1843. Lithograph. 1843. 145mm by 225mm (sheet). From Elie Le Guillou's 'Voyage autour du monde de l'Astrolabe et de la Zelee, sous les ordres du contre-amiral Dumont-d'Urville, pendant les annees 1837, 38, 39 et 40.' Published in Paris in 1843. Elie de Guillou (1806-1855) held the position of chief surgeon.....
1874. Steel-engraving. 1874. 120mm by 175mm (image) 200mm by 270mm (sheet). From 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth. Prout was an English artist who emigrated to Sydney in 1840.One small foxing spot beneath title area."
1874. Steel-engraving. 1874. 120mm by 175mm (image) 200mm by 270mm (sheet). From 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth. Prout was an English artist who emigrated to Sydney in 1840.A couple of small marks in outer margins. A couple of very faint lines in image from printing."
Steel-engraving, 1874. 120mm by 175mm (image) 210mm by 270mm (sheet). From 'Australia' by Edwin Carton Booth. CONDITION : Light smudge just outside lower left corner of the image A couple of tiny foxing spots in the margins.
C1830. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. C1830. 320mm by 500mm (sheet). Blind stamp of publisher below the image. From 'Histoire Naturelle des Mammifres avec les figures originales d'apres des Animaux Vivants" by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Georges Cuvier, 1819-1842. Paper looks cockled in the scan, but it's not."
1891. Wood-engraving. 1891. Depicts a Scottish scene with bagpipers. Wood-engraving. From 'The Graphic' 1891.Central vertical fold as issued."
C1850. Tinted lithograph. C1850. 230mm by 140mm (image). Rare tinted lithograph, published in Liverpool. From 'Views in Australia and Tasmania', a series of seven lithographs produced from drawings by Hext of 4th The Kings Own Regiment.
1793. Copper-line engraving. 1793. 160mm by 110mm (platemark). Engraving from the 'European Magazine'. John Hunter FRS (1728 - 1793) was a Scottish surgeon regarded as one of the most distinguished scientists and surgeons of his day. He was an early advocate of careful observation and scientific method in medicine. The.....
C1840. Steel-engraving. C1840. 185mm by 125mm (platemark). William Lamb, the 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779-1848) was Queen Victoria's first Prime Minister. Governor Sir Richard Bourke named Melbourne in honour of the Viscount in march 1837. Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) was the eminent Victorian portrait painter, and President of the Royal Academy.....
C1886. Wood-engraving. C1886. 280mm by 180mm (image) 450mm by 350mm (sheet). Depicts Edmund Besley Court Kennedy (1818 - 1848) being speared at the Escape River, nearly at the tip of Cape York Peninsula. On 28 April 1848 Kennedy had commenced his journey at Rockingham Bay intending to traverse north along.....
1804. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1804. 490mm by 550mm (platemark). Large decorative map by Jones, Smith & Co. for Smith's New English Atlas. The first map of the county to show longitudes measured from the meridian of Greenwich. Slight toning along central fold."
1804. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1804. 550mm by 490mm (platemark). Large decorative map by Jones, Smith & Co. for Smith's New English Atlas. The first map of the county to show longitudes measured from the meridian of Greenwich.
C1920. Etching. C1920. 230mm by 195mm (platemark). Signed in pencil below the image. C Terry Pledge was a senior archictect at the Ministry of Works, formerly the H.M. Office of Works. He was also an architectural watercolourist and etcher."
1815. Copper-line engraving. 1815. 165mm by 105mm (platemark). Hesiod was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.
C1690. Copper-line engraving. C1690. 320mm by 670mm (sheet). A view of the great harbour from a little behind the shoreline. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of this palace to be.....
C1690. Copper-line engraving. C1690. 320mm by 670mm (sheet). A view of Pompey's Pillar with Alexandria in the background. Cornelis de Bruijn was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of this palace to be accessible for.....
C1698. Copper-line engraving. C1698. 150mm by 360mm (image only). 'The Sphinx in the second Portal of Persepolis. The Sphinx in first Portal of Persepolis' Engraving from de Bruyn's 'Travels in the Levant'.Cornelis de Bruyn is remembered chiefly for the records of his extensive travels in Egypt, Persia, India, and other.....
1875. Wood-engraving. 1875. 275mm by 395mm (sheet). From 'The Pictorial World', a British illustrated newspaper. Related and unrelated text on the reverse as issued. A few small foxing spots, not very noticeable."
1801. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1801. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of Portugal. From Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy.....
1800. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1800. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of South Africa. From Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John.....
C1800. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. C1800. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy of Hammersmith, a nurseryman who assisted Andrews in.....
1798. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1798. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of the Canary islands. From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter.....
1798. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1798. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to the daughter of John Kennedy of Hammersmith.....
1798. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1798. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of the Cape of Good Hope. From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to.....
1798. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 1798. 265mm by 210mm (sheet). Native of the Cape of Good Hope. From Henry Andrews' 'The Botanist's Repository', 1797-1812. Accompanied by the original descriptive text. Henry Charles Andrews was an English botanist, botanical artist and engraver. He lived in Knightsbridge and was married to.....