Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x3½"). £130Franz Ludwig Pfyffer von Wyher, an officer in theFrench king's Swiss Guard who made a threedimensionalmap of the area around Lake Lucerne,completed in 1786 and now the oldest relief map inexistence. He took 24 years to construct it, usingavailable materials including plaster, charcoal, sand,beeswax, brick & pottery, in 136 separate sections foreasy transportation. It has been on display in theGlacier Garden in Lucerne for over a century. Hismilitary career was also successful: he retired with therank of lieutenant general in 1768.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al. For a larger version of this image see ref. 12163Stock: 29605245. Monumentum pietatis Beato G.N. Raspioconsecratum a moestissima Vidua.Gemahl: von George Christ: Gottl: v. Bemel.Gestochen von Joh: Georg Klinger Nurnb: 1787.Stipple, rare with large margins. Plate 210 x 159mm(8¼ x 6¼"). £160Gabriel Nikolaus Raspe (1769-1829), cartographer andpublisher. Among his publications was 'Schau Platz desgegenwaertigen Kriegs' (Plates illustrating the CurrentWars), with maps illustratrating the events of the SevenYear's War (1756-63).Stock: 29907246. James Rennel.Scott del. Westenmayr sc. [Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]Stipple. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x 3½"). Small tear inmargin. Cut to plate on left. £160Major James Rennell (1742-1830), regarded as theFather of both Indian Cartography (for his survey ofBengal for the East India Company) and Oceanography(for his study of ocean currents). He compiled a mapfor the account of Mungo Park's first expedition to theNiger River that started the myth of the 'Mountains ofKong'.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al. Kivell & Spence: pg. 264 not in.Stock: 29552247. Adrian von Riedl. Köngl. Bairl. Obristund Director des Geograph. topograph.Bureau zu München. Geb. zu München den g:May 1746. Gestorb. daselbst im Februar 1809.C.A. Schwerdgeburth sc. [Weimar: n.d., c.1810.]Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x3½"). £80Adrian von Riedl (1746-1809), a German militarysurveyor, best known for his 'Reise-Atlas von Baiern'(Road Atlas of Bavaria) , Munich 1796-1805.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29611248. Petrus Schenck, Elberveldensis / magninominis apud Batavos sculptor.J. Petter Feuerling pinx. 1697. P. Schenck feci et exccum Privil ord. Holl et West.Mezzotint. Sheet 255 x 175mm (10 x 7"). Trimmedwithin plate, laid on thick paper. Slightly stained.£190Portrait of Pieter Schenck (1660-c.1718), a Germanbornmapmaker and published based in Amsterdam,engraved and published by him. His cartographicoutput was often in partnership with his brother-in-law,Gerard Valk; together they republished Jan Jansson'smaps and Andreas Cellarius's celestial atlas, the'Harmonia Macrocosmica', 1708.Portrait in oval border with latin text in top corners;verses praising Schenck by Dutch writer LudolphSmids below. For a portrait of Smids, see ref. 26064Stock: 29713249. Herr Johann Petzschens Hoff undBalten-Hausz. Inwendiger Prospect vonBreunigker Hoff in Leipzig, Logirt PetrusSchenk, und andere Holländer mit allerhanderRaere sachen zu verkauffen, wass in der Weltzu bekomen ist. Interior Prospectus Domusdictae Breunigker Hoffe, Lipsiae, ubi residetPetrus Schenk cum aliis Batavis apud quosvenalia prostant omnia rara et gratiosacujuscumque generis.[Pieter Schenk.] [n.d. c.1702.]Etching and engraving with very large margins, veryrare. Plate 210 x 260mm (8¼ x 10¼"). £380Advertisement for Peter Schenk, Dutch trader andengraver in Leipzig, showing the shops. Schenk shopis central with maps & prints hanging outside. Thedesign consists of a view of a courtyard with severalshop exteriors. In the Collection at Waddesdon.Stock: 28705250. Sam. Graf von Schmettau.Feldmareschal und Ritter des SchwarzenAdler_Ordens, Geb. den. 26ten Mrt. 1684.Gestrb. den 18ten Aug. 1751.C. Westermayr scul. [Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x3½"). £110Samuel Graf von Schmettau (1684-1751), a Prussianwho began his military career by fighting in the battlesof Blenheim and Malplaquet, continuing through theAustro-Turkish War of 1716-18, the wars of theQuadruple Alliance ((1718-20) & the PolishSuccession (1733-8), and the Russo-Austrian-TurkishWar (1735-9). Retiring from the military he became adiplomat and became a curator of the Academy ofSciences. Continuing his education as a cartographer,he created a four-sheet plan of Berlin, regarded as thebest up to that time, 'Plan de la Ville de Berlin', 1748.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal Geographical
Ephemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29610251. D.F. Sotzmann. Geh. exped. Secretairbeym Ingen. Depart. u Geograph derAcademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.C. Westermayr f. [Weimar: n.d., c.1808.]Stipple with large margins. Plate 140 x 90mm (5½ x3½"). £130Daniel Friedrich Sotzmann, a geographer whocompiled the maps for the 'Atlas Von Nordamerika',part of Ebeling's seven volume 'Erdbeschreibung undGeschichte von Amerika'. Sotzmann only completedten of the intended 18 maps, based on contempraryAmerican maps including Carey, all highly-detailedwith symbols for churches, roads, court houses,distilleries, iron works, mills, academies, etc. Completesets of ten are rare.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29609252. Americo Vespucci. geb. im J. 1451 zuFlorenz, gest. im J. 1514.L. Hess sc. [German.] [n.d. c.1810.]Engraving with large margins. Plate 140 x 89mm (5½x 3½"). £50Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) the Italian merchant,explorer and cartographer. His two voyages to the eastcoast of South America between 1499 and 1502 ledhim to postulate that the Americas were a newlandmass, not the East Indies as Columbus believed.The Americas are generally believed to have derivedtheir name from the feminised Latin version of his firstname.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29753253. Gualtiero Conte di Leslie del Cons.o diStato di S. M.ta Ces. Generale in Schiavonia,Cavalier del Toson, AmbasciatoreStraordinario alla Porta Ottomanna &.Leonardo Hen-V-O VenetiisRare engraving with large margins, printed off of twoplates. Overall printed area 250 x 170mm (10 x 6¾").£180Walter Leslie (1606-1667), a Scot who became anImperial Field Marshal, a count of the Holy RomanEmpire and Imperial Ambassador to the Sublime Porte(1665-6).Published in Galeazzo Gualdo Priorato's 'Historia DiLeopoldo Cesare'.Stock: 29879254. Frdr. Iustin Bertuch. Hrzgl. S. Weim.Legat. Rath. Geb.zu Weimar d.30 Sept. 1747.Stifter des Geograph. Instituts zu Weimar.[illegible text.] [German.] [n.d. c.1810.] 1808.Stipple with large margins. Plate 129 x 87mm (5 x3½"). Slight foxing and toning. £120Friedrich Johann Justin Bertuch (1747-1822) theGerman publisher and patron of the arts. He was cofounderof the art and literature educationalestablishment in 1776, the Furstliche freieZeichenschule Weimar. Publishers of maps.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden'Stock: 29730255. Thomas Bewick [facsimile siganture.][Frederick Bacon, after James Ramsay.] R. Turner[stamped.] [n.d. c.1852.]Engraving on india with small margins, scarce,printseller's association stamp, publisher's blindstampof R. Turner Newcastle. Limited edition 150Autograph proofs on india paper; Plate 405 x 305mm(16 x 12"). £250Thomas Bewick (1753-1828), the British woodengraver.He is credited with reviving this art andestablishing it as a major form of printmaking. Hedeveloped the technique of cutting a design intohardwood cut across, rather than with, the grain, usinga sharp tool called a bruin. In 1775, he received apayment from the Royal Society for the Encouragmentof Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for a woodengraving of the 'Huntsman and the Old Hound'.Bewick's most important works are illustrations forbooks such as 'A General History of Quadrupeds'(1790) and 'A History of British Birds' (1797). NPG:D31747.Stock: 29928256. Henry Bunbury Esq.Laurence pinx. Ryder sculp. London Published as theAct directs 24 Apr: 1789 by S: Watts No28 WalcotPlace Lambeth & to be had at T: Ryder's No.43 GreatTitchfield St.Stipple with small margins. Plate 412 x 322mm (16¼ x12¾"). £480Henry William Bunbury (1750-1811), holding a sheetof figures across his lap inscribed 'Long Minuet',completing the drawing with a pencil in his right hand,which rests on a table at left. The Long Minuet is oneof Bunbury's famous large panoramic images.Stock: 29958257. Lord Byron. Par Le Comte D'Orsay.Comte D'Orsay Pinxit. F.C.Lewis, Engraver ofDrawings to the Queen, & G.C. Lewis, Sculpt. London,Published May 10th 1845, for the Proprietor, by HenryGraves & Co., Pall Mall ~ also by John Mitchell, OldBond Street. Goupil et Vibert, Paris Deposé.Mixed-method with facsimile signature of Byron andprintseller's blindstamp, very scarce, large margins.Platemark: 535 x 410mm. (21 x 16¼"). £320Large and uncommon portrait of the young Byron atsea.George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824), commonlyknown simply as Lord Byron, was an Anglo-Scottishpoet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement.Stock: 29936
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