Authors starting with S from Donald Heald Rare Books

Venice: Marcus Sadeler, ca. 1640. Engraving. State iii/iv with inscription "Marcus Sadeler's excudit" erased. Very good condition apart from some light soiling and a skillfully repaired small loss at the edge of the top margin. Trimmed to within plate mark on all sides. 13 7/8 x 9 1/2 inches. A finely detailed portrait of Empress Petronia, the wife of Roman Emperor Aulus Vitellius (AD 15-69). This stunning plate belongs to an impressive collection of distinguished portraits of eminent Roman ... more information

Venice: Marcus Sadeler, ca. 1640. Engraving. State iii/iv with inscription "Marcus Sadeler's excudit" erased. Very good condition apart from some light soiling. Trimmed to within plate mark on all sides. 14 x 9 5/8 inches. A finely detailed portrait of the wife of Nero Claudius Caesar (AD 37-68). This stunning plate belongs to an impressive collection of distinguished portraits of eminent Roman Emperors and Empresses. The prints in this set depicting the classically posed Emperors are based ... more information

Venice: Marcus Sadeler, ca. 1640. Engraving. State iii/iv with inscription "Marcus Sadeler's excudit" erased. Very good condition apart from some light soiling. Trimmed to within plate mark on all sides. 13 15/16 x 9 5/8 inches. A finely detailed portrait of the wife of Vespasian. This stunning plate belongs to an impressive collection of distinguished portraits of eminent Roman Emperors and Empresses. The prints in this set depicting the classically posed Emperors are based on a series of l... more information

Venice: Marcus Sadeler, ca. 1640. Engraving. State iii/iv with inscription "Marcus Sadeler's excudit" erased. Very good condition apart from some light soiling. Trimmed to within plate mark on all sides. 14 x 9 9/16 inches. A finely detailed portrait of Empress Martia Fulvia, the wife of Titus Vespasian (AD 39-81). This stunning plate belongs to an impressive collection of distinguished portraits of eminent Roman Emperors and Empresses. The prints in this set depicting the classically posed ... more information

Venice: Marcus Sadeler, ca. 1640. Engraving. State iii/iv with inscription "Marcus Sadeler's excudit" erased. Very good condition apart from some light soiling. Trimmed to within plate mark on all sides. 14 x 9 9/16 inches. A finely detailed portrait of Agrippina, the wife of Tiberius Cæsar (42 BC-AD 37) and mother of Nero Claudius Caesar (AD 37-68). This stunning plate belongs to an impressive collection of distinguished portraits of eminent Roman Emperors and Empresses. The prints in... more information

[Oxford]: printed at the Oxford University Press for the Bibliographical Society, 1937. 4to. (8 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches). Half-title. Portrait frontispiece, plates, illustrations. Original wrappers. A fine copy, issued as "Supplement to the Bibliographical Society's Transactions. No.12". ... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on thick wove paper. 18 1/2 x 25 1/4 inches. 22 1/8 x 29 inches. A lovely landscape of the stunning valley in Ethiopia Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London an... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on wove paper (watermark 'J Whatman'). 16 1/2 x 23 3/8 inches. 20 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches. View of the British colonial island St. Helena prior to its becoming Napoleon's last residence Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on thick wove paper. 19 x 25 1/2 inches. 20 3/4 x 26 1/4 inches. A lyrical landscape of the Samayut Mountains in Ethiopia Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to Londo... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on thick wove paper. (Expertly repaired 5 inch tear). 17 1/8 x 23 1/4 inches. 20 3/4 x 26 5/8 inches. A fine view of the Ethiopian landscape from a drawing taken during the first British mission in 1805. Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught ... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on thick wove paper. 16 7/8 x 23 1/4 inches. 20 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches. A fine view of the Ethiopian landscape from a drawing taken during the first British mission in 1805. Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolo... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by D. Havell after Henry Salt, on thick wove paper. 19 x 25 1/2 inches. 21 1/2 x 28 inches. View of pretty hilltop town in Ethiopia Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolour-painter of Lichfield. In 1797 he went to London and became a pupil o... more information

London: William Miller, 1 May 1809. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by J. Bluck after Henry Salt, on wove paper. 16 3/4 x 23 1/4 inches. 20 3/4 x 27 1/4 inches. A lyrical South African view from the 'Roode Zand' (Red Sand) Pass inland from the Cape of Good Hope. Henry Salt, artist, traveller, diplomat and collector of antiquities, was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, England 14 June 1780. He was destined to be a portrait-painter, and on leaving school was taught drawing by Glover, the watercolo... more information

Paris: Éditions des Chroniques du Jour, March 1938 - 1939. 1re année only, numbers 1-6 in 5 (as issued), quarto. (12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches). 22 original woodcuts, lithographs or engravings, numerous illustrations in colours and black and white. Original wrappers, the upper covers printed in three colours, all contained within a single blue cloth box, with morocco lettering-piece to 'spine'. A run of the first six issues of this important and influential art periodical, all in excellent ... more information

Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette, 1669. Copper-engraved map, in very good condition. 16 5/8 x 23 1/3 inches. The most important French map of North America of its generation, produced by the country's most esteemed family of cartographers This very influential map was the official successor to Nicolas Sanson's 1650 map of North America. When Nicolas Sanson, regarded as the father of the renaissance of cartography under Louis XIV, died in July, 1667, he left his flourishing business under the charge of ... more information

Paris: Published by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, edited by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam, 1696. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour and gold embellishments, in excellent condition. 24 3/8 x 37 1/8 inches. A superb map of Brittany by Nicolas Sanson, the leading map maker during the golden age of French cartography. One of the most important figures in French cartography, Nicolas Sanson initiated the great school of French geographers. Born in Abbeville in 1600, Sanson established his first printing hous... more information

Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette Rue S. Jacque, [1656]. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, in very good condition. 16 7/8 x 22 5/8 inches. A very rare example of one of the most important and influential maps of Canada ever devised, by Nicolas Sanson, the 'father of the French School of Cartography' This very rare map is the most geographically progressive portrayal of Canada made during its generation, and was not superseded until Guillaume De L'Isle's 1703 map. While it bases ... more information

London: F.J.Sarjent, 1 April 1810. Aquatint, printed in colours with hand-colouring, by Sarjent. (Two small expertly repaired tears to blank margins). 15 3/4 x 23 3/8 inches. 19 x 25 3/4 inches. A beautiful and rare large format view of Edinburgh. Francis Sarjent drew, engraved and published this rare view of Scotland's capital city. This panoramic image is balanced and enlivened by the figures in the foreground of an old sailor (telescope under one arm), who stands talking to two young boys whilst th... more information

Mezzotint. In excellent condition apart from some very faint foxing on sheet. Image size: 12 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches. 15 x 12 inches. 17 x 13 1/4 inches. A wonderful impression of John Sartain's striking mezzotint of Washington Allston, the famous American painter who introduced Romanticism to the United States. John Sartain was the preeminent portrait engraver in Philadelphia. His success was unusual for a nineteenth century engraver and can be attributed mainly to his adaptability as an artist and his s... more information

Philadelphia: Published by William Sartain, 728 Sansom Street. Printed by Irwin & Sartain, 1865. Mixed method, mezzotint and engraving. Printed on fine india and mounted onto thick wove sheet, as issued. "Proof" printed in lower left corner of sheet. Facsimile signature in lower right corner. In excellent condition with the exception of a slight rubbed line in upper left corner. Image size: 18 1/2 x 14 inches. 22 x 15 inches. 24 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches. This is a rich impression of this commandi... more information