Manskirch (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. HOWITT. ATKINSON. CLARK. MANSKIRCH. etc (illustrator). 2nd Edition. With 110 Splendid Hand Coloured Aquatint Plates 1819, Second edition of this splendidly illustrated work, [2], [1], 2-170 pp, [2] index, complete with 110 hand coloured aquatint plates, text and tissue-guarded plates generally quite clean, original colouring bright and vivid. WITH the Supplement of New South Wales. Large quarto, contemporary full straight-grain morocco re-backed, original elaborately gilt-decorated spine laid down, elaborately gilt-decorated covers, all edges gilt. (327*234 mm). (Abbey Travel 3. Tooley 225). Armorial bookplate & ink library number to fpd (Charles Tennant). Plates after S. Howitt and others depicting vivid scenes of hunting and other field sports in countries around the world. The author of the main part of the text was Captain Thomas Williamson, who also wrote the text for Oriental Field Sports (described as 'the most beautiful book on Indian sport in existence' (Schwerdt II: 297). This large work includes scenes of hunting African crocodiles, buffalo, elephants and rhinoceros, as well as North American bears, Siberian foxes, South American wild horses, German wolves, deer, etc. Also includes plates depicting whale hunting and an extraordinary series of plates of seal catching in Greenland, as well as 13 splendid plates of bull fighting. The supplement (157-170) on field sports of New South Wales (with nine plates) was written by John Heaviside Clark. First published in 1814. A beautiful copy.

Condition: Good. Large 4to. 27 x 34.8cm. 10.6 x 13.75 inches with 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some spotting and soiling, offsetting onto tissue-guards, one plate with tear repaired to verso, crayon drawing to front free endpaper, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, rubbed, [Abbey Life 376; Tooley 353],Bookplate ot Mr. Spottiswood. OCLC Number: 84007475Notes: The letterpress of this edition is printed on paper without watermarks; most of the plates are unwatermarked, but 8 of them have dated watermark "1831."In this undated edition the title occupies 12 lines & the imprint 5, & the title is set off from the imprint by a rule; p. 95-98 are numbered.Plates (colored aquatints) by J.A. Atkinson, F.J. Manskirch, William Heath, & others.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Contemporary full straight-grained red morocco, with gilt-stamped lettering and ornament in spine compartments (expertly rebacked, with original backstrip laid down), ornate gilt-stamped borders; folio; with 110 hand-colored aquatint plates. Edges of boards a bit scuffed; small circular stain on front board; minor off-setting from plates. Second, large-paper edition. Identical to the 1819 edition published by H. R. Young in six points, but has imprint of Howlett and Brimmer on title-page verso. The vibrant illustrations depict all manner of hunting sports, including big game hunting, whaling, fishing, birding, and bull fighting in North America, Germany, Lapland, Spain, Russia, and Africa. Abbey Travel 2-3.

Full Calf. Condition: Very Good. First edition. 4to. 28 by 22 cm. Unpaginated. 110 hand-colored plates. 107 of these are aquatints, two are line engravings, and one, a stipple and line engraving. Second title page for the New South Wales section. Each plate accompanied by one to four pages of explanatory text -- most are one or two pages long, though. The plates and the stories they tell are immensely varied in both the geographic location of the scenes and the type of hunting depicted. Not only are all continents represented, but also, such activities as whalehunting are included. Animals are shown in their own hunts, and even pursuing humans as well. One such plate, for instance, shows men desperately climbing a tree to escape a rhinoceros and as their horses panic. These plates were justly celebrated for their exciting drama and dynamism. A small sampling of other scenes: South American peons capturing bulls, then horses; Russians fishing in winter; Mamalukes wielding the sabre; sailors shooting wild deer; elephants in a pitfall; a Hindu elephant trap; shooting a leopard; wild boar shooting in Germany; hunting antelopes with a panther; taking vipers; seal catching in Greenland; and on and on. The New South Wales plates concern aborigines, and they show aborigines as warriors as well as hunting and fishing. Binding: contemporary diced Russia calf. Tooled in gilt. Edges marbled. Condition: rebacked, with original spine pasted on -- binding comes off as original throughout. Heavy rubbing along edges. Still attractive full calf. Tissue guards are heavily foxed. Some scattered light foxing and soiling on the text and plate leaves, but overall, these read as clean.

Condition: sehr guter Zustand. Feder in Schwarz und Grau, grau laviert, auf Velin, rechts unten von fremder Hand bezeichnet. 11,3:18,4 cm. Skizzenbuchblatt. Der Sohn des Hofmalers des Kurfürsten von Trier B.G. Manskirch (1736-1817) war seit etwa 1770 in Köln tätig, seit 1773 in London, wo er an den Ausstellungen der Royal Academy bis 1819 teilnahm. 1805/06 hielt er sich im Rheinland auf, wo er im Auftrag der französischen Exkaiserin Josephine Ansichten der Gegend um Aachen konzipierte. 1822 arbeitete er als Lehrer an der Danziger Kunstschule, 1825 für Prestel in Frankfurt am Main. Danach zog er wieder nach Danzig.

Condition: sehr guter Zustand. Feder in Schwarz und Grau, grau laviert, auf Velin; verso Studie von zwei Kürassier-Helmen. 11,4:18,3 cm. Skizzenbuchblatt. Wie die rückseitige Beschreibung der Helme in englischer Sprache nahelegt, könnte das Blatt in der Londoner Zeit entstanden sein. Manskirchs Arbeiten sollen selten sein !! Der Sohn des Hofmalers des Kurfürsten von Trier B.G. Manskirch (1736-1817) war seit etwa 1770 in Köln tätig, seit 1773 in London, wo er an den Ausstellungen der Royal Academy bis 1819 teilnahm. 1805/06 hielt er sich im Rheinland auf, wo er im Auftrag der französischen Exkaiserin Josephine Ansichten der Gegend um Aachen konzipierte. 1822 arbeitete er als Lehrer an der Danziger Kunstschule, 1825 für Prestel in Frankfurt am Main. Danach zog er wieder nach Danzig.