1. A Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year in London. [and] The Same to You Sir, & Many of E’m. London, Pubd. by Pyall & Hunt, 18 Taristock Street, Covent Garden. Aquatint and etching handcolored, c.1820. M. E. Esqr. del. (drawn by) G. Hunt, sc. (engraved by). A great pair of English satirical prints. Image size 10 x 8 1/8” (25.4 x 20.7 cm) plus titles and margins. Good condition with original color. Narrow margins on the Merry Christmas print. Sold as a pair. #31922-1 $1,900.00
HOLIDAY ISSUE VOLUME LXXXI
December 2021
NUMBER 3
2. (left) John Adams, President of the United States of America. Hail! Noble Chief! Protector of the Cause of Purest Freedom Founded on the Laws. George Graham – (1786 – 1813). Publish’d by Dr. John Berkheanhead. Mezzotint, undated, c.1798. Engrav’d by Geo. Graham. Framed in 18thcentury black and gold molding. Image size 17 3/16 x 13” (43.7 x 33.1 cm). Fair condition. Trimmed within image on sides. Area of image loss along horizontal centerfold. Professionally restored. Visually good. #64694-3 $7,500.00
Rare portraits of the second President of the United States.
3. (right) John Adams, President of the United States of America. Edward Savage (1761-1817). Published by E. Savage, Dc. 10, 1800. Stipple engraving, 1800. Image size 11 1/4 x 9” (28.5 x 22.9 cm). Good condition, save for overall time toning. Black and white. Stauffer #2744. #64692-2 $4,500.00
50
VOLUME LXXXI
•
Robert K. Newman, Editor
•
NUMBER 3
HOLIDAY ISSUE The coming year will see many changes at The Old Print Shop. We moved into 150 Lexington Avenue in the fall of 1921, and immediately after the building was changed from a single-family mansion to two floors of business and apartments. The shop took the space on the first floor, and I believe the shop was the first tenant in the building. In the late 1950’s The Old Print Shop purchased the building, and by that time it had also expanded into the second floor. Development never seems to stop in New York City and the buildings north of 150 Lexington have been purchased for development of a large modern building. This, unfortunately, would leave 150 Lexington Avenue as a narrow lot. Harry and I began talks with the developer, and finally we have a deal to sell 150 Lexington in exchange for cash and space in the newly developed building. Therefore, in the Spring of 2022 we will be moving temporarily to a new location. The address will be announced. The move is exciting and terrifying all at the same time. It gives us a chance to clean up a hundred years of accumulation and move the gallery in a new direction. We plan to continue to buy, sell, and promote American art from 1700 to contemporary, maps, and atlases and expand into important color plate books. The Old Print Shop will reach out to our clients when we know exactly where we will land. Harry and I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a Healthy Happy and Pandemic-Free New Year! Robert K. Newman and Harry S. Newman
52
4. (left) George Washington Eqer. General en Chef de l’Armee Englo Ameriquaine nomme dictateur par le Congres En Fevrier 1777. : George Washington Eqer. General and Commander en Chief of the Continental Army in America. Alexander Campbell. Etching and engraving, 1777. D’Apres l’Original de Champell [sic] Peintre de Williambourg Capitale de la Virginie. Image size 11 3/4 x 7 5/8” (29.8 x 18.7 cm). Good condition, drum mounted on board, with full original color. Baker #59; Hart #736; Fowble #78. #80635-1 $6,000.00 5. (right) Gilbert Mottier Lafayette, depute d’auvergne aux etats generaux de 1789. Duplessi-Bertaux inv & del. Duplessi-Bertaux aqua forti. Le Vacher, sculpt. Mezzotint and engraving, 1790. Image size 14 3/8 x 8 7/8” (36.5 x 22.5 cm). Good condition. Wide margins. #86129-1 $600.00
