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Quentin Massijs, Thomas Cheesman, The tax collectors, the Misers. / Description: The tax collectors, The Misers. Rare aquatint etching after the famous painting of Quinten Massijs. Made by Thomas Cheesman ca 1791. published in London by A.Molteno. Description of how Quentin Matsys became a painter. He was a blacksmith and became a painter so that the father (a painter) of his bride agreed with the marriage. Very rare aquatint etching in a superb dark early impression with lot of details with large margins. Light foxing but not disturbing. High quality etching on laid paper with large margins. / Dimensions: 28,4 cm x 21, 9cm / Condition: Very rare aquatint etching in a superb dark early impression with lot of details with large margins. Light foxing but not disturbing. High quality etching on laid paper with large margins. / Literature: / Medium: aquatint /Circa: 1791 575

After Elaine Simel (American, b. 1928) Etching & aquatint "Chinese Vases II",  signed, titled and numbered 35/200 in pencil within margin, dated 1982, framed and glazed, image size 69.5cm x 99cm Glyn Matthews (b.1952) Photo-Graphics print "Journey's End", signed, titled and numbered 36/150 in pen on mount, framed and glazed, image size 17cm x 16.5cm, together with another by the same hand "After the Rain", signed, titled and numbered 54/150 in pen on mount, framed and glazed, image size 17cm x 17cm (2) M. Gibson Photographic print "Amazon Dugout Canoe", signed, titled and numbered 1/250 in pencil within margin, framed and glazed, image size 56.5cm x 37.5cm (4)

Eva Haskova (b. 1946) Etching and aquatint in colours "King Charles", limited edition numbered 32/80, signed and dated 1978 in pencil within margin, framed and glazed, image size 35.5cm x 26.5cm,  together with another etching by the same hand 'Japanese motif', signed numbered 23/80 and dated 1978 within margin and an etching and aquatint by Michael Chaplin and a further etching (4)

After Reg Jordan (South African, 20th century)  Etching and aquatint  "The Water Wheel, Prince Albert", signed and titled in pencil, framed and glazed, image size 22cm x 26cm Two 19th century hand coloured engravings 'The Tomb of Ibrahim Adil Shah II' and after William Henry Bartlett 'The River Barrada, The Ancient Pharpar', both framed and glazed  After D Moyan/Morgan??  Etching and aquatints "Old Dutch House near Stellenbosch", signed and titled in pencil, framed and glazed, image size 19.5cm x 26.5cm together with another by the same hand entitled "Wattles", signed and titled in pencil, framed and glazed, image size 24cm x 17.5cm (5) 

Paul Bisson (b.1938, British), aquatint etching, 'Shalford Mill', Surrey, signed to the lower right, limited edition 32/350, framed and under glass, measuring 49cm x 49cm, & 63cm x 63cm overall

Gentlemen with their greyhounds "Going Out" on to the heath, aquatint by Charles Turner after Richard Jones, hand coloured, London, Published January 1, 1821 at ACKERMANN'S Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, framed and glazed. 56.5 x 47.5 cm overall.

A set of four hand coloured aquatint engravings of the Battle of Waterloo, circa 1820

James Priddey (British 1916-1980): 'Snowdon from Capel Curig', colour etching with aquatint signed and titled with Warwick Galleries artists proof blind stamp 30cm x 40cm

FORBIN COUNT.  Travels in Greece, Turkey & the Holy Land in 1817-18. Fldg. aquatint view of Jerusalem & 6 double & single image eng. plates, as called for. 80pp. Stylish modern rebinding, some rubbing to back. Printed for Sir Richard Phillips & Co., n.d.

