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Preisdatenbank abonnierenJacques Villon 1875-1963- "La mere and Portrait De Madame R" (G./P. 493 and 497) one engraving and one etching, 1945-47, each signed in pencil, numbered 96/108 and 27/40 respectively, the first with blind stamp for Peintres-Graveurs, both on cream and buff wove papers, with full margins, in good condition, the first example with minor staining to the margin, (2) (unframed)
A Rare and Interesting Album of Turkish drawings by Paul Musurus 1840-1927- The artist`s at their studio; gouache, monogrammed, The deposition; Figure studies; multiple images on a single sheet, numerous studies of gentlemen; officers, Turkish soldiers and historical figures mostly standing full-length; various landscapes and seascapes; Battle scenes, mostly pen and brown ink, all pinned into a album, various proportions, (largest) 20x15cm, Note: Paul Musurus, son of the Turkish ambassador to Britain Pacha Musurus, c. 1850 (depicted in Vanity Fair, published 1887) A member of a Greek orthodox family of considerable literary attainments. He later found modest fame as a published poet. Uncle and mentor to Anna De Noailles, a highly accomplished French poet. Accompanying this album are various letters and correspondence from the Turkish Ambassador to Britain c.1977, as well as The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, The British Museum and The Victoria and Albert, expressing there appreciation at being bequest several sketches from the estate, mostly dating from the earlier part of the 20th century. The Ambassador referring to a portrait in his possession of the Sultan Abdul Mejid by Paul Musurus and as being offered at Sotheby`s in 1977 for the reason given- "The Sultan`s Gaze was rather Imperious to live with"; These letters shedding a little light on this intriguing and talented draughtsman. Musurus`s use and understanding of Chiaroscuro is evident in his pen and brown ink wash drawings. The subject matter and confident hand reminiscent of François Boucher 1703-1770, (for the stump work on the pen and ink studies alone) Eugène Delacroix, Constantin Guys 1802-1892 and other French contemporaries. His small portrait and figurative drawings seemingly worked with over with finger and thumb giving a wonderful tonal quality to the sketches. This album presumably representing images and techniques employed by the artist and appearing to be a personal piece of this obscure painters oeurve. (a lot) (album)
Jacques Villon 1875-1963- "Portrait De Monsieur Duchamp Pere" (G./P. 89) drypoint, 1904, the third and final state, signed in pencil, signed and dated within the plate, rare, one of only a few impressions, no recorded edition, on Arches laid paper, full margins, overall good condition, various defects to the edges of the sheet tears, handling marks, some splitting along the plate mark, 40x30cm, (unframed)
A mother of pearl inlaid rosewood box and cover, the domed cover decorated with roses and foliage, swing handle, width 16.5 cm, an early 20th century French enamel and brass box, the domed top decorated with flowers and foliage, side with floral swags, marked Sceaux to base, width 8 cm, a brass mounted mother of pearl apple, decorated with flowers and foliage, height 5.5 cm, a Russian oval portrait miniature brooch, rope twist white metal border, height 5 cm, a pear shaped bronze inkwell, raised on foliage, a papier mache box and cover, (6).