6. (left) The Hon.ble John Hancock. of Boston in New-England; President of the American Congress. Littleford. Mezzotint engraving, 1775. Painted by Littleford. Image size 12 1/2 x 9 7/8” (31.8 x 25.1 cm). Overall good condition. Lower publication line trimmed off. Fowble, p. 115, no. 63; Cresswell, p. 33, no. 102; Library of Congress, Z62-7340 Chaloner Smith, British Mezzotinto Portraits 1715. #93477-1 $4,500.00 7. (right) Israel Putnam Esqr. : Major General of the Connecticut Forces, and Commander in Chief at the Engagement : on Bunckers-Hill near Boston, 17 June 1755. No artist or publisher noted. Mezzotint, c.1775. General Israel Putnam (1718-1790). Putnam was a farmer and tavern keeper in Connecticut. During the French and Indian War, he served with Robert Rogers and the fabled Rogers’ Rangers. Image size 11 7/8 x 8 15/16” (30.2 x 22.7 cm). Good condition, save for minor water stain in the lower right. #87839-1 $2,950.00
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
53
8. William Augustus Washington II. [and] handwritten receipt to Mr. Washington from St. Memin. Saint-Memin (1770-1852). Aquatint and line engraving; pen and ink receipt, 1804. Portrait 2 3/16” (5.5 cm) circular; Receipt 3 15/16 x 7 5/8” (10 x 19.4 cm). Both are in good condition. Receipt drum mounted. Portrait laid on heavy paper. Miles, “Saint Memin and the neoclassical profile portrait in America” #924. #95876-1 $3,500.00 William Augustus Washington (1757-1810) was the son of George Washington’s half-brother, Augustine Washington II.
9. (left) Peace. La Paix. Printed for & Sold by Carington Bowles, London. Mezzotint, 1783. Trimmed to image. Drum mounted on paper. Image size 12 15/16 x 9 3/4” (32.8 x 24.8 cm). Good condition. Black and white. #90134-1 Sold Under the bejeweled sitter’s hand are two books - one entitled Love the other Nouf. 10. Henry Laurens Esq’r. President of the American Congress 1778. John Singleton Copley. Publish’d Octr. 1st. 1782 by J. Stockdale Bookseller, London. Mezzotint engraving. Painted by J. S. Copley, R.A. Elect 1782. Engraved by Valentine Green. Image size 23 1/8 x 15 15/16” (58.6 x 40.4 cm). Fair to good condition, a good impression. Backed on paper, several small tears and scrapes, all skillfully repaired. Margins 3/8” top and sides, 2” title. It is unusual for mezzotints of the period to have margins. Cresswell, #144. #74020-2 $6,500.00 Laurens was an American merchant and rice planter from South Carolina. A rare portrait of an American patriot.
54
11. America. To Perpetuate to Posterity the Memory of those Patriotic Heroes, who Fought, Bled & Died in Establishing Peace, Liberty, and Tranquility to their Country. Engraved by Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) after a painting by Robert Edge Pine (17301788). Stipple and line engraving, undated. c.1782. Image size 17 5/16 x 23” (44 x 58.3 cm). Fair condition. Some professional repairs within image. Stauffer #522; Library of Congress #761 #98512-1 Sold The print is very rare. Four known impressions are in in the Library of Congress; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Private Collection; and Worcester Art Museum. At the left is an obelisk bearing the names of Warren / Montgomery / Wooster / Mercer. James Warren, James Montgomery, David Wooster, and James Mercer, all who had fallen in battle. Beside it kneels a figure wearing a fur robe and with feathers in her hair, representing America. At the right are five allegorical figures, one carrying a liberty cap on a pole. They are accompanied by children and animals. Against a tree trunk, at the extreme right, leans a shield inscribed: Appeal to Heaven. Appeal to Heaven - this slogan was very popular during the Revolution and was taken from the words of Englishman John Locke (1632-1704). In 1689-90 he published his Second Treatise of Government, “…where the body of the people, or any single man, is deprived of their right, or is under the exercise of a power without right, and have no appeal on earth, then they have a liberty to appeal to heaven, whenever they judge the cause of sufficient moment.” Robert Edge Pine was the son of the English engraver John Pine. His politics were considered radical and he was known to sympathize with the American cause. While still in England he painted a large (nine feet, six inches by six feet, ten inches) allegory, America. Amos Doolittle worked in New Haven and was probably America’s most prolific early engraver. His career spanned seven decades and yielded hundreds of portraits, views, book illustrations, and maps; but he is best known for his historical prints, most famously his suite of four engravings of the Battles at Lexington and Concord.
