Titles starting with N from Donald Heald Rare Books

[London: T. Boys, 1842]. Hand-coloured lithograph by Thomas Shotter Boys, printed by Charles Hullmandel, deluxe edition, mounted on card (as issued). Very good condition. 15 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches. (of mount) 20 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches. A very fine image from Boys' 'London As It Is': a work 'of considerable importance' (Abbey) Abbey writes of the work London As It Is from which this beautiful image comes: apart "from the beauty of its plates, it records London at a period when good pictor... more information

[Philadelphia: published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by J. Barincou after Lewis, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Wove paper. 19 x 11 3/4 inches. A striking image, from Lewis's "Aboriginal Portfolio." The Aboriginal Portfolio represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding the works of Catlin, and McKenney and Hall. It is also one of the earliest large projects in American lithography, and one of t... more information

Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius van Waesberge & Johannes van Someren, 1672. 3 parts in one volume (as issued), folio. (15 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches). General letterpress title printed in red and black, two letterpress section titles in black. Engraved additional title, 37 engraved portraits, plates, plans and maps (including 1 portrait of the author inserted from a smaller copy, 2 single page engravings, 34 double-page), 1 engraved armorial headpiece, 55 engraved illustrations (most half-page, but including 1 f... more information

[Philadelphia: published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, coloured by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. 17 15/16 x 11 1/8 inches. A striking image from Lewis's "Aboriginal Portfolio." The Aboriginal Portfolio represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding the works of Catlin, and McKenney and Hall. It is also one of the earliest large projects in American lithography, and one of the first large visual works to deal ... more information

1812. Stipple and engraving. Colour printed a la poupée, with additional hand colour and goldleaf highlights. Proof before title. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark. Glue residue around edges of sheet on verso of print, not visible from the front. Image size: 9 9/16 x 12 9/16 inches. 12 9/16 x 15 1/8 inches. This is a superb colour printed portrait of Napoleon II, with elaborate gold leaf details and heavy hand colouring. In additio... more information

Dark brown body colour on prepared paper. Inscribed "N.2...Stück" and "am 9ten Aprill 1791--nach der Natur ge[zeichnet?] von JEW," ink collector's stamp "Linel-Smlg. No." followed by pencilled number "1046" (all on verso). A high quality image that clearly is drawn from life, as the inscription claims. The artist's use of a dark prepared ground recalls the work of Barbara Regina Dietsch and her family. A search of Nissen's index of artists reveals on... more information

Paris: Imprimerie de Didot jeune, 1802-16. Stipple engraving, printed in colour and finished by hand, engraved by Langlois. 20 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches. Pierre-Joseph Redouté was one of the world's great flower painters. Born into a family that had been painters for at least two generations, Redouté went to Paris in 1782 with his brother where they worked as scene painters for the Théâtre italien. Redouté painted flowers in his spare time. The search for subjects led him to... 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 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, in mo... 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 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, in mo... 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. 19 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, this... 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. 19 x 11 1/4 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... 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 1/4 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

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

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

Eichstatt: 1713, 3rd edition. Hand-coloured engraving. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark on top and right margin. Tiny brown stain in center of sheet. 20 1/2 x 15 3/4 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, h... 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 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. 22 3/4 x 15 7/8 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, ... more information

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 6 volumes (text: 5 volumes, quarto [13 x 9 3/4 inches]; atlas: 1 volume, quarto [13 x 9 1/2 inches]). Half- titles, errata slip in vol.V. Two engraved portrait frontispieces, 62 views, portraits and plans after A. T. Agate and J. Drayton, 9 double-page maps, 5 large folding maps, numerous illustrations, some steel-engraved. Original brown cloth, blocked in gilt and blind, expert neat repairs to spines and corners, each volume contained within a modern black morocco-... more information

Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1844-1845. 6 volumes (text: 5 vols., quarto [12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches]; atlas of maps: 1 vol., (10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches]). Text: half-titles, vol.V with small format errata slip. 9 double-page maps, 64 steel engraved plates, 293 woodcut and steel engraved illustrations (including 47 steel-engraved vignettes). (Some light offsetting from plates); atlas: 5 folding maps, one hand-coloured. (Browned, some expert repairs to folds). Text: contemporary half-calf over marble paper-covered board... more information

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. 6 volumes (text: 5 volumes; atlas: 1 volume), imperial octavo signed in 4s. (11 x 7 inches). Text: 64 engraved plates, 8 double-page maps, numerous vignette illustrations (42 steel- engraved); Atlas: 5 folding maps (1 hand-coloured). Original cloth, covers elaborately panelled in blind around blocked central gilt vignettes, text volumes with flat spines blocked and lettered in gilt and blind, the atlas lettered in gilt (splits to joints of vols.I and II, spines chipp... more information

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845 [text]; London: Wiley & Putnam, 1845 [atlas]. 6 volumes (text: 5 vols.; atlas: 1 vol.), quarto. (12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches). Text: half-titles. Portrait, 64 plates, 9 maps, numerous vignettes; atlas: letterpress title and contents page otherwise engraved throughout, 5 folding maps backed onto linen (1 hand-coloured). Expertly bound to style in black straight-grained morocco gilt, covers with double- fillet gilt borders, (text) spines in six compartments with raised ba... more information