Titles starting with E from Donald Heald Rare Books

London: Published by Lloyd Brothers & Co., circa 1858. Albumen photograph mounted on card as issued. Very good condition apart from some light soiling in the margins. 13 5/8 x 9 1/4 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 depicts the renowned British historical painter Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879) during the height of his popularity. Born ... more information

Amsterdam and New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation and Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971-72. Colour-printed lithograph, on fine hand-made paper. Excellent condition. 11 3/4 x 19 inches. 26 3/4 x 39 7/8 inches (approx). In October 1971, employing the most faithful printing method available, the best materials and the ablest craftsmen of their age, the Amsterdam firm of Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., in conjunction with the Johnson Reprint Corporation of New York, set out to produce the finest possible limited ed... more information

New York & Philadelphia: J.J.Audubon and J.B.Chevalier, [1839-] 1840-1844. Hand-coloured lithograph by J. T. Bowen, after J.J. Audubon. Very good condition. 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. 6 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches. A fine print from the first octavo edition of "The Birds of America": one of the "most beautiful, popular, and important natural history [works] published in America..." (Ron Tyler) Shortly after the publication of the hugely successful Havell edition of 'The Birds of America'... more information

Portland, Maine: The Southworth Press, 1933. Quarto. (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches). Title in red and black with vignette, half-title. 93 plates (6 hand-coloured, 1 printed in 2 colours), 1p. small-format prospectus loosely inserted. Original red morocco-backed decorated paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase, blue paper title label on upper cover of slipcase. A beautifully-produced work: a limited edition of 673 copies signed by the author, this number 91 of 585 copies on Worthy Aurelian paper. A fine cop... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Colour-printed lithograph. 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches. Frederic Cozzens was one of America's greatest marine artists. Like nearly every other great marine artist, he was thoroughly acquainted with every aspect of ship construction and the art of sailing. He is best known for his paintings of great American yachts of the latter half of the 19th century, which were commissioned by many of New York's leading yachtsmen. In 1884, he expanded his audience by mak... more information

London: R. Ackermann, 1 June 1817. Aquatint, printed in colours and finished by hand, by J.C. Stadler. 13 5/8 x 19 inches. 17 7/8 x 21 5/8 inches. A fine view of East India House after an artist whose work "shows great truth and accuracy" (DNB) An important record of one of the vanished landmarks of London: East India House, in Leadenhall Street in the City of London, was demolished in the 1860s, and the new Lloyd's building now stands on the site. Thomas Hosmer Shepherd was probably the s... more information

London: Thomas Jefferys, [1756]. Black and white copper-engraving. Very nice condition. Trimmed within platemark. 19½ x 37 inches. 21 5/8 x 37 7/8 inches. One of the most important colonial American city views. In 1750, Thomas Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, wrote to his agent in the province, Richard Peters, expressing a desire for "a perspective of the city [of Philadelphia], either from the Jersey shore or the Windmill Island". Under Peters' direction, several unsuccessful attemp... 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, 1691... more information

Philadelphia: Augustus Kollner, 1856. Lithograph, printed in colours and finished by hand, by and after Kollner (visible sheet size: 19 x 30 3/8 inches). Matted and framed. Provenance: Martin P. Snyder. The Snyder copy of this large rare view: "It is pleasant here, right on the banks of the noble Delaware, opposite Philadelphia" (Walt Whitman). "Camden, New Jersey [home of Walt Whitman from 1873-1892], slopes gently towards the river in the foreground of the view. The urban presentation ...... more information

London: printed for John [....], Robert Sayer, Thos. Jeffereys, Carington Bowles, [November 1762]. Engraving by P. Canot, after Patten. Titled in French and English. Expert restoration, with occasional slight loss to lettering. Sheet size: 13 3/4 x 20 3/8 inches. A famous print "considered to be the first print of Montreal after its capture in 1760" (Spendlove) Spendlove described this print as "very rare", he noted that the image "was drawn by Thomas Patten, a British officer who ... more information