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
55
12. (left) Paul Revere’s Engravings. Clarence S. Brigham. Published Atheneum, New York, 1969. Introductory note by Bernard Bailyn, 262 pages, 146 illustrations (3 color), 2 gatefolds, index, quarto (4to). Hardcover, blue cloth cover with silver text, red cloth spine with gold text, dust jacket, 2nd revised edition. Good condition, price clipped from top edge of dust-jacket flap. This is the must have book for collectors of Revere’s prints. #14706-4 $125.00 13. (right) Sir Wilbraham Wentworth. Paul Revere (1735-1818). Published by Isaiah Thomas for the Royal American Magazine, Boston. Copper plate engraving, 1774. Engraved for the Royal American Magazine for the February 1774. Image 6 3/8 x 4 1/2” (16.1 x 11.5 cm). Fair condition. Three tears within the image. professionally conserved. Drum mounted. Brigham, pp. 79-92, plate 33. #95815-1 $1,500.00
14. (left) [A Westerly View of the Colleges] in Cambridge New England. Paul Revere (1735-1818). Engraving 1767, printed c.1870. (Drawn by) Josh. Chadwick, del. (Engraved by) P. Revere sculp. Printed on wove paper. Image 8 3/8 x 7” (21.4 x 17.8 cm). Good condition. Drum mounted. Brigham pp. 31-34. 95722-2 $2,000.00 In 1775 the plate was cut down in order for Revere to engrave currency. Restrikes have been made from the remains of the plate in the 1860’s, 1913, and 1933. 15. (right) The Gerbua or Yerboa. Paul Revere (1735-1818). Published by Isaiah Thomas for the Royal American Magazine, Boston. Copper plate engraving, 1774. A rare imprint. This is an unusual misprint or double die as they would call in in the numismatic world. Plate size 7 5/16 x 4 3/16” (18.6 x 10.6 cm). Good condition. Drum mounted. #95723-1 $1,500.00
The key above the title identifies many of the famous generals and figures.
16. The British Surrendering their Arms to Gen: Washington after their Defeat at York Town in Virginia October 1781, : To the Defenders of American Independence, this Print is Most Respectfully Inscribed by their Fellow Citizen. John Francis Renault. Entered according to Act of Congress the 28th Day of January 1819. Engraving, 1819. Drawn by John Francis Renault. Engraved by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. and Wm. Allen. Image size 21 5/8 x 33” (54.2 x 83.7 cm). Good condition. Several short expertly repaired tears in the margins. Backed on Japan paper. #68986-3 $4,250.00
56
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
57
17. The Capture of Major Andre. Asher B. Durand. New York, Published by J. M. Emerson & Co. 406 Broadway for the American Art Union. Engraving, 1846. Painted by A. B. Durand. Figures engd, by Alfred Jones. Landscape engd. by Smillie & Hinshelwood. Image size 13 1/8 x 17 7/8” (33.4 x 45.4 cm). Good condition. #9528-3 $2,000.00 In 1780, John Andre, a British officer, was on his way to the British front with detailed plans of the West Point forts hidden in his boot. These had been supplied by Benedict Arnold.
