Titles starting with J from Donald Heald Rare Books

New York: Published by J.H. Colton, 1861. Engraved map by Creuzbaur, coloured by hand. Some splits at old folds, neatly repaired. 36 x 34 inches. A very rare and little-known edition of the most important map of Texas during the early statehood period. Jacob De Cordova (1808 - 1868) was one of the first major land speculators in Texas. He hired Robert Creuzbaur, of the Texas General Land Office, to compile this map for promotional purposes. It was the first map of the state to be constructed through the u... more information

Paris: [C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1827-1833]. Stipple engraving, printed in colours and finished by hand, engraved by Bessin. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. Trimmed to plate mark on the right side. 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches. 12 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. A beautiful image from "Choix des Plus Belles Fleurs": one of greatest flower books ever published by the most celebrated flower painter of all time. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world's great flower painters. Born i... more information

Rome: 1770. Copper engraving, on two joined sheets, by Ottaviani after drawings by Savorelli and Camporesi, printed in light brown coloured ink with contemporary hand-colouring. Neat marginal restoration. 24 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. A stunning plate from "Logge di Rafaele nel Vaticano": with contemporary colouring of the highest quality from the golden age of the hand-coloured print. The main panel shows Jacob at Luza having a vision of the angels ascending and descending by a ladder which reached f... more information

[London: Day & Son, 1842-1849]. Tinted lithograph by Louis Haghe, coloured by hand, mounted on card in imitation of a watercolour (as issued). Very good condition apart from a small water stain in the lower margin and a skillfully repaired 4 3/4" tear in the top margin. 14 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches. (of mount) 17 1/4 x 24 1/4 inches. A fine example from the deluxe issue of David Roberts' monumental works on the Middle East: 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia', considered the gr... more information

New York: 1988. Large 4to. Wrappers ... 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. 18 1/2 x 24 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 ... more information

London: [At lower center:] "Published according to Act of Parliament 1755.". Copper-engraved wall map with inset: "A General Plan of Port Royal" by J. Bayly, on two joined sheets, with original outline colour, in very good condition. 29 x 54 1/4 inches. An unrecorded state of the "The first large-scale map of Jamaica" This large, dramatic map of Jamaica, the first large scale map of the island, corresponds to the new importance and interest the island had for the British due ... more information

London: Printed for Robert Stewart, No. 15 Millman street, Bedford Row, Dec. 7, 1776. Mezzotint. State ii/ii, with engraved inscription. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed on the plate mark. Image slightly rubbed in places. Image size: 13 x 10 inches. 14 x 10 inches. A rich impression of this outstanding portrait of James Ferguson, the astronomer whose writings made the complex world of scientific theory available to the general public. James Ferguson was one of the first writers o... more information

London: Robert Sayer and John King, circa 1770. Engraving, coloured by hand, by R. S.[heppard]. (Cut close to plate mark). 13 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches. 14 x 9 7/8 inches. A very rare image that is both a highly decorative botanical print and an important document in the history of gardening. The plate comes from a very rare later issue of a series called 'Twelve Months of Flowers', originally issued by Robert Furber in 1730. Furber was a nurseryman with gardens near Hyde Park Gate in Kensington, London.... more information

London: Robert Furber, 1730. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Henry Fletcher. 16 x 12 1/8 inches. 17 5/8 x 13 1/8 inches. Gold leaf frame. A fine example of this celebrated image from Furber's renowned series titled "Twelve Months of Flowers", here with excellent contemporary hand colouring From the first edition of "a celebrated flower catalogue published by Robert Furber, a nurseryman from Kensington, then on the outskirts of London. Twelve Months of Flowers presented almost 400 differ... more information

At sea: Japan Expedition Press, 1854. Broadside, 15 x 9¾ inches. Old fold lines. A few small chips and tears to edges. Small tear along fold on left edge. About very good. Significant treaty printed on the Perry Japan Expedition A broadside printed on board the U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, July 17, 1854, detailing the compact between the United States government and the Kingdom of Lew Chew (today the Ryukyu Islands). Among other things, the agreement indicates that Americans will be allowed to ... more information

