Authors starting with H from Donald Heald Rare Books

Paris: Typographie Chr. Krüsi, 1885. Small folio. (15 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches). [4], [1, verso blank], 47 pp. French text in two columns. 31 albumen photographs on captioned mounts (one signed in the image by Samuel Bourne, another by Robert Phillips, the others unsigned). (Scattered foxing to the text, repaired tear to one text leaf). Publisher's red pebbled cloth, front cover decoratively tooled with a gilt and black border and titled in gilt, rear cover with a decoratively tooled black border, spin... more information

Naples: chez l'Auteur, 1779. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Georg Abraham Hackert. (Small chips to outer blank margins). 14 7/8 x 21 1/4 inches. 20 11/16 x 26 9/16 inches. A fine view of the Nera Valley in Umbria, southern Italy. The view shows the ruins of the bridge of Augustus over the River Nera with the hill-top town of Narni visible in the background. Jacob Philipp or Johann Philipp Hackert was born in Prenzlau. He travelled extensively within Europe and was one of a group of artists who achieve... more information

Augsburg: Published by Johann Jakob Haid, circa 1730. Mezzotint. Printed on laid paper. In good condition with the exception of some foxing across the margins. Small paper loss in upper left corner of sheet. Image size: 12 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. 12 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches. 15 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. A striking scientific portrait of Albrecht von Haller, from Johann Jakob Haid's celebrated series of mezzotint portraits. Johan Jakob Haid came from a German family of artists and printmakers. Haid worked initially wi... more information

London: Hurst and Robinson, [1824-]1825. Small folio. 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates and twenty-one leaves of explanatory text. (Occasional light spotting). Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards, spine richly gilt, gilt morocco label. A fine copy of this rare and handsomely- produced book of wonderful Caribbean views of what was, at the time, one of England's richest overseas colonies. A spectacular book of views devoted entirely to Jamaica, showing scenes in the capital, on plantations, and ... more information

New York: E.P. Dutton, [1910]. 2 volumes, quarto. (10 13/16 x inches). Half-titles, titles printed in red and black. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Edgar Williamson on mounted india paper, 9 chromolithographic plates of fishing flies, 18 colour charts, 16 photogravures of fish and fishing spots on india paper mounted, 22 text illustrations; second volume with 33 actual fishing flies displayed in sunken compartments on nine heavy board mounts. Maroon half morocco gilt to style, marbled endpapers, top ... more information

Paris: Stoupe, 1778. Quarto. (10 x 7 3/4 inches). Half-title. 8 engraved plates. Contemporary marbled calf, covers ruled in blind, spine with raised bands in six compartments, morocco lettering piece in the second compartment, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers. First edition in French. An early treatise on ancient Hindu legislation in India, based upon a sanskrit manuscript originally translated by noted Orientalist Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, and reproduced in this French editio... more information

London: S. & J. Fuller, July 1845. Aquatint, coloured by hand, by C. Hunt, 'Minerva head' blindstamp, marked 'Proof' lower left. 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches. 17 5/8 x 22 inches. A very fine and rare proof print from the 'Winners of the Derby Stakes at Epsom Series', started by John Frederick Herring and ably continued here: "as a recorder of horses and the turf between 1840 and 1882, Harry Hall had no equal" (Charles Lane) Harry Hall "lived at Newmarket throughout his ... more information

Boston: Published by S. F. Cassino, 1881. Colour-printed lithograph mounted on card as issued. "Engraved" by Armstrong and Company after Hall. Lower right: "Henry Hall Haymarket 1879". Lower left corner: "PAROLE". Very good condition. 10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches. 14 5/8 x 18 5/8 inches. A charming image from "American Racing Horses," a collection of prints depicting some of the most eminent race horses in America during the late 19th century. Harry Hall "lived at New... more information

London: J. Hall, No. 83 Berwick Street, April 30, 1791. Copper engraving. In excellent condition. Image size: 17 7/8 x 13 7/8 inches. 20 1/2 x 15 inches. 24 1/2 x 18 3/16 inches. A lovely copy of Reynolds' distinguished portrait of Richard Sheridan, the famous politician and dramatist. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was a renowned British dramatist and politician. His witty plays exhibit the finest development of the comedy of manners in 18th-century England, and he was one of the most admired ... more information