18. (left) The Battle at Bunker’s Hill. : The path to Liberty is Bloody [Franklin]. John Trumbull (1756 – 1842). Published by the New York Mirror. Engraved by J. N. Gimbrede, 1842. Painted by Col. Trumbull. Printed by D. Fanshaw. Includes the key sheet which identifies the participants. Image size 8 1/4 x 12 5/16” (21.1 x 31.3 cm). Good condition. #91822-1 $850.00 19. (right) Portrait & Uniform of an American General. A real representation of the Dress of An American Rifleman. Published by Edward Barnard, London. Copper plate engraving, 1781-83. Engraved by Roberts. From Barnard’s New Complete & Authentic History of England. A contemporary depiction of American Revolutionary War figures set within a decorative border. Image size 8 3/4 x 13 3/8” (22.2 x 33.9 cm). Good condition. #77174-2 $375.00
58
20. Meeting of the Officers of the Garrisons of St. John and Fredrictown [sic], on Long Island, in the River St. John. New Brunswick. John Hewett. London, Published by Wm. Sams, Bookseller to H.R.H. the Duke of York: 1st James St. Lithograph, 1824. J. Hewett pinxt. Febry. 1824. D. Dighton Lithog. Printed by C. Hullmandel. Image size 12 15/16 x 17 13/16” (32.8 x 45.2 cm). Fair condition, vertical fold down the center and some creasing in the margins. A rare print. #93822-1 $1,950.00
21. A View of the Town & Harbour of Halifax, from Dartmouth Shore. J. F. W. Des Barres. Published by J. F. W. Des Barres, London. c.1781. Handcolored aquatint and line engraving, undated. This rare view of the strategic port of Halifax appeared in the Atlantic Neptune. Image size 14 3/4 x 22 1/4” (37.4 x 56.5 cm). Good condition. Fine original handcoloring. #89004-1 $9,750.00
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
59
22. View of the City of Quebec, taken from the North Banks of the Saint Charles. George Heriot. London, Published June 4th, 1805 by E. Walker. Aquatint engraving. J. C. Stadler sculpt. (Engraved by). A very fine picturesque view of the city. Image size 12 5/16 x 19 1/2 “ (31.3 x 49.6 cm). Good condition, save for some minor time toning in the margins. #92610-1 $3,800.00
23. Anchor Line of Transatlantic Steam Packet Ships. William Clark. Lithograph, undated. Painted by Wm. Clark, Greenock. G. & W. Grant, Lithrs 43, Union St. Glasgow. The city of Quebec is in the background. Image size 13 15/16 x 22 3/16” (35.4 x 56.4 cm). Good condition, save for a repaired puncture in the sky. Backed on Japan paper. #93816-1 $2,250.00
60
24. The Hinkley and Williams Works, Boston. Sam S. Frizzell. Published by New Eng. Lith. Co. 109 Summer St. Boston. Chromolithograph, c.1870-72. Signed on stone lower leflt of image S, S, Frizzell (Samuel S.). Good condition and color, tear in top margin well outside image area. Minor discoloration marks. #95453-2 $4,500.00 Depicts a locomotive engine and car designed by the well-known locomotive firm of Hinkley and Williams Works of Boston, Mass.
25. Lawrence Machine Shop. Lawrence, Mass. Engine “Abbott Lawrence.” Published by the Lawrence Machine Shop. Multi-stone lithograph. c.1855. No artist listed. Two vignettes in upper corners showing front and rear of Lawrence Machine Shop. “Passenger Engine. 22 Tons.” in lower center. Lower left “J. H. Page, Treasurer, 14 Kilby St. Boston.” Lower right “J. C. Hoadley Agent, Lawrence, Mass.” Image size 19 5/16 x 30 1/4” (49.1 x 77 cm). Good condition and color. Several repaired tears, one three inches into image in top margin. #95454-1 $6,750.00 The locomotive depicted is a 4-4-0 and was the type produced in the early to mid-1850’s.
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
61
26. Louisville New Albany & Chicago R.R. : Michigan City Repair Shop. : Rebuilt 1860. Express Passenger Engine. 25 Tons. (Locomotive Traveler). Likely published by the Louisville New Albany & Chicago R.R. Multi-stone lithograph 1860. R. E. Ricker Supt.; M. P. Wood. Mast. Mechc.; Lith. J. Sage & Sons, Buffalo, N.Y. Image size 15 7/8 x 25 3/4” (40.4 x 65.5 cm). Good condition. and color. #98612-1 $6,000.00 This unusual locomotive broadside seems to advertise the rebuilders rather than the original builder.
