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The Spectacle Seller
by Ostade, Adriaen van
1646. Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 4 x 3 3/8 inches (102 x 86 mm), 1/4 inch margins. Signed in the plate, lower left corner. The 3rd state (of 6), after the rounding of the plate corners and the reworked borderline, but before the addition of the fine vertical lines of shading on the bright side of the pedlar's basket (4th state). In good condition with light toning on the verso. [Bartsch 29; Godefroy 29.III; Hollstein 29].
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NZ$3,424.00
The Smoker and the Drinker
by Ostade, Adriaen van (after)
1680. Etching on cream wove paper, 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (82 x 62 mm), narrow margins. Laid down to brown wove paper. Significant staining throughout, as well as some spots of light adhesive along the left sheet edge. A reverse image copy printer later, likely 19th century. [Godefroy 24; Hollbein XV.29.24].
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NZ$68.48
Frontispiece with stepped fountain; a stone wall with water spout pouring water into a rectilinear basin, from which a second spout pours water into a smaller rectilinear basin, flanked by tree branches
by Dujardin, Karel
1652. Etching on lightweight cream laid paper, 6 1/8 x 5 3/8 inches (155 x 136 mm), narrow margins. Archival paper tape remnants from a former mount at each top corner on the verso, otherwise in very good condition with no visible defects. [Hollstein VI.29.1.4].
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NZ$856.00
THE COTSWOLDS IN THE CIVIL WAR
by Jennings, R. W
Corinium Museum Cirencester. Fair. 1976. Booklet. Booklet; dent / crease to pages, otherwise good in faded and creased card covers. ; A brief introduction to the role of the area during the English Civil War. Includes the storming of Cirencester, the relief of Gloucester and the Royalist deafeat at Stow on the Wold. Illustrated. ; 16 pages .
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NZ$10.62
Frontispiece with tomb in a rocky landscape
by Everdingen, Allaert van
1630. Etching on cream laid paper, 4 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (123 x 160 mm), full margins. In good condition with some age tone around the sheet edges and an inscription in pencil on the verso. Allaert van Everdingen was a Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker, known for his etchings and mezzotints. Van Everdingen was also an art dealer, and the brother of Caesar van Everdingen. According to his biographer, Arnold Houbracken, Allaert was the pupil of Roelandt Savery in Utrecht and Pieter de Molyn in...
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NZ$941.60
Fountains of Rome; Fontana e castello dell'Acqua
by Falda, Giovanni Battista
Rome: Giovanni Giacomo De Rossi, 1625. Etching and engraving on cream laid paper, 8 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches (222 x 286 mm), full margins. In good condition with some light yellow discoloration in the margins and on the verso, the image area remains clean and bright. The inscription in the lower margin reads Paulus Quintus Pont. Maxim ... anno DNI MDCXII Pontif.s sui Septimo' and in the margin 'Fontana e castello dell'acqua Paola a S.Pietro Montorio sul Gianicolo, condotta da Paolo V, vicino a Bracciano,...
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NZ$1,112.80
![Memoires de Jaques Melvil ... Principalement par raport à L'Angleterre & à l'Ecosse, sous le régne de la reine Elizabeth, de Marie Stuard, et de Jaques I [avec] Le caractere de la reine Elizabet...ses vertus, ses défauts, & sa politique,...](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/225/587/1466587225.0.b.jpg)
Memoires de Jaques Melvil ... Principalement par raport à L'Angleterre & à l'Ecosse, sous le régne de la reine Elizabeth, de Marie Stuard, et de Jaques I [avec] Le caractere de la reine Elizabet...ses vertus, ses défauts, & sa politique,...
by Melville, James Sir ;Bohun, Edmund
La Haye : A. Moetjens et Chez Jean Alberts, 1694. Hardback, full vellum. 15.5cm x 10cm. Two works bound together. Memoires de Jaques Melvil: [60], 624pp, [40]. Le caractere de la reine Elizabet: 428pp. Portraits of Mary and Elizabeth bound into the front of the book. Woodcut decorations. Vellum a little wrom and discoloured. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A few contemporary annotations but generally clean. First French editions of two works first published in English a year earlier....
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NZ$424.72
Young Man in a Velvet Cap (Ferdinand Bol)
by Bretherton, James (after Rembrandt van Rijn)
1775. Etching and drypoint on heavy cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches (96 x 83 mm), narrow margins. In very good condition with some minor surface soiling. [Björklund's second state (of 2) copy].