St. Louis: John Halsall, 1857. Engraved folding pocket map, full contemporary hand-colouring, ornamental border. Folds into publisher's blindstamped cloth covers, upper cover titled in gilt, Mendenhall ad on the front pastedown. 29 x 22 1/2 inches. Rare pocket map of Kansas Territory issued during the Bleeding Kansas conflict. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created those territories with the provision that the region's settlers would decide whether slavery would be lawful. The borde... more information

St. Louis: John Halsall, 1857. Engraved folding pocket map, full contemporary hand-colouring, ornamental border. Folds into publisher's blindstamped cloth covers, upper cover titled in gilt, Colton ad for the front pastedown. With period pencil additions showing roads (or railroads?) principally between Kansas City and Louisville and with new boundaries to the Delaware Indian Reserve in Leavenworth County. 29 x 22 1/2 inches. Rare pocket map of Kansas Territory issued during the Bleeding Kansas confli... more information

New York: 1916-1917. 9 parts, 8vo. (9 x 6 1/8 inches). Plates. (Minor dampstaining in part I). Publisher's wrappers. Scarce auction catalogues from the sale of the famed Halsey collection, "the largest and most important sale of prints ever held in the United States" (preface). These parts cover Americana (including naval prints and New York views), Sporting Prints, French Engravings, Stipple Engravings, English Mezzotints, Nineteenth Century Prints, Old Masters, Napoleon/French Revolution, ... more information

Melbourne: 1851. Period outline color, 18 x 28¼ inches. Dedication to "His Excellency Sir Chas. A. Fitz Roy, Knt., Governor of New South Wales." Cloth backed and folding into green cloth covers. A rare early separate map of Victoria and the neighboring Port Phillip District of New South Wales. The map is filled with a great wealth of detail. Settlement and counties are almost completely confined to the southwestern portion of Victoria, with many parts still completely unknown. Southeast... more information

London: Published by J. Deeley, 95 Bewick St. Soho, Feb. 1, 1812. Coloured aquatint. Printed on wove paper watermarked J. Whatman. In excellent condition with the exception of two small mended tears on the right margin. Two small mended tears on upper margin. Crease along left corner. Tiny skillfully mended tear on left margin. Image size: 12 7/8 x 19 1/8 inches. 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches. 16 1/8 x 22 3/8 inches. A dramatic view of Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire. The site became a fortified castle during th... more information

Boston: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894. Folio. (15 1/16 x 11 5/8 inches). 40 proof wood-engravings (38 signed by the engravers) all on india paper tipped onto thick paper backing sheets and preceded by thick paper matts each printed with the title, artist and engraver. With an autograph letter signed by Hamerton concerning Joseph Pennell, laid in. Red half morocco by R.W. Smith, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second and third compartments. The atlas volume from a l... more information

[Florence: Société Chalcographique, circa 1800-1803]. Hand-coloured engraving, after Tischbein, on laid paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. 13 1/2 x 21 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a highly important work which remains a unique record of Sir William Hamilton's great collection of classical antiquites. This plate is from the scarce Florence edition of Tischbein's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's second and great... more information

[Florence: Société Chalcographique, circa 1800-1803]. Hand-coloured engraving, after Tischbein, on laid paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. 8 x 14 1/8 inches. 14 x 20 7/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a highly important work which remains a unique record of Sir William Hamilton's great collection of classical antiquites. This plate is from the scarce Florence edition of Tischbein's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's second and greate... more information

[Naples: Francesco Morelli, 1766-1767]. Engraving, hand-coloured in red and black. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor creasing. 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches. 18 3/8 x 14 inches. A neo-classical masterpiece from the greatest 18th-century work on the arts of the Ancient World. A very fine image from a work by Hugues d'Hancarville titled Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities... Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines. Tirées du Cabinet de M. Hamilton... more information

[Naples: Francesco Morelli, 1766-1767]. Engraving, hand-coloured in red and black. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, minor foxing, and slight creasing. 6 5/8 x 5 inches. 18 3/4 x 14 1/4 inches. A neo-classical masterpiece from the greatest 18th-century work on the arts of the Ancient World. A very fine image from a work by Hugues d'Hancarville titled Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities... Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines. Tirées du Cabine... more information

[Naples: Francesco Morelli, 1766-1767]. Double-page engraving by Carmine Pignatori, hand-coloured, ample margins. 18 11/16 x 28 1/4 inches. A neo- classical masterpiece from the greatest 18th-century work on the arts of the Ancient World. A very fine image from a work by Hugues d'Hancarville titled Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities... Antiquités Etrusques, Grecques et Romaines. Tirées du Cabinet de M. Hamilton. Sir William Hamilton was the British ambassador to Naples du... more information