HOLLAND P.  Select Views of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire, from Drawings made by P. Holland, Engraved by C. Rosenberg, (dedicated to) Daniel Daulby Esq., a Lover of the Arts. This Daulby`s copy with his bookplate of an artist reclining in a garden. 3 sets, each of 21 aquatint plates, the first with title "The Only Set of Proofs Extant" (these being proofs before letters), the 2nd set, again with title, being a "Pick`d set, one of thirty, before the line with the dates" & the 3rd set with title being "A pick`d set in brown, the plates retouched and finished". The latter interspersed with the relevant text leaves. Manuscript final leaf with notes & index. Oblong quarto. Red Russia. Liverpool, 1792. Daulby, the dedicatee, a brewer & collector, hailed from Liverpool as did Holland, and was married to the only sister of William Roscoe. Daulby retired to Rydal Mount in 1796. He was a compiler of a catalogue of Rembrandt etchings.  After his death, his collection took up eight days of auction sales in Liverpool and four in London. Condition report:Scuffing to front and rear cover. Spine cracked and dried with traces of gilt lettering remaining. Yellowing to interior pages with foxing towards front section of book, plates appear unaffected.

ACKERMANN (Rudolph, publisher) The History of the Colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the Schools of St. Paul's, Merchant Taylors, Harrow, and Rugby, and the Free-School of Christ's Hospital, 1st edition, 1816, large 4to, list of subscribers, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, calf, rebacked

MAASKAMP (Evert) Representations of Dresses, Morals and Customs, in the Kingdom of Holland, at the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. Amsterdam: printed for E. Maaskamp, 1808, 4to, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates (dated 1811), generally clean, tissue guards, contemporary ownership name to head of title, modern half calf with gilt spine

The Holy Land. Group of seven coloured aquatint plates by Luigi Mayer, 1803, for R. Bowyer, London, unmounted loose, 34.5 x 49cm (sheet size); also two further plates slightly trimmed and smaller size, one dated 1812 (9)

JENKINS (James) The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and Her Allies from 1799 to 1815. London: L. Harrison for J. Jenkins, circa 1815, 4to, uncoloured title with vignette below, hand-coloured pictorial title, hand-coloured engraved dedication to the Duke of Wellington, 51 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some with tissue guards, subscribers list at end, a little shaken with separation of text block before title, tear to head of spine, original morocco gilt (rubbed in places); with - The Naval Achievements of Great Britain from the Year 1793 to 1817. London: L. Harrison for J. Jenkins, circa 1820, 4to, engraved title with uncoloured vignette, 55 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, one uncoloured engraved plate, Trafalgar plate watermarked for Whatman 1820, bound without the portraits of Nelson and St Vincent as often, a little shaken with a few plates loose, spine ends a little torn, in matching binding to the other volume (2)

Berthault after J R Perronet Design for a bridge at St Petersburg over the Neva, 18th century hand coloured engraving, pl.XXXV, 28 x 62cm; with - Camions Prismatique, hand coloured aquatint, 43.5 x 32cm (2)

J Bluck after Henry Salt A View near the Roode Sand Pass at the Cape of Good Hope, hand coloured aquatint, circa 1830, 40 x 58.5cm (visible)framed to image; please see further images, it has been trimmed and re backed. 

[PEAKE (Richard Brinsley)] The Characteristic Costume of France; from Drawings Made on the Spot, with Appropriate Descriptions. By an artist recently returned from the Continent. London: William Sams no date, (plates dated 1819), folio, 19 hand coloured aquatint plates published by William Fearman, slight offsetting and foxing, in modern red morocco, all edges gilt

James Gillray (1756-1815) John Bull and the Alarmistetching with aquatint and hand-colouringpublished by Hannah Humphrey, September 1st, 180332 x 34 cm;together with Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)A Cat in Pattenssigned in the plate and dated 1812etching with hand-colouring32 x 23cm (2)Provenance:The collection of Alan Barlow (1926-2005), thence by descent

Literature, various. MANTEL (H) Bring up the Bodies, 1st edition 2012; PROUST (M) In Search of Lost Time, in 6 vols. 1992, spines faded; BOYD (W) Solo, 2013, signed; PARRY (W) The Last Days of Lord Byron, 1825, frontis and 3 aquatint plates as called for, half calf, worn; THEROUX (Paul) The Shortest Day of the Year: a Christmas Fantasy, 1986, Sixth Chamber Press, printed at the Rampant Lions Press, out of series copy, slip case; HILL (Susan) Gentleman and Ladies; A Change for the Better, both inscribed by the author; others, including signed or inscribed by T Sansom (Heartstone) and Lawrence Norfolk; some military history, etc

