Engravers William (33 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. PINWELL GJ. (The Brothers Dalziel - engravers) (illustrator). In half red calf over the publishers gilt titles & printed green cloth, gilt tooling. Spine, original green cloth relaid, gilt tooling & titles. frontis, [6], (vii-xx), [1], 2-378 pp, [2] adverts, 100 B&E illustrations, marbled endpapers, new end pages, book label tipped to ffep (Arthur B/ Spencer), title/frontis joint strengthened, occasional spotting & light edge browning, light bottom edge stain to last few leaves. (272*192 mm).

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer & Lee, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer & Lee, NY. Overall sharp and bright, with minor soiling at upper margin. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer & Lee, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer & Lee, NY. Overall sharp and bright, with minor soiling at upper margin. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer & Lee, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer & Lee, NY. Overall sharp and bright, with minor soiling at upper margin. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer & Lee, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer & Lee, NY. Overall sharp and bright. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer & Lee, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer & Lee, NY. Overall sharp and bright. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Galaxy Publishing Company, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, overall sharp and bright. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer Lee & Company, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer Lee & Company, NY, overall sharp and bright. Suitable for framing.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer Lee & Company, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer Lee & Company, NY, overall sharp and bright. Suitable for framing. The subject, among other details, was active at the river Raisin, and the Battle of New Orleans.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Homer Lee & Company, NY, Engravers (illustrator). Circa 1870s, sized about 8 x 10.5 inches, engraved by Homer Lee & Company, NY, overall sharp and bright. Suitable for framing. The subject was Chief Justice on the Supreme Court of Kentucky.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. SMIRKE Miss Mary. [PICKETT William. HARRIDEN J - engravers] (illustrator). Six Rare Welsh Views 6 superb coloured plates, not dated but c1808, loose as issued, without title or text, housed in a custom clam shell box, half calf over red marbled boards, gilt tooling, printed title to upper board, spine with gilt tooling, gilt titles to maroon calf label. (308*226 mm) Plates are: Conway Castle; Carnarvon Castle; View near Caernarvon; Pont Aberglasslyn; Betgellert Bridge, Carnarvonshire; Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire. Drawn by Miss Smirke ; engr. by W. Pickett [and J. Harriden]. Bobins 722. Abbey Scenery 519 Smirke was the daughter of the painter and illustrator Robert Smirke.

No Binding. Condition: Good. SMIRKE Miss Mary. [PICKETT William. HARRIDEN J - engravers] (illustrator). c1808, G. Uncommon. 6 loose coloured aquatints, within aquatint borders, issued without title or text, image: 248*170 mm, sheet: 312*235, mm, paper repairs to edges, evidence of removal from something to versos. (Abbey Scenery 519). Abbey records the watermark for his series of prints as 1808. The series is also recorded in 'A list of books for sale at W. Gardiner's 48 Pall Mall' (1808). Views are: Conway Castle. Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire. Betgellert Bridge, Carnarvonshire. View near Caernarvon. Carnarvon Castle. Pont Aberglasslyn. Titled 'Six Views in North Wales, by Miss Smirke, engraved by Pickett and Harriden: published by R. Bowyer.' in the Catalogue of Maps, Prints, Drawings, etc., forming the geographical and topographical collection attached to the Library of his late Majesty King George the third, etc, London, 1829. 0.

Condition: Good. Hand-colored engraving. 24 x 32 cm (sheet). Very Good, light foxing and matte staining in the margins.

