CONTENTS:   COOKERY, GASTRONOMY, FOOD & DRINK                  #1500 - 1522   GENRE & CARICATURE                                                       #1523 - 1532   BALLET & OPERA                                                                  #1533 - 1551   NATURAL HISTORY                                                              #1552 - 1561   GAMES & SPORTS                                                                 #1562 - 1587   TRADES & PROFESSIONS                                                   #1588 - 1604
COOKERY, GASTRONOMY, FOOD & DRINK  (#1500 - #1522)
BANQUET:1500. Madou, J.-B. ‘FÊTE A SAINT LUC’. Medieval noblemen ‘raising a toast’ during a banquet in arched and balustered surroundings. Handcoloured lithograph by Madou, published in Brussels ca. 1842 [16020] 29 x 41 cm. £95 Jean-Baptiste Madou (1796-1877), Belgian genre painter and lithographer with much consideration for detail.
CHATEAUBRIAND:1501. Girodet, A.-L. ‘CHATEAUBRIAND’. Half length portrait of the French pre-romantic author and diplomat François René Vicomte de Chateaubriand, whose chef probably invented the equally named double-thick tender steak cut from the fillet. Engraving by Gaillard after a painting by Anne-Louis Girodet, printed by Chardon in Paris ca. 1870 [20298] 28 x 22 cm. £95 Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy Trioson (1767-1824), French painter of historical scenes.
CHEESE:1502. De Haenen. ‘THE CHEESE MARKET AT ALKMAAR’. The centre of the cheese trade in Holland is the ancient town of Alkmaar, on the North Holland Canal, where, every Friday, the market-place is literally covered with piles of red and yellow cheeses, the latter designed for home consumption and the former for export, chiefly to England. The cheeses are stacked in the marketplace, and when sold are carried by picturesquely clad porters to the weighing scales and thence to the barges. The Graphic 1910 [24212] Original colour print, drawn by F. De Haenen, 24 x 32 cms. £65
COFFEE:1503. Walther. ‘DER KAFFEEBAU.’ Collecting coffee beans, drying and filling them into bags. Published in Esslingen by Walther ca. 1890 [19717] 27 x 36 cm. Printed in full colours. £95
DINNER:1504. Haid, J.-J. ‘REJOUISSANCES POUR LE RETOUR DE L’ENFANT PRODIGUE / FREUDE ÜBER DEN VERLOHRNEN SOHN’. Group of ladies and gentlemen in Georgian dresses seated on a terrace around the dining table. A musical quartette accompanies the banquet from a balcony. Handcoloured mezzotint by J. J. Haid, published in Augsburg ca. 1750 [19704] 29 x 41 cm. £265 Johann-Jakob Haid (1704-1767), scholar of Riedinger, belonged to a famous German family of portraitists and engravers based in Augsburg. - Wide margins.
DINNER:1505. Haid, J.-J. ‘LE GARÇON PRODIGUE’. Well dressed young gentleman sharing his gourmet meal with a canine friend. Uncoloured mezzotint by J. J. Haid, published in Ausgburg ca. 1750 [19721] 38 x 30 cm. £185 Johann-Jakob Haid (1704-1767), scholar of Riedinger, belonged to a famous German family of portraitists and engravers based in Augsburg. - Margins trimmed close to plate mark.
FOOD:1506. Singleton, H. ‘COMING FROM MARKET’. ‘Now home return’d the timid maid, The produce on the table laid. Her Mother counts the money twice, Then looks to Hodge, for his advice’. Stipple engraving by Levilly after the painting by Henry Singleton ca. 1800 [19731] 39 x 33 cm. Full original colour. £175 Henry Singleton (1766-1839), English painter of portraits and historical subjects, whose works were much engraved by professionals like Levilly.
FOOD:1507. Wentzel, J. Fr. ‘VENDREDI, CHAIR NE MANGERAS!’. A monk holding a knife, fork and grilled pigeon, tempted to break the rule ‘Thou shallst not eat meat on a Friday!’. Coloured lithograph by Johann Friedrich Wentzel ca. 1820 [24227] 31 x 23 cm. Full original colour. £175
GIN:1508. Cruikshank, G. ‘THE GIN SHOP’. ‘ - now, Oh dear, how shocking the thought is, - they makes the gin from aquafortis: - they do it on purpose folks lives to shorten,- and tickets it up at two-pence a quartern.’ Designed, etched and published by George Cruikshank November 1st 1829 [20297] 21 x 26 cm. Uncoloured. £145 George Cruikshank (1792-1878), etcher of caricatures and humorous book illustrations.
