Search Results: Titles starting with O from Florilegius

Fine delicate engravings by Chretien de Mechel or Christian von Mechel (and Bartholomaus Hubner) after works by the Renaissance master Hans Holbein.
Incomplete copy of the first edition of these suites of engravings and sepia aquatints.
Three complete suites (Dance of Death*, the Passion of Christ and Portraits), plus several additional plates, altogether 40 engraved plates and two engraved vignettes.
Title page, 14 pages of descriptive text to the Triumph of Death with two engraved vignettes, 47 engravings on 12 plates of the Triumph of Death (Le Triomphe de la Mort) and two plates entitled Triumph of Wealth (Triumphus Divitiarum) and Triumph of Poverty (Triumphus Paupertatus); frontispiece and 12 plates to The Passion of Our Lord (La Passion de Notre Seigneur); 2 double-page fold-out engravings A Scene of the Insurrection of the Peasants and The Prophet Samuel Declared to Saul; 1 plate of the costume of a young woman of Basel from Costumes d'hommes et de femmes du seizième siècle; and 10 plates of… Read More

Scrapbook of copperplate engravings of London views and maps, mostly from the 18th century compiled by a Victorian lady.Title Old London Views and Maps in manuscript within an engraved border mounted on card, plus 74 views and two maps mounted on card. An interesting collection of views of famous London sites including St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Guildhall, Greys Hospital, the statue of a chained lunatic at Bedlam Hospital, a Lambeth pub circa 1830, Charles Hughes' equestrian circus and riding school in Southwark, Dulwich College, actor David Garrick's house with its Temple of Shakespeare, and many more fascinating places.Many bucolic landscapes of London suburbs along the Thames, taking in Kew, Richmond, Putney, Chelsea, Clapham, Hackney, Deptford and Gravesend. Large fold-out hand-coloured copperplate map of the city of London and county of Middlesex by Johannes Blaeu from Geographiae Volumen Quintum quo Angliae, Amsterdam, 1662, and another of London in the Anglo-Saxon era, circa 1000… Read More

Complete set of 110 engraved plates (of 108) with ink library stamps in the plate.Victorian re-issue of the Duke of Marlborough's Gemmarum antiquarum delectus, first published in 1783. The plates were drawn by Giovanni Battista Cipriani and stipple engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.The images record a selection of the carved gemstones in the collection of George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough. The cameos and intaglios show portraits of Roman emperors, Greek philosophers, gods and goddesses from Greek and Roman mythology. This volume corresponds exactly to the copy scanned at the Internet Archive.Francesco Bartolozzi (1727-1815), was an Italian engraver who specialized in the delicate toning effects of stipple engraving. After moving to London in 1784, he became Engraver to the King (George III).Ex-Denver Library with ink stamps on all plates inside the plate marks, a few in the image, and catalog numbers on rear. The blue cloth portfolio is in three pieces and in need of repair. Heavy book will… Read More

A new edition of Thomas Worlidge's etchings of antique gems reprinted from the original 18th century copperplatesComplete with engraved calligraphic title page and 108 fine etchingsThe gems were carved and engraved precious stones depicting figures from Greek and Roman myth, emperors, poets, philosophers, including Jesus Christ, Nero, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Sappho, Homer, Socrates, etc. The stones were from the collections of Duke of Marlborough, the Duchess of Portland, Lord Bessborough, Lord Montague, etc."The copperplates were formerly the property of the Grace Family but now belong to James Vallentin who publishes them for his Friends to whom they are respectfully presented."Sir James Vallentin (1814-1870) was a rectifier or distiller, Knight Sheriff of London and Master of the Worshipful Company of Distillers. He is buried in the church of St Mary the Virgin, Walthamstow. Thomas Worlidge (1700–1766) was a portrait painter and etcher who painted portraits of George II and David Garrick. Like… Read More

Very good copy of the 6th edition (first published in 1842) of this popular French guidebook to anatomy
Complete with all 10 handcoloured plates engraved by Lemaitre
The organisation and physiology of man, explained using coloured cut-out and superimposed figures
Seven plates of anatomy (four with multi-layer pop-up illustrations of human internal organs), one plate of dangerous animals and insects, and two plates of edible and poisonous mushrooms
The anatomy plates are quite realistic and allow the reader to perform a virtual autopsy on the paper figures, peeling back layers of entrails to reveal the vital organs beneath.
Text in French
Achille Comte (1802-1866) was a French doctor, zoologist, physiologist and professor of natural history. Trained as a doctor at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris and a founding member of the Anatomical Society of Paris, he later switched to natural history and education. His books include Keepsake d'Histoire Naturelle 1838, Regne Animal 1840, Traite complet d'Histoire… Read More

Ornamental Tattoos from a German encyclopedia, 1885
African woman 1
Hitiri Te Paerata, Maori chief of Ngati Raukawa (1828-1909), New Zealand 2
King Tawhiao, the second king of the Maoris (1822-1894), New Zealand 3
body tattoos of a Caroline Islander in loincloth (New Guinea) 4
hand tattoo 5 and foot tattoo 6 of a Dayak (Borneo)
Japanese man with full-body irezumi wearing a fundoshi loincloth 7.
Negerin 1, Hautling Hiriti-Paevata (Newseeland) 2, Konig Tauhiao (Neuseeland) 3, Karolinen Insulaner 4, Hand 5 und Fuss 6 eines Dajak von Borneo, Japaner 7.
Single plate in very good condition, no age-toning or foxing.