27. Wm. Mason, Taunton, Mass. Locomotive Highland Light. Published by Wm. Mason & Co. (Mason Machine Works). Multi-color lithograph, c.1867. Signed on the stone S. S. Fizzell (Samuel S.) Ch. H. Crosby Lith. 46 Water St. Boston. Vignette 13 1/2 x 25 1/2” (34 x 65 cm). Very good condition and color. #98644-1 $4,950.00 A fine decorative view of the locomotive Highland Light which was built for the Cape Cod Central Railroad, in 1867.
62
28. Richard Green, Champion of Australia. London: published May 25th, 1863, by George Newbold, 303 & 304 Strand, W.C. Two-color lithograph with handcoloring, 1863. Aston Bragg, Delt. (drawn by). Printed by M &. N. Hanhart. Image size 16 1/2 x 27 1/2” (42 x 69.9 cm). Fair condition, good color. Tear in title margin into color 2”. #45247-1 $3,500.00
29. Henry Kelley Champion of the Thames and Yare. London, Geo. Newbold 303 & 304 Strand. Lithograph, c.1858. Image size 16 7/8 x 26 7/8” (42.9 x 68.3 cm). Fair condition, backed on paper. Some soiling in margins. #85112-1 $3,500.00
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
63
30. The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. London published Jany. 27, 1871 by S. Lipschitz, 5 Commercial St. & 84 Brushfield St. Spitalfields. Lithograph handcolored, 1871. Image size 17 1/2 x 23 3/8” (44.4 x 59.4 cm). Good condition and color, save for an old mat line in the outer margins. #36828-1 $3,500.00
31. [Untitled.] London Rowing Club. Engraving, c.1860. No artist, engraver, or publisher’s name given. Image 15 x 30” (33 x 76.2 cm). Good condition. Black and white. #93481-1 $2,950.00 The 1857 winning crew and founders of the newly formed London Rowing Club. Herbert Playford is the stroke. The eight in the foreground with the rest of the crew being F. Potter, J. Paine, J. Nottidge, W. Farrer, J. Ireland, C. Schlotel & A. A. Casamajor with H. Edie, the Cox. Francis Playford is standing in the boat on the left. Alexander A. Casamajor, one of the greatest scullers of the day, is also shown in the single boat. He won the Wingfield Sculls for six successive years.
64
32. (left) The Varsity Eight Returning from Abingdon, : Passing Homeward Bound Nuneham Parties. Published by J. Ryman, High St. Oxford. Two-color lithograph, handcolored, undated. Image size 10 1/8 x 14 1/4” (25.7 x 36.2 cm). Good condition and color, save for trace foxing. #45418-1 $1,250.00 33. (right) My Tutor’s Sweepstakes. (Eton & Oxford). Published by J. Ryman, High St. Oxford. Two stone lithograph, c.1852. Image size 10 3/4 x 15 1/8” (27.2 x 38.4 cm.). Good condition, save for a moderate mat line in the outer margins. #84383-1 $850.00 From the series Eton and Oxford, A Few Familiar Scenes.
34. The Yale Varsity Crew Out for a Spin with Their Coach. Thure de Thulstrup. Published in Harper’s Weekly. Wood engraving, June 29, 1889. Image 13 3/4 x 19 7/8” (34.9 x 50.3 cm) plus title and margins. Good condition, save some soiling and repaired binding marks within image. Modern handcolor. #22343-9 $375.00
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
65
35. America’s Cup - 1967. Syndicate Mates. [Intrepid and Constellation.] Joseph W. Golinkin (1896-1977). Watercolor, 1967. A practice run by two famous 12-meter yachts. Signed upper left, titled verso. Paper size 22 1/2 x 30 1/2” (57 x 77.2 cm). Good condition and color, save for scattered foxing. #67879-1 $9,750.00 Illustrated in The Twelve Meter Challenges for the America’s Cup by Norris D. Hoyt, p. 69.