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NZ$2,054.40
An Account of the Societies for Reformation of Manners, in London and Westminister, and Other Parts of the Kingdom. With a Persuasive to Persons of All Ranks, to be Zealous and Diligent in Promoting the Execution of the Laws Against Prophanesess and...
by Woodward, Josiah
London: Printed for B. Aylmer, 1699. Hardback, full-calf, paper label with handwritten title to spine. Pp. [30], 163, [1]. Frontis. Binding slightly rubbed. Previous owner's details crossed out to front free end-paper. Contents beautifully clean. Scarce. (bs15). Hard Cover. Good.
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NZ$382.25
The Age of Rubens and Rembrandt: Old Master Prints from the Art Gallery of South Australia. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
by Robinson, Julie
Adelaide: Art Gallery Board of South Australia. 1993. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Full page black & white reproductions. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 87 pages. The informative and well illustrated catalogue of the 1994 exhibition. . 1st Edition. Card Covers.
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NZ$38.68
ENGLAND TURNED GERMANY? THE AFTERMATH OF THE CIVIL WAR IN ITS EUROPEAN CONTEXT
by Roy, Ian
The Royal Historical Society. Good. 1978. Booklet. Booklet; very good in card covers. Author's gift inscription (crossed out) , signed by Ian Roy. ; Academic offprint (pages 127-144) from the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 5th Series, Vol. 28, 1978). Read at the Society's Conference, 16 September 1977.; 18 pages .
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NZ$14.87
THE ELEVEN YEARS' TYRANNY OF CHARLES I
by Kearney, H. F
Historical Association. Fair. 1967. Booklet. Aids for Teachers Series No.9. Revised edition. Booklet; staples rusty, pages yellowed, in creased and yellowed card covers. ; 16 pages .
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NZ$6.37
Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans
by Zoras, George
In Greek. Volume in Fine condition, with a couple of small stains on spine and two spots on title page; no tears, no corner bumping, all pages tight and bright, binding like new. Bears signature and bookplate of K.M. Setton (1914-1995) of The Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.The Chronicle of the Turkish Sultans found in the Barberini Greek Codex lll in the critical edition with commentary, name tables and notes published by Professor George Zoras of the University of Athens.This book is rare.
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NZ$428.00
Krishna with his beloved, Radha; An illuminated page from the epic of Mahabharata
by Rajput School, 17th century
1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream laid paper, 9 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (247 x 145 mm), with margins. Some scattered insect damage, along with age related toning and some handling creases, minor edge tears and losses, and scattered inscriptions. Condition issues are largely in the area of the margins, outside of the image area. Extensive inscriptions in red and black ink on the verso. The color is exceptionally fresh, rich, and saturated. The scene depicts Vishnu in the form of Krishna,...
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NZ$2,054.40
An Exact Collection of All Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers and other Remarkable Passages betweene the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament...
by Anon
London: Edward Husbands, T. Warren, R. Best, 1643. Hardback, later half-calf with marbled paper covered boards. 19.5 x 14.5cm. [x], 955pp, [20]. With engraved frontispiece. Frontis and title frayed to edges with small losses. Previous owner's details erased from verso of title and trimmed from upper margin of a3. Pages 59/60 and p. 955 replaced with photocopy facsimiles. Some foxing and browning to paper throughout. End-papers replaced, firm binding. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.
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NZ$891.91
The Plank Bridge; Landschap met een bruggetje van planken
by Waterloo, Anthonie
1650. Etching on thin cream laid paper with a partial "M" or "W" watermark, 5 x 5 15/16 inches (126 x 150 mm), thread margins. Inscribed in the plate in the upper-right: "Antoni Waterlo fe. et in." In very good condition with light toning in the top right and left corners, at the location of a former mount, and scattered inscriptions in pencil on the verso. With a charming ovoid beehive collectors stamp in purple ink on the verso (Lugt 2732). Because this impression lacks the additional cross hatching...
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NZ$4,708.00
Territorio Trevigiano
by MAGINI, Giovanni Antonio
Bologna: Sebastiano Bononi, 1620. unbound. very good. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 13.5" x 17 7/8".<br/><br/> Great map of Treviso and its environs including Venice. Rivers, mountains and islands are beautifully detailed and map features ornate decorative cartouches. Minor scattered staining to margins, several small wormholes, mainly along centerfold. Magini (1555-1617) was an Italian humanist and professor of astronomy. This rare map was published in his seminal...
