Antique Prints

[Print of a sea monster.]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Des Poissons.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 100mm. Coloured.
A small print of a twin-spouted whale, with a whaling fleet behind.
MALL0111

[A Polish monster]

Sebastian Munster
C'est cy la figure d'un monstre nay en Craccouie au moys de Fevrier l'an de grace 1547, lequel ne vesquist que trois heures.

Basle, 1552, French text. Woodcut. Printed area 130 x 70mm, set in letterpress text.
A woodblock illustration of a monster born in Kracow in Feburary, 1547. The male figure stands upright on webbed feet, with dog-head elbows and knees, monkey-head nipples and a second face on its belly. Underneath is another woodcut of a Lithuania nobleman.
MUNS0035

[Ancient picts]

Theodore de Bry.
[Set of Five Ancient Britons.]

Frankfurt, 1590 [-1630?]. Five engravings, each c. 225 x 160mm, with five pages of Latin text describing the figures.
Five plates, numbered 1 - 5, showing the costumes and tattoos of the ancient Picts, with both men and women armed with swords and spears. Despite the antiquity of the dress the ships, buildings and the trophy heads have a very sixteenth century look. Originally published in 1590, Matthias Merian, De Bry's son-in-law, published another edition in 1630.
DEBR0001

[Allegory of Britannia]

T. Stothard.
Britannia, whose seat is as permanent as a Rock, supported by Wisdom and Strength, under the Characters of Minerva and Hercules; whilst Mars and Neptune as protectors of Commerce introduce her with the Product of the Universe in her Train.

London, Mackgowan & Davis, 1780. 230 x 170mm.
An allegorical scene of Britannia, engraved by Trotter after Stotard.
STOT0002

[Miniature scene of refining indigo]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Indigotoire.

Paris, 1683. 145 x 105mm. Coloured.
An indigo refinery in the Caribbean, worked by slaves, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0093

[Miniature scene of sugar refining]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Sucerie.

Paris, 1683. 145 x 105mm. Coloured.
A sugar refinery in the Americas, worked by slaves. On a mound is grinding mill driven by donkeys in an open-sided building, with a pipe feeding the cane juice downhill to an evaporating shed where it is reduced over fires. In the background workers cut the sugar canes in fields. Published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0092

[Miniature scene of Tobacco cultivation]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Tabacs.

Paris, 1683. 145 x 105mm. Coloured.
A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean, worked by slaves, published in Mallet's 'Description de l'Univers'.
MALL0094

[Roberts view of Karnac]

David Roberts.
Karnac.

London: F.G.Moon, 1849. Lithograph printed in two colours. Printed area 520 x 330mm.
Karnac view.
ROBE1003

[Blome Fishing print]

Richard Blome.
Fishing.

London, c.1686. 315 x 215mm. Coloured.
Engraving depicting the various types of fishing, including angling and trawling, published in Blome's 'Gentleman's Recreation'. Under the plate is a dedication to the Duke of Albermarle, listing his extensive titles and posts, including Captain of the Life Guards.
BLOM0001

[Miniature Coral Fishing Scene]

Alain Manesson Mallet.
Du Corail.

Paris, c.1686. 145 x 105mm.
Natives diving for coral, wearing goggles. In the background is a European fort.
MALL0020

[Gould's Mountain Trogon in Original Colour]

John Gould.
Harpactes Oreskios.

London, 1875. Lithograph in original colour. Printed area 440 x 310mm.
The Mountain Trogon, a native of Java, drawn by John Gould and H.C. Richter and published in Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons'.
GOUL0001

[Gould's Mexican Trogon in Original Colour]

John Gould.
Trogon Mexicanus, SW.

London, 1875. Lithograph in original colour. Printed area 440 x 310mm.
The Mexican Trogon, drawn by John Gould and H.C. Richter and published in Gould's 'A Monograph of the Trogonidae or Family of Trogons'.
GOUL0003

[An Arabian Horse]

Henry Alken.
The Arabian.

London: 1820-1904. Offset lithograph. 175 x 235mm.
A copy of the scarce original aquatint, showing an arabian horse in the desert, with pyramids in the background.
ALKE0001

[Veronica and Turin Shroud]

Hartman Schedel.
Veronica.

Nuremburg, 1493. Woodcut, 75 x 55mm, trimmed from a larger sheet.
A portrait of St Veronica, holding up the napkin with which she wiped the face of Christ, on which his face appeared, a variation of the Turin Shroud story. Published in Schedel's 'Nuremberg Chronicle', a comprehensive history of the world.
SCHE0003

[Portrait of the Astronomer]

H. Wyatt.
The Astronomer. From the Picture in the Vernon Gallery.

London, G.Virtue, c.1870. Steel engraving. 300 x 220mm.
An astronomer holding a pair of compasses.
WYAT0001

[Early Whaling Print]

Churchill.
[Whaling in Greenland.]

London, 1704. 355 x 215mm. Slight creasing.
Illustratrations of whaling in Greenland. From 'Churchill's Voyages'.
CHUR0005