Titles starting with F from Donald Heald Rare Books

[Amsterdam: Visscher, n.d., but c. 1658]. Four hand-coloured copper engraved maps. 19 3/4 x 23 inches. A set of the four continental maps from the Golden Age of Dutch cartography The Dutch were especially well equipped for the role they played in the European discovery and colonization of the wider world. Unencumbered by any desire to impose their religious or political beliefs, they simply wanted to trade commodities and profit thereby. The ascendancy of the Dutch in global trade lasted only as long as th... more information

Paris: Mabileau, 1913. Hand-coloured pochoir print. Very good condition. approximately 30 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches. approximately 35 3/8 x 17 5/8 inches. In 1912, the Belgian manufacturer FAB began production in Brussels with two models, the 12/16 cv type C and the 20/28 cv type B. During the next several years, FAB participated in a number of competitions including the Meeting of Ostend in which J. de Man, pictured here, drove. The Gamy-Montaut prints document various historical events in the early history of ... more information

[Leipzig: Schmidt and Guenther, 1922]. Aquatint engraving by J. Hurlimann after Bodmer. 13 3/8 x 18 3/4 inches. 19 3 /16 x 25 1/2 inches. From the scarce Leipzig edition printed from the original copper-plates. Limited in number, the prints from the Leipzig edition are more scarce than, and compare favorably to, the first edition. (David C. Hunt, "Karl Bodmer and the American Frontier," Imprint/Spring 85, p.18) An important record of the work of the prominent Mandan Chief, Mató-Tópe... more information

Paris, Coblenz and London: [1839-1842]. Aquatint engraving by Hürlimann after Bodmer, blind stamp. 18 x 24 3/4 inches. An important record of the work of the prominent Mandan Chief, Mató-Tópe (`Four Bears'). He here records an incident from amongst his own many war exploits: during hand-to- hand combat with a Cheyenne Chief, he grabbed for his opponent's knife and wounded his own hand in the process. In the actual encounter he managed to get hold of the knife and used it to kill ... more information

Stockholm: 1889. Folio. (20 x 14 inches). Mounted on guards throughout, decorative title surround, half-title. 51 double-page photo-lithographic maps, 84 illustrations. Original purple half morocco over purple cloth- covered boards, titled in gilt on the upper cover and spine (neat repairs to spine). The Boies Penrose copy of this ground-breaking survey of early cartography. Howes N-175 ... more information

[London: R.H.Porter, 1896]. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by Keulemans. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling, and a slightly brownish tint to the paper due to age. 12 1/2 x 10 inches. A beautiful and lively image from one of the greatest ornithological artists of the late 19th century. John Gerrard Keulemans was the most sought-after bird artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A prolific and highly talented illustrator, he worked largely from prepared specimens producing ple... more information

Fairfield: Published by E. Erxleben, Jan. 1, 1818. Coloured aquatint. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some light staining in the upper section of the image. Trimmed on plate mark on sides and bottom margin. Paint residue on verso of sheet. Paper browning along lower margin. Scuff in upper section of image. Image size: 11 15/16 x 17 15/16 inches. 15 7/16 x 20 7/8 inches. A fascinating view of the United Brethren settlement at Fairfield outside Manchester, by the celebrate... more information

[Florence: Giuseppe Vanni, 1776]. Etching, with engraving, coloured by hand, after Vanni, Lorenzi or Manetti. Very good condition apart from some very light foxing. 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 18 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches. A fine image from "one of the half-dozen or so great bird books" (Fine Bird Books). This beautiful plate comes from 'Storia naturale degli uccelli', of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publis... more information

London: [by the Author, 1832-1837]. Lithograph, coloured by hand, after J. Wolf and H. C. Richter, printed by Walter. (Slightly trimmed along the right side). 22 x 14 3/4 inches. A beautiful image from John Gould's The Birds of Great Britain: "A magnificent work with life-like portraits of birds of the British Isles" (Wood). This plate, from what Sacheverell Sitwell called "The most popular of all his works" (Fine Bird Books), shows a new liveliness of treatment that is not present ... more information