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NZ$856.00
Jeux de boules; Near the city gate
by Swanevelt, Herman Van
1650. Etching on cream laid paper, 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (175 x 275 mm), thin margins. Some minor surface soiling and paper tape residue in four areas along the top sheet edge, verso, otherwise in good condition. From a series of 12 Landscapes, fourth state (of 4), printed in the 18th century [Hollstein 96].
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NZ$428.00
Geometria, à Renato Des Cartes Anno 1637 Gallicè edita; nunc autem Cum Notis Florimondi de Beaune, In Curiâ Blaesensi Consiliarii Regii, In linguam Latinam versa, & commentariis illustrata, Operá atque studio Francisci à Schooten, Leydensis, in Academiâ Lugduno-Batavâ, Matheseos Professoris, Belgicè docentis
by Descartes, René; Beaune, Florimond de; Schooten, Frans van
Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden): Ex Officinâ Ioannis Maire, 1649. First separate and first Latin edition of "La Géometrie" (second printing overall). Title page in red and black, with printer's device. In 18th century blind-stamped leather, spine with four raised bands. Spine lettered in ink. Small traces of worming on the lower margin of the first five leaves. Slight damages on spine, otherwise in fine condition.. With numerous illustrations of diagrams in the text.. With numerous illustrations of...
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NZ$20,032.45
Le Tour de Clermont en Dauphine apartenant a Monsieur de Tonnerre
by Silvestre, Israel
1650. Etching and engraving on handmade cream laid paper, 3 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches (97 x 173 mm), full margins. In good condition, consistent with age. Several small notations in pencil in the lower margin recto, as well as some toning at the sheet edges. On the verso there are several small spots of adhesive residue in the margin (does not show through to recto). The sheet is mounted at the lower right and left corners with archival material.
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NZ$684.80
Beschreibung Allerfurnemisten Mineralischen Ertzt und Bergwercks arten, wie dieselbigen, und eine jede insonderheit, ihrer Natur und Eygenschafft nach, auff alle Metalla Probirt, unnd im kleinen Fewer sollen versucht werden...in fuenff Buecher verfasst..
by ERCKER, Lazarus
Frankfurt: Tampachs, 1692. hardcover. very good. Title page printed in red & black, and with a large woodcut vignette. Illustrated with 42 remarkable woodcuts (all large, many full-page), depicting mining, smelting & refining operations. Numerous large decorative initials and tailpieces throughout.[1], 134, [3] leaves. Short folio, full contemporary vellum (binding a bit soiled and worn but very firm; old signature on title; some pages toned but with very little foxing; pale dampstains at...
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NZ$11,128.00
Two men standing ankle-deep in a body of water with a rocky outcrop behind them, to the left a rocky bank, trees and a hilltop beyond
by Dujardin, Karel
Amsterdam, 1658. Etching on light, fibrous, laid Japon paper, 5 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (132 x 158 mm), full margins. Scattered moderate foxing throughout, very minor printing creases (innate), and one small vertical adhesive-tape shaped stain along the extreme center-right sheet edge, well outside of image area. The lower left sheet corner is dog-eared with a very small associated loss, well outside of the platemark. All condition issues are consistent with age. [Hollstein VI.32.10.2]. An impression of...
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NZ$856.00
Turquie Septentrionale en Europe
by MANESSON-MALLET, Allain
Paris: Denys Thierry, 1682. unbound. Miniature map. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 5 3/4" x 4". Sheet measures 6 1/4" x 5 3/8". Paris: Denys Thierry, (1682).<br/> <br/> This lovely miniature map of the Balkans is from the original French edition of Manesson-Mallet's "Description de L'Univers." The map depicts the region between the Adriatic and the Black Sea, with the Danube River transecting the map. Poland, Hungary,...
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NZ$231.12
Study of a Head
by Hollar, Wenceslaus (after Jan Van Bylert (Biler))
1635. Etching on cream laid paper, 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 inches (87 x 70 mm), thread margins. Lacking the inscription in the plate; "Felix Biler in: W Hollar fee: 1635," generally found in the top left image. In very good condition with a minor area of skinning in the top left sheet edge on the verso. Printed later. [Hollstein p. 71].
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NZ$1,369.60
Painting in Scotland. The Golden Age
by Macmillan, Duncan
Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited. 1986. Quarto Size [approx 22cm x 28cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with full-page colour plates and black and white drawings. Includes Index. 206 pages. Published to coincide with the exhibition at the Edinburgh Festival and the Tate Gallery, London in 1986 as a celebration of the painters of Scotland's Golden Age from the early 18th to the 19th centuries. . 1st Paperback Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$19.89
