Search Results: Authors starting with G from Daniel Crouch Rare Books Ltd

Chang-hai [Shanghai],: Imprimerie de la Mission Catholique,, December 1898.. 1080 by 820mm. (42.5 by 32.25 inches).. Coloured lithograph plan of Nanjing, Chinese printed in red, French printed in black. A map of Nankin [Nanjing] published in December 1898, compiled by Père Louis Gaillard (1850–1900). The names of geographical details and locations are printed in Chinese and French, with colours red and black respectively. Nanjing was the capital city in during latter half of the Ming dynasty until the mid seventeenth century, the imperial palace is depicted as a square and titled Huang cheng (Emperor's city) to the southeast of the lake Hou hu "Luc Heou-hu". Near the top right of the palace, next to a small lake Qian hu (Former lake) are two notable sites in Nanjing: Xiegong dun (Duke Xie's memorial) and Banshan si (Banshan temple). They have been controversial due to their connotations of renowned historical figures. Xiegong is the honorific title of Xie An (320–385), a… Read More

[Antwerp,: Plantin,, 1579].. 387 by 280mm (15.25 by 11 inches).. Prints,""Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orbem, Abraham Ortelius Engraved portrait, with letterpress text to verso. Galle's iconic image of Ortelius, based on an original portrait by Adriaen Key, was included in every edition of Ortelius's atlas of the world from 1579, the 'Theatrum orbis terrarum'. It is captioned in Latin, """"Spectandum dedit Ortelius mortalib. orbem, Orbi Spectandum Galleus Ortelium"""" ('Ortelius allowed mortals to see the world, Galle allows world to see Ortelius'). Indeed, the engraver of the portrait was Philips Galle, who published the first miniature version of Ortelius's 'Theatrum...' in 1577, under the title 'Epitome Theatri Orteliani'. Adriaen Key's (c1544-1589) is the only known portrait of Abraham Ortelius to have been painted during his lifetime. Like Ortelius, he was a native of Antwerp, and became one of the leading portraitists in that city. He became a master in Antwerp's Guild of St. Luke (the… Read More

[c1690].. 172 by 122mm (6.75 by 4.75 inches).. Prints,""Gemma Frisius, Doccomiensis, Medicus et Mathematicus. Gemma Frisius Engraved portrait. Gemma Frisius (1508-1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher and instrument maker, creating important globes and improving the mathematical instruments of his day. In Louvain, he tutored none other than Gerard Mercator, who executed the engraving for some of his globes. Alongside this star student and Abraham Ortelius, Frisius came to be considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography. Frisius's portrait was painted by Maarten van Heemskerck in the mid-sixteenth century, and later published as an engraving by Philips Galle. It shows the cartographer wearing a broad flat-cap and embroidered jacket. The present example is from the end of the following century, around 1690, and has a different set of Latin verses beneath the portrait: """"Ut simulat solem radiantis gemma pyropi, Sic Gemmam artifici picta… Read More

London,: Published by L. Brall & Sons, 38 Hart Street, Bloomsbury, W.C.,, [c.1889].. Image: each 230 by 682mm (9 by 26.75 inches). Sheet: [1] 370 by 800mm. (14.5 by 31.5 inches). [2] 405 by 800mm (16 by 31.5 inches).. Two engravings. Robert Gallon (1845-1925) was a painter and lithographer, specialising in landscape and topography. This pair of atmospheric prints of the Thames show the effects of industrialisation in Victorian London, with steamboats on the river and cranes along the bank. The originals were painted in 1889, and exhibited at the Royal Academy, and were presumably enough of a success to warrant their being made into prints. The prints were restruck in 1980, but the originals are rare.

[Rome and Venice respectively,, 1561].. 495 by 795mm. (19.5 by 31.25 inches). 450 by 780mm (17.75 by 30.75 inches). Pair of engraved maps, each on two sheets joined, watermark of ladder in shield under six-pointed star (Woodward 253), to all four sheets. Fine examples of the most influential sixteenth century maps of Central Asia and the Middle East, by Giacomo Gastaldi, the greatest cartographer of his era. Not only are these works the most accurate depiction of the area to date, but would go on to dominate the European view of the area for the rest of the sixteenth century. Giacomo Gastaldi (c1500-1567), originally from Piedmont, established himself as a cartographer in Venice, where he was given the notable title of 'Cosmographer to the Republic'. He was a prolific mapmaker, with a body of work numbering at least 109 pieces, including contributions to the 1548 Venice edition of Ptolemy's 'Geogra a', and Ramusio's 'Navigationi et viaggi'. Gastaldi's maps of Asia are considered amongst the most… Read More