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) after Cornelis Bega (1631/32–1664), 'Interior of a Peasant House with Two Women', 18th century sepia aquatint on paper, 18x17cm

George Baxter, aquatint, 'Queen Victoria opening her first Parliament', 54x42cm

Richard Smith, British (1931-2016) Green1977 (Folded green square with 'wings')Etching with aquatint, fold and staples on woveSigned and dated '77 Numbered 38/40 in pencil70 x 76cmPublished by Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London***Artists resale rights may apply to this lot***

Robyn Denny, (1930-2014)Generations Series Numbers 11, 17 & 18, 1978;Three Etchings with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper, Signed, dated, inscribed '11' numbered 22/35, 17 numbered 35/35 and 18 numbered 22/35 in pencil, sheet: 52.5 x 70.5 cm (3)***Artists resale rights may apply to this lot***

After Nathaniel Whittock, a bird's Eye view of the University and City of Oxford, published James Ryman, a coloured aquatint, mounted and framed, 55.5 x 75cm overall;and a map of 'Depart du Calvados', mounted, glazed and framed, 43 x 55.5cm overall (2)Condition ReportBoth in good condition. Some knocks to the frames.

Antiquarian. Lake District. Fielding, T. H. - Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire, Illustrated, in a series of forty-four engravings, Exhibiting the Scenery of the Lakes, Antiquities, and other Picturesque Objects. London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 1822. Complete with the hand col. Aquatint plates. Book measures: 41cm x 28cm approx. Contemporary half leather, papered boards, leather gilt title label to upper cover. Sometime re-backed with original back-strip laid-on. (1) Notes: Binding square and tight (structurally sound) due to previous professional repair/restoration.  A couple of plates with marginal patches of foxing, the majority are clean and bright. One tissue-guard is torn (see image) One text page with marginal repaired tear (see image) A 'Very Good' copy. 

 A collection of various unframed works, George Goodway, Cathedral study, dry-point etching, signed, Marcel Augis, Cathedral study, aquatint etching, signed and titled below and four various engravings. (6)

Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Cain; A Mystery, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and one plate, ex-library with bookplates and small ink-stamp to title, both plates and few other ff., occasional very light spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked but majority of spine lacking, small paper label to upper cover, rubbed, B. Johnson, 1823; Heaven and Earth, A Mystery, ex-library with ink-stamp to upper wrapper and a few ff. and ink reference to foot of Dramatis Personae f., a touch frayed at lower corner, some soiling, original wrappers bound in, later half morocco, blind-stamp to upper cover, extremities rubbed, Benbow, 1824; and others by the same, many rare editions, including the first American edition of the Deformed Transformed (1824), 8vo & 12mo (14)

Architecture.- Middleton (Charles) The Architect and Builder's Miscellany, or Pocket Library..., first edition, 60 charming etched plates and plans, many with aquatint, all but a few with early hand-colouring, ink ownership inscription front endpaper verso, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco spine label, upper joint split at head, lower cracked but holding, scuffed, [Berlin Kat. 2310; Not in Abbey], 8vo, for the author, sold by J. Debrett et al., 1799.*** Delightful architectural pattern book with unusual plates by a pupil of James Paine, from primitive huts to grand mansions. The designs include Gothic cottages, Regency villas, Chinese and Turkish garden buildings.

Polar.- Weddell (James) A Voyage towards the South Pole, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 8 engraved maps, most folding, 6 aquatint plates, some folding, folding maps and plates linen-backed, soiling, ex-library copy with ink stamp 'Portico' on plate versos and occasionally in text and on one plate recto, modern green morocco, spine faded, [Abbey, Travel 609; Hill p.322; Sabin 102431], 8vo, 1825.*** Weddell's expedition 'visited and described the Cape Verde Islands, South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands, and South Georgia Islands, wintered in the Falkland Islands, and described Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, and Montevideo. During their southward sailing, they reached the lowest latitude as yet then recorded. This area explored now bears the name Weddell Sea' (Hill).