36. Home Stretch. [Santa Anna.] Joseph W. Golinkin (1896-1977). Watercolor, 1945. Signed upper left. Titled on verso. Paper size 22 x 29 7/8” (55.7 x 76.1 cm). Good condition and color. #67870-1 $12,000.00
37. (left) Roses. Dr. Robert John Thornton. Mezzotint and line engraving with aquatint. Printed in color and finished by hand, 1805. From The Temple of Flora. Second state. Engraved by Earlom after the painting by Dr. Thornton himself. The only plate in the series that Thornton painted. Image size 17 9/16 x 14” (44.8 x 35.5 cm). Good condition and color. #93544-1 $7,500.00
38. (right) The Pontic Rhododendron. Dr. Robert John Thornton. Aquatint stipple and line engraving, printed in color and finished by hand, 1802. From The Temple of Flora. Engraved by Caldwall after the painting by Henderson. A beautiful impression. Image size 18 5/16 x 13 15/16” (46.5 x 35.3 cm). Good condition and color. #2304-5 $4,500.00
66
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
67
Select plates from Mark Catesby’s The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands. Published in London 1731-1743 (first edition), 1751-1755 (second edition), 1771-1775 (third edition).
39. (left) Urogallus Minor. . . . T. 1. [Heath Hen or Greater Prairie Chicken]. Etching, 1754. Appendix plate 1. This is the now extinct Heath Hen. Second edition. Paper size 20 11/16 x 14 5/16” (52.5 x 36.3 cm). Good condition. Original color. #54793-1 $7,000.00 40. (right) Prunus Maritima Racemose. T. 96. [ Mangrove Grape-Tree]. Engraving. 1754. Second edition. Paper size 14 3/8 x 9 7/8” (36.3 x 25 cm). Good condition. Original color. #41433-1 $3,800.00
41. (left) Pseudo Santalum Croceum. The Spotted Ribbon-Snake. T. 51. Engraving 1754. Second edition. Paper size 20 5/8 x 14 1/4” (52.5 x 36.4 cm). Good condition. Original color. #16057-1 $950.00 42. (right) Anguis Gracilia Fuscus. The Ribbon Snake. T. 50. Engraving 1731-43. First edition. Paper size 20 1/4 x 14 5/16” (54.4 x 36.3 cm). Good condition. Original color. #16553-1 $1,000.00
43. (left) Querquedula Americana Fusca. The Blue-Winged Teal. T. 99. Engraving, 1731-43. First edition. Paper size 14 x 20 1/4” (35.8 x 51.7 cm). Good condition with original color, save for small paper loss of lower right corner. #30154-1 $3,200.00 44. (right) The Little Brown Duck. T.98. Engraving, 1754. Second edition. Paper size 20 3/4 x 14 3/8” (52.6 x 36.5 cm). Good condition. Original color. #25887-1 $1,700.00
45. (left) Baltimore Oriole. Plate 12. John James Audubon (17851851). Handcolored aquatint engraving, 1827-38. Paper size 38 x 24 1/2” (97.2 x 62.5 cm). Good condition and color. #13499-5 $24,500.00
46. (right) American Robin. Turdus Migratorius. Plate 131. John James Audubon (1785-1851). Aquatint and engraving handcolored, 1827-38. Paper size 38 3/4 x 26” (98.5 x 65.5 cm). Good condition and color. #2681-7 $32,500.00
From The Birds of America published in London. Drawn from nature and published by J. J. Audubon. Engraved, printed and colored by Robert Havell, London.
68
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
69
47. (left) La Perruche Edwards. Pl. 68. Good condition and color. #52675-1 $1,950.00 48. (right) L’Ara Mara Cana Tapire. Pl. 10. Good condition and color. #52674-1 $1,500.00 Jacques Barraband’s parrots. Barraband’s parrots appeared in Francois Levaillant’s Histoire naturelle des Perroquets published in Paris 1801-1805. The artist for this work is Jacques Barraband (1768-1808), a French zoological illustrator renowned for his lifelike renderings of tropical birds. Stipple and line engravings, printed in color and finished by hand. Sheet size 21 x 13 1/2” (53.2 x 34.3 cm).