London: Robert Sayer and John Bowles & Son, [no date]. Hand-coloured engraving, printed on laid paper backed with a 20th-century archival sheet. Very good condition apart from some light soiling and a 5/8" tear along the bottom edge of a larger skillfully repaired tear that runs through the right side of the image and spans the height of the sheet. 13 3/4 x 19 5/8 inches. 18 3/4 x 24 1/8 inches. A very fine image of Kensington Palace and its expansive grounds. Erected in 1661 for the Earl of Notti... more information

London: J. Arrowsmith, 4th June 1851. Copper-engraved map, with original outline colour, printed on wove wove paper, in excellent condition. 21 3/4 x 26 7/8 inches. A beautiful map of the eastern coast of South Africa, by the celebrated English mapmaker, John Arrowsmith. John Arrowsmith was the nephew of Aaron Arrowsmith, the founder of the great British cartographical firm. It was John who energetically continued the company's forward position in the world of new geography and maintained the firm'... more information

London: printed for the Author, sold by all booksellers, 1773. Folio. Mezzotint portrait of the author by Richard Houstan after Francis Cotes, engraved frontispiece, 80 engraved plates, (12 by and after J. Hill, 1 by Hill after Jan van Huysum, 8 by C.A. Edwards, Boyce, B. Cole or others, 59 unsigned). 55 plates with fine partial or full hand-colouring by a later early-19th-century hand, 63 of the plates with some or all of the plant names neatly altered in ink to their Linnaean equivalents in a single early... more information

London: printed for T. Osborne, T. Trye, S. Crowder & Co., and H. Woodgate, [1756-]1757. Folio. (15 3/4 x 10 inches). Engraved emblematic frontispiece, 60 engraved plates, all finely hand-coloured by a contemporary hand, most plates unsigned but including work by C. Edwards & Darly, J.Hill, Boyce, Philips, B. Cole, Ed. Alton and others, after Edwards, J. Hill, Van Huysum and others. Eighteenth-century red morocco, covers with elaborate border of a wide gilt fillet enclosing a decorative roll tool, t... more information

Paris: L'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1809-1813; l'Imprimerie Royale, 1817- [1830]. Copper engraving. Very good condition apart from a light water stain in the left margin and some very minor foxing in the margins and the bottom part of the image. 19 1/4 x 31 7/8 inches. 25 7/8 x 39 3/4 inches. A fine plate from 'Description de l'Egypte', the seminal publication by the French government detailing the results of the Napoleon's pioneering military and scientific expedition to Egypt (1798-1801... 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

Edinburgh: published by Daniel McIntosh, sold in London by Boydell & Co., and Colnaghi & Co., 1 August 1814. Aquatint, printed in brown ink, coloured by hand, by John Clark. 14 1/4 x 21 1/2 inches. 18 9/16 x 24 11/16 inches. A lively view of Georgian Edinburgh. A fine view of a windy day on one of the most fashionable streets of the period: in the foreground a stagecoach is leaving, laden with passengers and apparently pursued by a late-comer who gestures in an attempt to attract the attention of a... more information

London: Published by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1824. Hand- coloured aquatint. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, minor foxing, and mild matburn in the margins. A skillfully repaired 3/4" tear in the top left corner. Trimmed to within platemark on all sides. 13 3/4 x 20 inches. 14 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches. A scenic view of Scotland's capital, from a set of four prints of Edinburgh. The ancient city of Edinburgh on the east coast of Scotland has a long and eventful hi... more information

London: Published by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1824. Hand- coloured aquatint. Very good condition apart from some minor foxing at the top of the image, a bit of light soiling and mild matburn in the margins. Trimmed to within platemark on all sides. 13 5/8 x 19 7/8 inches. 14 3/8 x 21 1/8 inches. A scenic view of Scotland's capital as seen from one of the city's main hills, from a set of four prints of Edinburgh. The ancient city of Edinburgh on the east coast of Scotland has a long an... more information

London: Published by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 1824. Hand- coloured aquatint. Very good condition apart from a skillfully repaired 3/4" tear in the right margin, a few tiny pinholes at the corners of the sheet, and some light soiling in the margins. Trimmed to within platemark on all sides. 13 5/8 x 20 inches. 14 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches. A scenic view of Scotland's capital as seen from the city's main thoroughfare, from a set of four prints of Edinburgh. The ancient city of Edinburgh ... more information