Louisa Stowell (19th century) A miniature portrait of a young woman wearing pearls, reputedly the Duchess of Devonshire 7.5 x 6 cm, two 19th century miniatures, a 20th century miniature in a fancy frame and a small 19th century scrap book containing watercolours, engravings and early photographs
Drayton (Michael). A Chorographicall Description of all the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests and other parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain [Poly-Olbion], pub. John Marriott, John Grismand and Thomas Dewe, 1622, title page, decorative allegorical frontis., dedication and engraved portrait of Prince Henry, sixteen pages of text (only), one engraved b & w allegorical map of Yorkshire, 245 x 305mm, disbound (1)
[Blount, Thomas]. Boscobel: Or, the History of his Sacred Majesties Most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651, Doncaster, 1809, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plate, engraved armorial, some offsetting, bookplate, original boards, spine defective, some soiling, 8vo, together with Hailstone (Edward), Catalogue of a Collection of Historical & Topographical Works and Civil War Tracts Relating to the County of York. Tracts Concerning Sir Thomas Fairfax. Also Sermons and Other Works Connected with the County, 1858, tinted lithographed frontispiece, original blindstamped cloth, some stains, 8vo, presentation copy signed by the author, plus others including Clements Markham’s Life of Robert Fairfax of Streeton, Vice-Admiral, Alderman and Member of York A.D. 1666-1725, 1885, A.W. Twyford’s Records of York Castle: Fortress, Court House and Prison, 1880 and Alex. Leadman’s Battles Fought in Yorkshire: Treated Historically and Topographically, 1891 (9)
Camden (William). Britannia: Or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Islands, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1722, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, ten engraved plates of coins, 49 (of 51) double page engraved maps by Robert Morden (lacking Britannia Saxonica & Herefordshire), two or three small paper repairs, near-contemp. gilt and blind-panelled russia, joints splitting, rubbed and scuffed, folio. Boyne 3. This work was intended to be completed in two volumes, and the plates inserted in the present volume were to have been placed in the second volume. With the author’s death on February 21, 1771, the design was never completed. According to William Boyne, the manuscript of the second volume is now in the library at Burton Constable. Dr. Burton is caricatured by Hogarth in the frontispiece to Tristram Shandy. Chubb CXV. (2)
Civil War. The Declaration of Sir Thomas Glenham, Sir Marmaduke Langdale and Sir Philip Musgrave, in the North of England Concerning the Counties of Essex and Kent, and their Resolution and Proceedings thereupon, as also Touching the Army..., 1648, 6pp., bound with An Exact Relation of the Tryall & Examination of John Morris, Governour of Pontefract-Castle, at the Assizes held at York: Together with his Speeches, Prayers, and Other Passages Immediately Before his Death, the 23. of Aug. 1649, 1649, 10pp., a couple of leaves cropped affecting pagination, light dampstain, later half cloth, small 4to, together with Pontefract Castle. An Account how it was Taken: And how General Rainsborough was Surprised in his Quarters at Doncaster, anno 1648. In a Letter to a Friend. By Captain Tho. Paulden, 1702, 27pp., final leaf repaired with small loss of text, leaves cropped at head and feet affecting pagination and signatures, bookplate, 19th c, half calf, a little rubbed, 4to, plus The Memoirs of General Fairfax: Wherein is Contained an Account of all his Sieges and Battles in the North of England; Especially the Battles of Leeds, Wakefield, Manchester &c., Leeds, 1776, engraved portrait frontsipiece, three engraved plates, small inkstamp to title, previous oner signature, light soiling, later panelled calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with Boscobel: Or, the History of his Sacred Majesties Most Miraculous Preservation After the Battle of Worcester, 3. Sept, 1651, Doncaster, 1809 (4)
Dayes (Edward). The Works of the Late Edward Dayes: Containing an Excursion through the Principal Parts of Derbyshire and Yorkshire, With Illustrative Notes by E.W. Brayley, one vol. in 2, 1805, title with engraved vignette, engraved portrait frontispiece, eight engraved plates (without the two drawing exercise plates), EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with at least 300 engraved, aquatinted and lithographed plates, portraits and maps, after J. Griffith, S. Hooper, M. Rooker, T. Rowlandson etc., some coloured and folding, a few plates cropped, portrait frontispiece detaching, some light spotting, vol. I front hinge broken, contemporary red morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (2)
Gent (Thomas). The Ancient and Modern History of the Loyal Town of Rippon..., 1st ed., York, 1733, folding eng. plan frontis., with trimmed eng. port. tipped-in at gutter of frontis., lacking the two single-page wood engs. as called-for in Boyne, but with an addn. folding eng. plan of the City of York and a view of York not called-for, as well as a wood eng. of York Minster bound in following list of subscribers at rear, numerous woodcut illusts. throughout, pp.25/6 and 89/90 duplicated and loosely inserted, bound with Pontefract, A Comprehensive Dissertation on the Ancient and Present State of Pontefract, in Yorkshire, n.p., c.1730s, 8pp., bound between pp.8 and 9 of A Journey, woodcuts throughout, close-trimmed, with sl. loss to one image, free endpapers renewed, armorial bookplates of Henry B. Barnard, Esqr., South Cave, on pastedowns, contemp. sprinkled calf, sometime rebacked, rubbed and extrems. worn, 8vo, together with another related item. Boyne 192. Boyne does not call for an engraved portrait, although it does sometimes appear as here. He also says that the plan and two single-page plates are frequently missing. The Pontefract pamphlet is rare. (2)
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