution Of Animals Or The Natural History Of The Quadrupeds Which Characterise The Principal Divisions Of The Globe.'By M. H. H. I. Published by Edmonston & Douglas, 1860. Thin top margin. "
C1870. Wood-engraving. C1870. 150mm by 110mm (image). Mort dramatique de Mme Blanchard, aeronaute, le juillet 1819.' Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819) was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist, and after her husband's death she continued ballooning.....
1894. Photogravure. 1894. 400mm by 290mm (sheet). From 'The Illustrated London News'. Unrelated text on the reverse.
1848. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 1848. 245mm by 150mm (sheet). Native of Swan River, Western Australia. From Curtis’ Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine.....
1886. Wood-engraving. 1886. 130mm by 135mm (sheet). William Lonsdale (1799 – 1864) supervised the founding of the official settlement at Port Phillip (later named Melbourne) from 1836 and went on to serve under the Superintendent La Trobe from 1839 to 1854. Part-page illustration from 'The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia'. Partial.....
Photogravure, 1914. 230mm by 110mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : A few small scattered foxing spots, mainly in the title area.....
Photogravure, 1914. 245mm by 100mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : A few small scattered foxing spots, mainly in the title area.....
Photogravure, 1914. 245mm by 145mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Plate number above top right corner of the image. From a folio of photogravures of the marbles and bronzes in the British Museum. CONDITION : Tiny spot in left hand margin.
1804. Stipple engraving. 1804. 175mm by 115mm (sheet). The Reverend Dr Nevil Maskelyne FRS (1732 – 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal. He held the office from 1765 to 1811. William Wales named the Maskelynes Islands in southern Malekule, Vanuatu after him while on James Cook's second voyage in.....
1877. Wood-engraving. 1877. 405mm by 550mm (sheet). Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) was a German businessman and archaeologist, an advocate of the historical reality of places mentioned in the works of Homer. Schliemann was an important excavator of Troy, along with the Mycenaean sites Mycenae and Tiryns. His successes lent material weight.....
1895. Chromolithograph. 1895. 180mm by 265mm (sheet). Each duck identified in key below the image. "
Photogravure, 1914. 170mm by 245mm (platemark) 235mm by 300mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image.
Photogravure, 1914. 190mm by 245mm (platemark) 235mm by 300mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : A couple of tiny marks in the margins.
C1900 (original impression c1783). Copper-line engraving. C1900 (original impression c1783). 255mm by 350mm (platemark). Experience aerostatique faite a Versailles le 19 sept. 1783, en presence de leurs Majestes de la Famille Royale ... ' Shows the balloon launched by the Montgolfier brothers ascending from the Palace of Versailles, France, before.....
Photogravure, 1914. 245mm by 145mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : Faint toning at the very top of the sheet.
Photogravure, 1914. 230mm by 190mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image.
1795. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1795. 240mm by 150mm (sheet). Native of Botany Bay, brought over by Captain Tench. Australian native botanical engraving from Curtis' Botanical Magazine. William Curtis (1746-1799) was a trained pharmacist, in London, who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its.....
C1870. Chromolithograph. C1870. 320mm by 250mm (sheet). From 'Constructions Modernes & Economiques', a French folio of architectural designs, published by Monrocq in Paris. Remains of hinges on reverse."
Photogravure, 1914. 135mm by 250mm (platemark) 235mm by 300mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image.
Photogravure, 1914. 240mm by 175mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : One tiny speck on edge of platemark.
Photogravure, 1914. 245mm by 190mm (platemark) 300mm by 235mm (sheet size). Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the image. CONDITION : A couple of tiny spots lower left corner.