[Florence: Giuseppe Vanni, 1776]. Etching, with engraving, coloured by hand, after Vanni, Lorenzi or Manetti. Very good condition. 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches. 18 1/2 x 14 inches. A fine image from "one of the half-dozen or so great bird books" (Fine Bird Books). This beautiful plate comes from 'Storia naturale degli uccelli', of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Flor... more information

[Florence: Giuseppe Vanni, 1776]. Etching, with engraving, coloured by hand, after Vanni, Lorenzi or Manetti. Very good condition apart from some very light foxing. 13 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. A fine image from "one of the half-dozen or so great bird books" (Fine Bird Books). This beautiful plate comes from 'Storia naturale degli uccelli', of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publis... more information

[Florence: Giuseppe Vanni, 1776]. Etching, with engraving, coloured by hand, after Vanni, Lorenzi or Manetti. Very good condition. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. 18 3/8 x 14 inches. A fine image from "one of the half-dozen or so great bird books" (Fine Bird Books). This beautiful plate comes from 'Storia naturale degli uccelli', of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in Flore... more information

[Florence: Giuseppe Vanni, 1776]. Etching, with engraving, coloured by hand, after Vanni, Lorenzi or Manetti. Very good condition. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches. 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. A fine image from "one of the half- dozen or so great bird books" (Fine Bird Books). This beautiful plate comes from 'Storia naturale degli uccelli', of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in... more information

[Florence: Giuseppe Vanni, 1776]. Etching, with engraving, coloured by hand, after Vanni, Lorenzi or Manetti. Very good condition. 13 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches. 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. A fine image from "one of the half- dozen or so great bird books" (Fine Bird Books). This beautiful plate comes from 'Storia naturale degli uccelli', of which Peter Dance writes "The production of its five massive folio volumes must have been one of the most remarkable publishing ventures ever undertaken in... more information

London: Published by White and Co., 1810. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving. Good condition apart from several skillfully repaired minor tears in the margins, a small foxing mark in the left margin, and a few light waterstains in the right margin, one of which extends slightly into the top right corner of the image. 22 1/4 x 15 7/8 inches. 22 3/4 x 16 5/8 inches. A picturesque view of the torrential falls of the River Ryhdol, near Hafod House from "Tour to Hafod," a fine collection of plates depic... more information

[London]: Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Lithograph printed in colours, with additional hand-colouring and touches of gum arabic. 10¼ x 15¼ inches. An important and majestic early image of Kakabeka Falls, located on the main Canadian transcontinental canoe route. Henry James Warre was an English army officer who was assigned to Canada, where he examined and reported on river communications between Montreal and the Red River settlements in the Oregon Territory, and points beyond. He left Montre... more information

Amsterdam: F. Buffa & Sons, circa 1810. Mezzotint printed in colors, after Henry Bernard Chalon (1770-1849). 29¼ x 17¼ inches. Close framed in a gold leaf frame. Charles Hodges was born in London and was a pupil of John Raphael Smith. He worked from 1788 as a print dealer between the London and Amsterdam markets, settling permanently in Amsterdam in 1794. Henry Chalon, coincidentally, was born in London to Dutch parents - his father, Jan Chalon, was an etcher. In 1793, Chalon was given... 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: Published by George Stubbs, 1788. Etching with roulette and rocker work. State ii/ii, with the title in closed black letters and the engraved inscription: 'The ravens on yon left-hand Oak/ (Curse on his ill-betiding croak) *** Bodes me no good. No more she said,/ When poor blind Ball with stumbling tread/ Fell prone./ The Farmer's Wife and the Raven./ 1st May 1788. Publish'd by G. Stubbs, No.24 Somerset Str. Portman Sq. London.' In good condition with the excepton of being expertly ... more information