[Venice,, 1562 and c1568].. 680 by 775mm. (26.75 by 30.5 inches).. Engraved map on three sheets joined, bearing three watermarks, upper left sheet with ladder in shield under cross pommy B (Woodward 256), upper right with lamb, paschal with straight standard C (Woodward 48), lower sheet, only lower half of ladder in shield under six-pointed star K (Woodward 253). A fine example of Gastaldi's map Southeast Asia, the most influential map of the region published in the sixteenth century, and the first map to name Singapore; here present with the rare southern extension sheet, incorporating the Java and the lucrative Spice Islands. Giacomo Gastaldi (c1500-1567), originally from Piedmont, established himself as a cartographer in Venice, where he was given the notable title of 'Cosmographer to the Republic'. He was a prolific mapmaker, with a body of work numbering at least 109 pieces, including contributions to the 1548 Venice edition of Ptolemy's 'Geogra a', and Ramusio's 'Navigationi et viaggi'.… Read More

San Jose, CA,: Amen International Inc.,, 1995.. 965 by 608mm. (38 by 24 inches).. Colour printed poster on glossy paper, with areas embossed in gold. A colourful poster illustrated with a map of Silicon Valley, showing the locations of major technology companies and what their offices looked like. Published in 1995, with a calendar for the following year, this map was made during a pivotal time in the technology industry, when commercial use of the internet started to become widespread. Consequently, 1995 was the beginning of a surge of internet startups, many of which followed their software predecessors to Silicon Valley. Cisco Systems, the company that commissioned this map, was one of Silicon Valley's companies that caught the internet wave at its crest. Cisco was founded in 1984 by Sandy Lerner and Leonard Bosack. The company's name is derived from nearby San Francisco, and their logo represents the Golden Gate Bridge. The company's first product was a close adaptation of the Stanford… Read More

London,: Bought of W. Faden & Published at the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty,, May 1823.. 570 by 3150mm. (22.5 by 124 inches).. Large engraved map on 4 sheets, joined horizontally. Gauld's extensive and detailed survey of the Gulf coast, from the Sabine Lake in the west to past the 'Mouths of the Amasura' in the east, and inland along the Mississippi to 'Brown's Cliffs' and the mouth of the La Fausse Riviere. An inset of the 'Continuation of the Coast from Bluff Island' appears upper right. George Gauld (1732-1782) was a Scottish military surveyor working for the British Admiralty. From 1764 to 1781 he charted the difficult waters off the Gulf Coast of West Florida. Some of his surveys were published by J.F.W. Des Barres in the Atlantic Neptune, but the continuation of his work was hampered during the Revolutionary War due to the depredations of American privateers, and was taken prisoner at the siege of Pensacola in 1781. He was then taken to Havana, and released to New York, before being… Read More

1746.. 830 by 500mm (32.75 by 19.75 inches).. Manuscript plan with fine original hand-colour, dissected and mounted on linen, key below title and plan. Large plan of the Siege of Brussels in 1746. The plan renders the city and the surrounding area in great detail, depicting rivers, canals, fortifications, field boundaries, street, gardens, and principal buildings. A key plan lists 113 buildings, gateways, and defensive points. To the left of the plan the French trenches are highlighted in yellow, with the range and direction of the artillery in red. The Siege of Brussels took place between January and February 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the overall command of Maurice de Saxe, in a bold and innovative winter campaign besieged and captured the city of Brussels, which was then the capital of the Austrian Netherlands, from its Austrian garrison. The French were boosted by the fact that a large part of the Allied army was forced to return to Britain where a… Read More

[Paris,, 1777].. 155 by 113mm (6 by 4.5 inches).. Prints,""Tycho Brahe Astronomie Tycho Brahe Stipple-engraved portrait. From volume V of """"L'Europe illustre"""" by Dreux du Radier published in Paris in 1777, the present portrait of Danish astronomer was made by an anonymous engraver from the Odieuvre workshop from the engraving made between 1595 and 1596 by Jacques de Gheyn II (1565-1629).

