41. [Somerville & Ross] / Verling, John / [Edith Somerville & Violet Martin].

Somerville & Ross – Portfolio of ten (10) original, large Etchings by John Verling [signed].

Ballydehob / Schull, John Verling & Schull Books, 1984. Folio – Sheets (38.2 cm x 28.5 cm). Ten original etchings in bespoke Folder with original tissue-guards. Original Hardcover-Folder with one additional, signed inlay-etching to frontcover. The ten etchings and the folder with the original inlay-art, are all in mint condition. The etchings all protected by their original tissue guards. A stunning publication of a wonderful West Cork – Artist. A must-have for all collector’s of rare and signed Somerville & Ross collectables, this find is simply an unusual occurance because the artwork was originally designed to be framed. One usually never finds this edition with the artwork still in its original folder !

42. Mirò, Joan / Dupin, Jacques / Eluard, Paul / Char, René / Prévert, Jacques / Queneau, Raymond.

Exhibition Catalogue “Fondation Maeght 1968 – Saint Paul 06” [With four original colour Lithographs: 1. Cover / 2. One original single-page Lithograph in colour and 3./4.: One Double-Page Lithograph in colour by Joan Mirò].

Saint Paul, Fondation Maeght, 1968. Small Quarto (19.7 cm wide x 22.6 cm high). 212 colour reproductions. Original, illustrated Softcover – Edition with original cover-art by Miro. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Some minro foxing and fingerstaining to edge. Otherwise excellent.

43. Gilpin, William. [Castle-Freke Library Bookplates]

Collection of four Volumes (bound in two) by Gilpin – All from the historical library at Castle Freke (Castlefreke, West Cork / Ireland). The Volumes include: I. & II. Observations Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the Year 1776, on Several Parts of Great Britain; particularly the High-Lands of Scotland. [Second Edition, with an “Account of the Prints” bound to the rear] / III. Observations on the River Wye and several Parts of South Wales &c. relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty; Made in the summer of the Year 1770 (Third Edition). / IV. An Essay on Prints – [″The chief intention of the following work was to put the elegant amusement of collecting prints, on a more rational footing; by giving the unexperienced collector a few principles and cautions to assist him”] (Fourth Edition with the printed dedication “To the Honorable Horace Walpole in Deference to his Taste in the Polite Arts; and the Valuable Researches he has made to improve them; the following work is inscribed by his most obedient and very humble servant, William Gilpin”). [Volumes I & II with 40 original illustrations and vintage 18th century maps [correctly 39 illustrations and one table], for example of Loch Lomond and the Firth of Forth/ all illustrations are vintage mezzotint-plates].

Mixed Editions. Four Volumes (bound in two). London, Printed for R. Blamire, Strand, 1792. Octavo. Pagination: Volume I: XI, [1], 221 pages with 24 mezzotints / Volume II: 195, XVI pages with 16 mezzotints and an “Account of the Prints” as well as “Translations of Latin Passages” / [Volume III]: [River Wye]: XVI, 152 pages with 16 (of 17) full – page mezzotints / [Volume IV]: [An Essay on Prints]: XIII, [3], 174 pages plus XI pages Index and 1 page Errata. Hardcover / Early 19th century quarter – morocco with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Both volumes bound in unison. Very good + condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pages 185 – 191 of Volume I with some stronger browning. Otherwise the interior very clean. All mezzotints in very good or even better condition. This is the original copy from the historical Castle-Freke Library in West Cork (Ireland), with two armorial bookplates to front and rear pastedown with the family’s motto ‘Pro Patria’. With two pages of manuscript annotations by a contemporary hand with a reference between the common name “Tarbet” in Scotland and a place-name in County Kerry in Ireland” (pages 13 of Volume II) / another entry is on page 12 of Volume II regarding the name-sake “Loch-Loung” for a Lake of ships in Scotland and Ireland.

44. Ubbelohde, Otto. (1867 – 1922)

Gräber.

Radierung auf imitiertem Japanpapier. [Wien], [Druck der Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst], [1902]. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with the Etching / Radierung: 52 cm x 75 cm. Actual Size / Groesse der Radierung: 29 x 53.5 cm. Excellent condition !

45. Farkas, Lidia / Poharnok, Zoltan / Shires, Frances (Translator).

Sly Mike: A Hungarian Story – With ten original, coloured etchings by Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. English Translation by Frances Shires.

