A Recent Sale of Eighteen ‘Elizabeth Blackwells’ A Recent Sale of Eighteen ‘Elizabeth Blackwells’ Yet to be professionally photgraphed, these are iPhone photos. Elizabeth Blackwell (nee Blachrie) was among the first women to achieve fame as a botanical illustrator. She was born in Aberdeen in about 1700, but moved to London after she married. She undertook an ambitious project to raise money to pay her husband’s debts and release him from debtors’ prison.
Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse *36 Pages of ‘Atlas du Voyage de la Perouse’. No. 36 – Perdrix, male et female, de la Californie – California Male and Female Partridge Birds. La Perouse set sail from France in 1785 to continue discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narratives, maps and views survived and were published in 1797. 73 cm x 54 cm
A collection of 19th Century coloured engravings of whaling scenes – CGW134489/8 A collection of 19th Century coloured engravings of whaling scenes 20 cm x 31.5 cm (unframed) x 2 32 cm x 41 cm (unframed) x 2
Bivalubus (Shells) Chonchology (unframed) – 1668 – CGW134489-7-35 A Portsea home that Brownlow Interior Design dressed using some of our art and furniture Bivalubus (shells) Chonchology Historiae Conchyliorum. One of the earliest published books dedicated to the subject of chronchology (etching and engraving) Unframed Collection 1668
Pennant – “The Seal” – 1766 Stock CGW134469-12.5 “The Seal” Thomas Pennant (1726-1798) was a Welsh naturalist and travel writer, achieving distinction in both fields. He attended Oxford University. His natural history book “The British Zoology” was published in 1766 and was very influential to the study of Zoology. Drawing by Peter Paillou, engraved by Johan Jakob Haid 36.5 cm x 53 cm (unframed)
Capra – 19th Century coloured lithograph animal – CGW134468-3.1 Capra’ Wild goat 19th Century coloured lithograph animal. A. Gatt 78 cm x 95 cm (framed)
B. Pechechux – 1870 – CGW134469-17.5 Choix des plus beaux Vases Antiques Modernes et de la Renaissance. Hand coloured engravings. 1870 31 cm x 47 cm
17th and 16th Century Atlas Title Pages – CGW134472/2-9 Nine 17th and 16th Century Atlas Title Pages in black and white Measurements vary.
Green – Fish of the Congo – CGW134468-4.1-11 Green – Fish of the Congo Hand coloured engravings 1875 36 cm x 56 cm
Bartoli Mythical Scenes – 1750 – CGW134469-18/1-6 Bartoli Mythical Scenes. Detailed copper engravings. 1750 22 cm x 53 cm
Bivalubus (Shells) Chonchology (framed collection) – 1668 – CGW134489-7-35 One of the earliest published books dedicated to the subject of chonchology (etching and engraving) 1668
Churchill’s Voyages – 1750 – CGW134489-6-4 Churchill’s Voyages Mid 18th Century copper engravings of Fish. 1750
Mid 20th Century American Made Ebonised and Polished Brass Easel AA2047 Mid 20th Century American Made Ebonised and Polished Brass Easel Attractive lines with soft black tones and softened shine to the brass The easel stands gracefully in the corner with your art placed, complimenting your painting, not competing. Placed today is a rare foggy Buckmaster with hints of green on the grasses’ edge H.170cm W.65cm D.56cm
The Exercise of Armes – de Gheyn Stock CGW134470-27.1-12 The Exercise of Armes – de Gheyn An important and early work on military arms commissioned by Maurice of Orange (unframed). 1607
Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor’ Hesperides sive de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor’ Giovanni Baptista (also Battista) Ferrari (1584 in Siena – 1 February 1655 in Siena), was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome, a botanist, and an author of illustrated botanical books and a Latin-Syrian dictionary. He was born to an affluent Sienese family and entered the Jesuit Order in Rome in 1602. His career, besides the authoring of two important works, included being professor of Hebrew and Rhetoric at the Jesuit College in Rome and horticultural advisor to the Pope.