London,, 1943.. 885 by 1140mm. (34.75 by 45 inches).. Chromolithograph map, some minor strengthening to folds. Gill was commissioned by the British Time & Tide magazine (1920-1986) following the World War Two Atlantic Charter agreement between the US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill "for a better future for the world" 14 August 1941 - La Carta del Atlantico. Stunning design featuring detailed colourful pictorial depictions of agriculture and food production, industrial raw materials and traditional life around the world including images of people, animals, trees, cattle, ships at sea, planes flying overhead and markers with a symbol box listing the locations of metals, wine, crops, petroleum, tobacco, sugar, rubber, silk, coffee, fruit, precious stones etc., surrounded by clouds on the sides and the sun shining down from The Atlantic Charter in the text box at the top with a black and white image below of an industrial metal worker destroying tanks and machinery… Read More

[Paris,: Duvinage and Harinkouck,, c1867].. Diameter: 170mm (6.75 inches).. Globe, hand-coloured lithographed paper laid on wood, dissected into 34 pieces, with wooden finial, mounted on turned wooden table stand. Slightly browned, with some small areas where the paper is chipping at the edges of the puzzle pieces. Biography Alphonse Giroux (1776-1848) trained as an artist under Jacques-Louis David, and later established a shop for paints and varnishes in the late eighteenth century at 7 rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris. In 1822 Giroux's shop was listed as 'Papeterie, Couleurs, et Galerie de tableaux' and was said to supply 'tous les articles nécessaires au dessin, au lavis des plans, à l'aquarelle, à la gouache, à la peinture sur porcelaine, à la miniature et à l'huile, comme aussi à la fourniture des bureaux. On y fabrique les cadres dorés pour encadrement d'estampes et de tableaux.' Giroux's sons, André and Alphonse-Gustave joined the business in 1833, with the latter taking the helm as… Read More

Amsterdam,, 1669.. Folio atlas (460 by 290mm), title, 24 double-page engraved charts, and one full-page chart, contemporary speckled calf, with fillet border, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, rubbed. The third book ('Straets-boeck') of Pieter Goos's 'Lighting Colom' ('Zeespiegel'), which details the Mediterranean navigation. This 'Straets-boeck' – or 'Straights Book', so named after the Straits of Gibraltar – was first published by Goos with Dutch text in 1662 and, in that same year, with a different title page as part III of the 'Zee-Spieghel'. The charts in the work were newly engraved by Goos, but the text was borrowed from Jacobsz Lootsman's 'Straets-boeck' of 1648. In the contents the author explains the differences between the handling of the compass by the Dutch and Italians, and that the information in this work is adapted to Dutch use. He also explains why the charts have no degrees of latitude, as well as the use of the backstaff. The list with "The height of Som… Read More

London,: Ackermann & C., 96 Strand,, 1838.. Image: 340 by 517mm (13.5 by 20.25 inches). Sheet: 450 by 590mm (17.75 by 23.25 inches).. Lithograph, with hand-colour. View of Queen Victoria's coronation procession. The large and imposing structure of Westminster Abbey can be seen in the background. To the foreground Victoria is shown peering out of the Golden State Coach, which has been used at the coronation of every British monarch since George IV. Her route is thronged by soldiers and the cheering public. To the far right of the image is a large five-tiered grandstand. J. Graf (fl.1824-1852) was a printer and lithographer, working in London. He often describes himself as 'Printer to Her Majesty' or 'Printer to the Queen' on some lithographs. He also worked in partnership with Soret under the name of 'Graf & Soret'. Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834) German born publisher and lithographer, was one of the most prolific and successful publishers of late Georgian London. He is known to have had several… Read More

Chicago,, 1948.. 364 by 482mm. (14.25 by 19 inches).. Chromolithograph map. A lively pictorial map of Chicago Zoo, chartered as the Chicago Zoological Society in 1921 and opened as Brookfield Zoo in 1934, on land donated by Edith Rockefeller McCormick in 1919. The map's artist, Ralph Graham (1901-1980), was born in Cheyenne. He graduated from Chicago Institute of Art in 1930, and exhibited at Chicago's Century of Progress World's Fair in 1933. Given the Zoo map's similarity in style to the famous, but anonymous, 'Map of Chicago's Gangland', 1931, it seems very likely that Graham may have been responsible for that map too. Between 1935 and 1936, he was acting as supervisor of applied arts under the Works Progress Administration, when he visited the Zoo, and oversaw the creation of tabletops for the refectory, featuring animal figures, set in the new medium of inlaid Formica. He volunteered for service during WWII, and on his return, in 1948, Director Robert Bean appointed Graham as assistant… Read More

