Authors starting with L from Donald Heald Rare Books

Amsterdam: c. 1710. Engraved with period outline colour. Bottom margin trimmed close to neat line. All edges browned. 20 1/2 x 24 1/8 inches. 21 1/8 x 24 3/4 inches. A handsome early 18th century Dutch map of Denmark The de la Feuille family came to Amsterdam from France in 1683. The father, Daniel, was a goldsmith and engraver. Talent in engraving in Amsterdam at that time naturally led to publishing and mapmaking. This map was made by Jacob (originally Jacques) on the basis of several contemporary maps. ... more information

Paris: P. Didot l'ainé [volumes I-II] and J. Didot l'ainé [volume III], 1821-1822. 3 volumes, folio. (22 11/16 x 16 1/2 inches). 159 plates, plans and battle-plans on 119 sheets (made up as follows: 142 plans and plates on 102 sheets, by Gros, Piringer, Schwartz and others after Gauermann, Haechle, Jantscha, Laborde, Lieb, Piringer, Schütz and others [comprising: 129 hand-coloured engraved aquatint plates (3 of these double-page), 4 uncoloured plates, 6 tinted plates, 3 uncoloured... more information

London: John Boydell, 1 October 1768. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Philip Charles Canot. 16 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches. 19 1/4 x 23 3/16 inches. A fine example of van Laer's 'bambocciata' compositions, ably engraved by one of the great late 18th century engravers working in London. The title notes that the original picture, from which this engraving is taken, was 29 inches by 38 inches. Dutch painter and printmaker, [Van Laer was ]... active mainly in Rome, [where] he established a reputation as th... more information

London: John Boydell, 24 June 1769. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Philip Charles Canot. 16 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches. 19 1/4 x 23 1/8 inches. A fine example of van Laer's 'bambocciata' compositions, ably engraved by one of the great late 18th century engravers working in London. The title notes that the original picture, from which this engraving is taken, was 29 inches by 38 inches. Dutch painter and printmaker. [Van Laer was ]... active mainly in Rome, [where] he established a reputation as the i... more information

Leiden: Elzevier, 1633. Folio. (13 3/16 x 8 5/8 inches). Half-title. Engraved title with elaborate emblematic and architectonic border, 14 double-page engraved maps by Hessel Gerritsz, 68 woodcut illustrations. Contemporary calf, covers with double-fillet border in blind, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, the bands flanked by pairs of fillets in blind, painted figure '4' carefully painted in an attractive early calligraphic hand in white paint in the uppermost compartment, red- stained ... more information

Leiden: Elzevier, 1633. Folio. (13 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches). Engraved title with elaborate emblematic and architectonic border, 14 double-page engraved maps by Hessel Gerritsz, 68 woodcut illustrations. Near- contemporary marbled calf gilt, the covers with a large central shaped arabesque of strap-work, scrolling foliage, flowers and pomegranates, all within a simple outer border of a single fillet and a dog-tooth roll, expertly rebacked to style, spine in seven compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt i... more information

The Hague: chez Charles Delo, 1706. 2 volumes, 12mo. (6 x 3 5/8 inches). Titles in red and black. Engraved additional title, 26 plates and maps (including 2 large folding maps, 22 other folding plates or maps). Contemporary calf, covers ruled in blind, spine in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco labels in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat overall tooling in gilt, marbled endpapers and edges, expert repairs to head and foot of spines, contained within a single modern dark... more information

London: Printed for J. Osborn [vol I]; Printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, J. Osborn, S. Birt, T. Ward and E. Wicksteed [vol II], 1735. 2 volumes, 8vo. (8 x 5 inches). 20 engraved maps and plates (8 folding), as issued, and EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with 3 engraved plates from the 1703 first edition. Later mottled calf by Morrell, gilt triple-fillet borders with circular floral corner designs on the covers, spine with raised bands in six compartments, decoratively tooled in gilt, morocco gilt let... more information

Paris: Huquier and others, circa 1740] - 1744 - 1768. 18 suites and 4 unassigned plates in one volume, folio (21 5/8 x 14 inches). Engraved throughout. 150 leaves with 13 titles and 161 plates, all after Lajoue (1 folding, 1 hand-coloured reverse-printed 'vue d'optique' plate), most plates mounted to size, some plates cut to the edge or into the plate area. Mid-nineteenth century green morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border tooled in gilt, expertly rebacked to style, spine in compartm... more information

Philadelphia: J.E. Gillette & Co. publishers, 1861. Lithographed folding wall map, hand-coloured in outline, in 36 sections backed onto linen (87 4/5 x 65 3/4 inches overall), edged with pink linen ribbon, contemporary metal rings through cloth hoops sewn along upper margin of map. Contained in a recent red two-fold chemise, all within a recent red morocco-backed cloth slipcase, lettered and dated in gilt on the 'spine'. A rare and finely-detailed magnificent large scale map of Philadelphia an... more information

