Search Results: Authors starting with W from Gallery of Prints

original-colour engraving. Botanical print from "Curtis's Botanical Magazine". Reference: Sitwell p. 88. Condition: minor paper toning and foxing, fold as issued, professional repair tear in margin.

copper engraving. Chart of the Northern Philippines, from Lord George Anson's 2nd French edition 'Voyage Autour du Monde', published by La Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, after Walter's 'A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV', with 42 maps and engravings. While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Anson led a squadron of 8 ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain's Pacific possessions. Returning to Britain in 1744 via China and thus completing a circumnavigation, the voyage was notable for the capture of the Manila galleon "Cavadonga" but also horrific losses mostly due to scurvy with only 188 men of the original 1,854 surviving. Anson was compared with Francis Drake and was promoted to First Lord of the Admiralty in 1751. It was a vast popular and commercial success as the spoils form the Galleon financed virtually the entire British Navy. Reference: Quirino, pp. 64,65,92; Sabin 1637, Gries/Luber I, 36; Cox I, pp. 49/50, Hill p. 317, Borbada Moraes, I:38.… Read More

copper engraving.
Map from the Dutch edition of the French translation; Important chart of the Northern Philippines with islands, bays, reefs, and the track of Anson's Routeof the "Centurion". With a compass rose and rhumb lines, French and Dutch Title.
While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Anson led a squadron of 8 ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain's Pacific possessions. Returning to Britain in 1744 via China and thus completing a circumnavigation, the voyage was notable for the capture of the Manila galleon "Cavadonga" but also horrific losses mostly due to scurvy with only 188 men of the original 1,854 surviving. Anson was compared with Francis Drake and was promoted to First Lord of the Admiralty in 1751. It was a vastly popular and commercial success as the spoils form the Galleon financed virtually the entire British Navy.
Reference: Quirino, pp. 64,65,92; Sabin 1637, Gries/Luber I, 36; Cox I, pp. 49/50, Hill p. 317, Borbada Moraes, I:38
Condition: minor offsetting,… Read More

copper engraving, large thick paper edition.
The most famous Chart featuring Luzon and the Visayas, from 'A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV', pl. 26; 12th edition; published by Richard Walter with 42 maps and engravings and printed for T. Osborne, H. Woodfall, W. Bowyer, A. Millar, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes and Co., R. Horsfield, and S. Crowder, in London. MDCCLXVII,
While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Anson led a squadron of 8 ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain's Pacific possessions. Returning to Britain in 1744 via China and thus completing a circumnavigation, the voyage was notable for the capture of the Manila galleon "Cavadonga" off Samar but also horrific losses mostly due to scurvy with only 188 men of the original 1,854 surviving. Anson was compared with Francis Drake and was promoted to First Lord of the Admiralty in 1751. It was a vast popular and commercial success as the spoils from the Galleon caper financed… Read More

original hand-colour aquatint. EXTREMELY RARE view from "Views in the Ottoman Dominions, in Europe …."from the original drawings taken for Sir Robert Ainslie. Reference: Abbey Travel 371, Tooley 321, Blackmer 1100. Condition: paper toning, cleaned, with red pencil writing at verso.

photoprint. View from Harper's Weekly: November 25, 1899 issue, p.1181.

double-page engraving. RARE. Large view from volume 43, no. 2203, 11 March 1899 issue..

photoprint. View from Harper's Weekly..

RARE lithograph map. Condition: with folds as issued.

original-colour lithograph, with geographical miles and British statutemiles. Map from 'Cassell's Weekly Dispatch Atlas'. Edward Weller (18??-1884) was a cartographer and engraver based in London. His best known work appears in Cassell's Weekly Dispatch Atlas, published in monthly segments for subscribers of the "Weekly Dispatch" newspaper. This collection of maps eventually grew to include much of the known world. Published in various editions from 1855 through the early 1880s, The "Weekly Dispatch" had its offices at 138 Fleet Street, London, England. Condition: with some foxing, shaved right margin.

original hand-colour lithograph, heightened with albumen. Ornithological print from 'The Exploration of Kina Balu, North Borneo'; plate 182. First edition, the plates were lithographed by the author from his own water-colour sketches. The hand-coloured plates depict insects, mammals and birds, some of the latter in the style of Keulemans. The authour, an ornithologist, spent four years in North Borneo, Java, Palawan and the state of Malacca. He brought back specimens of manynew animals including 45 species of birds. Reference: Casey Wood, p. 626: "a classic expedition"; Anker, 528; Nissen ZBI 4394; Zimmer p. 673]

sepia - lithograph view from 'The Exploration of Kina Balu, North Borneo', p. 24. First edition, the plates were lithographed by the author from his own water-colour sketches. Reference: Casey Wood, p. 626: "a classic expedition"; Anker, 528; Nissen ZBI 4394; Zimmer p. 673].

original hand-colour lithograph, heightened with albumen. Ornithological print from 'The Exploration of Kina Balu, North Borneo'; plate 40. First edition, the plates were lithographed by the author from his own water-colour sketches. The hand-coloured plates depict insects, mammals and birds, some of the latter in the style of Keulemans. The authour, an ornithologist, spent four years in North Borneo, Java, Palawan and the state of Malacca. He brought back specimens of many new animals including 45 species of birds. Reference: Casey Wood, p. 626: "a classic expedition"; Anker, 528; Nissen ZBI 4394; Zimmer p. 673]

sepia lithograph view from 'The Exploration of Kina Balu, North Borneo' p. 104. First edition, the plates were lithographed by the authorfrom his own water-colour sketches. REFERENCE: Casey Wood, p. 626: "a classic expedition"; Anker, 528; Nissen ZBI 4394; Zimmer p. 673].

original hand-colour lithograph. Zoological prints from 'The Exploration of Kina Balu, North Borneo'; plate 118. First edition, the plates were lithographed by the author from his own water-colour sketches. The hand-coloured plates depict insects, mammals and birds, some of the latter in the style of Keulemans. The authour, an ornithologist, spent four years in North Borneo, Java, Palawan and the state of Malacca. He brought back specimens of many new animals including 45 species of birds. Reference: Casey Wood, p. 626: "a classic expedition";Anker, 528; Nissen ZBI 4394; Zimmer p. 673]

steel engraving. View from 'Narrative of the United States exploring expedition (1838 - 1842). new edition; Condition: top portion slightly shaved off, paper loss at right corners, burn stains along top portion, slightly into plate, small paper loss and burn stain at bottom right corner, not affecting plate, paper toning. RARE. Reference: Howes W414.

wood engraving. View in text of full page from "Narrative of the United States exploring expedition (1838 - 1842) p.197. Condition: some staining. Condition considered when priced. Reference: Howes W414.

steel engraving, in text illustration. RARE view from 'Narrative of the United States exploring expedition (1838 - 1842). New edition. Condition: REFERENCE: Howes W414.

wood engraving. View in text of full page from "Narrative of the United States exploring expedition (1838 - 1842) p.124. Reference: Howes W414. Condition: some staining. Condition considered when priced.

steel engraving. RARE view from 'Narrative of the United States exploring expedition (1838 - 1842). New edition. Condition: tight top margin, paper loss along bottom margin, barely affecting title, slight burn stain along top margin and bottom left margin, barely affecting plate. REFERENCE: Howes W414.