320. Joannes Clericus. Geneve Natus an.1657. 19 Mart. S.V. Nil sine magno Vita laboredeit mortalibus.B. Picart ad vivum delin. et sculp. 1730.Engraving. Russian stamp on verso of board withCollector's mark Obolenski Collection. Plate 131 x82mm (5¼ x 3¼"). Laid on album sheet and board.£120Jean Le Clerc (1657-1736), Geneva-born theologianand biblical scholar famous for promoting criticalinterpretation of the Bible. He was author of 'Histoiredes Provinces Unies des Pays Bas'.Stock: 29759321. I. B.te Leonard Durand.[German.] [n.d. c.1810.]Stipple with large margins. Plate 134 x 90mm (5¼ x3½"). £120Jean Baptiste Leonard Durand (1742-1812) the Frenchadministrator and director of the Company of Senegal.In 1802 he published 'Voyage au Senegal dans lesannees 1785 and 1786', which contained maps andprints depicting local life, fauna and flora.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29735322. Leopoldus I. Rom. Imp. Semp. Aug.Germ. Hung. Boh. Rex. A.A.D.B.P. Kilian sc. [Augsburg, n.d., c.1680.]Engraving, rare. 300 x 180mm (12 x 7"). Trimmed andglued to backing sheet; printer's crease through centre.£360Leopold I (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor, King ofHungary and King of Bohemia, surrounded by symbolsof the arts and sciences, with a backdrop of a map,showing parts of Europe, Asia and Australia (NovaHollandia).With his great general, Prince Eugene of Savoy,Leopold recovered most of Hungary from theOttomans and began the War of the SpanishSuccession, although he died soon after, leaving hissuccessors nearly a decade of war.Stock: 29774323. Leopoldus II Romanorum ImperatorSemper Augustus Hierosolemitarum. RexHungariae, et Bohemiae; Archidux Austriae&c. &c. &c. Viennae Natus, V Mai.ns 1747.L. Kreutzinger ad vivum Pinxit Viennae in Mense ap.r1790, Alex.d Clement Sculpt.Stipple. 203 x 140mm (8 x 5½"). Very slight foxing,trimmed. £70Leopold II (1747-1792), the Holy Roman Emperor andKing of Hungary and Bohemia from 1790 to 1792 andmoderate proponent of enlightened absolutism.Engraved from a portrait 'from the life' by Kreutzinger.Stock: 28744324. Le Comte de Lusi.F. Bartolozzi del: et Sculp: [n.d. c.1820.]Stipple, with very large margins. Plate 437 x 305mm(17¼ x 12"). £285Frederick, Comte de Lusi, statesman, author andlinguist. He was resident Minister of the King ofPrussia in London, St. Petersburg, Greece and involvedin one of the earliest ascents of Mont Blanc in 1816.Tuer: 1841. De V: 867. From the Norman BlackburnCollection.Stock: 18333325. Sultan Mahmud II., Kaiser desottomanischen Reichs, geb: den 20 Juli 1785,zum Kaiser erklärt d.18 Juli 1808.Bernhard von Motz fec: [n.d. c.1815.]Lithograph with large margins. 311 x 221mm (12¼ x8¾"). Some spotting and small creases. £120Mahmud II (1789-1839), Sultan of the OttomanEmpire from 1808 until his death. He is bestremembered for the extensive adminitrative, militaryand fiscal reforms that he instituted, which culminatedin the Decree of Tanzimat, carried out by his sons.Stock: 29814326. Ad. Ioh. von Krusenstern. Des Russ. St.Georgen-St-Wladimir-u: St Annen-ingleichendes Preuss. grossen rothen Adler-Ordens-Ritter.F. Lehmann sc. [German.] [n.d. c.1810.]Stipple with large margins on three sides. Plate 140 x89mm (5½ x 3½"). £130Adam Johann Ritter von Krusenstern (1770-1846) theadmiral and explorer who led the first Russiancircumnavigation of the globe. The aims of theexpedition included the development of the fur tradewith Russian America, the establishment of trade withChina and Japan and the facilitation of trade in SouthAmerica. He made detailed maps and recordings of hisvoyages. The crater Krusenstern on the Moon is namedafter him. Another legacy is that the Cook Islands inthe South Pacific were named as such by vonKrusenstern, which was changed from the HerveyIslands.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al. Kivell & Spence: pg.168 - not in; for a largeportrait of Krusenstern see ref. 29746.Stock: 29746327. Ad. Chr. Gaspari. Russ. Kais. Hofrathu. Prof. d. Geschichte zu Dorpat. Geb. zuSchleusingen d. 18 Nov. 1752.C. Westermayr del & sculp. [German.] [n.d. c.1810.]Stipple with large margins. Plate 133 x 88mm (5¼ x3½"). £160Adam Christian Gaspari (1752-1830) the Germangeographer. He held many educational posts fromassociate professor at the University of Jena, professorat the Oldenburg Gymnasium, professor of history,geography and statistics at the University of Dorpat,and professor of geography and statistics at the