49 (left) La Perruche Banks. Pl. 50. Good condition and color. #52670-1 $2,250.00 50.. (right) La Perruche Lori. Pl. 52. Good condition and color. #52672-1 $2,250.00
70
51. (left) Sea and Sky. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Wood engraving, 1931. Edition 150. Signed in pencil. Image size 10 x 6 7/16” (25.4 x 16.4 cm). Very good condition. Burne Jones #85. #60491-1 $4,500.00 52. (right) Diver. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Wood engraving, 1931. Edition 150. Signed in pencil. Image size 7 13/16 x 5 5/16” (19.9 x 13.5 cm). Very good condition. Burne Jones #88. #37461-2 $4,000.00
53. (left) Precipice. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Wood engraving, 1927. Edition 150. Signed in pencil. Image size 8 x 5 1/2” (20.3 x 14 cm). Good condition, save for a mat line. Burne Jones #15. #23473-2 $3,800.00 54. (right) Mountain Climber. Rockwell Kent (1882-1971). Published by The Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 11 for 1933. Wood engraving, 1933. Edition 235 plus 54. Printed by Pynson Printers, New York. Signed in pencil. Image size 7 13/16 x 5 7/8” (19.9 x 14.9 cm). Good condition, save for minor remains of old mat line, old hinge stains top corners. Burne Jones #93. #2637-3 $4,000.00
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
71
55. (left) Dusk at the Brooklyn Bridge. Emily Trueblood. Linocut, 2004. Edition 50. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “AP.” Image size 8 x 5 15/16” (22.5 x 15.2 cm). Very good condition. #33277-43 $950.00 56. (right) City Night 2. Emily Trueblood. Two-block linocut, 1996. Edition 50. This print is included in the permanent collection of The Detroit Institute of Art. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “8/50.” Image size 7 15/16 x 6” (20.2 x 15.1 cm). Very good condition. #15916-17 $425.00
57. (left) After the Parade. Karen Whitman. Linoleum cut, 2007. Edition 85. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “16/85.” Image size 11 13/16 x 8” (30.2 x 20.4 cm). Very good condition. #44142-4 $325.00 58. (right) Brooklyn Bridge with Sloop Clearwater. Karen Whitman. Linoleum cut, 2007. Edition 85. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “38/85.” Image size 11 15/16 x 9” (30.3 x 22.8 cm). Very good condition. #44419-6 $325.00
72
59. [Set of five maps]. Insignia Inclytae Reipublicae Hannoverensis. (and) Cosmographia Universalis. (and) Africa Tertia pars Terrae Septentrio. (and) Europa Prima pars Terrae forma Virginis. (and) Asia Seconda pars Terrae in Forma Pegasi. Heinrich Bunting. Published in Magdeburg. Woodcuts c.1581. Average image size 10 x 14” (25.5 x 35.5 cm). All maps are in good condition. Coloring is likely later but very well done. Shirley, #142: Nebenzahl, pp. 88-9. #99358-1 $30,000.00 A fine set of Bunting maps including the cloverleaf world map, another world map, Asia in the form of Pegasus, Africa, and Europe in the form of a virgin. Heinrich Buenting was a theological commentator from Hanover. He first published his Itinerarium Sacrae Scriptura in 1581. The work is famous among collectors as one of the great compilations of thematic maps, including Europe as a Queen and Asia as Pegasus.
