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1850Best.-Nr. 30881850. Wood-engraving with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 140mm 9" by 5 1/2" sheet. From Georges-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon and Bernard Germain de Lacepede's 'Oeuvres Complètes avec les supplémens. Augmentées de la classification de G. Cuvier'. CONDITION : One light marks slight creasing at the edge of the sheet. unknown
1848Best.-Nr. 27501848. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 245mm by 150mm sheet. Native of Swan River Western Australia. From Curtis' Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. One light vertical indented line across sheet. unknown
1810Best.-Nr. 22801810. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 220mm by 170mm platemark. 'Remarkable Caves - The Schulerloch in Bavaria' From 'Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend' by Friedrich Justin Bertuch 1747-1822 an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals Plants Flowers Fruits Minerals Costumes Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.Accompanied by original descriptive text in English Italian French and German. unknown
1826Best.-Nr. 20581826. Stipple engraving. 200mm by 130mm sheet. Benjamin Marshall 1768 - 1835 was an English sporting and animal painter. He exhibited thirteen pictures chiefly portraits of racehorses and their owners at the Royal Academy 1801-12 and 1818-9. A few marks outside image area at the top of the sheet. unknown
1805Best.-Nr. 33281805. Copper-line engraving. 115mm by 90mm platemark 170mm by 120mm 9sheet. 'Portraits of Sir Richard Whittington and his Cat from an Original Painting at Mercer's Hall'. Engraving from 'The New Wonderful Museum and Extraordinary Magazine 1805''. Sir Richard Whittington c. 1354-1423 was a medieval merchant and politician and the real-life inspiration for the pantomime character Dick Whittington. Sir Richard Whittington was four times Lord Mayor of London a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London. unknown
1700Best.-Nr. 6791700. Copper-line engraving. 160mm by 110mm. Portrait of Lionel Lockyer the inventor of Lockyer's pill. Lockyer c.1600 - 1672 was a 17th-century quack doctor who was famous in his time for his miracle pills that he claimed included sunbeams as ingredients. Lettered on tablet with "The true Effigies here you may behold / Of him who for preventing others ill / Hath gaind a Medicine far excelling Gold / And known to all ye world for Lockyers Pill".Tipped at corners to a backing sheet. unknown
1815Best.-Nr. 22231815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 195mm sheet. 1 Mosque of Arkot 2 Pagoda of Wira Mally From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch 1747-1822 an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals Plants Flowers Fruits Minerals Costumes Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815.1 pin-hole above image. unknown
1858Best.-Nr. 14941858. Wood-engraving. 275mm by 210mm sheet 120mm by 175mm image. In January 1858 the MCC challenged any team in the Australian Colonies and a team from New South Wales accepted the challenge which was played on the MCG. Half-page illustration from 'Melbourne Punch'. Melbourne Punch began in 1855. From 1855-1861 Nicholas Chevalier was one of the principal cartoonists most of whose work was engraved by Samuel Calvert. Unrelated text below the image and on the reverse. unknown
1870Best.-Nr. 13041870. Tinted lithograph. 270mm by 210mm sheet. Admiral Arthur Phillip RN 1738-1814 was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales the first European colony on the Australian continentand was the founder of the site which is now the city of Sydney. Faint spotting at bottom left corner away from image area. unknown
1796Best.-Nr. 4871796. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 230mm by 135mm sheet. New Zealand native botanical engraving from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787.Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. unknown
1837Best.-Nr. 22351837. Colour aquatint. 120mm by 215mm image. 'The New London Bridge as it appeared on Monday August 1st 1831 at the Ceremony of Opening by their Majesties'. Published by Whittaker & Co London.The engraving shows balloon possibly piloted by British balloonist Charles Green ascending over New London Bridge on the occasion of its opening August 1 1831 witnessed by William IV and Queen Adelaide. John Rennie was the architect of the bridge.Trimmed through publication line at the bottom of the sheet. Very faint off-setting. unknown
1812Best.-Nr. 26321812. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 220mm by 140mm sheet. Australian native botanical engraving from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. Francis Sansom was a leading London botanical engraver.Sydenham Teast Edwards 1768 -1819 was a natural history illustrator. He was the first full-time artist to work for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. He served as that magazine's principal artist for 27 years.Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. unknown
1837Best.-Nr. 10491837. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 210mm by 130mm sheet. '1. Didelphis canerviora The Crab-eating Opossum 2. Dasyurus viverrinus White Dasyurus 3. Perameles nasutus Geoff. The Perameles' From Baron Georges Cuvier's 1769-1832 'Animal Kingdom' published in London in 1837.One small spot. unknown