KITCHEN SCENE:1509. Teniers, D. ‘LE CUISINIER FLAMAND’. Flemish cook preparing an array of game, venison and fish in his kitchen. Copper plate engraving published in Paris by J. Hoermann after David Teniers ca. 1750 [19723] 22 x 32 cm. Uncoloured. £265 Christian Friedrich Hoermann von Guttenberg was painter and engraver in Augsburg in the 18th century. - David Teniers the younger (1610-1690), Flemish painter. - Margins trimmed inside plate mark on three sides.
KITCHEN SCENE:1510. Benard, R. ‘PATISSIER, TOUR A PÂTE, BASSINES, MORTIER &c’. Uncoloured copper plate engraving showing kitchen scene (11 x 21 cm) and below drawings of various utensils, together with another full page of kitchen utensils. Robert Benard ca. 1760 [20790] Each page 32 x 21 cm. Most decorative. The pair of two plates £165 For Diderot’s Encyclopédie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences et des arts.
KITCHEN SCENE:1511. Anonymous. ‘THE CHARTERHOUSE KITCHEN.’ Interior of a large Victorian institutional kitchen. Wood engraving, published in London 1867 [19725] 24 x 34 cm. Recent handcolouring. £75 Published in the Illustrated London News. Recent hand colouring.
MELON EATERS:1512. Murillo, E. ‘MELONENESSER’. Two boys enjoying their fruit, watched by a little dog. Uncoloured etching after Esteban Murillo by W. Hecht 1881 [20314] 49 x 40 cm. £195 Engraved after the famous painting of Spanish born Bartolomé-Esteban Murillo (1618-1682) in the Munich Pinakothek.
SAUSAGE MAKING:1513. Teniers, D. ‘LA BOUDINIERE’. Sausage making in a fine medieval kitchen. Copper plate engraving by J. P. Le Bas after David Teniers ca. 1750 [20295] 36 x 47 cm. Uncoloured. £675 David Teniers (1610-1690), very influential Flemish painter, whose works are represented in every major museum around the world. He painted a number of rustic kitchen scenes. - Jacques-Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783), French engraver. - Short tear to lower margin closed.
SHERRY:1514. Anon. 'THE SHERRY VINTAGE IN THE CERRO DE OBREGON VINEYARD, JEREZ'. Six assorted illustrations relating to Sherry production. Illustrated London News 1876 [24213] Recently coloured wood engraving, 33 x 23 cm. £75
TEA.1515. William, J. L. ‘TEA - ITS CULTIVATION AND PREPARATION’. Showing the stages of tea production in Assam from preparing the ground for the seed to the completion of the drying process in nine various scenes on one sheet. Tinted steel engraving by Thomas Brown published in Glasgow and Edinburgh after J. L. William ca. 1860 [20299] 21 x 28 cm. Uncoloured. £125
TEA:1516. Anon. ‘TEA CULTIVATION IN BRITISH INDIA’. Eight scenes on one sheet. Illustrated London News 1876 [20816] 31 x 23 cm. Recent hand colouring. £75
TEA:1517. Walther. ‘DIE THEEGEWINNUNG’. Picking, drying and sorting of tea in a Chinese tea plantation. Walther in Esslingen ca. 1890 [19733] 27 x 36 cm. Printed in full colours. £125
WINE:1518. Pomel, C. J. ‘LES TRÉSORS DE L’AUTOMNE’. Infant Bacchus sitting under a grape vine with a basket of fruit, sampling a glass of wine. Truly a picture of the ‘Delights of Autumn’. Stipple engraving, printed in colours, by Pomel after Hubert de Geneve, published in Paris chez Boulard ca. 1800 [19702] 23 x 18 cm. Wide margins. £195 Claude Joseph Pomel (1781-1839), French engraver and publisher. - Paper crease to lower right corner.
WINE:1519. Anon. ‘THE VINTAGE OF MEDOC: Cuvier or pressing-house at Chateau D’Estournel’. Illustrated London News 1871 [24215] Recently hand-coloured wood engraving, 24 x 34 cm. £75
WINE & DRINK:1520. Faber, J. ‘CUPID IN THE CHARACTER OF BACCHUS’. Cupid pouring a glass of wine. Uncoloured mezzotint by J. Faber after Ph. Mercier, published in London 1739 [19701] 33 x 22 cm. £365 Philippe Mercier was an outstanding genre and portrait painter, born in Berlin to French parents, but lived in London until his death in 1760. John Faber le jeune (The Hague 1684 - London 1756) ‘se fit une rapide réputation comme graveur à la manière noire par la franchise et la liberté de son style’. - Trimmed close to plate mark. Small unobtrusive repair to lower left corner.
WINE & DRINK:1521. Patas, Ch. E. LARGE GROUP OF DUTCH NOBLEMEN posing around a dining table, many raising their glasses. Handcoloured copper plate engraving after an unidentified painting. Charles Emmanuel Patas 1790 [19705] 21 x 33 cm. £125 The faces of all noble participants are executed with remarkable detail and accurateness, probably intended to produce the effect of a group portrait of well known local personalities. - Proof before captions.