Russia.- Le Prince (Jean-Baptiste) Divers Ajustements et Usages de Russie..., 80 engraved plates, divided into 11 suites, including 8 etchings and aquatint printed in sepia, some light browning, small hole to one plate, contemporary half calf, rubbed, large 4to, [Paris], [c.1764-75]. *** Le Prince's work is based on the extensive collection of drawings he produced while living, travelling and working for Catherine the Great in Russia and Eastern Europe in the five years up to 1763. These 11 suites depict the costumes of peasants, soldiers, merchants and clergymen as well as scenes and views of Livonia and St Petersburg. The last 8 plates utilise the aquatint technique which Le Prince is said to have developed and perfected in 1768, incidentally the year to which this suite is dated [Britannica].

Architecture.- Gandy (Joseph) Designs for Cottages, Cottage Farms, and other Rural Buildings; including Entrance Gates and Loges, first edition, 43 aquatint plates printed in sepia, advertisement leaf at end of text, bookplate, spotting to plates, initial plates small water-stain top corner, later paper covered boards with paper labels to upper cover and spine, edges uncut, [Abbey Life 18], 4to, for John Harding, 1805*** Extraordinarily modern-looking asymetric designs by the pupil of Sir John Soane. 

Architecture.- Elsam (Richard) An Essay on Rural Architecture, second edition, list of subscribers, 31 engraved plates (of which 2 folding), most aquatint and printed in sepia, foxing to multiple plates, some text leaves browned, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, worn, [cf. Abbey Life 14, 1803 edition], Lackington, Allen & Co., 1805 § Plaw (John) Ferme Ornée; or, Rural Improvements, 38 aquatint plates printed in sepia, foxing, paper repairs to hinges, nineteenth century half cloth, a little scuffed and toned, [cf.Abbey Life 48, earlier editions], for J. Taylor, 1800 § Laing (David) Hints for Dwellings: consisting of Original Designs for Cottages, Farm-houses, Villas..., half-title, 33 aquatint plates & plans only (of 34), small stain initial leaves, occasional finger soiling, modern paper-covered boards, edges uncut, [cf. Abbey Life 27, 1804 edition], for J. Taylor, 1823, 4to (3)  

Lake District.- Fielding (Theodore Henry) & J. Walton. A Picturesque Tour of the English Lakes, first edition, half-title, aquatint title-vignette and 48 plates, all hand-coloured, some tissue-guards loose, occasional light foxing and spotting slightly affecting the edges of one or two plates, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, a few surface tears to marbled boards, slightly rubbed, R. Ackermann, 1821 § Garnet (J., publisher) Views of the English Lakes, engraved title and 30 plates, some very light water-staining to upper edge, modern half calf, gilt, morocco spine label, Windermere [c.1860s], 4to and oblong 8vo (2) ***  To summarize Ackermann's introduction, this work unites the "most striking features of the various kinds of scenery of the lakes, executed by able artists in a style worthy of the subject" with "a description of all that is interesting and remarkable in the nature and appearance of the country... combining a judicious selection from the labours of former writers... with much new and original information." 

Ricardo Cinalli (Argentine b.1948), 'dead Minotaurs', signed 'Cinalli', titled and dated 1989 in pencil, artist's proof, etching and aquatint, plate 41 x 44 cm, sheet 59 x 70 cm, unframed

Yosy (Ann) Switzerland, as now divided into Nineteen Cantons...with Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the Swiss, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates of costumes, paper guards, 2pp. engraved musical notation, most plates very clean but light soiling to plate 16 and slight smudge to plate 20, some foxing to text, pp.73-82 and plates 29 & 30 misbound after p.100, H.Bradley Martin's copy with his bookplate, original blind-stamped cloth, t.e.g., a little rubbed and faded, rebacked preserving original spines, new endpapers, [Bobins 507; Colas 3102, erroneously calling for 50 plates in vol.2 and therefore 70 plates in total], 8vo, 1815. *** Including a 6pp. 'Short Guide to Travellers' at end of vol.2.

[Combe (William)] Doctor Syntax in Paris or A Tour in search of the Grotesque, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, title vignette and 17 plates by Charles Williams after Thomas Rowlandson, some offsetting and occasional foxing, uncut in modern red crushed morocco by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, joints slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 109; Tooley 432; Lipperheide 3555; Bobins 1364 ], 8vo, 1820. *** Provenance: Ralph Edward Lambton (bookplate); H. Harvey Frost (bookplate). 

