1. Paris – [Anonymous].

A View of the Royal Palace of the Fontainbleau.

Original engraving. [no place], [no year / c.1780]. Plate Size: 23.3 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 26.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Original engraving. In very good condition.

2. London – [Anonymous].

Ansicht der Westminster Abbey zu London.

Original hand engraving. Germany, [no year / c. 1795]. Plate Size: 19 cm x 15 cm. Sheet Size: 23 cm x 20 cm. Original engraving. In good+ condition with only some browning to outter margins.

3. Animals – [Anonymous].

Collection of Animal Prints [with italian subtitles].

Original, hand-coloured copper engravings. Italy, [no year], c.1780. Plate Size: 8 cm x 12.3 cm. Sheet Size: 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Original prints. In very good condition. Brightly coloured. Some very minor traces of browning only.

4. Britain and Ireland – [Anonymous].

Views of Picturesque Locations in the British and Irish Isles – The Giant’s Causeway, Pistyll Rhaeadr, Staffa’s Fingal’s Cave and the Bullers of Buchan

Original engraving. Gentleman’s Magazine, and others, 1750. Plate Size: 13.5 x 9.5 cm – 15 cm x 21.5 cm. Sheet Size: 20 cm x 11.7 cm – 19.5 cm x 24.3 cm. Original engravings. In good- condition. Some browning evident. One sheet has significant tear with section of margin missing.

5. Italy – [Anonymous].

Two Views of Italy – Florence and Naples.

Original engraving. [no place], [no year / c.1780]. Plate Size: 19.5 cm x 15 cm / 25 cm x 19.5 cm. Sheet Size: 21.3 cm x 21 cm / 27.2 cm x 20.5 cm. Original engraving. In very good condition.

6. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett looking at one of his books that featured drawings by the Paris Artist Avigdor Arikha – Riverside Studios, London 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2017. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

7. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

“Samuel Beckett photographed at the Hyde Park Hotel, Room 604, London 1980. Beckett was in London to direct ‘Endgame’ at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith”.

Rare, modern print of the 1980 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

8. [John Minihan Collection] – [Beckett, Samuel] Minihan, John. (*1946)

Samuel Beckett, photographed from the back after directing his Masterpiece ‘Waiting for Godot’ at The Riverside Studios, Hammersmith – London, 1984”.

Rare, modern print of the 1984 Original / Vintage Photograph on archival paper. London, c. 2016. Photograph: c. 38 cm wide x 50 cm high / Framed: 47 cm wide x 60 cm high. Titled and signed by John Minihan. From John Minihan’s personal library. Mounted and framed.

9. [Beethoven, Ludwig van] Göbel, E. F. [C. Jäger].

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827).

Stunning, original 19th century Gouache of Beethoven by E.F. Göbel; after a painting of Beethoven by Carl Jaeger (1833-1887), which is now in the possession of the Library of Congress. Germany, 1897. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Gouache: 53 cm x 65 cm. The Gouache itself measures: 48 cm x 34,5 cm. Outer margins slightly frayed only. Extraordinary 19th century painting with fresh impression of the signature-face of this timeless composer.

10. Liverpool – [Fargher, Robert].

A Chart of the Approaches to Liverpool. From the Best and latest Surveys for Fargher’s Edition of Jefferson’s Almanac.

Original Lithographed Map. Probably printed on the Isle of Man, Robert Fargher, 1862. 40 cm wide x 31.5 cm high. Mounted on paper. Very good condition. From a wonderful collection of Maps from an old english library (South Shields) – with a tiny library stamp to the outer margin of the map and verso to the mounting paper.