WINE & DRINK:1522. Wentzel, J. Fr. ‘BONUM VINUM’ Smiling monk raising glass and wine bottle. A coloured lithograph by Johann Friedrich Wentzel ca. 1820 [24226] 31 x 23 cm. Full original colour. £175
GENRE & CARICATURE  (#1523 - #1532)
CARICATURE:1523. Woodward. ‘THE CHEERFUL COBLER’. Caricature of a cobbler drawn by Woodward and engraved by Thomas Tegg in Cheapside ca. 1790 [24835] Original coloured copperplate engraving, 22 x 33 cm. £120
CATS:1524. Ronner, H. ‘A DISAGREEMENT UPON A POINT OF ART’. Two kittens playfully fighting on top of an upturned picture, paint brush in mouth, paint tubes scattered around. For The Graphic Christmas Edition by Henriette Ronner 1891 [24488] Chromolithograph, 31 x 41 cm. Excellent condition. £85
CURRIER & IVES CARICATURES:1525. Currier & Ives. ‘A MULE TRAIN ON AN UP GRADE’ “Golly where is dis yere promis land” and ‘A MULE TRAIN ON A DOWN GRADE’ “Clar de track for we’s a coming”. Currier & Ives in New York 1881 [24341] A pair of full coloured lithographs from the ‘Darktown’ series depicting coloured folk in rather cruel or ridiculous situations, 24 x 33 cm each. Excellent condition. £345
CURRIER & IVES CARICATURES:1526. Currier & Ives. ‘ON HIS STYLE’ “Take a mity smart lokymoky to kotch dis coon” and ‘OFF HIS NUT’ “ Gracious Massy, I’se struck de comet!”. Currier & Ives in New York 1886 [24344] A pair of full coloured lithographs from the ‘Darktown’ series depicting coloured folk in rather cruel or ridiculous situations, 33 x 23 cm each. Excellent condition. £345
CURRIER & IVES CARICATURES:1527. Currier & Ives. ‘A FAIR START’ “Take de water togedder when yous hear de shot”! and ‘THE RESULT IN DOUBT’ “De one you’s gets de water outen fust, am de winner”! Currier & Ives in New York 1887 [24348] A pair of full coloured lithographs from the ‘Darktown’ series depicting coloured folk in rather cruel or ridiculous situations, 24 x 34 cm each. Excellent condition. £345
KATE GREENAWAY:1528. Kate Greenaway. ‘TISS ME!’. A small girl in traditional winter clothing standing on a chair holding a sprig of mistletoe. Leighton Bros, ca 1900 [24021] Printed in colours, 49 x 33 cm. £125
MEZZOTINTS:1529. Dunkarton, R. and W. Ward. ‘THE SOLDIER’S WIDOW; OR, SCHOOLBOY’S COLLECTION’ and ‘THE SAILOR’S ORPHANS; OR, THE YOUNG LADIES’ SUBSCRIPTION’. Two fine original mezzotint engravings, sought after because one of the young gentlemen is holding a ‘cricket’ bat. Printed in colours, engraved by Robert Dunkarton and William Ward after W. R. Bigg, London 1800 [20291] 49 x 60 cm (plate mark) each. Excellent condition. The pair £1950 Robert Dunkarton (1744 - ? ) and William Ward, A.R.A. (1766-1826), mezzotint engravers of portraits and decorative subjects after their contemporaries, both born in London. Ward was appointed Engraver to the Duke of York and to William IV.
MONKEYS:1530. Carter, S. ‘A DARWINIAN QUESTION’. A group of monkeys looking on curiously at a tortoise’. From a picture by Samuel Carter, exhibited in ‘The Graphic’ exhibition of Animal paintings. The Graphic 1886 [24017] Printed in colours, 30 x 23 cm. £75
ROYAL SMITHFIELD CLUB:1531. Small, W. ‘THE HUNDREDTH CATTLE SHOW, 1897, HELD IN THE AGRICULTURAL HALL, ISLINGTON. THE CENTENARY OF THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW, 1798 - 1897’. A delightful scene of the visitors admiring the prize pigs. The Graphic 1897 [24023] Printed in colours, 32 x 56 cm. £75 “Smithfield Club, Half Moon-Street, Piccadilly. Strictly speaking, not so much a club as an agricultural society for offering prizes for improvements in feeding and fattening cattle, etc. Its annual shows take place at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, and are known as the Christmas Fat Cattle Show, held in December” (Charles Dickens jr., Dickens’s Dictionary of London 1879). - The Smithfield Club still exists today, located in Bath/Somerset.
