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1837ac981Anonyme Gravure 1837 Gravure en noir et blanc (14 x 22,5 cm., sur support 21 x 27 cm), sans titre, planche n°42, 6 illustrations légendées représentant des singes (dont un sagouin et un ouistiti ) ; rares traces, ensemble très légèrement gondolé, par ailleurs très bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.
188827858Partitions sur les Instruments de musique,Partitions sur les Animaux Naus J. 1888 approx.
1818boz_003266Dessin au crayon Singe par Félix Deslandes au Château de Rassay, Génillé, 1818 Dimensions feuille : 40,2 x 29,2 cm État : Bon état. Voir photos pour plus de détails.
1803GIT0003cA Paris Dufart AN XII (1803). In-8 317pp. Demi cuir de Russie vert, dos lisse orné en place des nerfs d'un double filet doré, fleurettes et frise en queue dorées, rel époque. Orné de 35 planches hors texte. Manque la moitié de la page de faux-titre et la page de titre, rousseurs. Complet de toutes ses planches.
1886320PREMIÈRE ÉDITION. Librairie Germer Baillière et Cie, FÉLIX ALCAN, Paris, 1886. ( Bibliothèque scientifique internationale XXXII) In -8 ( 14,5 X 22 cm) reliure en toile anglaise de l’éditeur ( percaline aubergine), Sur le premier plat : médaillon , fers et mentions d’auteur, de titre et de collection dorées . Dos lisse avec mention d’auteur, de titre , d’éditeur et de filets et fers dorés. En début d’ouvrage, 4 pp. en ch. romains du Catalogue de la Bibliothèque scientifique internationale, 232 pp. En fin d’ouvrage , 32 pp. du Catalogue des livres du fonds de l’ancienne Librairie Germer Baillière et Cie. 69 ill. et frontispice en noir.
1897134341London, Edward Lloyd Ltd. 1896 and 1897. Two volumes. XIV, (1), 286 pages and 25 plates in colour & XIV, (1), 302 pages with Plate 26 to 41 and 8 folded maps. Original cloth binding. (Partially demaged). 19x13 cm
187419771874. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. 'Books'. Sir Antonio Panizzi 1797-1879 better known as Anthony Panizzi was a naturalized British librarian of Italian birth. Panizzi held posts at the British Museum Library first Assistant Librarian 1831-37 then Keeper of Printed Books 1837-56 and finally Principal Librarian 1856-66. For his services as a librarian in 1869 he was knighted by Queen Victoria.<br /> The British Museum library was in fact the national library of the United Kingdom in all but name; during Panizzi's tenure as Keeper of Printed Books its holdings increased from 235000 to 540000 volumes making it the largest library in the world at the time. Its famous circular Reading Room was designed and built by architect Sydney Smirke from a sketch drawn by Panizzi. Accompanied by original descriptive text. One small mark in the image. unknown
187419441874. Chromolithograph. 390mm by 260mm sheet. Praise and Prayer<br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Ira D. Sankey 1840 -1908 known as The Sweet Singer of Methodism who was an American gospel singer and composer associated with evangelist Dwight L. Moody. Proof without title. CONDITION : A couple of very small marks in the margins. Tiny break in paper on left edge of the sheet. unknown
187119191871. Chromolithograph. 390mm by 265mm sheet. Vanity Fair portrait of Michael Thomas Bass 1799 -1884 was a British brewer and MP. Under his leadership Bass became the largest brewery in the world and the best known brand in England. Brewery interest.Accompanied by original descriptive text. unknown
187719211877. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. Sir Allen Young 1827-1915 was an English master mariner and explorer best remembered for his role in Arctic exploration including the search for Sir John Franklin.<br /> Accompanied by original descriptive text. unknown
186919761869. Chromolithograph. 370mm by 240mm sheet. Vanity Fair portrait of John Bright. John Bright 1811 - 1889 Quaker was a British Radical and Liberal statesman associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. He was one of the greatest orators of his generation and a strong critic of British foreign policy. He sat in the House of Commons from 1843 to 1889.<br /> The township of Bright Victoria is named after him. A couple of small spots outside the image. unknown
187928921879. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 245mm sheet. 'Ancient Painting'. Vanity Fair portrait of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. unknown
18741262721874. London: Vanity Fair November 21 1874. <br /> <br /> Color lithographic portrait after a watercolor painting by Pellegrini. Image size: 12 x 7 inches 30.5 x 18cm. Matted in a museum board. Printed by Vincent Brooks Day & Son Lith. Fine.<br /> <br /> § This portrait of the English poet 1837-1909 emphasizes his diminutive stature oversized head and shambling posture. It is not generally known that the Italian-born Pellegrini 1836-1889 was the originator of the Vanity Fair series of weekly caricatures of individuals of distinction and that the better-known Sir Leslie Matthew Ward 1851-1922 known as "Spy" was his successor. unknown
187327502London: Vanity Fair 1873. Proof. Print. Fine. Vanity Fair caricature number No. 226. Owen came to national prominence when he reconstructed the Megatherium for the Crystal Palace in time for the Great Exhibition in 1851. This is a pre-letter proof - the title "Professor Owen" comes from the accompanying letterpress with the description. The published print title was "Old Bones". Original chromolithograph page size approx. 9.4 x 14.25 inches image size approx. 7.5 x 12 inches with the original leaf of biographical text from the magazine. Vanity Fair unknown
18279244EBLondon, Moon, Boys & Graves, 1827. 4°. 33,5 x 24,5 cm. Titelkupfer, [8] Tafeln. Privater Halbleinenband. [3 Warenabbildungen]