1781Best.-Nr. 33151781. Copper-line engraving. 180mm by 108mm platemark. 'Dorothy Pentreath of Mousehole in Cornwall the last Person who could converse in the Cornish language'. From "Wonderful and Scientific Museum or Magazine of Remarkable and Eccentric Characters" by R. S. Kirby. Dorothy Pentreath 1692- 1777 known as Dolly was the last known native speaker of the Cornish language. She is also the best-known of the last fluent speakers of Cornish. CONDITION : Paper toning. Stitching holes in left hand margin. With accompany text description. unknown
1794Best.-Nr. 9661794. Copper-line engraving. 175mm by 115mm image only. John Hawkesworth LLD One of the editors of Cook's First Voyage' Engraving from the octavo edition of 'A new authentic and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority.'John Hawkesworth c.1715 - 1773 was an English writer who was commissioned by the British Admiralty to compile An Account of the Voyages Undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere 1773 dealing chiefly with the voyages of exploration of Captain Cook.Small margins. unknown
1860Best.-Nr. 29011860. Wood-engraving. 275mm by 210mm sheet. 'Little Jack Horner Eating his Christmas Pie. Jack Horner.His Great Impersonation.Mr B.rt.n'. Depicts George Barton Member of the Victorian Parliament who belived payment of Members would result in more professionalism in Parliament. From 'Melbourne Punch'. Melbourne Punch began in 1855. From 1855-1861 Nicholas Chevalier was one of the principal cartoonists most of whose work was engraved by Samuel Calvert. Reverse blank. unknown
1815Best.-Nr. 11851815. Copper-line engraving. 200mm by 245mm sheet. Engraving based on 'Sauvage de la Nouvelle Zeelande & Jeune Sauvage de la Nouvelle Zeelande' from La Billardiere's 1755-1834 'Atlas du Voyage a la recherche de la Perouse' and William Hodges "A Warrior of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean" from Cook's Voyages. From the German edition of 'Description of an English missionary trip to the southern Pacific Ocean in the years 1796 1797 and 1798 in the ship Duff' the account of the findings of Captain Wilson and Captain Cook.Light toning.Rare. unknown
1818Best.-Nr. 171818. Colour aquatint. 110m by 180mm image 140mm by 230mm sheet. Killerton Seat of Sir Thos. Dyke Ackland Bt MP'. Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst Exeter Devon. It was built for the Acland family in 1778. The garden was created in the 1770s by John Veitch one of the leading landscape designers of the time. Killerton was given to the National Trust by British politician Sir Richard Acland. Published by Rudolf Ackermann in his Repository of the Arts. unknown
1793Best.-Nr. 6711793. Copper-line engraving. Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert 1717 - 1783 was a French mathematician mechanician physicist philosopher and music theorist. Until 1759 he was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopedie. D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation is named after him. The wave equation is sometimes referred to as d'Alembert's equation. unknown
1790Best.-Nr. 6921790. Etching with aquatint. 90mm by 77mm platemark. 'FT Talma Chirurgien Dentiste du Roi d'Angleterre' Michel-Francois Talma 1733-1806 was born in in Paris. In the 1760s he moved to London and from 1770 to 1780 he practised as a dentist in Cavendish Street London and remained in the city for the remainder of his career. His son became a well-known actor.False-mounted. Very rare. unknown
1850Best.-Nr. 30871850. Wood-engraving with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 140mm 9" by 5 1/2" sheet. From Georges-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon and Bernard Germain de Lacepede's 'Oeuvres Complètes avec les supplémens. Augmentées de la classification de G. Cuvier'. CONDITION : Slight soiling at the edge of the sheet. unknown
1815Best.-Nr. 8861815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 195mm sheet. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch 1747-1822 an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals Plants Flowers Fruits Minerals Costumes Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815. Accompanied by original descriptive text in French and German. unknown
1815Best.-Nr. 22221815. Copper-line engraving with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 195mm sheet. From Bilderbuch Zum Nutzen und Vergnugen Der Jugend by Friedrich Justin Bertuch 1747-1822 an encyclopedic collection of Interesting Animals Plants Flowers Fruits Minerals Costumes Antiquities and other Interesting Objects published in multiple volumes between 1801 and 1815. Slight off-setting. unknown
1850Best.-Nr. 30911850. Wood-engraving with original hand-colouring. 235mm by 140mm 9" by 5 1/2" sheet. From Georges-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon and Bernard Germain de Lacepede's 'Oeuvres Complètes avec les supplémens. Augmentées de la classification de G. Cuvier'. CONDITION : Couple of light marks in the margins. unknown
1825Best.-Nr. 13111825. Copper-line engraving. 200mm by 125mm sheet. Sir William Edward Parry 1790 -1855 was an English rear-admiral and Arctic explorer. Parry served as Commissioner of the Australian Agricultural Company based at Tahlee on the northern shore of Port Stephens New South Wales Australia from 1829 to 1834. Trimmed within the platemark. Short break in paper at the bottom of the sheet. unknown