ST. VALENTINE:1532. The Graphic. ‘S. VALENTINE’S DAY’. A delightful picture of a young Cupid dressed as postman visiting on Valentine’s Day. The Graphic 1875 [24012] Printed in colour and gold, surrounded by a decorative border, 30 x 22 cm. £60
BALLET & OPERA  (#1533 - #1551)
BALLET:1533. Brandard, J. ‘FLORA FABRI’ The famous ballerina in the popular dance ‘La Castigliana’. John Brandard 1858 [24374] Printed in colours, 29 x 22 cm. £275
BALLET DANCER:1534. Lacauchie, A. ‘PERROT’. From Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris. Full length image of the ballet dancer in costume. Paris ca. 1840 [24312] Uncoloured lithograph by Rigo Freres, 25 x 16 cms. £125
BALLET DANCER:1535. Lacauchie, A. ‘FANNY ESSLER’. Full length image of the ballet dancer in costume, dancing the Cachucha. From Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris ca. 1840 [24314] Uncoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie, 25 x 16 cm. Austrian ballerina of international renown, especially for her Spanish Cachucha, introduced in 1836 in Diable Boiteaux. Her performances in La Tarentule, La Gypsy, Giselle and Esmeralda were especially noted. £165
BALLET DANCER:1536. Lacauchie, A. ‘TAGLIONI’. From Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris. Full length image of the ballet dancer in costume, dancing La Sylphide. Paris ca. 1840 [24315] Uncoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie, 25 x 16 cms. £165
BALLET DANCER:1537. Lacauchie, A. ‘CARLOTTA GRISI’. Full length image of the ballet dancer in costume. From Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris ca. 1840 [24317] Uncoloured lithograph by Alexandre Lacauchie, 25 x 16 cm. Carlotta Grisi, real name Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi, was an Italian ballet dancer. She was born on June 28, 1819 in Visinada, Istria and died on May 20, 1899 in Saint-Jean, Switzerland. She was trained at the ballet school of Teatro alla Scala in Milan and later with dancer/balletmaster Jules Perrot. Her greatest role was that of Giselle. The world première of this two-act ballet was on June 28, 1841 at the Theatre de l'Academie Royale de Musique, Paris £165
ENRICO CARUSO:1538. Caruso, E. ORIGINAL portrait photograph of Enrico Caruso (head & shoulders), inscribed, signed and dated by him ‘À Mr. et Mme. Cohen / Souvenir sincere / Enrico Caruso / Berlin / 1907’. Berlin 1907 [20798] 19.5 x 14.5 cm. Trimmed to image. £495 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian tenor, the most famous tenor in history and one of the pioneers of recorded music. Caruso's popular recordings and his extraordinary voice, known for its range, power, and beauty, made him one of the best-known stars of his time.
ENRICO CARUSO:1539. Caruso, E. ORIGINAL portrait photograph of Enrico Caruso (seated), inscribed, signed and dated by him ‘Al caro amico / Alfredo Costa / sinceramente / Enrico Caruso / Parigi / 1910’. A. Bufon, Paris 1910 [20799] 18 x 13 cm. Trimmed to image. £425 Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian tenor. He ‘possessed one of the most beautiful tenor voices the world has ever known’. Caruso's popular recordings and his extraordinary voice, known for its range, power, and beauty, made him one of the best-known stars of all time.
FRANZ LISZT:1540. Goffey, H. UNTITLED Head & shoulder portrait of the composer, signed in pencil H. Goffey. The Museum Galleries 1928 [24493] Coloured print, 30 x 22 cm. Franz Liszt (born Raiding, 22 October 1811, died Bayreuth, 31 July 1886). He was taught the piano by his father and then by Czerny, establishing himself as a remarkable concert artist by the age of 12. In Paris he studied theory and composition. He wrote an opera and bravura piano pieces and undertook tours in France, Switzerland and England. £125 Harry Goffey, English portrait an landscape painter and etcher (1871-1951).
GILBERT & SULLIVAN:1541. Anon. ‘IOLANTHE AT THE SAVOY THEATRE’. Central scene of ‘Fairy invasion of the Palace Yard!’ with smaller vingettes of the Lord Chancellor (George Grossmith); Strephon,(Mr R Temple); Leila, (Miss Julie Gwynne); Private Willis,(Mr Manners); Iolanthe,(Miss Jessie Bond); Phyllis,(Miss Braham) and Lords of the Realm.. London, 1882 [23958] Wood engraving, 32 x 23 cms. Recently hand-coloured. £75
GILBERT & SULLIVAN:1542. Taylor, R. ‘SKETCHES FROM “THE GONDOLIERS” AT THE SAVOY THEATRE’. Various scenes from the Opera. London, 1889 [23959] Wood engraving, 32 x 23 cms. Recently hand-coloured. £75
GIUSEPPE VERDI:1543. Vanity Fair. ‘ITALIAN MUSIC. GIUSEPPE VERDI’. Chromolithograph full length portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, published by Vincent Brooks Day & Sons for Vanity Fair in London 1879 [19767] 31 x 18 cm. £165 Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), one of the greatest and most popular operatic composers of the 19th century.