Condition: Good. Engraving. 13.5 x 21 cm (sheet). Very Good, print affixed to another support sheet at the four corners.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Arthur William Devis; Georgiana Keate; J. Platt; John Russell; T. Malton; J. Wedgebrough; Robert White; H. Wilson, jr. Plus engravers H. Kingsbury; Thomas Landseer; T. Medland; W. & J. Walker (illustrator). First Edition. First edition. Hard cover, 4to, in original unsigned tree calf fine binding, the spine rebacked, with 5 raised bands. The second compartment bears a red morocco label with gilt title: WILSON/AN ACCOUNT/ OF THE /PELEW ISLANDS." Bands are double ruled in gilt, with remnants of gilt rolled to board edges. Cream endpapers, letterpress-printed upon mould made paper. Stiple-engraved frontispiece portrait engraving of Capt. Henry Wilson (1740-1810) with 2 engraved fold-outs (one map, one landscape elevation), and additional 15 engraved full page plates; i.e.17 illustrations, as called for in the First Edition. With twenty-seven chapters, Directions to Binders, Dictionary of the Pelew Language and errata page. Title page with one illegible owner signature in old ink, with another below in the name of TH-- TWYSDEN. Engraved armorial bookplate of Viscount Falmouth. (see below).*CONDITION: Very Good. Professionally rebacked, but now featuring some superficial scuffs to the spine, some heavy scratches to the rear board. Light wear to finish and edges with some later color correction. Corners repaired, and rubbed. Both hinges with old paper repairs. Front hinge having about a two inch rend at center of same. Inside, earlier quires with some toning, odd spots of fox or soiling. Offset from only a couple of the engravings upon text. Map with mild fold creasing, small polish offset. One small paper repair at fold on foldout landscape. COLLATION:[2] pp.,[i]-xxvii [xxviii is Direction to binders], [1] - 378pp. [379 pp. eratta].**SUBJECT: The British and Chinese crew aboard the East India Company's packet ship Antelope comes to harm in July, 1783 as their ship is blown off course in a gale off of Macau, stranding them upon the coral banks of a hitherto unexplored group of South Pacific (now Micronesian) islands between Guam and the Phillipines. The Captain, Henry Wilson, and crew pull off a remarkable feat of salvaging the remains of the ship to build a sloop, enabling the crew to set sail via Canton to England after only four months on Oroolong, the island gifted them by the Pelau King Abba Thulle. Compiler George Keate uses journals, interviews and the log to tell the human story of an unplanned yet remarkably fruitful voyage of exploration and anthropological discovery. The Pelew (Pelau, or Belau) kingdom of the chief Abba Thulle extends generous hospitality and friendship to the travelers, inviting mutual respect and kindness. In return, the British aid them in medical matters and several battles against rival islanders. They are gifted various Pelauan "ornaments"( which make up some of the illustrations) as they set off four months later to return to England, also bringing with them the King's nephew, Prince Lee Boo, who lives for a time with Mr. Keate and his family. Keate wrote a second title about Lee Boo's time in England, and his daughter Caroline provides a portrait from memory used here, when Lee Boo died from smallpox in Dec., 1784. **ILLUSTRATIONS: Arthur William Devis (1762-1822 ) shipped out as the official East India Company Artist in 1782, and by 1783 was aboard the shipwrecked "Antelope" in Palau. Trained as an academic painter and portraitist, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and other galleries. The British Museum has several of his original portrait drawings from the voyage which appear in the book, including that of the Prince Lee Boo (Lebu) and his father, Arra Kook (Arra Kooger), as well as a portrait of a Chinese lady drawn after the crew regrouped in Macau and Canton in 1784. (British Museum online). Luckily, there were numerous artistically-inclined sketchers on this voyage, including the Captain himself, making possible a thoroughly facinating pictorial record of the events, cultural history and people. The brother of artist Edwin Landseer, the engraver Thomas Landseer was also employed on this work, as prepared back in London. BIBLIOGRAPHERS cite five editions by 1804, including a pirated Irish edition and one in French; it has been an enduringly popular narative, variously abridged and translated into many languages in the ensuing years, due to the particularly well-told tale on a very human scale. **PROVENANCE: Viscount Falmouth, Mereworth Castle, Kent (engraved bookplate). This stunning early eighteenth-century Palladian home, designed by Scottish architect Colen Campbell, appeared in film as the residence of Agent 007, in the 1967 Sean Connery/ James Bond film, "Casino Royale," immortalized from the 1953 Ian Fleming novel. The book is presumed to have belonged to the 3rd Viscount Falmouth, George Evelyn Boscawen, (d.1808) whose family crest upon the bookplate features distinctive heraldry of lions rampant with the tail of a fish. (His father, the 2nd Viscount Falmouth, Hugh Boscawen, (d. 1782) was a naval Admiral. Also, THOMAS TWYSDEN, (d. 1801) whose name appears signed in old ink to the title page, also had a distinguished and lengthy naval career, entering service in 1781 as Fourth Lieut. of the 74-gun ship of the line, The Defense, in 1793. REFS: BDNB. J.-Ch. Brunet, "Manuel du Libraire et de L'Amateur de Livres." Vol.III, (Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Co., 1862) No. [21153], p. 647. J.R. Abbey, "Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 (Stoors-Mansfield, CT: M. Martino Publisher, 1995), note to No. 546. Cotton and Fawcett, "East Indiamen" (London: Batchworth Press, 1949), p. 138. Three Decks' dot org. (4.7 lbs.). Book.