Atkinson (A.) A Set of Four. Poet, Miser, Virtuoso, Hypochondriac, 4 hand-coloured softground etchings with aquatint by Edward Orme after Atkinson, some light marginal toning and very light creasing, but a good set generally, original printed wrappers, spine repaired, upper wrapper with title within decorative border, lower wrapper torn with loss, upper wrapper extremities frayed, light creasing, preserved in custom folding chemise and drop-back box, [Abbey, Life 257; Bobins 832], folio, G.S. Tregear, 1824 [watermarked 1823]. *** Rare and charming series "From the imprint it is evident that these plates appeared first in 1819, but whether in the same form or whether they were part of a larger book is not clear" - Abbey.

Alken (Henry) The High Mettled Racer, set of 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates with series title, captions and imprint below, modern brown crushed half morocco, gilt, [Bobins 751; not in Tooley or Schwerdt], oblong folio, J. Fuller, 1821. 

[Hook (Theodore)] Carnet d'un Voyageur, ou Recueil de Notes Curieuses sur la Vie, les Occupations, les Habitudes de Buonaparte a Longwood...Sainte-Helene..., advertisement leaf, half-title, 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates (a little browned), light spotting at beginning and end, a few leaves browned, original printed cream wrappers, uncut, soiled and slightly frayed at edges, preserved in later cloth portfolio and slip-case (spine faded), [Abbey, Travel 313; Bobins 1154], 8vo, Paris, 1819.

Crawfurd (John) Journal of an Embassy from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava, in the Year 1827... With an Appendix, containing the Description of Fossil Remains, by Professor Buckland and Mr. Clift, first edition, lacking half-title, with 5 aquatint plates (3 hand-coloured, 2 with sepia or grey wash), 5 lithographed plates of fossils, engraved plan, folding engraved map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light foxing to lithographed plates, map and plan, map also offset and with small hole at fold, text very clean and bright, contemporary calf, very slightly rubbed, a few minor scratches, rebacked preserving old roan label, new endpapers, [Abbey, Travel 405], 4to, 1829. *** Account of a successful mission to Burma to establish a trade treaty.

Geissler (J.G.G.) and Friedrich Hempel. Mahlerische Darstellungen der Sitten, Gebrauche und Lustbarkeiten bey den Russischen, Tartarischen, Mongolischen und andern Voelkern im Russischen Reich, 4 parts in 1, text in German and French, 40 hand-coloured oval aquatint plates, occasional spotting, some light water-staining, a few plates with sky oxidised, binding detached, contemporary cloth, rebacked, extremities worn, [Colas 1208; Lipperheide 1344; Bobins 192], 4to, Leipzig and Paris, [1804]. *** Geissler accompanied Peter Simon Pallas on his expedition to southern Russia from 1793-4. The plates include genre scenes, pastimes, games, festivals and interiors. Provenance: Dr. H.D. Roederstein (bookplate). 

Jones (Capt. George) Waterloo, etched title and 7 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Turner after Jones, title foxed and a little browned, some light marginal toning to plates, original cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, light rubbing to extremities, [Bobins 1281; not in Abbey or Tooley], oblong folio, C. Turner, 1816. *** A series of views illustrating the pivotal locations of the battle. Due to the present publication as well as his marked resemblance to Wellington, Jones became known as "Waterloo Jones".

[Egerton (Michael)] "Peter Pasquin". A Day's Journal of a Sponge, first edition, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates, first 2 with marginal repairs, original printed upper wrapper bound in (but heavily darkened and with corner torn away and repaired), endpapers foxed, later red half morocco, gilt, with gilt-lettered red morocco label to upper cover, upper joint a little rubbed, [Abbey, Life 289; Bobins 854], oblong folio, Published for the Propietor, by Rowney & Forster, 1824. 

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, with 3 variant hand-coloured outline etchings of plates 13, 16 & 23, one mounted on front free endpaper, the others tipped in with final versions, some foxing to text but plates generally clean, endpapers heavily foxed, bookplate of S.A.Thompson Yates, later crushed green morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, g.e., a little faded (mainly spine), [Bobins 893; Tooley 436], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1817.