MOZART:1544. Leybold, F. ‘FAMILIE MOZART’. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is sitting at the Klavier with Nannerl, his father leaning on the piano holding a violin. A portrait of his mother in the background. Fine uncoloured lithograph by F. Leybold after a painting by De la Croce about 1781, published as commemorative for Mozart’s 100th birthday celebrations. Eduard Friedrich Leybold 1856 [19762] 24 x 32 cm. Uncoloured. £495 Johann-Nepomuk de la Croce (1736-1819). - Eduard Friedrich Leybold, German born lithographer working in Vienna during the middle of the 19th century.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS:1545. Hipkins. ‘GUITAR’. Front and back images of the Spanish Guitar. This particular instrument belonging to the Museum of Science and Art in Edinburgh, has been selected on account of it’s great beauty of decoration. It is ornamented with inlaid ivory plaques, with engraved figures of decorative subjects let into the finger-board. There is a mother of pearl vase beneath the bridge upon the sound-board, as well as one near the juntion of the finger -board. The back is of ebony and ivory, the reverse of the neck and head being gracefully incised. Chromolithograph with accompanying sheet of text, published in London by Hipkins 1888 [23994] 32 x 21 cm. £75 Other instruments from this series are available.
OPERA SINGER:1546. Wiener Theaterzeitung. ‘SIGNOR FREZZOLINI’ as DULCIMARA in the opera L’Elisir d’Amore. An opera in two acts by Donizetti. Engraved by And. Geiger after Schoeller and published in Vienna ca. 1800 [24329] Original coloured copper engraving, 23 x 14 cm. Joseph Frezzolini (1789 - 1861) was a ‘buffo cantate’ singer of Italian opera. He was the first interpreter of the character of Dulcamara, a quack-doctor in L'Elisir d'Amore by Gaetano Donizetti, at the Teatro alla Canobbiana, Milan (May 1832). £225
OPERA SINGER:1547. Wiener Theaterzeitung. ‘SIGNORA TADOLINI’ as ADINA in the opera L’Elisir d’Amore, an opera in two acts by Donizetti. Engraved by A. Geiger after M. Kirn and published in Vienna ca. 1800 [24330] Original coloured copper engraving, 23 x 14 cms. £225
OPERA SINGER:1548. Lacauchie, A. ‘MARIO’. Full length image of the famous italian tenor in costume from the opera ‘L’Elisir D’Amore’ by Donizetti. Paris ca. 1840 [24291] Uncoloured lithograph by Rigo Alexandre Lacauchie from Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris, 25 x 16 cm. Giovanni Matteo Mario (Cavaliere di Candia), greatest operatic tenor of his generation (1810-1883). £125
OPERA SINGER:1549. Lacauchie, A. ‘PERSIANI’. Full length image of the singer in the role of Adina from the opera ‘L’Elisir D’Amore by Donizetti. From Galerie des Artistes Dramatiques de Paris ca. 1840 [24297] Uncoloured lithograph by Rigo Alexandre Lacauchie, 25 x 16 cms. Fanny was the second daughter of the tenor Tacchinardi, born in Rome October 4, 1818. She had a voice of immense range, though somewhat lacking in sweetness and flexibility, defects which she subsequently overcame by study and practice. In 1830 she married Joseph Persiani. One of the most important events of her early career was her association, in 1834, at the San Carlo, Naples, with Duprez, Caselli, and Lablache, in a performance of ‘Lucia Di Lammermoor’. £125
SARAH BERNHARDT:1550. Vanity Fair. ‘SARAH BERNHARDT’. Full length portrait in costume. Chromolithograph published by Vincent Brooks Day & Son for Vanity Fair 1879 [19768] 31 x 19 cm. Printed in full colours. £125 Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), French actress, one of the most renowned in the history of theatre, acting all over the world.