Folio. (18 x 14 7/8 inches). Half-title, 5 section titles, 5pp. subscribers' list. Stipple engraved emblematic frontispiece by Tomkins, 6 stipple engraved plates (2 by Bartolozzi, 4 by Tomkins), 4 vignette stipple engraved illustrations by Tomkins, 10 stipple-engraved head or tailpieces (4 by Bartolozzi, 6 by Tomkins), all after William Hamilton, engraved dedication leaf. Contemporary blue straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative neo-classical border made up from fillets, a drawer-handle roll and a swag and stylized flower head roll, spine in seven compartments with double raised bands, the bands highlighted by rules and roll tools, lettered in the second compartment, the seventh compartment with onlaid label tooled in gilt with two armorial crests (one of the Peters family, the other unidentified), the remaining compartments with repeat decoration of a centrally-placed tool of two birds perched on a bow with crossed arrows behind them, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, edges with alternate bands of gilding A deluxe edition of Thomson's famed poem, with stipple-engravings from two of the greatest engravers of their time, and in a magnificent contemporary binding. Thomson's paean to the countryside and the simple country life is now seen as a precursor of the romantic movement in English poetry, as exemplified by Wordsworth and Coleridge. The present edition, published the year before the appearance of the Lyrical Ballads, is perhaps the most luxurious edition of The Seasons ever published. Abbey Life 252; Brunet V, 836; Cohen/de Ricci p.992; Lowndes IV, p.2671.

Condition: Good. Engraved portrait frontispiece, 69 plates, some double-page, tissue guards, 2 engravings in the text, some offsetting, browning and spotting. XXXI, 500pp. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Browne Ffolkes ( the second or third Baronets of that name, both Members of Parliament), contemporary calf, gilt rules, covers with interlaced panel, rubbed, rebacked, preserving part of old spine, folio, 9.75 x 14.75 x 2.5 inches.OCLC Number: 54252779.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. elephant folio. [ff. 15]. with half-title. title in red & black. 25 wood-engraved plates on Japanese paper, signed by the artists, laid into individual mounts. tissue guards with legends. contemporary half morocco, all edges gilt (rubbed, extremities chipped, some plates wrinkled). First Edition, Limited to 112 copies, signed by the publishers. "The real work in a fine wood-engraving is seldom revealed by ordinary printingHere all that is in the block is presented, and the translucent Japanese paper, with its silk-like texture, adapts itself admirably to the fine velvet tone of the ink. Add to this the loose mounting, which causes the engraving to cast a shadow on the white paper underneath, thereby softening, refining and enriching the tone of the whole, and it will be perceived that a secret of the art is being for the first time formally shared with such part of the world abroad as that to which this work shall fall." (Introduction) This handsome work contains twenty-five fine wood-engravings by Victor Bernstrom, W.B.Closson, Timothjy Cole, John P.Davis, Frank French, T.Johnson, F.S.Kingsley, G.Kruell, R.A.Muller C.A.Powell, S.G.Putnam, John Tinkey, F.H.Wellington and Henry Wolf. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Dates from the engraved title pages: Iliad and Odyssy (1805); Hesiod (1817); Aeschylus (1831). The four works are bound as one. (1)The Iliad (Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, R. A. Sculptor) has 39/40 plates, including the title page; (2)The Odyssey (Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, R. A. Sculptor,) has 34/35 plates, including the title page; (Total for Homer's works, 75 plates.) (3) Hesiod (Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman, R. A. Sculptor, with William Blake) has 37/38 plates, including the title page; and (4) Aeschylus (Compositions of John Flaxman. Engravings by Thomas Piroli) has 36/37 plates, including the title page. Size of binding: 11 in. wide x 17 1/8 in. tall x 2 3/4 in. thick. Present are: (1) Binder's stamp reading "Bound by J. Wright, Noel St." (2) Embossed bookseller s stamp reading: "Simms and Dinham Booksellers, Manchester." (on the reverse & front of the marbled front free endpaper) (3) A pasted-in letter, on the front flyleaf, 4 1/2 in. x 7 in., on printed mourning paper with the address: "Helme Lodge. Kendal" and monogram: "LWC" The letter reads: "To our very dear nephew and niece. W. L. and H. [?]Crewdson. This book is given in kind remembrance of their beloved uncle, W. D. Crewdson [William Dilworth Crewdson, 1799-1878] who entered into rest De. 2, 1878 by their very attendant aunt, L. W. C." Bound in full red morocco leather with five raised bands on the spine, which has a richly gilt design and gilt lettering reading: "Flaxman s Classical Compositions, Homer, Hesiod, and Aeschylus." The binding has a richly gilt border around both covers with gilt inner dentelles on the leather turn-ins; marbled paper end-papers. All edges gilt. The cover corners show some bumping; there is general wear and rubbing to the outer hinges and cover edges. This heavy volume shows splitting to the inner hinges with some re-pasting. Many of the plates show drying of the glue in the backing; this has caused many of the plates to become loose. The majority of the plates and title pages show various degrees of scattered brown-spotting. This copy may require professional restoration. Weight is 13 lbs. Postage is extra on this item.