No.115 of a signed, limited Edition of 250 copies. Budapest, Published by Dr.George Vajna & Co., (1937). Small Quarto (17.5 cm wide x 23 cm high). 44 unnumbered pages (inlcuding the etchings). The book is signed by both artists, Lidia Farkas and Zoltan Poharnok. Hardcover / Original, embroidered binding. Some foxing to binding but the endpapers intact and the binding in overall very good condition. All etchings in excellent condition. A wonderful, rare example of a very rare book !

46. Yorkshire – Kilby, Thomas. (1794 – 1868).

Wakefield, Yorkshire – Trinity Church & New Wells. [Published for Thomas Kilby’s “Scenery in the Vicinity of Wakefield”]

Hand-coloured Lithograph. [London], 1843. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Lithograph: 42.5 cm x 32.5 cm. Size of actual Lithograph: 37 cm x 27 cm. Excellent condition.

47. Tide [Flux et Reflux] – Anonymus.

Actions du Soleil et de la Lune considerees comme Causes du Flux et Reflux pour la Geographie Comparee. [Moon and Sun Influence on the Tide / “Flux and Reflux” / 18th century Map].

Original copper engraving. [Paris], c. 1780. 27.6 cm x 23 cm. Mounted on paper. Very good condition with only a faint dampstain to the lower left side. With an additional diagram mounted verso: “Equinoxe d’Automne dans ce Siecle” / “Equinoxe d’Automne du temps d’Hipparque” / “Equinoxe du Printems du Temps d’Hipparque” etc.

48. Stroobant, François. (1819-1916)

Nürnberg (Baiern) – Nuremberg (Baviere) – Nuremberg (Bavaria).

Originale Lithographie von Stroobant, gedruckt bei Simonau & Toovey bei Charles Muquardt ca. 1850 – Details [Brüssel/Brussels/Bruxelles], Imp. Simonau & Toovey [Charles Muquardt], [1850]. Mounted overall size: 45.7 cm x 48.5 cm. Lithograph-Image only: 29.5 cm x 27.7 cm. Very good condition with only very minor signs of foxing.

49. Sendak, Maurice (1928 – 2012).

Collection / Archive of two very rich and personal, handwritten & signed letters on cards by Sendak, plus a rare, multi-folded, advertising-leporello of Maurice Sendak’s publications, together with a wonderful collection of fourteen (14) loose gicleé prints of original drawings by Maurice Sendak in colour or black and white: ‘A Kiss for Little Bear’ x 2 (26.5 cm x 34.5 cm) / ‘Zlateh the Goat’ x 2 (24 cm x 30 cm and 37.5 cm x 30 cm) / ‘Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present’ x 1 (33.4 cm x 41.5 cm) / Lullabies and Night Songs’ x 2 (35 cm x 26.5 cm and 44.5 cm x 33.5 cm) / ‘Hector Protector’ x 1 (46 cm x 26 cm) / ‘In the Night Kitchen’ x 4 (50 cm x 36 cm) / Higglety Pigglety Pop x 2 (28 cm x 35.5 cm). The two cards are addressed to “Minnie” [that is “Minnie Kate”] and were written at Christmas 1986 and Christmas 1987. According to a colleague in the trade, who helped us to identify the recipient “Minnie”, Minnie Kate, together with her mother, maintained a long friendship with Maurice Sendak by sending him colored stones or rocks that they sourced from local beaches in the northwest of the United States (Washington Statel). Most of Maurice Sendak’s correspondence with Minnie Kate and her mother, is preserved at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia. Both cards are similar in content. One of the cards featuring Sendak’s art from the cover of Nutcracker and addressed to Minnie, reading in part “I worked all year on a picture-book – a Grimm tale (my first book in 8 years !!). I am in love with it and it gets published next year….my wild things celebrate their 25th anniversary. I hope i enjoy it all. Am hoping for a quiet year ahead illustrating a Grimm tale and staying put – I am tired of travelling and theatre projects. And look forward to creeping back into my old role as book illustrator” / “The rocks arrived while I was away working in England. They are wonderful, of course, and very much appreciated. Thank you again and again. My animals. I have but one. My darling Golden Retriever, Io, had to be put to sleep 2 weeks ago. She was 15 1/2 and I held her and stayed with her to the end. It is so sad, naturally, but the memory fills me with a kind of joy. I have a 3 1/2 year old German Shepherd named Runge after a German painter (19th century). It was anything but a lazy year – too full! This coming year will be lazy-ish”.