Neue Samlung von Schweizer Trachten aus allen Cantonen / Nouvelle Collection des Costumes Suisse, engraved throughout with title and 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue-guards, occasional foxing to guards, contemporary ink signature to front free endpaper, contemporary paste-paper boards, a little rubbed, rebacked and cornered in morocco, red morocco label, an excellent copy, 8vo, Zurich, Frachslerscher, [1816]. *** Each plate features a male and female figure against a grey aquatint background. 

Alken (Henry) Sporting Anecdotes, 21 hand-coloured soft-ground etchings with aquatint, some light marginal soiling, but a clean, well-margined set generally, contemporary half calf, some cracking to upper joint, morocco label to upper cover lettered in gilt, light fading to foot of upper cover, [Bobins 1386; Siltzer p.62], oblong folio, R. Ackermann, [c.1840]. *** A scarce series of satirical prints. Siltzer notes that Ackermann published this work with 18 plates, and that sets with 21 plates, as here, may be later.

Cruikshank (Robert) Lessons of Thrift, first edition, hand-coloured engraved title and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Cruikshank, advertisement leaf at end (often lacking), some light soiling and browning, plates a little offset, original cloth, paper spine label, uncut, rubbed, spine faded, corners bumped, [Abbey, Life 276; Bobins 846; Tooley 165], 8vo, 1820.

[Apperley (Charles James)], "Nimrod". Memoirs of the late John Mytton, Esq., second edition, additional engraved title with aquatint vignette, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Henry Alken and T.J.Rawlins, tissue guards, without 8 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, lightly browned, occasional spotting or soiling, later green morocco, gilt, by Morrell, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., with original pictorial cloth gilt upper cover and spine bound in at end, spine slightly rubbed and faded, a couple of marks to lower cover, [Abbey, Life 385; Bobins 769; Tooley 67], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1837. *** Including six more plates than the first edition and with three others replaced.

Hassell (John) A Series of Original Specimens Exhibiting the Works of the Most Approved Modern Water Coloured Draftsmen, 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hassell after Dewint, Turner, Prout, Payne, Cartwright and others, some restoration and light finger-soiling to margins, original printed wrappers, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, repair and restoration to extremities, light rubbing and creasing, preserved in morocco-backed drop-back box, [Bobins 656; not in Abbey or Tooley], folio, Thomas McLean, 1818. *** Rare issue of this work that appeared in an expanded form as Hassell's Aqua Pictura. We have been unable to trace any institutional copies of this work.

Mudford (William) An Historical Account of the Campaign in the Netherlands, in 1815, Under...The Duke of Wellington, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 26 plates, 2 folding maps, 1 printed in green with neatly repaired tear, a very good, clean copy, contemporary red half morocco, spine gilt in compartments, rubbed, 4to, [Abbey, Life, 372; Bobins 372; Tooley 272], 4to, Henry Colburn, 1817. *** With the rare "View of the City of Brussels" plate.

Atkinson (John Augustus) Atkinson's Characteristic Groups, Scenery and Costumes of Great Britain,16 hand-coloured aquatint plates, loose as issued, stab wholes present to margins but without stitching, occasional faint spotting and soiling, contemporary drab wrappers, also with stab holes, original printed orange label to upper wrapper, a little soiled and creased, housed in modern blue cloth portfolio with ties, [Bobins 1206], folio, William Miller, [c.1808] *** A scarce suite remarkably preserved, displaying beautiful details of contemporary costume and topography.

Sams (W., publisher) Roman Triumph. Pompey, hand-coloured aquatint panorama, numbered segments 4-35 only on conjoined sheets forming continuous strip (lacking first three segments 1-3 but with engraved imprint at end), c.130 x 4845mm. (of 4880mm.), rather soiled and stained at beginning, segment 4 defective at head and frayed at foot, a couple of short tears to head of 12, lacking portion from sky of 33, all repaired, otherwise clean and bright, on roller housed in original boxwood drum covered in glazed hand-coloured aquatint pictorial label, drum c.170mm. tall, top lacking portion at edge and base chipped, [Abbey, Life 489, without drum; Bobins 1311], W.Sams, 1822. *** Rare panorama depicting Pompey's third triumph in 61 B.C. after his successes in the East, particularly his victory of Mithridates. The strip processes from left to right but is numbered right to left and features trumpeters, sacrificial oxen, standard bearers, mounted & foot soldiers, carts of booty, camels, models of conquered cities, captives, musicians, and a chariot pulled by elephants carrying the victorious general. It was advertised as being with a descriptive key but no copy of this has been found. The Abbey copy consisted of sections 1-33 only and lacked the drum. We have traced a single copy at auction, in 1973, but this was also defective. WorldCat records one copy only (Princeton). 

