Portraits from Florilegius

Very good collection of the portrait plates only from the last part of the multi-volume Museum Florentinum With 218 (of 220) portrait plates of Renaissance and Baroque artists Variant issue with extra plates of the artists' self-portraits published by Niccolo Pagni and Guiseppe Bardi, Florence (originally published with 220 plates by Francesco Moucke in 1752-62). With engraved title page and 218 fine copperplates,… Read more about this item

First edition complete with all 60 plates [In about 1815, the portraits were retouched and re-issued with an additional 40 plates, including some by the engraver Robert Dunkarton, to bring the total to 100.] Engraved in mezzotinto from original pictures, miniatures, etc. Includes Queen Elizabeth I as a princess, writer William Shakespeare, famous actress and Charles II's lover Nell Gwyn, Henry VIII's Lord… Read more about this item

Illustrative of Granger's Biographical History of England, Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, Burnet's History of his own Time, Pennant's London, etc. Very good copy of the First Edition complete with all 200 copperplate engravings An eclectic collection of engraved portraits of "persons celebrated for their diplomatic services, military or naval achievements, literary acquirements, eccentric habits, or some peculiar feature in their lives."… Read more about this item

Very good copy of the first edition, complete with all 50 copperplate engravings Two volumes bound in one, title page to Vol. 1 only bound in at front Subjects range from the 15th to the 18th centuries, and include Lady Margaret Beaufort (mother to Henry VII), traitors Thomas Percy and Sir John Hotham, knight in armour Sir George Villiers, judge Sir Henry… Read more about this item

Very good copy of Pinkerton's collection of rare portraits of Scottish royalty, clergy and celebrities. Complete with 63 finely engraved copperplates. With portrait of cross-dressing Frances Stuart as frontispiece, engraved title page dated 1797, list of subscribers, advertisement to Part I, advertisement to Part III dated 1796, and 56 other portraits (one folding) and six engraved plates of royal seals. With three portraits… Read more about this item

Suite of 2 frontispieces and 61 portraits from Isaac de Larrey's History of England, Scotland and Ireland 1713-1730. All portraits by Dutch Baroque master Adriaen van der Werff. Copperplates engraved by Pieter Stevens van Gunst and others including Gerard Valck, Cornelis Vermeulen, Nicholas Pitaut, Benedict Audran, Jean Audran, Charles Simonneau, Pierre Drevet, Etienne Desrochers and Willem van der Gouwen. Allegorical frontispiece (by Bernard… Read more about this item

Fair copy only of a rare collection of lithographic portraits of famous artists. Impressive set of 18 large, bold portraits of the Old Masters Six numbers with 18 plates and text biographies only (it ran to 20 numbers with 60 plates), lacking title page Plates drawn by HvH, mostly after self-portraits by the original artists Printed by Godefroy Engelmann, 1788-1839, the pioneer Franco-German… Read more about this item

Good copy of this suite of 10 portraits of English Victorian beauties The 10 beauties include royalty (Queen Victoria herself), aristocrats, and various sultry ladies in off-the-shoulder gowns making eyes at the portraitist. The exquisite portraits by eminent artists John Hayter, William Drummond and Claude-Marie Dubufe, stipple engraved on steel by William Henry Mote, H. Hall, W.F. Holl, H. Robinson and W.H.… Read more about this item

Very good copy of Sir Thomas Lawrence's collection of intimate family sketches 12 charming portraits on steel, hand tinted to give the impression of pastel sketches Frontispiece engraved bust, engraved title page and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates. A snapshot of the family and friends of the most popular portrait artist in Georgian England The subjects include: Lady Emma Hamilton, scandalous mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson,… Read more about this item

Near fine copy of the First Series of these charming portraits of the children of English aristocracy Complere with 10 very fine steel engravings of chocolate-box Victoriana Toddlers and teenagers in ringlets, satin and taffeta, both boys and girls in cute dresses. One poem by Benjamin Disraeli, MP, who mourns the death of one of the subjects, Susannah Copley, at the tender age… Read more about this item

Complete set in four volumes of Dezallier-Argenville's famous Lives of the most famous painters with their portraits on copperplate Complete with frontispiece, 4 vignettes and 255 copperplate engravings by Fessard and Aubert in decorative frames (13 empty frames as published) Volume 1: Italian school artists from Rome, Florence and Venice 322 pages, 51 of 51 plates, and frontispiece by Boucher and vignette Volume 2:… Read more about this item

Rare complete set of 60 portraits of important figures from the French Revolution published in the Directoire era. Featuring King Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, revolutionary leaders Robespierre, Marat, Danton, Camille Desmoulins, Charlotte Corday, Napoleon Bonaparte and the revolutionary generals Victor Moreau, Alexandre Berthier, Barthelemy Joubert, Andre Massena, etc. Each page with portrait, vignette of an important scene in their life, and… Read more about this item