Two copper engravings, individually matted and framed. Images measure about 8.5 x 14 inches, in frames with glass measuring 17 x 21 inches. Portraits engraved by Houbraken after original paintings by Sir Godfrey Kneller; decorative ornaments likely engraved by Gravelot. These plates are from Thomas Birch's "The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain" [1743-1751]. Fine condition, nicely matted and presented in rather plain wooden frames. Portraits of William III as King, Mary as Queen. [This is an oversize item, and normal postage rates do not apply. Large framed artworks are sometimes available for pickup only.].

Attractive image roughly eleven inches by ten wide, captioned 'VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GREAT INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, DUBLIN - OPENED MAY 12, 1853.' On piece of paper roughly fourteen and a half inches by eleven. Good on light-foxed aged paper with two neat vertical folds (perhaps indicating removal from a book). At foot of page list of twelve measurements of the 'PRINCIPAL DIMENSIONS OF THE BUILDING', from 'Main Frontage' to 'Width of Outer Gallery'. Shows an impressive edifice, somewhat akin to the Crystal Palace, with pennants draped from the rafters, and balconies and ground level crammed with thousands of people and a score of statues. A complimentary image on a memento card survives, showing the exterior of the hall.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 10 ½ x 13 5/8 inches (26.7 x 34.6 cm., entire sheet). hand-coloured aquatint. Wellington is shown with four of his officers and a horse around a fire; other soldiers are shown in the background. The Battle of the Pyrenees, July 25-30, 1813 was an unsuccessful large-scale offensive led by Marshal Soult with the aim of relieving French garrisons under siege in Pamplona and San Sebastian. Soult was forced to withdraw in the face of mounting resistance by Wellington and his allied troops. Published in Edward Orme's 'Historic, Military, and Naval Anecdotes', London: 1819.

Original copper engraving (60 x 44 cm, overall sheet 69 x 55 cm). Light foxing to outer margins, not affecting plate. From "A Collection of Prints . Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare." published by Boydell, London, 1803. In 1789, the publisher John Boydell opened the Shakespeare Gallery, an exhibition space in London's Pall Mall showcasing paintings that exclusively represented scenes from Shakespeare's plays. The Gallery was a bid to revive 'history painting' (the practice of depicting scenes from the Bible, mythology or the classics) in contemporary British art, a genre thought to be of great public benefit because of its morally instructive messages. What better unifying theme for such a project than the works of Shakespeare, which had become so popular and so integral to British identity by the mid-18th century? The Gallery opened in May 1789 with 34 canvases by 18 British artists. By the next year there were 55 paintings and in 1796 the total was 84, along with dozens of 'Small Pictures'. Once the exhibition was mounted, reproductive engravings of the paintings produced by an in-house team of 46 printmakers were available to purchase, either as a large portfolio of 90 prints or as a luxurious illustrated edition of the plays. (The British Library).

Copper-plate engraving 30.2 x 47 cms, 36.5 x 49.8 cms (sheet including caption) scattered foxing (affecting the sky of the image only), sheet trimmed, but a very good dark impression. Elegant engraving after the work of William Alexander published in George Staunton's official account of the 1st Earl Macartney's embassy to China (1792-1794).

Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cm (plus caption and margins), spots of browning to the image, two sealed edge tears one affecting the caption and the upper edge of the image (without loss), two old paper repairs to the margin, the sheet a little creased and dusty, but a strong dark impression in good condition. Fine detailed engraving, prepared as plate 41 for the folio atlas to George Staunton's account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. The artist, William Alexander (1767- 1816) has rendered fine architectural detail as well as capturing the natural world and background imagery. From the Estate of the late collector and scholar, Arthur Hacker.

Large format engraving 30.8 x 45.3 cms; 40.3 x 55.3 cms (inc. caption and platemark), margins dusty and spotted and residue from previous backing to the verso, now attractively preserved loose in a window mount, a strong dark impression in good condition. Detailed and elegant engraving, prepared as plate 41 for the folio atlas to George Staunton's official account of the Macartney Embassy to China of 1793. The artist, William Alexander (1767- 1816) has rendered fine architectural detail as well as capturing the natural world and background imagery.

