Titles starting with C from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: Published by Lloyd Brothers & Co., circa 1858. Albumin photograph mounted on card as issued. Very good condition apart from some light soiling in the margins. 14 x 9 5/8 inches. 19 1/4 x 14 3/16 inches. A stunning image from the series "Portraits of Eminent British Artists" by one of the leading figures of early Victorian photography. This beautiful photograph pictures the accomplished historical painter Charles West Cope (1811-1890) engaged in the act of sketching. The son of the la... more information

Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1836. Hand-coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after Charles Bird King's copy of James Otto Lewis' portrait made at the Butte des Morts council in 1827. 21 x 14 1/2 inches. An early impression and fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important [works] ever published on the American Indians' (Field),` a landmark in American culture' (Horan) and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way ... more information

Philadelphia: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-1832. Volumes I and II, quarto. (10 x 8 1/2 inches). Text in two columns. 2 uncoloured steel-engraved titles with vignettes, 2 uncoloured steel-engraved portrait frontispieces, 49 plates (1 uncoloured wood-engraving on thin paperstock, 1 uncoloured steel-engraving, 1 hand-coloured steel-engraving after Thomas Doughty and 46 hand-coloured lithographs by Thomas Doughty [23], M.E.D. Brown [11], J.G. Clonney [8] and others). (Scattered foxing and browning to the text).20... more information

[Paris: 1812-1814]. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Coutant. Very good condition, with the exception of some small losses at the top of the sheet edge, and a skilfully repaired 2" tear at top left. 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. A fine plate from Bonpland's "Description des Plantes Rares Cultivées á Malmaison et á Navarre" considered to be the apex of Redouté's achievement as a botanical illustrator. Throughout his career,... more information

circa 1956. Colored pencil on black construction paper, not signed or dated. 18 1/2 x 25". Framed. Concept art anticipating the 1957 dolphin fin Cadillac The modelling of this bright metallic green concept car is most similar to the 1957 Cadillac, though the dolphin-like fins were not nearly as pronounced on the actual car. The big glass canopy top was never adopted. The drawing was attributed to Hervey Stockman by a previous owner. It is similar to another drawing that is initialled ("H.S.&q... more information

Detroit: 1949. Colored pencil on paper. Initialled "H. S." and dated "5 - 17 - 49" With a five point description and a diagram of how the retractable roof would work. 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches. Framed. Post-war design concenpt incorporating many features of future Cadillacs by a great American aviator This is an early design for a retractible roof concept that did not reach production until 1957 when it was introduced in the Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner. The drawing also illustrates many f... more information

London: S. & J. Fuller and J.F. Herring, 15 July 1828. Aquatint, printed in colours and finished by hand, by R.G. Reeve. 12 5/8 x 17 1/4 inches. 15 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches. A fine print from the 'Winners of the Derby Series': a 'benchmark' sporting print in terms of the "quality of painting, engraving and printing" (Lane) Herring is an outstanding and imaginative artist who at an early age showed an aptitude for handling both riding whip and pencil. At a young age, fate took Her... more information

[London: Day & Son, 1842-1849]. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. 13 1/8 x 19 3/8 inches. 15 5/8 x 22 1/4 inches. A fine example from David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. Roberts' masterpiece was issued in 41 parts over seven years. It is beautifully lithographed by Louis Haghe, ... more information

[London: Day & Son, 1842-1849]. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe, coloured by hand, mounted on card in imitation of a watercolour. Very good condition, but on a later card mount with occasional small repaired tears effecting the image area. Image size: 13 1/8 x 20 1/2 inches. A fine example from David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. Roberts&#... more information

Paris: chez l'Editeur.. Imprime par Sauniée, 1832. 19 5/16 x 23 ½ inches. A fine and rare separately issued view of the main French port on the north coast after `one of the earliest and most accomplished of English water-colourists' (DNB Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Paul Legrand after Francia, printed by Sauniée. Francia (1772-1839) `was born at Calais…, and was brought early in life to London by his father, a refugee… He commenced to exhibit at the Royal Ac... more information

