Engraved Thomson (13 results)

Single print. Original antique steel engraving. Seventeenth century King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. 17.5 x 23 cm.

Single print. Original antique steel engraving. Baron Cuvier was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the founding father of paleontology. 17.5 x 23 cm.

Steel engraved portrait, image 4 X 5 1/4 inches on a sheet 6 3/4 X 10 1/4. Foxing to borders. Very Good. Dr. Cartwright was the inventor of the power loom.

Hard. Condition: Good-. Engraved portrait frontispiece. (illustrator). Undated. Gift inscription dated 1860. Good-. Full morocco. Edges rubbed. Neatly penned gift inscription in contemporaneous hand to front fly-leaf. Frontispiece pulling a touch loose. All edges gilt.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With a Portrait and an Extra Engraved Title Page. (illustrator). Lovely contemporary full tree calf. spine scuffed and lacking the label; o/w VG Size: 13 X 8 Cms.

Hard. Condition: Good+. Profusely illustrated with b/w engraved portraits of eminent Scotsmen. (illustrator). `A New Edition`. Good+. Ex-library. Orange buckram library binding with gilt lettering to spine. Occasional small library stamps. Foxing to prelims and a touch to plates.

Cloth. Condition: Good Minus. 300 wood- Engravings Designed By J G Thomson, Engraved By W L Thomas (illustrator). First Thus. Some foxing, gutters cracked, a few pp loose to prelims. Size: Quarto.

Modern Half Leather. Condition: Good for Age. Engraved Full Page Plates (illustrator). Early Leather Edition. 323 pp.+ 3 full page plates, crown, text unmarked but some light foxing though many pages completely free of it, excellent professional maroon modern leather with blue cloth Size: Crown.

Engraved frontispiece portrait of James Thomson. Engraved title page. (illustrator). Two interesting inscriptions: First fly-leaf - "Susan Andrews, the gift of P Andrews March 13, 1823." Second fly-leaf - "Found by George (John ? . . . wich) in the Hippodrome Field, Notting Hill, June 1861." Some wear and foxing a few faint damp stains. A couple of tiny abraded spots on endpapers. Overall sturdy and very good for what this little book seems to have gone through! 64mo. 3-3/4" x 2-1/4". 136 pp. Leather covered boards. Front and back covers identical with blind stamped diamond pattern and gold tooled floral rule. Spine panels decorated with star design and flora square design. Marbled endpapers.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. 4 Engraved Plates, One Each Season (illustrator). Leather Edition. Sm. 8vo, leather original but respined, gold blocking on edges, new leather spine. Blue marbled eps. Marbled edges of book. New paper label, lxiii+ 238 pp. + Dr J Aikin's essay on the Poem. Engraved plate before each season. Some v. occasional foxing or browning on very few odd pages, but overall internally v good, and now an altogether fine restored full leather copy Size: Sm 8vo. Antiquarian.

Overall size: 12 x 8.5 inches In very good condition. With published centre fold. Trimmed on margins. Section of Map from Thomson?s ?West India Islands? published in ?Thomson?s New General Atlas? 1814. Originally part of a 4-part map alongside Greneda, Tobago, and Trinidad. The inset map provides a fine account of the Fort and anchorage, along with two short wharves, one on either side of the bay. Even the location of the Gallows is shown.

, 53 x 71 cm engraved map with hand colour, engraved area 46 x 53 cm, double page plate on guard mount, heavy paper First Edition thus , central fold, bottom third of fold has started to split and this may have caused some slight loss, a few brown spots and small chips to top edge, ink number to top margin, good + condition 53 x 71 cm Map ISBN:

Splendid map of Russia west of the Urals, coloured by province. The New General Atlas was one of the most accurate and best produced atlases of the day. John Thomson's 'County Atlas of Scotland' is generally considered the finest of its kind. Copper engraving. Short (1cm.) closed tear on lower margin. Fine condition. Original outline colour. Size: 49.5 x 59 cm. (19½ x 23 inches).