SARAH BERNHARDT:1551. Clairin, J. UNTITLED Full length portrait in a sumptuous evening gown, a dog at her feet, signed in pencil Will. Henderson. The Museum Galleries 1928 [24492] Colour print by William Henderson after an 1876 painting by J. Clairin, 29 x 23 cms. £125
NATURAL HISTORY  (#1552 - #1561)
AMERICAN EAGLE:1552. Seligmann, Johann Michael. ‘DER WEISGESCHWÄNZTE ADLER’ The white-tailed American Eagle. Nurenberg ca. 1749 [24362] Original hand-coloured copper engraving, 25 x 20 cms. £375
AMERICAN FALCON:1553. Seligmann, Johann Michael. ‘DER GEFLECKTE FALCK’ The spotted American Falcon. Nurenberg ca. 1749 [24363] Original hand-coloured copper engraving, 25 x 20 cms. £275
AMERICAN FALCON:1554. Seligmann, Johann Michael. ‘DER SCHWARZE FALCK’ The Black Falcon. Nurenberg ca. 1749 [24364] Original hand-coloured copper engraving, 25 x 20 cms. £275
BOTANICAL:1555. Besler, B. ‘PHALANGIUM ALOBROGICUM MAIUS’ and ‘LILIUM CONVALLIUM’. A red lilly (Savoy Spiderwort) and two white Lillies of the Valley on one sheet. Copper plate engraving from Basilius Besler / Hortus Eystettensis, after 1613 [20315] 48 x 40 cm (plate mark). Full later hand colouring. £595
HERBAL:1556. Gerarde, John. ‘THE PEARE ROYALL’, ‘THE BURGOMOT PEARE’, ‘THE QUINCE PEARE’, ‘THE BISHOPS PEARE’. Four illustrations of pears on one page. Text and two more illustrations verso. The Herball 1597 [24228] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original handcolouring, mounted. £145 From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes...’, published in London 1597.
HERBAL:1557. Gerarde, John. ‘THE KING OF APPLES’, ‘THE QUINING, OR QUEENE OF APPLES’, ‘THE SOMMER PEAREMAINE’, ‘THE WINTER PEAREMAINE’. Four illustrations of apples on one page. Text and two more illustrations verso. The Herball 1597 [24230] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original handcolouring, mounted. £145 From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes...’, published in London 1597.
HERBAL:1558. Gerarde, John. ‘DOUBLE PURPLE PINKES’, ‘SINGLE RED PINKES’, ‘WHITE IAGGED PINKES’, ‘PURPLE IAGGED PINKES’. Four illustrations of carnations on one page. Text verso. The Herball 1597 [24232] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original handcolouring, mounted. £95 From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes...’, published in London 1597.
HERBAL:1559. Gerarde, John. ‘DOUBLE WHITE BATCHELERS BUTTONS, OR DOUBLE WHITE CROWFOOTE’, ‘THE DOUBLE RED CROWFOOTE’, ‘CROWFOOTE OF TRIPOLIE’. Three illustrations on one page. Text verso. The Herball 1597 [24233] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original handcolouring, mounted. £95 From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes...’, published in London 1597.
HERBAL:1560. Gerarde, John. ‘WATER DRAGONS’, ‘SPIKIE DRAGONS’. Two illustrations of dragon wort on one page. Text verso. The Herball 1597 [24235] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original handcolouring, mounted. £65 From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes...’, published in London 1597.
HERBAL:1561. Gerarde, John. ‘RED VALERIAN’, ‘SPATLING POPPIE’. Two illustrations on one page, with text. The Herball 1597 [24236] 29 x 18 cm. Original 16th century woodcut with original handcolouring, mounted. £65 From Gerard’s ‘The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes...’, published in London 1597.
GAMES & SPORTS  (#1562 - #1587)
AMERICAN FOOTBALL:1562. Paget, H. M. ‘A RUGBY FOOTBALL MATCH AS PLAYED IN THE UNITED STATES: YALE V. COLUMBIA’. Lively American Football scene, drawn after a sketch by Henry Fullwood by H. M. Paget 1901 [24164] 30 x 51 cm. Full recent colouring. £125
ARCHERY:1563. Nicholson, W. N. P. ‘LE TIR A L’ARC’. French edition of an archery print by William Newzam Prior Nicholson 1898 [24503] Full coloured tinted woodcut with title, 24 x 20 cms. £75
ATHLETICS:1564. The Graphic. ‘THE FINISH OF THE MILE RACE - A DEAD HEAT’. The Graphic 1879 [24811] Hand coloured wood engraving, 30 x 50 cm. £85
BALLOONING:1565. Anon. ‘MECHANISCHE TECHNIK’. Fifteen illustrations of balloons from the first flights by Montgolfier and others. Published by F. A. Brockhaus in Leipzig ca. 1860 [24501] Full recently coloured wood engraving, 24 x 30 cm. £95
BASEBALL:1566. Anon. ‘THE AMERICANS PLAYING BASE-BALL AT PRINCE’S GROUND’. Illustrated London News 1874 [20808] 24 x 34 cm. Recent hand colouring. £75
CALISTHENICS:1568. Monticelli, A. UNTITLED. Scene in most probably a Turkish Bath where young men are taking part in ‘fitness training’. Engraved by A. Biasioli after A. Monticelli ca. 1825 [24515] Full colour aquatint, 19 x 26 cm. £125
CHESS:1569. Bogle, L. ‘AFTER LUNCH IN THE CITY - A GAME OF CHESS’. Wood engraving by Lockhart Bogle 1891 [20805] 23 x 30 cm. Recent hand colouring. £75
CRICKET:1570. Anon. ‘SOME REPRESENTATIVE CRICKETERS’. Double page with 24 portraits of cricketers of the time. Anonymous ca. 1890 [16781] 38 x 58 cm. Uncoloured. £65
FENCING:1571. Jackson, H. P. ‘A SCHOOL OF ARMS’. Superb illustration of a Fencing Class. Illustrated London News 1890 [10407] Recently hand-coloured wood engraving, 22 x 32 cm. £75
FENCING:1572. Macquoid, P. ‘THE INTERNATIONAL FENCING DISPLAY AT THE PORTMAN ROOMS’. Four fencing scenes on one sheet, incl. 5 small inset oval portraits. Percy Macquoid 1899 [20804] 25 x 30 cm. Recent hand colouring. £75 Percy Macquoid (1852-1925), British painter and illustrator for books.