University of Konigsberg. He published the 'NewMethodological School Atlas' in 1799. Australian mapinterest.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29738328. Etienne Marchand.C Westermayr. [German.] [n.d. c.1810.]Stipple with large margins. Plate 134 x 82mm (5¼ x3¼"). £70Etienne Marchand (1755-1793) the French captain,businessman and yachtsman. He led the SolideExpedition, which was the second successfulcircumnavigation by the French, which took placebetween 1790 and 1792. Little is known about theactual expedition and the exploration due to iscommerical aims in the fur trade between the northwestAmerican coast and China.The portrait was published in 'AllgemeineGeographische Ephemeriden' (Universal GeographicalEphemerides (i.e. encyclopedia)) by Friedrich Bertuchet al.Stock: 29743329. Mehemt Effendy TefterdarAmbassadeur Extraordinaire de Laporte VersLe Royt.C.Lovis XV.en 1721. Hunc RegiSummus mittit Dominator Eoi...De temoignerson Zete au plus charmant des Rois.Gravé Par E. Desrochers. AParis rue du Foin. [n.d.c.1750.]Engraving. Plate 152 x 104mm (6 x 4"). Rare. £140Mehemet Effendi (d.1732) , the Georgian Ottomanstatesman who was delegated as ambassador by theSultan Ahmed III to Louis XV's France in 1720. He isremembered for his account of his embassy mission.Stock: 29819330. Mahomet, I. Fifth King of The Turks.A.o 1405.[n.d. c.1730.]Engraving with large margins. Plate 152 x 102mm (6 x4"). Some spotting. £70Mehmed I (1390-1421), Sultan of the Ottoman Empirefrom 1413 until his death. He is often considered the'second founder' of the Ottoman Empire, as he cameinto power after the Ottoman Interregnum and restoredthe Empire to its full glory, conquering parts ofAlbania, the Jandarid emirate, and the ArmenianKingdom of Cilicia from the Mamelukes.Stock: 29813331. Sultan Mahumet II. Turchar. Imperator.Ingressus Ano. Christi. M.D.XCV. Aet: Suae.Annor.XXIX. Der Lürctische Keÿser.Dom. Custo. ex. [n.d. c.1610.]Engraving with very large margins. Plate 153 x 120mm(6 x 4¾"). Some spotting and paper thinning. £180Mehmed II (1432-1481), known as the 'Conqueror'. Heserved as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice; firstfrom 1444 to 1446 and then again from 1451 until hisdeath. In 1452 he conquered Constantinople andbrought an end to the Byzantine Empire, transformingthe Ottoman state into an empire. He continued hisconquests through Asia and Europe. He is regarded asa national hero in Turkey.From a series of prints depicting Turkish Sultans,Sultanas and other historical figures. VAM:SP.180:253.Stock: 29815332. Mohamed Ali, Pacha. Vice Roi d'Egypte.Loeillot d' apres H. Vernet. / Lith de Delpech.Lithograph. Sheet size: 270 x 375mm. (10½ x 14¾").£140Portrait of the viceroy and pasha of Egypt, MuhammadAli; on horse beneath palm tree in city, looking toright. Muhammad Ali Pasha (1769-1849) is regardedas the founder of modern Egypt. Although neither bornin Egypt nor a speaker of Arabic, he can readily beidentified as someone who strove to defend the countryagainst outsiders, to build up its power and to developits economic and administrative resources.Stock: 29940333. Omai.[Carl Brodtmann after Sir Joshua Reynolds.] [n.d.c.1827.]Lithograph with large margins. 330 x 228mm (13 x9"). £130In September 1773 during Cook’s second voyageCaptain Furneaux of the Adventure took aboard ayoung man of the island of Huahine near Tahiti. Omaibecame the first South Sea islander seen in Britain. Inhis early twenties, Omai became the darling of theLondon scene. He was introduced to the King andQueen, wined and dined in high society circles, andpainted by the great artists of the time before beingreturned to his native home in 1776.From Heinrich Rudolf Schinz's "NaturhistorischeAbbildungen der Saeugethiere", and derived, like manylikenesses of Omai, from the full-length portraitpainted by Sir Joshua Reynolds while Omai was inBritain.Stock: 29499334. Orchanes. Second King of the Turks.A.o 1328.[n.d. c.1730.]Engraving with large margins. Plate 152 x 95mm (6 x3¾"). Some rubbing and scuffing. £70Orham (1281-1362), second bey of the OttomanEmpire from 1326 to 1362. He spent the early stages ofhis reign focused on conquering most of north-westernAnatolia, which was under Byzantine rule.Stock: 29812335. Othoman. First King of The Turks. A.o1300.[n.d. c.1730.]Engraving with large margins. Plate 146 x 95mm (5¾x 3¾"). Some foxing. £60
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