Loose as Issued. Condition: Very Good. William Alexander. (illustrator). 1st Edition. A large landscape copper-plate engraving issued separately from the smaller version in the work of Sir George Staunton "An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China" slightly later in 1796. This copy has been hand coloured later, possibly 20th century. There is a brown age stain to edge of image and within the plate line to the right (see photo) and a very small one below, with some other light age related handling spots ot margins also, but only noticed when close to. Printed on J. Whatman hand-made cartridge paper with watermark in the weave dated, 1794. Good large margins, never been framed. Measures: 17 x 22.5 inches edge to edge 14 x 19 inches to plate line [35 x 48 cm]. *John Landseer was the father of Edwin Landseer the more famous animal artist.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. New-York: Printed and Sold by William Durell, at his Book Store and Printing Office, No. 19, Queen-Street, Near the Fly Market, 1792-1794. First American Edition. Folio. 723pp.; directions to the binder; [2]pp. list of subscribers; 57 plates; 3 maps, including fold-out of Jerusalem, collated complete. Bound in full modern speckled calf; six raised bands; original red morocco label laid to spine; new endpapers. Tight in binding; marginal staining and spotting; Very Good in a handsome binding. The Maynard Josephus is not only a fascinating illustrated tour of the ancient world, but, per Sabin, it is "worthy of notice for the specimens of early engraving in the United States." Tiebout and Anderson, the latter responsible for the fold-out map of Jerusalem in this volume, were barely 20 years old at the time. An impressive and striking production. Sabin 3666; Evans 27174.

FIRST EDITION. 198 x 122 mm. (7 1/2 x 4 7/8"). Two volumes. Extremely pleasing contemporary crimson pebble-grain morocco, covers with a double gilt rule surrounding a large scrolling central frame, raised bands, spine gilt in compartments with elaborate small tools radiating from floral centerpieces, turn-ins gilt, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt. WITH A TOTAL OF 36 ENGRAVED PLATES (18 in each volume) by William and Edward Finden and others, as called for, after sketches by Bacon and Captain Meadows Taylor. Joints just a bit rubbed at head and tail, two small scratches to one cover, corners with just a whisper of wear, occasional faint offsetting from plates, the faintest foxing or stains to a very few plates, a bit of thumbing, otherwise beautiful copies with only the most trivial of imperfections. These are handsomely bound and extraordinarily well-preserved copies of the final two volumes of a series inspired by the author's time on the Indian subcontinent. The son of a noted sculptor, Thomas Bacon (1813-92) was a talented artist whose service in the Bengal Horse Artillery furnished him with endless fascinating and "exotic" subjects for his sketches and drawings. In 1837, he published "First Impressions and studies from nature in Hindostan," which found an appreciative audience at a time when illustrated travelogues were much in vogue. He produced illustrations for Wilson's "Oriental Portfolio," and for the present "Oriental Annual," which had brought stories and views of the Far East to the British public, beginning in 1834. In the 1839 edition, Bacon and his very able engravers, the Finden brothers, present dramatic scenes of the seas around Tenerife and of the peaks of the Himalayas, along with wonderfully detailed depictions of "monumental architecture," including temples, tombs, and military installations. For the 1840 volume, Bacon collaborated with his friend Captain Philip Meadows Taylor (1808-76) a longtime British administrator with extensive knowledge of the region. There is more focus on cities in this volume, and the authors recount both legends and historical facts to set the scene. The plates include a portrait of the emperor of Delhi but focus on city views and fine architecture. Produced when William (1787-1852) and Edward (1791-1857) Finden were in an extended period at the top of their craft, the plates here are characterized by the great delicacy of detail, sophisticated gradation of light, and rich texture of surface for which they were known. While volumes from this periodical series appear on the market regularly, they are rarely so finely bound and in such remarkable condition as the present pair.

London, George Virtue, 1838, 2 vols in-4°, 26,5 x 20,5 cm, [1] viii pp + folding map + 200 pp + (2)nn pp (table) ; [2] (4) nn pp + 164 pp + (2)nn pp (table), With in all 118 full page steel-engraved views. (complete). Bound in 2 uniform black half russian leather, Red title label on raised spine, All edges gilt, vanilla coloured endpapers. Bound by A. van Rossum (Binder for the royal Dutch court), (with his printed label). Binding with some slight wear at the extremities, interior very fine with only very sparse light foxing spots on some of the margins of a few plates. Still a very attractive copy. Reacting to the declining interest for books and bookcollecting, resulting in a fall of the prices we offer this nice book at half the former price.