Four (4) John Gould (British, 1804-1881) and H.C. Richter (British, 1821-1902) colored lithographs of birds. 1st-2nd items: Two (2) lithographs of hummingbirds printed by Hullmandel and Walter, London, including one (1) PETASOPHORA THALASSINA, also known as Mexcian Violet Ear, depicting two birds perched upon a flowering branch with an additional bird drinking from a flower; […]
Lot 885: 3 Framed Illustration Prints after Winslow Homer
Three (3) framed woodcuts after Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910) depicting children, including two from Harper's Weekly: "GLOUCESTER HARBOR" and "SHIP BUILDING, GLOUCESTER HARBOR," both circa 1873, together with "ON THE ROAD TO LAKE GEORGE," likely from Appleton's Journal, c. 1869. Image sizes range from to 9" x 14" to 6 1/2" x 6". Framed – […]
Lot 884: Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Dutch Edition, 16 Assorted Maps & Engravings
Sixteen (16) double-page engraved plates and maps from the Dutch edition of Antoine Augustin Calmet's (French, 1672-1757) Dictionary of the Holy Bible, 1725-1731. Includes Conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (Verovering van Jerusalem, Door Nebucadnezar); View and Image of The Palace of Solomon, Otherwise Called the House of the Forest of Lebanon (Gezicht en Afbeelding van […]
Lot 883: Collection of 24 Andrew Jackson Portrait Prints and Related Ephemera
Collection of 24 Andrew Jackson (b. 1767-d. 1845, President 1829-1837) engraved and lithograph portraits and related prints. Engravers and sources include Harrison, J. Lion, Kearny, John Vanderlyn, P. Maverick after S. Waldo (2), Childs & Inman after Hubard; Endicott & Swett; C.G. Childs after J. Wood (titled "Protector and Defender of Beauty & Bounty"); Gimbrede […]
Lot 881: Norman Rockwell Signed John F. Kennedy Portrait, 1976
Norman Perceval Rockwell (New York/Massachusetts, 1894-1978) offset lithograph in colors depicting a bust-length portrait of President Kennedy, with Rockwell's name in block letters in the plate, lower right. On wove paper with deckled lower edge and publisher's information printed in lower margin. Pencil signed and numbered 256/2500, lower margin. With blue, leather-grained American Heritage Graphics […]
Lot 882: Cdre. Jesse D. Elliott ALS plus Andrew Jackson related Sarcophagus Print
Navy Commodore Jesse D. Elliott ALS, rare print and pamphlet regarding an ancient sarcophagus he purchased in Beirut in 1839 and brought back on his flagship, the USS Constitution, while serving as commander of the US Naval fleet in the Mediterranean. Elliott offered the historic vessel (thought to have once held the remains of 3rd […]
Lot 879: Two Luigi Kasimir Etchings; Yale Harkness Hall & Fulton Market, NYC
Two (2) Luigi Alois Heinrich Kasimir (America/Austria, 1881-1962) signed color etchings. 1st item: Etching and aquatint in colors entitled Yale, Harkness Hall and depicting the titular Yale University building with pedestrians and brightly colored flowers. Signed in pencil, lower center, and titled in the plate. Sight: 18 1/4" H x 12 1/2" W. Frame: 25" […]
Lot 880: Early photograph of Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Train
Early railroad related photographic print by M. Edward Wilson showing Engine #112 of the Savannah Florida and Western Railway at a station in Waycross, Georgia. Several people are also pictured including a man, likely an engineer, standing at the front of the train, a man inside the engine, and another atop one of the cars, […]
Lot 878: Noel Dorville French Political Lithographs, Le Monde Politique
Noel Dorville (French, 1874-1928) portfolio Le Monde Politique, with 38 lithographs depicting portraits of French politicians, 1902. Includes Prime Minister Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau; future president Paul Deschanel; poet and activist Clovis Hugues; politician Jules Coutant-d'Ivry, and others; with indexes to fascicule I, II, and IV plus fragments of II and V. Loose sheets housed in a […]
Lot 877: Edward Belcher, Voyage Round the World, 1843, Leather 2 Vols.
VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, PERFORMED IN HER MAJESTY'S SHIP SULPHUR, DURING THE YEARS 1836-1842… by Edward Belcher, London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Two (2) volumes, 8vo, in period 1/4 leather over marbled paper boards, with identical marbled endpapers and edges; two-toned red and green leather on spine with gilt stamping, engraved plates distributed throughout text. Each […]
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