At sea, near Simoda, Japan: Japan Expedition Press, 1854. Broadside, 13½ x 8 inches. Old fold lines.Small tear at edge of fold, lightly toned. Near fine. Printed on the Perry Japan Expedition A broadside printed aboard the U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, June 28th, 1854, establishing regulations for piloting American vessels into the harbor. The broadside lists the fees for piloting in ships of various sizes, and is printed in both English and Dutch. The on-board press was used to publish informa... more information

At sea: Japan Expedition Press, 1854. Broadside, 14 x 10 inches. Old fold lines. A few small tears to edges. Two-inch tear along fold repaired; lightly stained along tear, else quite clean. Very good. Printed on the Perry Japan Expedition A broadside printed aboard the U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, July 20th, 1854, describing the location of and navigation into the port of Hakodadi. The directions are attributed to Lt. William Maury. The on-board press was used to publish information for the expedition... more information

At sea, near Hong Kong: Japan Expedition Press, 1854. Broadside, 12½ x 8 inches. Old fold lines. Printed on green paper. Fine. Printed on the Perry Japan Expedition A broadside printed on board the U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi, September 4, 1854, describing the location of and navigation into the port of Yedo and the approaches into Tokyo harbor. The directions was surveyed by Lt. William Maury. The on-board press was used to publish information for the expedition crew, as well as to disseminate... more information

[Amsterdam]: Jansson, [n.d. but circa 1659]. Hand-coloured copper engraved map in excellent condition. 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 inches. A handsome early Dutch map of Japan This map of Japan was Jansson's second. It represents a considerable improvement on the first, (1646), which was a re-issue of Luis Teixeira's 1595 map. Jansson's 1659 map adds to Teixeira's knowledge the discoveries of Martin Vries, a Dutch explorer, who set out in 1643, and revelations found in Father Martino Martini's ma... more information

London: Yamanaka and Company, 1916. Two parts bound in one, folio. (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches). 214pp. text, 162 black & white plates, 8 in colour, with lettered tissue guards. Contemporary half morocco gilt, some dampstaining and wrinkling along top edge of contents, affecting mostly margins in center portion of block, scattered discreet owner's pencil notations. One of 175 numbered copies of this catalogue created for the seminal 1915 British Red Cross Exhibit. 2415 artifacts or sets of objects were... more information

Washington D.C.: The Warm-Soft Village Press, 1973. 8vo. (10 1/4 x 7 inches). Paper Wrappers. 265 pp. With index, bibliography, author's notes. Chapters by various subjects and themes, with a cross-index in the back of the book, and consistent notes by the author explaining the cultural meaning of the humor. Very good condition. some wear to cover, clear tape on spine ... more information

Eichstatt: 1613, 1st edition. Hand-coloured engraving. 21 1/8 x 17 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

[London]: 1759. Engraving, coloured by hand, by Ehret. 18 1/2 x 12 5/8 inches. Extremely rare: a very fine image by the greatest of all 18th century botanical artists. This plate is from the only engraved work produced and published by Ehret himself, 'Plantae et papilliones rariores' The Gardenia or Cape Jasmine (Gardenia augusta) is native to southern China, Taiwan, Japan and nearby regions of the subtropical eastern hemisphere. The common name Cape Jasmine comes from the mistaken idea that the C... more information

London: William Mount & Thomas Page, [1734]. Copper-engraved sea chart, in excellent condition. 19 x 22 3/4 inches. A very elegant sea chart of Indonesia's Java Sea from the celebrated Third Book of 'The English Pilot' This very fine sea chart depicts the Java Sea, in the very heart of the Indonesian Archipelago. By the early eighteenth-century this area was well-known to mariners, having been extensively explored first by the Portuguese and later by agents of the Dutch East India Company ... more information