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ended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increasedRussian dominance around the Black Sea area andGeorgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan topromise autonomy for Greece.Stock: 29834182. [Russo-Turkish War.] Die Ubersteigungdes Balkan.Wunder del et fec. [Nuremberg, c.1829.]Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 170 x 205mm(6¾ x 8"). Trimmed. £180A scene from Russo-Turkish War (1827-29): theRussian army under the German general Hans Karl vonDiebitsch crossing the Balkans to threatenConstantinople in August 1829. They were within 40miles of the city when the Sultan sued for peace.The war started after the Russians helped the Greekindependence movement fight the Battle of Navarinoin 1827: the Turks closed the Dardanelles to Russianships and revoked the Akkerman Convention. The warended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increasedRussian dominance around the Black Sea area andGeorgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan topromise autonomy for Greece.Stock: 30009183. [Russo-Turkish War.] Übergang derRussen über den Balkan, den 20.ten July 1829.Wunder del et fec. [Nuremberg, c.1829.]Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 170 x 205mm(6¾ x 8"). Trimmed. £180A scene from Russo-Turkish War (1827-29): theRussian army under the German general Hans Karl vonDiebitsch crossing the Balkans to threatenConstantinople. They were within 40 miles of the citywhen the Sultan sued for peace.The war started after the Russians helped the Greekindependence movement fight the Battle of Navarinoin 1827: the Turks closed the Dardanelles to Russianships and revoked the Akkerman Convention. The warended with the Treaty of Adrianople, which increasedRussian dominance around the Black Sea area andGeorgia, and, most importantly, forced the Sultan topromise autonomy for Greece.Stock: 29833184. [Russo-Turkish War.] MörderischerAusfall der Türken aus Schumla den 26.August 1828.[Etched by Wunder after Geissler?] [Nuremberg?,c.1829.]Etching with original hand colour. Sheet 170 x 205mm(6¾ x 8"). Trimmed. Some colour oxidisation in thesky. £160A scene of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, withthe Russians overwhelming a Turkish army outside thefortress city of Schumen (now Bulgaria), although theRussian attempt to capture it was unsuccessful. Duringthe Crimean War Schumen was the headquarters of theTurkish Army, but the Russians finally captured it in1876.The Russo-Turkish War started after the Russianshelped the Greek independence movement in the 1827Battle of Navarino. The Turks closed the Dardanellesto Russian ships and revoked the AkkermanConvention. The war ended with the Treaty ofAdrianople, which increased Russian dominancearound the Black Sea area and Georgia, and, mostimportantly, forced the Sultan to promise autonomy forGreece.Stock: 29808185. Defence of the Arrah House. Againstthree Mutinous Regiments and a large body ofInsurgents. Under Koer Singh - Dedicated toK. V. Boyle, Esquire, C. E. To whose skill andforethought the safety of the Garisson isprincipally to be attributed by, W. Tayler. B.C. S.[n.d., c.1857].Chromolithograph, scarce. Printed area approx: 510 x330mm. (20 x 13"). Unexamined out of frame. £550A depiction of the defence of the Arrah House againstKoer Singh during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Soldierscan be seen storming the regency gardens, some firingfrom behind plants and trees, whilst others lay dead,with their weapons, on the ground; two cannons arefired in the centre of the image as a building, to the left,burns.The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny ofsepoys of the British East India Company's army, andsoon erupted into other mutinies and civilian rebellionsacross the country. The rebellion saw the end of theBritish East India Company's rule in India. In August,the Government of India Act 1858, formally dissolvedthe company, with ruling powers over Indiatransferring to the British Crown. After William Tayler(1808–1892).Stock: 29182186. [Battle of Veillane, 1630.][Jacques Callot.] [n.d., c.1630.]Etching. Sheet 350 x 535mm (13¾ x 21".). Trimmedclose to plate, top left corner lacking, some surfacewear, crease in middle. Manuscript additions in titlearea. £650A rare view of the Battle of Veillane (or Avigliana),fought on the 10th July 1630 about 15 miles west ofTurin, in which a French army under Henri II deMontmorency (1595-1632) defeated a Spanish armyled by Don Carlo Doria, 1st Duke of Tursi (1576-1650). It shows Montmorency leading a cavalry chargeacross a ditch towards the Spanish defenders, afterwhich he captured Doria himself. Above the scene is afestoon of military trophies and a medallion portait ofMontmorency (after the oil now in the MuséeCarnavalet, Paris).The battle reversed earlier French strategic losses in theWar of the Mantuan Succession (1628-31) and led tothe Treaty of Cherasco which ended the war onfavourable terms to France. L.663Stock: 28665187. Chine. Prise de la résidence d'été del'Empereur de la Chine.- Les alliés commandéspar le GénéralMontauban, attaquent la
garnison de Yueng-ming-yuen (ville située à 2lieues de Pékin) mettent les Chinois en fuite ets'emparent du Palais (5 Septembre 1860)L. Scherer lith. [in image] Lith. Lanoue r. d'Arcole 5bisParis Publié par Delamare Edit. r. St. Andre des Arts,45.Lithograph with hand-colouring, printed area 450 x590mm (17¾ x 23¼"). Staining, two small holestowards top. £950The looting of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing byBritish and French troops in 1860 during the SecondOpium War. It was later destroyed as a response toChinese treatment of a British delegation sent tonegotiate.Stock: 30058188. Centre of the British Army at La HayeSainte, June 18.th. 1815. After being repulsedin his attempts to force the right of the BritishArmy at Hougoumont, Buonaparte began hisattempts on the centre: he is seen in thedistance heading the Imperial Guards &pointing out to them the road to Brussels...Tothe extreme right isthe Duke of Wellington,bringing up the reserve, by which means thelast efforts of Napoleon were completelydefeated. Plate III.Drawn by W.H. Engraved by T. Sutherland. London.Pub.d March 1.st 1816.by J. Jenkins, No.48, Strand.Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins, very rare,printed on J. Whatman 1813 watermarked paper; Plate325 x 425mm (12¾ x 16¾"). £320La Haye Sainte, at the foot of an escarpment on theCharleroi-Brussels road. The road leads from La BelleAlliance, where Napoleon had his headquarters. TheFrench front line was located along the road, so theDuke of Wellington placed the majority of his forceson either side of roads behind the ridge on the Brusselsside. This kept most of his forces out of sight of theFrench artillery. It took until nine in the evening for theFrench to retreate after the arrival of the Prussians. Anaction packed image. NAM: 1971-02-33-462-1.Stock: 29949189. The Exterior of Hougoumont at thecommencement of the Battle of Waterloo, June18.th. 1815. To the left is the ColdstreamGuards, endeavouring to obtain possession ofthe House; at the same time the enemy arecharged by the light infantry of the secondbrigade, and driven back with great loss...Onthe right, near the wood, is two battalions ofBrunswickers, lower down is the plantation,occupied by the 3rd regiment of Guards; & inthe fore-ground is the 2.nd. battalion of the1.st. Guards. Plate I.Drawn by A.M.S. Engraved by T. Sutherland. London:Pub.d Feb.y 1.1816.by J. Jenkins, No.48, Strand.Hand-coloured aquatint with large margins, very rare,printed on J. Whatman watermarked paper 1813. Plate325 x 411mm (12¾ x 16¼"). £320A view of the Chateau d'Hougoumont under attack,situated at the bottom of an escarpment, where Britishand other allied forces faced Napoleon's Army at theBattle of Waterloo. An action packed image.Stock: 29948190. One of the Birman Guilt War BoatsCaptured by Capt.n Chads, R. N. in hissuccessful expedition against TanthabeenStockade.Painted by T. Stothard, R.A. from an Original Sketchby Capt.n Marryat, R.N. / Engraved by H. Pyall.Published Sep.r 12, 1826, by Tho.s Clay, 18 LudgateHill, London.Coloured aquatint. Platemark: 420 x 330mm. (16½ x13"). Slight hole in borders on left. Slightly timestained. £240Plate 4 of 'Views taken at or near Rangoon, Combinedoperations', series 2. The set consists of 24 plates overtwo series (plates 1-18 in series 1, 19-24 in series 2),published by Thomas Clay in 1825-6. An ornateBurmese boat can be seen travelling on the river toright with 26 pairs of oarsmen with two dignatariessitting under a parasol held by an attendant at left.Temples on the bank are in the background.Stock: 29937191. Vüe du Vaisseau du Roy Le Duc deBourgogne, Lancé a la Mer dans le Port deRochefort le 20 Octobre 1751. Dedié aMonseigneur Le Duc de Bourgogne. Par sontrés humble et trés obeissant Serviteur Ozanne,Dessinateur de la Marine a Brest et del’Academis de Marins. Lorsque ce Vaisseaupartit il parut un Oiseau de proye pour suivantune Colombe qui trouva son azile dans lesLauriers du Duc de Bourgogne.Se vend a Paris chez la V.e de F. Chereau rue StJacques aux deux Piliers d’Or. Avec Privilege du Roi.