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Butler, Chas. J.MareMagnum

A BACHELOR'S RAMBLES THROUGH THE BRITISH ISLES.

Butler, H.G.; Hornbeck, R.R.; Garnett, L.; Rockman, E.; Clark-Kennedy, S.; McMillan, A.; Masters, D.; Shane, M.; Garland, E.; Jordan, J.; Beattie, S.; Courtier-Forster, R.; St. Lawrence, B.; Humpherus, S.; Lees, G.MareMagnum

The Wide World - The Magazine for Everybody, July, 1919, Vol. XLIII, No. 255: Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny

Pages 180-262 plus 16 pages of ads. This is a particularly excellent issue jammed full of fascinating accounts. Features: Terrible Experiences in the Arctic - a whaling schooner is crushed by ice and its crew exists on moss and snow for nearly a week; Amat Sik - Hero of the Singapore Mutiny - he avenged the killing of his employer, an English officer; The Trade Guilds of Constantinople - article with truly amazing photos; The Yaqui Luck-Piece; My Brumby Hunt; When Everything Happened to Me - hauling timber in the 1870s; Salving (Salvaging) Fifty Million Pounds' Worth of Shipping - fantastic photo-illustrated article on some of the 500 ships saved by the Admiralty Salvage Section in WWI; The Sun Dance - photo-illustrated account of a trip to Alberta, Canada to witness the Sun Dance, an annual festival of the Indians; My Dashes fro Freedom - Lieut. E.H. Garland's account of how he escaped from 12 German prison camps in WWI - article with illustrations and photos of the Holzminden Tunnel; ; In Search of Gold - John A. Jordan in East Africa; Our Disastrous Cattle Drive - tale of an horrific Australian cattle drive; Fascinating photo of a "Tramps' Hotel" in the fashion of a jail - they are required to break a quantity of rock for use in road construction before they can leave; The Kaiser's Girls - a tale of 'amazing political intrique and cold-blooded devilry' from German-occupied Russia; The Serpent Garden of Butantan, near Sao Paulo, Brazil - photo-illustrated article; My 'Roo (Kangaroo) Hunt with the 'Flying Gang' - hunting on the banks of the Murray River; With the Ortolan Trappers - photo-illustrated article on how these birds were caught; and more. Half-page photo ad for the Granliden Hotel of Lake Sunapee, N.H.; Lovely illustrated one-page ad for Canada Steamship Lines - "Shooting the Rapids of the Historic St. Lawrence in 1819"; Uncommon ad for "Tobacco Redeemer" by Newell Pharmacal inside back cover claims to help smokers kick the habit in 48 to 72 hours. Covers detached as one, but present. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A wonderful vintage issue. Book

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Byrne Elizabeth (Londra 1777-1849)MareMagnum

Natura morta con fiori

Acquaforte, 1816, firmata e datata in basso, con indicazione della produzione nel margine inferiore: "I. Van Os" e "2,3 ½ per 2,10 3/8". Bella impressione su carta coeva, meravigliosa coloritura a mano, in buono stato di conservazione. Elizabeth Byrne è stata una pittrice di paesaggio e incisore, in Gran Bretagna. Figlia del paesaggista William Byrne (1743-1805); sorella di Letitia Byrne (1779-1849) e John Byrne (1786-1847). Quest'opera fa parte della "Stafford Gallery" che aveva come titolo completo: "Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London: Arranged According to Schools and in Chronological Order with Remarks on Each Picture". Questa collezione fu costituita dal III conte di Bridgewater, aumentata da George Granville Leveson-Gower, I duca di Sutherland e ospitata a Cleveland House a Londra. Fu aperta al pubblico nel 1806. La pubblicazione fu curata da W Y Ottley e P W Tomkins, edita in quattro volumi, 1810-1818, da Tomkins, Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, J White & Co. e Cadell & Davies, con illustrazioni incise da Tomkins, Fittler, Romney, Heath e altri, su disegni di W M Craig. Il libro comprendeva anche le piante delle tredici stanze, con l'indicazione della posizione di ogni dipinto. Bibliografia R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works', 1979. Still-life of an urn with flowers, fruits lying in foreground, a garden beyond; after Jan van Os. Etching, 1816, signed and dated at the bottom, lettered in lower margin with production details: "I. Van Os" and "2.3 ½ by 2.10 3/8". A fine impression on contemporary paper, with fine later hand colour, in good condition. Elizabeth Byrne was a landscape painter & engraver, in Britain. Daughter of landscape-engraver William Byrne (1743-1805); sister of Letitia Byrne (1779-1849) and John Byrne (1786-1847). This work is a part of the "Stafford Gallery" had as its full title: 'Engravings of the Most Noble the Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures in London: Arranged According to Schools and in Chronological Order with Remarks on Each Picture'. This collection was formed by the 3rd Earl of Bridgewater, augmented by George Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland and housed at Cleveland House in London. It was opened to the public in 1806. The publication was undertaken by W Y Ottley and P W Tomkins, issued in four volumes, 1810-1818, by Tomkins; Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme; J White & Co. and Cadell & Davies, with illustrations engraved by Tomkins, Fittler, Romney, Heath and others, from drawings by W M Craig. The book also included plans of the thirteen rooms, showing the location of each picture. Bibliografia R K Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Engravers, Print Publishers and Their Works', 1979

Libreria Antiquarius · Roma, IT250,00 €

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