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
73
60. A Map of ye English Empire in ye continent of America : Viz Virginia, New York, Mary Land, New Iarsey, Carolina, New England, Pennsilvania. Richard Daniel. Sold by R. Morden at ye Atlas in Cornhill neer ye Royal Exchange, London. Copper plate engraving,1679, (1684). Image size 19 5/8 x 23 1/4” (49.9 x 59.1 cm) plus margins. Good condition, save for some faint water stains in the lower portion. Original outline coloring. McCorkle, #679.1 (notes); Cumming, #82; Stevens & Tree, #19b; Burden, #514; Pritchard & Taliaferro #69. #80423-1 $49,500.00 Rare and important English produced map of the American Colonies. Engraved by Walter Binneman. An important and very rare piece of Colonial American cartography.
61. America Septentrionalis. By Henricus Hondius. Published by Joannes Janson, Amsterdam. Beautifully engraved map of North America, one of the few 17th-century maps to show just North America. Second state (of three) with Janson’s imprint in the lower left. Image size 18 1/4 x 21 1/2” (46.5 x 55 cm). McLaughlin #6; Burden, #245. Good condition. Original color. #90-1 $4,950.00
74
62. The New Bicycle Game. Published by Parker Brothers, Salem, Mass. Chromolithographed game board, box, and spinner. Cast metal pieces. 1894. A wonderful great early board game with great graphics on the cover and game board. The instructions are mounted on the verso of the cover and comes with four cast metal riders on bicycles, six route cards, and indicator, aka spinner. Box measures 12 3/8 x 20 7/8 x 1” (32 x 53.2 x 2.6 cm). Overall in very good condition. #98788-1 $2,100.00
63. Game of Uncle Sam’s Mail. Published by McLoughlin Bros. New York. Chromolithographed folding game board and box lid. 1893. A wonderful early board game with great graphics on the cover and game board which is a large map of the United States. Box measures 9 5/8 x 21 5/8 x 2” (24.5 x 55 x 5 cm). Game board, 20 1/2 x 34 5/8” (51.8 x 87.8 cm). Overall in good condition. Lid flaps or sides largely missing. #98790-1 $2,500.00
VOLUME LXXXI
NO. 3
75
64. “The Black Spider” Paul Terry Toons. Frank Moser (1886-1964). Lithograph, 1931. Published by Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. Recorded by Western Electric System. Paper size 41 x 26 7/8” (104 x 55.5 cm). Good condition. Original folds, some minor loss on one fold. #86304-1 $1,500.00 The film short was Originally Released on November 01, 1931. “The denizens of a magic toy shop come to life and cavort merrily, only to be interrupted by the arrival of an evil black spider intent on mischief. The toys will have none of it, and they proceed to annihilate the awful arachnid easily.”
76
65. To His Excellency Sr. Henry Moore, Bart., Captain General and Governour in Chief in & over the Province of New York & the Territories. . . this plan of the city of New York is most humbly inscribed by His Excellency’s most obedient servant, Bern’d Ratzer. By Bernard Ratzer. Copper plate engraving. 1766-67, (c.1769). Image size 23 x 34 7/8” (58.5 x 88.7 cm). Good condition, save for a printer’s crease through the reference key below the cartouche. Trimmed to neatline along left edge. Overall, a very nice impression. Black and white. #3204-3 Stokes, v. 1, plate 42, pp. 342-3; Deak, 120; Cohen & Augustyn, pp. 73-77; Haskel, 319. #3204-3 $45,000.00 A rare first state of one of the most important 18th-century maps of Manhattan. “Made just prior to the Revolution, the Ratzen plan is the most accurate and useful survey of New York then circulating.” Deak. This plan is normally referred to as the “Ratzen Plan” due to an engraver’s error, misspelling the cartographer’s name in the title cartouche. The map is based on the surveys of the British engineer, Bernard Ratzer. Drawn in 1767, engraved by the noted English engraver, Thomas Kitchen, and first issued in 1769. A second state with the imprint of Thomas Jefferys and William Faden added below the lower left neat line was issued in 1776. The plan shows the topography and existing streets, avenues, estates, farmlands, wharfs, and forts. A small portion of Brooklyn, here entitled “Part of Long or Nassau Island” is shown with the important “Brookland Ferry” indicated. A numbered key identifies thirty-one public buildings, churches, and markets.