Letters: 4 pages on two cards / Gicleé prints: 15 sheets (unsigned). [New York], 1986 – 1987. Very good condition.

50. Roberts, David. (1796 – 1864)

Site of Cana [Lebanon] of Galilee, April 21st, 1839 [″Cana, Vue Generale” – “Cana – General View”].

Original, mid-19th century, vintage Lithograph after the original painting in the Victoria & Albert Museum. [The original Lithograph is shown in the wonderful David Roberts-publication on page 23 and 24 in full colour. The History of the image is explained in full on page 22. The original monograph on David Roberts and his work, accompanies the Lithograph as a gift to any future buyer, showing on 120 colour plates 123 colour-facsimile-illustrations and reproductions from his Journal from his visits to the Holy Land]. London, Cassell etc., c. 1850. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with Lithograph: 62 cm x 45.5 cm. Size of actual Lithograph: c. 34 cm x 50 cm. Excellent condition !

51. Rivière [Riverius], Lazare – Brunand, Claudine. (1630-1674)

Original 17th-century portrait of french pioneer pharmacologist, anatomist and surgeon Rivière [Riverius] / [Portrait originale du XVIIe siècle de Lazare Rivière [Riverius] – pionnier français pharmacologue, anatomiste et chirurgien] – Oval Portrait, titled: “Lazarus Riverius Regis consiliarius et medicus et in Monspeliensi uniuersitate medicinae professor an. 1653 aet. 63. Riverium iures, pictum si videris, idem / Hippocrates, librum si mediteris, erit”.

Original copper / line engraving / [Gravure originale]. [France], [c. 1660]. Size of the vintage engraving: c. 22 cm x 32 cm. Size of the framed engraving: 32,5 cm x 42 cm. Very rare, original 17th – century engraving. Excellent condition (mounted). Frame with minor signs of wear only. Price includes international shipping, framed and insured, per courier (3-5 working days guaranteed delivery).

52. Pohli, Paula.

“This – That – These – Those – ? –”.

Original Linocut – Experimental Art, philosophizing on Pronouns. [County Mayo], Paula Pohli, no year [c.2015]. 15 cm x 29 cm. Excellent condition. Signed and limited edition (No.2 of only 25).

53. Pemberton, H.M. [Hilda Mary]. (1871 – 1957)

Blaawberg Strand [Bloubergstrand] (with shipwreck) and Hermanus.

Two original etchings, signed and titled in pencil. [South Africa], no year [c. 1915]. Beautifully framed. The frames with the etchings measure: 39 cm x 34.5 cm. The etchings themselves measure: c. 26 cm x 24 cm. Excellent condition but with some foxing. Frames with minimal signs of wear.

54. 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.

55. North Africa – Justi, Ferdinand. (1837 – 1907).

Travellers’ Journey.

Original water colouring. [no place], [c.1870]. Plate Size: 19 cm x 12.3 cm. Sheet Size: 26.8 cm x 21.7 cm. Original 19th century artwork. In near excellent condition. Signed by artist.

56. [Mann, Thomas] Pohli, Paula.

Thomas Mann.

Original Linocut – Portrait of Thomas Mann. [County Mayo], Paula Pohli, no year [c.2015]. 39 cm x 51 cm. Excellent condition. Signed and limited edition (No.6 of only 25). Stunning portrait of Thomas Mann in an unusual Linocut by irish artist Paula Pohli.

57. London Hospital – Maitland, William. (18th century).

“The Charter House Hospital” [London]. / Hand Coloured Architectural Birds Eye View of The Charter House Hospital, London

Handcoloured Copper Engraving. London, for “The History and Survey of London from its Foundation to the Present Time…”, c. 1750. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with engraving: 43.5 cm x 33.5 cm. Size of the actual engraving: 36 cm x 24 cm. Frame with some minor signs of wear (rubbing to the frame with some discoloration). The engraving in excellent conditon with only faint signs of a former fold to upper left corner.

58. London – [Wren, Christopher]. (1632 – 1732).

Views of Christopher’s Wren’s London Landmarks – St Paul’s Cathedral, St Stephens’ Walbrook – and the Ironmongers Hall.

Original engravings. London et al, Gentleman’s Magazine, and others, [c.1750]. Plate Size: 19.5 cm x 11.5 cm – 26 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 21 cm x 13 cm – 29 cm x 21 cm. Four original engravings in good+ condition with very minor occasional browning only.

59. 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.

60. 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.