Authors starting with C from Donald Heald Rare Books

Paris: [no date but plates dated 1664-1689]. Folio. (19 1/8 x 13 inches). Engraved throughout, 83 engraved plates and plans by Le Pautre, Silvestre, Edelinck, and others (4 folding, 23 double-page). Contemporary French red morocco gilt, covers panelled in gilt with Royal French crowned double-L monogram at the corners and a large blocked French Royal arms in an oval at the centre of each cover, spines in seven compartments with raised bands, leather lettering-piece in the second, the others with repeat de... more information

Original watercolour and bodycolour, within a thick black line border, with and integral outer 'frame' of grey wash, the title inscribed in white on this gray wash 'frame'. Gilt frame. 5 x 7 11/16 inches. 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches. A beautifully observed and typically detailed work from Nicolino Calyo in the classical Italian 'veduta' or 'view' tradition. Nicolino Calyo's work is well-represented in American museums and institutions, with examples at the White House, the Bal... more information

London: Thomas Jefferys, November 1762. Engraving, by Peter Mazell. 11 1/8 x 19 1/2 inches. 18 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches. A fine and rare image of Guadaloupe in the West Indies, taken during the English occupation of the island from 1759 to 1763. Fort Royal is situated on the west coast of Basse-Terre (the more rugged of the two islands that make up the bulk of Guadaloupe) and is near the present-day town of Deshaies. The British attempted, unsuccessfully, to capture the French colony of Guadaloupe in 1666, 169... more information

Salem, Mass: Peabody Museum, 1964. 8vo. (10 x 6 7/8 inches). Plates. Original blue cloth, upper cover and spine blocked in gilt. Limited edition of 1000 copies. ... more information

London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved by Henry Hulsbergh. Watermarked laid paper. A few spots. Repaired split at bottom of centerfold. Browning at edges. 10 x 19 1/2 inches. 19 3/4 x 26 1/2 inches. A noble British Palladian facade from Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus." Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus is considered one of the greatest eighteenth-century English architectural works. Campbell's seminal text helped establish Palladianism as the English nation... more information

London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved on laid paper.10 x 19 inches. 17 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. From Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect" Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert Walpole. Noble country estates as grand as any in continental Europe appeared throughout the land... more information

London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved. Laid paper.9 1/2 x 25 inches. 17 1/2 x 25 3/4 inches. Greenwich Hospital by Wren and Hawksmoor from Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus." Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert Walpole. Noble country estates as grand as any in continental Europe appeared th... more information

London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved by Henry Hulsbergh. On laid paper. Two repaired tears in the bottom margin, well outside image. 19 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches. From Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect" Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert Walpole. Noble country estates ... more information

London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved. Laid paper.9 3/4 x 19 inches. 17 1/4 x 21 inches. A notable facade by Nicolas Hawksmoor from Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus." Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert Walpole. Noble country estates as grand as any in continental Europe appeared throughou... more information

London: Published by Colen Campbell, 1725. Engraved by Henry Hulsbergh. On laid paper. Two repaired tears in the bottom margin, well outside image. 9 7/8 x 19 1/2 inches. 19 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches. From Colen Campbell's "Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect" Vitruvius Britannicus is one of the great eighteenth-century English architectural works. It illustrates, in a way, the social revolution that occured in the first half of the 18th century under the governance of Robert Walpole. ... more information

[N.p. but New York]: for Private Circulation Only, May, 1870. 8vo. (9 x 5 1/2 inches). 2 folding engraved maps, with routes marked in colour by hand, extra-illustrated with 2 albumen print photographs, mounted recto and verso on a single captioned card (as frontispiece) which reads respectively: "Embarkation of Northern Pacific Rail Road Exploring Expedition on board Steamer Mary Moody, Pend d'Oreille Lake, Idaho, July 30th 1869" and "View of Pend d'Oreille Lake in Rocky Mountains, I... more information