FOOTBALL:1573. Anon. ‘ECHO CONTINENTAL’. Title page of the German Magazine with an illustration of men playing football. Anonymous 1913 [24497] Full colour printed title page, trimmed to image, 31 x 24 cm. £95
FOOTBALL:1574. Rousseau, H. ‘THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS’. Four players in a rather posed illustration of Rugby Football. After Henry Rousseau ca. 1939 [24496] 25 x 20cms. £85 Colour print after the original by Henry Rousseau of 1908.
GOLF:1575. Robinson, T. ‘THE ST. ANDREWS LADIES GOLF CLUB’. Eight scenes from the famous Scottish club. Illustrated London News 1889 [22902] Wood engraving by Robinson, 33 x 22 cm. Recently hand-coloured. £85
GOLF:1576. Nicholson, W. N. P. ‘OCTOBER’. Golf player by the sea. Calender illustration for the month of October. Tinted lithograph by William Newzam Prior Nicholson 1898 [16867] In the manner of a coloured woodcut, 20 x 20 cms. £95
GOLF:1577. Crombie, Ch. ‘RULE VII ‘A BALL MUST BE PLAYED WHEREVER IT LIES’. The golf ball lies in front of a disturbed bees next! Original print from the famous golf series, published by Perrier with their imprint verso. Charles Crombie ca. 1905 [22924] 18 x 23 cm. Printed in colours. £95
HORSERACING:1578. Anon. ‘JOCKEYS OF THE DAY’. 12 vignettes of Jockeys: S. Loates, J. Watts, G. Barrett, Fagan, Liddiard, Rickaby, F. Barrett, Tom Cannon, Robinson, T. Loates, F. Webb and Osborne, all in their respective racing colours. Illustrated London News 1891 [19691] 36 x 24 cm. Printed in full colours. £85
ICE SKATING:1579. Marie, A. ‘CHRISTMAS IN CANADA - A JUVENILE SKATING BALL’. Published by The Graphic after Adrien Marie 1883 [24814] Full colour print, 31 x 51 cm. £75
POLO:1580. Anon. ‘POLO AT HURLINGHAM’. Supplement to ‘The Queen’, the Lady’s Newspaper and Court Chronicle July 24th 1880 [24813] Tinted lithograph, 36 x 53 cm. SOLD
ROULETTE:1581. Beraud, J. ‘THE GAMBLING ROOMS AT MONTE CARLO’ - “RIEN NE VA PLUS”. The crowded roulette room at Monte Carlo casino. The Graphic 1890 [24812] Hand coloured wood engraving, 33 x 50 cm. £145
ROWING:1582. Anon. ‘THE UNIVERSITY BOAT-RACE DEAD-HEAT: THE FINISH’. The fnish of the Oxford - Cambridge boat race on the Thames in 1877. Illustrated London News 1877 [24810] Hand coloured wood engraving, 32 x 46 cm. £85
RUGBY:1583. Anon. SCRUM SCENE: - Advertisement for Cadbury’s Cocoa showing a rugby scrum scene at Bournville F. C. The Graphic 1888 [16786] Recently hand-coloured wood engraving, 36 x 26 cm. £65
SKI-ING:1584. Anon. ‘NORWEGIAN ‘SKI’ OR SNOW-SHOE RACING NEAR CHRISTIANIA’. A superb illustration of action on a ski piste. Illustrated London News 1894 [24225] Recently hand-coloured wood-engraving, 32 x 23 cm. SOLD
SKI-ING:1585. Heiligenstaedt. UNTITLED. Fine illustration of a lady on skis in the latest (then) fashion. Erasmusdruck Berlin ca. 1920 [24516] Coloured print, 28 x 20 cm. £95
TENNIS:1586. Swain. ‘SKETCHES AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP LAWN TENNIS MATCH, WIMBLEDON’. Four scenes among the spectators. Illustrated London News 1879 [19645] Wood engraving, 30 x 21 cm. Recently hand coloured. £65 “This illustration shows the final round of the contest for the Championship, and two or three little bits of by-play among the spectators ; that of ‘three to love’ being intelligible not perhaps to our lady readers but at least to those who are conversant with the rules and scores of lawn tennis !“
TOBOGGANING:1587. The Graphic. ‘WINTER SPORTS AT DAVOS PLATZ: BOB-SLEIGHS TURNING A SHARP CORNER ON THE TOBOGGAN SLIDE’. Animated tobogganing scene on a course in Davos with numerous spectators. The Graphic ca . 1890 [24809] Uncoloured wood engraving, 30 x 48 cm. £125 Unobtrusive minor repairs to centre fold.