Vienna: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, [1855-1856]. 'Nature printed' in brown ink, with titling and imprint in black, by the Vienna Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 18 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches. 22 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches. A beautiful example from "most important work produced by nature printing ever published" (Stafleu). To the modern eye this plate has an almost photographic beauty to it, which, in aesthetic terms, foreshadows the work of the great early-20th century photographers such as Man Ray. However,... more information

Vienna: Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, [1855-1856]. 'Nature printed' in brown ink, with titling and imprint in black, by the Vienna Hof- und Staatsdruckerei. 17 1/4 x 12 inches. 22 3/4 x 16 1/8 inches. A beautiful example from "most important work produced by nature printing ever published" (Stafleu). To the modern eye this plate has an almost photographic beauty to it, which, in aesthetic terms, foreshadows the work of the great early-20th century photographers such as Man Ray. However, thi... more information

London: [E.G. Henderson & Son, 1857-1859]. Zincograph by C.T. Rosenberg, coloured by hand, printed by C.F. Cheffins & Sons. 14 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. A beautiful image from one of the greatest 19th-century female botanical artists, originally published in the very rare 'The Illustrated Bouquet' Charlotte Caroline Sowerby was a member of a highly talented family that was involved at the highest levels in many aspects of natural history publishing in the middle of the 19th century. Unfortunate... more information

Eichstatt: 1613, 1st edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 21 x 17 1/2 inches. Basil Besler published "Hortus Eystettensis", the earliest large folio botanical, at Eichstatt near Nuremburg, in 1613. He worked on the drawings for the 374 copper engravings over a period of sixteen years from the plants in the garden of Bishop Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, his patron. Depicted in this florilegium were flowers, herbs, vegetables and newly discovered plants such as tobacco and peppers.Besler was, in mo... more information

[Paris: 1812-1814]. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Legrand. Very good condition. 21 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches. A fine plate from Bonpland's "Description des Plantes Rares Cultivées á Malmaison et á Navarre" considered to be the apex of Redouté's achievement as a botanical illustrator. Throughout his career, Redouté enjoyed royal patronage, beginning with Marie Antoinette and including the Empress Josephine, for whom he ... more information

Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion, 1765. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, in excellent condition. 16 x 19 inches. A very attractive and detailed map of the American Southwest and Baja California, by a respected Amsterdam cartographer This highly detailed map, with beautiful full original colour embraces the area from what is now central Arizona and southern California down to Sonora and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico. The map depicts the region during an especially fascinating time in its de... more information

Paris: De Fer dans l'Isle du Palais à la Sphere Royale, 1720. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, in excellent condition. 19 3/4 x 28 3/8 inches. One of the largest and most important depictions of California as an Island. This is one of the finest early maps of California and the Southwest. Wheat called it an "important and carefully drawn map"; and Tooley described it as a "fine rare map ... a reissue of de Fer's map of 1705 but on a larger scale and with som... more information

[Florence: Guiseppi Cocchini, 1661]. Copper-engraved map, in excellent condition. 21 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches. The rare chart of California and the Pacific Northwest from the second edition of Dudley's 'Arcano del Mare,' the first sea atlas by an Englishman; and the first atlas with all the charts based on Mercator's Projection. Sir Robert Dudley was the son of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, the paramour of Queen Elizabeth I. His desire to marry the Queen led the elder Dudley to have his ma... more information

Monterey & San Francisco: August 29, 1846 - September 15, 1847. 27 numbers, quarto (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches) (vol.I, 21 issues) and folio (18 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches) (vol.II, 6 issues). Each 4pp. (No. 3 has large hole through both leaves with loss of some text, no. 5 is silked and separated at fold, no. 15 silked, no. 28 has small hole, no. 29 silked and separated at fold with small hole and corner missing, four numbers of volume II have small sections missing, either clipped or torn out). Contained in two ... more information

New York: V.G. Audubon, [no date but circa 1849-1854]. Hand-coloured lithograph, after J.J. Audubon by E. Hitchcock, printed by J.T. Bowen. Very good condition apart from some slight marginal soiling. 9 x 5 1/4 inches. 7 x 10 1/4 inches. 'The plates are to my eye most beautiful' (John Bachman). A fine image from the first octavo edition of Audubon's final great natural history work on the quadrupeds of the United States (including Texas, California and Oregon), as well as part of Mexico, the B... more information