London: [printed by Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, Fleet Street, 1823. 8vo. (7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches). 6pp. publisher's advertisements at rear. Original drab paper-covered boards, paper label to backstrip, uncut (some expert repair). [With:] [Charles LAMB]. The Last Essays of Elia. London: [printed by Bradbury & Evans for] Edward Moxon, 1833. 8vo. (7 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches). Half-title, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at the back. Original dark blue moire cloth-backed drab paper-covered boards... more information

London: Sold by James Lambert, Painter, at Lewes in Sussex, and Robert Sayer, Map and Printseller, [circa 1760]. Hand-coloured engraving on laid paper by Pierre Charles Canot. Heightened with small spots of gum arabic in the lower part of the image. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, a 1 1/4" tear in the left margin, and a skilfully repaired 2" loss in the lower right corner of the sheet. 16 3/8 x 24 5/8 inches. 18 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches. A beautiful panoramic view of the Eng... more information

London: Messrs. Weddell [vols. 1-2]; H. Weddell [vol. 3], 1828-1828-1837. 3 volumes, folio. (vols.I-II: 26 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches; vol.III: 25 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches). Engraved portrait frontispiece of Lambert, 100 plates (comprising 2 folding uncoloured engraved plates [vol.II, Appendix nos. 7 and 8], 98 very fine fully coloured plates: engravings, lithographs and including 6 original watercolours in vol.III), extra-illustrated with an uncalled for dedication "To the King" at the front of vol.I and 17 ... more information

London: Messrs. Weddell, 1832. 2 volumes, octavo. (10 5/8 x 6 5/8 inches). Stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece of the author with integral engraved caption beneath incorporating hand-coloured Lambert family arms, 75 engraved plates (72 hand-coloured, 1 printed in green, 2 uncoloured, 11 folding) with at least 41 of these plates laid down onto backing sheets (as issued). Expertly bound to style in red straight-grained half morocco over contemporary green/grey drab paper-covered boards, the flat spines div... more information

Edited by Alberto Derolez. Ghent: in aedibus Story-Scientia, 1968. Folio. (15 1/2 x 11 inches). Title in red and black, half-title. Numerous plates and illustrations (some coloured and mounted, some folding). Original cream parchment over bevelled boards, the spine lettered in gilt (minor staining to the upper cover). The first printing of the text of a medieval manuscript encyclopedia: a limited edition of 675 copies, this number 271 of 600 copies. The Liber Floridus was compiled between 1090 and 1120 by ... more information

London: published by Landi, sold by Thos. King Jun., 1810 [title watermarked 1808, plates variously watermarked 1802 and 1809]. Imperial folio. (21 x 16 inches). Engraved calligraphic title, 30 hand-coloured aquatint plates, by G. d'Argenzo after Landi, the 7th plate with a slip pasted on as part of the title. Contemporary red morocco gilt, covers with wide decorative border in gilt and blind, composed from fillets, roll tools and star tools at each corner, expertly re-backed to style in red morocco, th... more information

London: "Printed for R. Sayer and I. Bennett", 10 May 1770 [1775]. Engraved map. Insets plans of Mecatina Harbour, St. Augustine and Cumberland Harbour. 21 3/4 x 29 1/4 inches. A chart of the coast of Labrador from the survey that launched the career of Captain James Cook. At the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the British needed accurate charts of the territories that had been awarded to them in the Treaty of Paris. The areas that were of particular interest to the Admiralty included La... more information

Paris: Didot, [1815-] 1821. 2 volumes in 3, small folio. (14 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches). Text: half-titles in each volume, folding table in vol. 1, 4pp errata and 2pp list of plates in rear of vol. 2. Atlas: engraved title with a large vignette after Henry Salt, 3 engraved maps hand-colored in outline, 143 engraved plates (12 hand-colored, and including 24 plates after Thomas Daniell). Contemporary French red calf-backed red paper boards, flat spines in six compartments divided by gilt roll tools, lettered in gi... more information

London: circa 1840]. Engraving, by Edward Hacker (repaired tears to margins, occasionally affecting image area). 15 x 21 inches. 19 3/4 x 26 3/4 inches. A fine quality scene showing a beagling pack and their master. George Laporte "came from an artistic family... [and] turned to sport for the subjects of many of his paintings. He lived in London, exhibiting there from the age of seventeen. The proprietor of The Sporting Magazine used his work and later in life he was appointed animal painter to the K... more information

Cincinnati: Printed and for sale by I. A. Pittman, 1866. 12mo. (5 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches). Printed in red and blue throughout. 20 woodcut maps with corresponding tables on facing pages. Printed recommendation by Abraham Lincoln on p. 5. Extra-illustrated with additional maps and tables of Pennsylvania by Larrance mounted onto the rear endpaper and pastedown. Publisher's blindstamped pebbled cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt "Larrance's / Post Office Charts / and / Maps / of / Western States&qu... more information