London,: London Bridge, At the Four Brushes, the Corner of the Square,, [1751-59].. 180 by 140mm (7 by 5.5 inches).. Prints,""Brush Maker B is for Brushmaker Engraved trade card. John Grant was active at premises beside London Bridge from 1851 to 1859, after which point he moved to Leadenhall Street, keeping his recognisable sign of the Four Brushes. At his shop, Grant produced and sold various domestic items, specialising in brushes and brooms. Despite seeming rather mundane objects, an immense amount of time and skill went into creating brushes before the invention of industrial glue. Made by passing bunches of bristles though small holes and then binding them with wire, brushmaking was a consuming task in Grant's day, with a single hairbrush taking around one day to """"draw"""". Grant's trade card is surmounted by an illustration of his shop sign, with the copious text beneath surrounded by an ornate framework made up of decorative motifs and the tools of the trade. The text establishes Grant's… Read More

Amsterdam,, 1766.. 525 by 640mm (20.75 by 25.25 inches).. Hand-coloured, double-page engraved town plan with letterpress "explicate" pasted below. Very scarce plan of Amsterdam, here complete with the separate "explicatie" to the plan pasted outside the lower border, by Philips Jacobs in 1766, and dedicated to the burgomasters of 1765. Frederick William Greebe (fl.1758-1788) publisher in Amsterdam.

[London],: Published by J. Boydell, Cheapside,, Feb 20, 1777.. Image: [1 & 2] 380 by 493mm (15 by 19.5 inches). Sheet: [1] 500 by 635mm (19.5 by 25 inches). [2] 495 by 640mm (19.5 by 25.25 inches).. Pair of engravings with aquatint, printed in serpia. Two prints of the Thames after paintings by William Marlow (1740-1818), an English maritime painter. Marlow served an apprenticeship under Samuel Scott for five years, and in his early career specialised in similar maritime views. He was known amongst his peers for his somewhat unorthodox living arrangements. Joseph Farington recorded in his diary that Marlow moved to Twickenham to live in a ménage à trois with a butcher and his wife whom he had met in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens (Gatrell). He went on to design scientific instruments, and, according to a contemporary obituary, the seals for the original thirteen states of the United States of America. The same obituary notes that he was close friends with David Garrick (London Review). David Garrick… Read More

London,: Published by J. Gardner, , July 21st, 1826.. 685 by 560mm (27 by 22 inches).. Engraved map, fine original hand-colour, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into original green cloth slipcase, with publisher's label. Greenough (1778-1855) was the first President of the Geological Society, and was later President of the Royal Geographical Society. The Geological Society was founded in 1807, but Smith never became a member, although his geological work that was the basis of the map was well underway by then. Greenough had actually been shown a copy of an early version of Smith's map by the surveyor John Farey in 1802, who later attacked Greenough in the press for his "unhandsome conduct" in the matter (Philosophical Magazine). There were probably two reasons for this: personally, Smith probably could not afford the membership fee; and professionally, he advocated a method of differentiating between strata using the fossils in each layer. This theory went against the prevailing scientific… Read More

London,: Published by the Geological Society,, 1839, and 1840.. 1950 by 1670mm (76.75 by 65.75 inches).. Large engraved map with fine contemporary hand colour, in four sections dissected and laid on linen, separate key dissected and mounted on linen, together with, 8vo., xi, 29pp., booklet, original brown paper wrappers, title to upper cover, all housed in original brown cloth slipcase, with manuscript label. Second edition of George Bellas Greenough's geological map of the United Kingdom, here with the rare Memoir (introduction) to accompany the map. First published in 1819, four years after, and in response to, William Smith's seminal map on the same subject, and a key milestone in the history geology. Greenough (1778-1855) was the first President of the Geological Society, and was later President of the Royal Geographical Society. The Geological Society was founded in 1807, but Smith never became a member, although his geological work that was the basis of the map was well underway by then.… Read More