Eben (Adolphus Christian Frederick, Baron von) and Nicolaus Heideloff, The Swedish Army. Modèles de l'Uniforme Militaire Adopté dans l'Armée Royale de Suède, two engraved dedication leaves in English and in French, half-title, 24 coloured aquatints heightened with silver and gold, manuscript captions in ink, one partly coloured aquatint at rear, occasional marginal spots or faint finger soiling (or similar), a light corner crease to plates 9 - 12, later half calf, gilt, rubbed, [Bobins 319; Colas 927; Prideaux p.334; Tooley (2nd ed.), p.432], 4to, Rudolph Ackerman, 1808. 

Rowlandson (Thomas).- [Combe (William)] Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, first edition, later issue, 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, without 4pp. of advertisements at end as usual, a little offsetting but plates clean, bookplate of F.Reddaway, original blind-stamped orange cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, an excellent copy, [Abbey, Travel 89; Tooley 415], 8vo, R. Ackermann, 1821 [but later, some plates dated 1822].

Meyer (Felix) Collection de Costumes Suisses originaux/ Costumes Suisses en mignature, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece of arms of the cantons printed in blue, additional title with hand-coloured aquatint vignette, 23 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue-guards, some plates lightly browned, one or two with small marginal stains, foxing to text, original brick red boards with decorative gilt border and title to upper cover, g.e., a little rubbed and marked, rebacked in red calf and titled in gilt, corners neatly repaired, [Bobins 1053; Colas 2049], small 4to, Zurich, H.F.Leuthold, 1836. 

Cruikshank (George).- Combe (William) The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, text lightly browned with offsetting from plates but a good copy bound in handsome crushed crimson morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., [Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], 8vo, T.Tegg, 1815.

Egan (Pierce) Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq. and...Corinthian Tom, first edition, third issue with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music numbered, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 plates by Robert & George Cruikshank, wood-engraved vignettes, 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets (a little foxed), 8pp. advertisements and smaller 16pp. catalogue at end, some spotting and offsetting, mostly to tissue guards, with 4pp. prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial printed boards with 5 vignettes on each cover and 2 on spine, uncut, very slightly rubbed but an excellent copy, preserved in later red calf-backed cloth drop-back box, spine gilt with roan labels, rubbed, [Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196], 8vo, 1822.

Rowlandson (Thomas).- Combe (William) The History of Johnny Quae Genus, the Little Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax, first edition, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, errata slip re pagination bound in, some very occasional marginal soiling or staining to plates and light offsetting but generally an excellent clean copy in later crushed olive green morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., spine a little faded, [Abbey Life 268; Tooley 413], 8vo, R.Ackermann, 1822.

[Alken (Henry)] "Ben Tally-Ho". Some Do and Some Don't; It is all a Notion, first edition, one leaf of letterpress, 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed upper wrapper with title bound in (reinforced at inner margin), modern full red morocco, gilt, [Schwerdt I, 22a; Siltzer p.70; Tooley 50; Bobins 752], oblong folio, S. and J. Fuller, [1821]. *** Rare suite of humourous sporting prints under the pseudonym of Ben Tally-Ho. Provenance: Baron Nathan of Churt (bookplate).   

Turner (F.C.) A Set of Fox-Huntings, descriptive of the poem of Billesdon Coplow, title with mounted hand-coloured engraved vignette, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates, title slightly browned and stained, original pictorial wrappers with edges defective, laid down and with tape marks near spine, preserved in modern half morocco drop-back box, [Schwerdt II, 1833; Bobins 788 erroneously stating "22 hand-coloured aquatint plates"], large 8vo, T. Gosden, 1833.