18753441875. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. 'a whipper'<br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Sir William Hart Dyke 1837 _1931 who was an English Conservative politician and tennis pioneer. He was described as "one of the best amateur rackets players of his day". In 1860 won the championship at the Prince's Club. In 1875 with Heathcote he was a member of the Marylebone Cricket Club committee that framed the original set of rules for tennis. With original descriptive text.The photo gives the impression the paper is slightly cockled but this is greatly exaggerated it's virtually imperceptible to the eye. unknown
187419551874. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. Vanity Fair portrait of Alfred 1844-1900 the second son. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire.In 1867 as Captain of HMS Galatea he visited Australia where an assasination attempt was made on his life by Henry James O'Farrell. CONDITION : A few tiny specks in the image and margins. Soft light crease across top left corner. unknown
18773158141877. London: Vincent Brookes Day and Son for Vanity Fair 15 December 1877. A full-length lithographic portrait of Young after Pellegrini from the 'Men of the Day' series no. 167 image size 310 x 184mm; very good mounted with a photocopy of the original text to the verso.A portrait of the Arctic explorer Sir Allen Young shortly after he was knighted for his services to Arctic exploration. Allen served as the navigating officer of the Fox under Sir Leopold M'Clintock in 1857 during its expedition to follow through John Rae's discoveries relating to Franklin's fate: 'During the two years spent in following Franklin's tracks Young made notable sledge journeys exploring about 380 miles of new coast line including the southern and western coasts of Prince of Wales Land and both shores of Franklin Strait. He also discovered McClintock Channel but was unable to cross its rough ice. In 1860 he had command of the Fox in the north Atlantic telegraph expedition which surveyed a telegraph route between Europe and America via the Faeroes Iceland and Greenland. He visited the east coast of Greenland but believing it to be impracticable for a cable route did not land. He sailed on for the west coast landed with Rae who was in charge of the land part of the expedition and ascended to the ice cap near Julianehab; but he returned on deciding that a telegraph line could not be carried across Greenland' ODNB. Young later travelled to Baffin Bay in support of Sir George Nares' 1875-1876 Arctic expedition and returned the following year when 'in spite of great difficulties he landed dispatches for Nares at Cape Isabella and Littleton Island' op. cit.; for his services to Nares' expedition Young was knighted in 1877 shortly before this portrait was executed. Young's last Arctic expedition was in June 1882 when 'he commanded the whaler Hope chartered with government help in order to search for the explorer Benjamin Leigh Smith who had sailed for Franz Josef Land in July of the previous year. Nares and Young were instrumental in launching the relief expedition and in August 1882 the Hope found Leigh Smith and his party at Matochkin Shar on the west coast of Novaya Zemlya which they had reached in boats after the destruction of their vessel off Franz Josef Land' op. cit. unknown
187114141871. Chromolithograph. 365mm by 240mm sheet. Baronet or butcher'<br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Arthur Orton 1834-1898 an imposter who claimed to be Sir Roger Tichborne 1829-1854 the missing heir to the Tichborne Baronetcy.A couple of very light marks. unknown
187510581875. Chromolithograph. 370mm by 250mm sheet. Police'<br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Lt. Col. Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson CB. Began in the army. Served in Canada and Western Australia as Comptroller of Convicts. Returning to England became Chief of Met.With original descriptive text. unknown
1869941869. Chromolithograph. 360mm by 230mm sheet. Vanity Fair legal portrait of PENZANCE Lord Penzance.<br /> Probate and Divorce Division Judge. Small area of paper missing from left hand margin.Accompanied by original descriptive text which has one tear at the bottom of the sheet and small area of paper missing. unknown
186914121869. Chromolithograph. 360mm by 230mm sheet. An enemy to democracy yet a professor of liberal principals which tend to democracy; the combination will one day make him Prime Minister of England' <br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Robert Lowe 1st Viscount Sherbrooke PC 1811 - 1892 who was a British and Australian statesman.With a photocopy of the original descriptive text. unknown
187414131874. Chromolithograph. 395mm by 275mm sheet. Charlie'<br /> Vanity Fair portrait of Charles Robert Carrington 1843-1928. Lord Carrington was appointed governor of New South Wales in 1885. He arrived in Sydney on 11 December to find the colony in the grip of drought economic recession and political crisis; he left in 1890 after the maritime strike had opened a phase of new industrial conflict. Throughout Carrington proved an able and tactful governor. Some very faint spotting at hte very top of the sheet. unknown
1887931887. Chromolithograph. 380mm by 260mm sheet. Vanity Fair legal portrait of Sir Charles Parker Butt.<br /> Son of a parson. Journalist. Called to the Bar in 1854. Became MP for Southampton Hants.Accompanied by original descriptive text. unknown
18748416Paris, C. Reinwald et Cie, 1874 ; in-8, demi-basane vert sapin, dos lisse, faux nerfs, auteur et titre dorés, fleurons dorés, tranches mouchetées ; (4), 442 pp. , 37 figures in-texte.