TRADES & PROFESSIONS  (#1588 - #1604)
BOOK BINDING:1588. Sacket & Wilhelms. ‘BOOK BINDING AND PAPER RULING’. Twelve illustrations from the American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art’, published in New York by Sackett & Wilhelms ca. 1890 [24797] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cm. £95
BUSINESS & FINANCE:1589. Anonymous. ‘KERBSTONE STOCKBROKERS IN NEW YORK’. Outside stockbrokers in Wall Street in the New York Financial District. Wood engraving, published in London 1864 [20813] 24 x 35 cm. Recent hand colouring. £75
BUSINESS & FINANCE:1590. Brown, J. R. ‘THE MONEY MARKET PANIC IN AMERICA: SCENE AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, SAN FRANCISCO’. Wood engraving, published in London 1873 [20811] 24 x 34 cm. Recent hand colouring. £75 J. R.Brown, British illustrator (fl. 1872-1890).
CHEMISTRY:1591. Parr. (Untitled). SCENE IN A CHEMICAL LABORATORY. Engraved by Parr for the New Dictionary of Arts and Sciences and published by J. Hinton ca. 1776 [24784] Uncoloured copper engraving, 20 x 35 cm. £125
CYCLING:1592. Sacket & Wilhelms. ‘VELOCIPEDES’. Sixteen illustrations of Cycling from the American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art’, published in New York by Sackett & Wilhelms ca. 1890 [24800] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cms. £95
DISTILLATION:1593. Sacket & Wilhelms. ‘DISTILLATION’. Eight illustrations from the American trades publication ‘The Growth of Industrial Art’, published in New York by Sackett & Wilhelms ca. 1890 [24804] Uncoloured wood engraving, 43 x 34 cm. £95
LAW:1596. The Graphic. ‘HER MAJESTY’S JUDGES, 1890’. Superb double page engraving of judges with key underneath explaining their names and positions. The Graphic 1890 [16847] 35 x 52 cm. Uncoloured. £75
LAW:1597. Renouard, P. ‘ACQUITTED! A SCENE IN THE PARIS COURTS’. Drawn from life by Paul Renouard. Paul Renouard ca. 1890 [24795] Tinted wood engraving, 35 x 53 cms. £85
LIBRARY:1598. Ethofer, Th. ‘BIBLIOTHEQUE DE SUBIACO’. Delightful scene in the library of the Monastery of Subiaco. Etched by L. Gaucherel in Paris after Theodor Ethofer ca. 1870 [24789] Uncloured etching, 29 x 21 cm. £125
MUSIC:1599. Blome, Richard & Cox, Nicholas. ‘MUSICK’. Attractive illustration from ‘The Gentlemans Recreation’. London 1686 [24773] Copper engraving, 38 x 24 cm. Uncoloured. £95
PHOTOGRAPHY:1600. Dagnan-Bouveret, M. ‘A WEDDING PARTY AT THE PHOTOGRAPHERS’. From the picture by M Dagnan-Bouveret in the Paris Salon. Illustrated London News 1879 [24794] Hand coloured wood engraving, 32 x 47 cm. £85
SILK:1601. Hawkins, W. ‘THE SILK - WORM’. The cultivation of silkworms and the manufacture of silk. Drawn and engraved on stone by W. Hawkins and published in London by Thomas Varty ca. 1850 [24808] Original coloured lithograph, 28 x 32 cm. £125
TELEPHONE:1603. The Graphic. ‘THE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE IN LONDON’. Scenes from the London Telephone Exchange, working to manually connect customers. The Graphic 1883 [24791] Hand coloured wood engraving, 30 x 48 cm. £85
WEDDING:1604. Charles, J. ‘SIGNING THE MARRIAGE REGISTER’. From the painting by James Charles, exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1895. The Graphic 1896 [24792] Hand coloured wood engraving, 44 x 33 cm. £95