London: Published by Francis West, circa 1833-1850. Hand-coloured engraving. A later impression. Very good condition apart from some light soiling, a few small tears and a mild water stain in the bottom margin. 11 1/4 x 16 1/8 inches. 15 1/4 x 21 3/8 inches. A lovely view down the length of the canal in St. James Park as seen from Buckingham Palace, from "A Collection of Views of Old London and its Environs," a series of plates originally engraved for the publisher John Bowles in the mid 1700s a... more information

[Paris: Silvestre, no date but circa 1720-60]. 1 engraved dedication/explanation leaf (3 3/8 x 4 7/16 inches), 52 engraved cards (each 3 3/8 x 2 3/16 inches), each backed on 19th-century card. All contained within a single early 20th-century brown straight-grained morocco slipcase modelled as a book and titled in gilt on 'spine'. A very rare complete set of early 18th-century playing cards, intended as an illustration of heraldry in France. Later issue of this ornamental set of numbered playing ca... more information

[Amsterdam: Nullenstein Lautje van Schotten, no date but circa 1721]. 54 engraved cards (each 3 3/8 x 1 15/16 inches), comprising 52 playing cards, 1 title card and 1 publisher's card, each backed onto 19th-century heavy card. All contained within a single early 20th-century brown straight-grained morocco slipcase modelled as a book and titled in gilt on 'spine'. John Law's Comeuppance or: the Mississippi Bubble in Playing Cards - an attractive and extremely rare complete set of early-18th... more information

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1823. Engraving with full period colour. Backed on linen. Split at fold expertly repaired. Occasional creases. 17 1/4 x 21 3/4 inches. Fascinating and informative map of Connecticut from one of the most innovative American atlases of the 19th century Carey & Lea's atlas established a style that was widely admired, especially in Europe: placing a fully coloured map as the centerpiece of the page and surrounding it with geographical and historical facts. The texts were... more information

Philadelphia: Published by Mathew Carey, May 1, 1796. Folio. (16 x 9 inches). Letterpress title. 45 folding engraved maps. Expertly bound to style in brown calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments with double gilt fillets, lettered in the second compartment, modern black morocco-backed cloth box, spine gilt. A handsome copy of this very important American atlas, including the very rare large scale map by Samuel Lewis "A map of the United States: the state... more information

Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1800. Folio. (17 x 14 inches). 49 engraved maps, (including 26 double-page or folding, 'A Map of the part of the N.W. Territory of the United States' printed on heavy paper and coloured in outline in a contemporary hand.) (Occasional expert repairs to margins and folds). Expertly bound to style in half russia over contemporary speckled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments by double gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartm... more information

[Boston: B. & J. Loring, 1801]. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, folded and mounted on linen. Publisher's paper label to verso, in good condition apart from some slight browning. Modern cloth chemise, within a morocco-backed cloth slipcase. 31 3/4 x 46 3/4 inches. A very rare and highly important early map of Massachusetts. The revised and much improved first "official" edition of the most important early map of Massachusetts. In three key ways, this edition is a great ... more information

Rome: Ludovico Mirri, [1776-1778]. Original engraving with modern bodycolour. Very good condition apart from some mild rippling and two minor brownish stains in the left and right margins. 21 5/8 x 23 1/4 inches. 24 1/2 x 28 5/8 inches. A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. Situated between the Palatine and Esquiline Hills in Rome and designed by architects Severus... more information

[Rome: Ludovico Mirri, 1776-1778]. Original engraving with modern bodycolour. Very good condition apart from some mild creasing and a few small tears in the top and bottom margins. 12 3/8 x 22 7/8 inches. 17 3/8 x 28 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Vestigia delle terme di Tito e loro interne pitture' of an ancient fresco from the 'Domus Aureus', Nero's sumptuous imperial complex in Rome. Situated between the Palatine and Esquiline Hills in Rome and designed by architects Severus and Cel... more information