[n.d. c.1752.]Engraving, rare. Plate 369 x 501mm (14½ x 19¾").Trimmed, some damage. £320The launching of the French ship Duc de Bourgogne(1752), the 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy,from the port of Rochfort. Under Charles de Ternay,she was the flagship of the expeditionary corps that lefton 2 May 1780 for the American War of Independence,and carried the Count of Rochambeau. She took part inthe Battle of the Saintes and collided with Bourgogne(1767).Stock: 28900192. H. M. S. "Duke of Wellington", 131Guns. To Commodore H. B. Martin, C. B andthe officers of the ship, this plate is respectfullydedicated by Thomas G. Dutton.T. G. Dutton, Del. Et Lith. / Day & Son, Lith.rs to theQueen. London, Published Sep.r 5th, 1853 byAckerman & Co. 96 the strand.Lithograph. Printed area: 475 x 630mm. (18¾ x 24¾").Unexamined out of frame. £650
Page 3 and 4: Letterpress, scarce, 3 sides, 4to.
Page 5 and 6: Etching and engraving with large ma
Page 7 and 8: A pair of stipples, very fine, prin
Page 9 and 10: Lithograph with large margins. 240
Page 11 and 12: Chapelle which ended the War of the
Page 13 and 14: third 1650 & 1692 with more words a
Page 15 and 16: 93. Greenwich Hospital. No.17.Boyde
Page 17 and 18: 104. A View of the Rt. Hon.ble the
Page 19 and 20: plates by printmakers other than hi
Page 21 and 22: From "A Collection of One Hundred V
Page 23 and 24: 142. Nightingale Lane. Clapham Comm
Page 25 and 26: 158. Plan of Lincoln's Inn Fields,
Page 27: 174. La veille d’une attaque. no.
Page 31 and 32: 199. Bomarsund. Combined Attack on
Page 33 and 34: tsars in 1726 (apparently aged six!
Page 35 and 36: 223. Philipp Cluver. Geboren zu Dan
Page 37 and 38: Stipple. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3
Page 39 and 40: Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by
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Page 47 and 48: Josef Chlopicki (1771-1854) the Pol
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Page 55 and 56: 379. P. Famianus Strada. Rom. Soc.
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Page 59 and 60: From "Allgemeine Geographische Ephe
Page 61 and 62: Engraving, fine with very large mar
Page 63 and 64: Ecole nationale vétérinaire d’A
Page 65 and 66: improved version of Galileo's refra
Page 67 and 68: The portrait was published in 'Allg
Page 69 and 70: Louis Francois Élisabeth Ramond, B
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Page 73 and 74: Engraved from a bust by Chantrey, e
Page 75 and 76: his 'Atlante Veneto' atlases and th
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(Philadelphia). In the wake of the
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Pair of etchings showning the comme
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578. Le Jeu de Volant. Le Bon Géni
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Paskiewitsck Erivansky who captured
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Maximilian with the specific intent
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Hand coloured aquatint. Sheet 210 x
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Aquatint, printed on J. Whatman 182
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Stock: 29953646. Rotunda & New Room
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Xeres. [5] Seville Cathedral. [6] C
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After John Bucker (1770 - 1587), re
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693. A South Prospect of the City o
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196 Friedrichsstrasse. London, E. G
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724. A West Prospect of Conway Cast
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Hand-coloured etching and aquatint.
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