Titles starting with G from Donald Heald Rare Books

Paris: Printed by Bertauts, [no date but circa 1845]. Tinted lithograph. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and several skillfully repaired small tears and losses in the margins. 12 3/4 x 17 1/8 inches. 15 1/4 x 19 inches. An extremely rare lithograph depicting a group of Ioway Indians who traveled to Paris with George Catlin in 1845. This fascinating group portrait is an extremely rare lithograph depicting a group of Ioway Indians who accompanied the American painter George Catlin ... more information

London: B. Moss, 31 December 1852. Aquatint, coloured by hand, by James Pollard. 12 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches. 17 3/8 x 21 1/4 inches. A fine quality image, engraved by James Pollard from his own drawing. Re-issue of a plate first published by T. Helme in 1831 and depicting the famous sportsman George Osbaldeston (1787-1866), "at the Newmarket Houghton meeting [of 1831, where] he performed an extraordinary feat. He undertook to ride two hundred miles in ten consecutive hours for a bet of a thousand guineas... more information

Paris: [Mabileau & Co.], 1903. Hand-coloured pochoir print. Very good condition. approximately 14 1/8 x 31 1/8 inches. approximately 17 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches. The pass for the lead made by Gabriel over the very recognizable "Shovel-nose". Mors, the driver behind Gabriel, had limited success in these races, this 70 horse power chain-driven car being the exception. There is some confusion as to the actual number on the car during this race, with some records indicating #6 rather than #168 as sh... more information

Paris and Strasbourg: Levrault, [1807-] 1835. Stipple-engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand with water-colour, engraved by Bouquet. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and creasing, minor foxing, and several small light brown spots in the margins. 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches. 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches. A masterpiece of pomological illustration by one of the greatest fruit painters of the 19th century, from Duhamel du Monceau's 'Traité des arbres fruitiers', a w... 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

Paris: Chez Filhol or vueve Filhol, l'imprimerie de Gillé or Gillé fils, 1804-1815. 10 volumes, 8vo. (10 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches). Half-titles. 720 engraved plates. Contemporary English green straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with simple paneling in gilt and blind, spines gilt in six compartments with double raised bands, the bands highlighted in gilt, lettered in gilt in the second, third and fourth compartments and with decoration at the head and foot of the spine, gilt turn-ins, brown g... 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 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, thi... 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 x 12 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, this 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. 17 x 12 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, this ac... more information

London: Heideloff, 1796-1798 [plates dated April 1796 - September 1798]. Vols. III, IV and part of vol.V only in one vol., quarto. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). 2 pp. list of subscribers at end of vol.III and 1 p. at the end of vol.IV. 3 hand-coloured aquatint titles, 60 hand-coloured costume plates, some heightened with gold or silver. (Occasional spotting, the first title and first plate lightly creased). Contemporary tree calf (worn). A selection from the "most splendid of English costume books, and the f... more information

London: Heideloff, 1799 [plates dated April 1799 - March 1800]. Vols. VI only, quarto. (11 1/4 x 9 inches). 1 hand-coloured aquatint titles, 24 hand-coloured costume plates, some heightened with gold or silver. (Section published for June 1799 loosely inserted, about 6 plates with appreciable browning). Contemporary tree calf (worn). A selection from the "most splendid of English costume books, and the first real venture in this country of a periodical devoted to the changing taste in dress" (... more information

London: Heideloff, 1794-1795 [plates dated April 1794 - March 1796]. Vols. I and II only in one vol., quarto. 3pp. list of subscribers at back. 2 hand-coloured aquatint titles, 49 hand-coloured costume plates, some heightened with gold or silver. (Appreciable browning to 8 plates). Contemporary marbled calf (worn). Volumes I and II complete of the "most splendid of English costume books, and the first real venture in this country of a periodical devoted to the changing taste in dress" (Abbey) Ma... more information

New York: [1870]-1872. Hand-coloured lithograph, finished with gum arabic, after Joseph Wolf by J. Smit, printed by P.W.M. Trap. Very good condition. 23 3/4 x 18 13/16 inches. A beautiful image from the most splendid of Elliot's great monographs, "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants." The magnificent size and beautiful colouring of the plates after Joseph Wolf's charcoal drawings reflect the importance which Elliot attached to the Phasianidae. Of all the families i... more information

New York: [1870]-1872. Hand-coloured lithograph after Joseph Wolf by J. Smit and J.G. Keulmans, printed by P.W.M. Trap. Very good condition. 15 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches. 18 x 23 1/4 inches. A beautiful image from the most splendid of Elliot's great monographs, 'A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of the Pheasants'. The magnificent size and beautiful colouring of the plates after Joseph Wolf's charcoal drawings reflect the importance which Elliot attached to the Phasianidae. Of all the fam... more information

London: Published by Benjamin Beale Evans, 25 May,1790. Mezzotint. State iv/iv, with the title in closed letters and the etched inscription `Painted by George Stubbs, R.A./ Landscape by Amos Green Esqr: Bath *** Publish'd May 25 1790. by B.B. Evans, Poultry London *** Engraved by Henry Birche/ GAME KEEPERS./ To the Right Honble Lord Viscount Torrington This Plate is respectfully inscribed/ By his Lordship's obliged and very obedient Servant/ Benjn. Beale Evans.'. 17 ½ x 25 ¾ inch... 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. 25 1/4 x 36 1/2 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 limi... more information

Eichstatt: 1640, 2nd edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 20 3/4 x 16 1/4 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 using 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,... more information

[No place]: published by Steven Albahari. An art publication of Leo and Wolfe Photography, Inc., 2000. Folio. (15 x 13 1/2 inches). Portrait of DeCosse, 49 plates (tri-tone or photogravure), all after DeCosse. Original green cloth, titling in black to the upper cover and the spine, the upper cover with an inset paper panel. Mint copy of the first trade edition, limited to 850 numbered copies. Inscribed by Cy DeCosse. The edition as a whole was limited to 1000, this number 526 of 850 trade copies. The text... more information

London: T. McLean, 1857. Folio. (21 x 17 3/4 inches). Mounted on guards throughout. Chromolithographic title, uncoloured lithographic dedication to the Dutchess of Sutherland, 16 uncoloured lithographic vignettes on india paper mounted, 24 fine chromolithographic plates, all finished by hand, and mounted in imitation of watercolours on their original card mounts, each with an ink-ruled border and the title added to the mount in manuscript in a fine calligraphic hand, extra-illustrated with a similar plate ... more information

Washington: Philp & Solomons, [1865]. 2 volumes, oblong folio. (12 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches). Mounted on guards throughout, tinted lithographic titles with lettering within integral pictorial borders, 100 original albumen silver print photographs (each approximately 7 x 9 inches) each mounted on card within a lithographed frame with letterpress caption, each image accompanied by a page of letterpress description, text leaves with occasional small expert repairs and occasional light creasing. Original publis... more information