Titles starting with P from Donald Heald Rare Books

[19th century]. Oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches. Unsigned. Titled and dated on Kennedy Galleries labels. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries; Collection of Edward Eberstadt & Sons. Expertly conserved: relined, short tear in sky neatly repaired and inpainted; otherwise in excellent displayable condition, brightly colored and nicely varnished. Period-style softly gilt American exhibition frame. A charming American folk painting depicting life on a bright sunny day in the forested foothills above Portland, O... more information

Paris, Coblenz, and London: [1839-42]. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Talbot after Bodmer, blindstamp. 12 3/8 x 9 inches. 18 3/16 x 12 5/16 inches. A fine powerful portrait of a proud successful warrior. Bodmer and Prince Maximilian were introduced to this member of the Arikara tribe by Mató-Tópe ( a Mandan chief) in March 1834 whilst they overwintered at Fort Clark. Pachtüwa-Chtä had been a member of a war party that had attacked and killed three traders near the Heart River ... more information

[Leipzig: Schmidt and Guenther, 1922]. Hand-coloured aquatint engraving by Talbot after Bodmer. 12 x 8 1/2 inches. 16 x 12 5/8 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.1 A fine powerful portrait of a proud successful warrior. Bodmer and Prince Maximilian were ... more information

Original watercolour, by J. Everard. Laid paper. Inscribed in ink on verso `Lepidogenys Subcristatus/ Crested Hawk/ Orig. drawing by J. Everard'. 21 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches. A fine quality original watercolour of this beautiful Australian hawk. The Pacific Baza is also known as the Cuckoo Falcon, or Crested Hawk. It was by this latter name that it was pictured in John Gould's Birds of Australia (London: 1840-1848) as plate 25. The present watercolour is an excellent copy of this plate by an artist o... more information

Philadelphia: F. W. Greenough, 1838. Hand-coloured lithograph by J. T. Bowen. Excellent condition. 11 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches. 18 x 12 3/4 inches. A fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important [works] ever published on the American Indians' (Field),` a landmark in American culture' (Horan) and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. The son of a Creek mother and the Irish trader Tom Carr, Paddy Carr (1808 - c. 1840) ... 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 3/4 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

Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1835. Hand-coloured lithograph by Lehman & Duval after C. B. King. In excellent condition.11 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. 18 x 12 3/4 inches. A fine image from McKenney and Hall's 'Indian Tribes of North America': `One of the most important [works] ever published on the American Indians' (Field),` a landmark in American culture' (Horan) and an invaluable contemporary record of a vanished way of life. Pashepahaw was a Sauk chieftain, known as the Stabber. He was ... more information

London: Havell, 1829. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint and etching by R. Havell, jnr, printed and coloured by R. Havell snr, paper watermarked "J. Whatman/Turkey Mill/1828". Old tears at old folds, flattened out and backed onto tissue. Sheet size: 39 1/2 x 26 5/8 inches. From the first edition of "The Birds of America." A lively image of this spectacular bird of the South. 'The pugnacious habits of this species are common in a great degree to the whole family of Sparrows. Like... more information

[Florence: Société Chalcographique, circa 1800-1803]. Hand-coloured engraving, after Tischbein, on laid paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. 10 1/2 x 14 inches. 13 1/2 x 21 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a highly important work which remains a unique record of Sir William Hamilton's great collection of classical antiquites. This plate is from the scarce Florence edition of Tischbein's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's second and grea... more information

[Florence: Société Chalcographique, circa 1800-1803]. Hand-coloured engraving, after Tischbein, on laid paper. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling. 8 x 14 1/8 inches. 14 x 20 7/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a highly important work which remains a unique record of Sir William Hamilton's great collection of classical antiquites. This plate is from the scarce Florence edition of Tischbein's famous work on Sir William Hamilton's second and great... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 9 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches. 16 5/8 x 22 1/4 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée ... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 12 1/4 x 16 1/4 inches. 16 5/8 x 22 3/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malmaison, the Musée ... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 7 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches. 16 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée N... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 9 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches. 16 5/8 x 22 1/4 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée ... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 9 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches. 16 3/4 x 22 3/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée ... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 12 x 17 1/8 inches. 16 5/8 x 22 3/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée Nap... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 8 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches. 16 1/2 x 22 1/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée ... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 9 x 11 5/8 inches. 16 3/8 x 22 1/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée Napo... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 9 x 14 1/4 inches. 16 3/4 x 22 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée Napoleon... more information

[Paris: P.Didot l'Ainé for Dubois Maisonneuve, 1808-1810]. Hand-coloured line engraving by A. Clener, on wove paper. Very good condition. 9 x 10 3/4 inches. 16 5/8 x 21 7/8 inches. A spectacularly beautiful image from a source work for the style which became known as the neo-classical revival or federal style. This plate is from an extremely scarce work titled Peintures de Vases antiques... appelés Etrusques. Using the great collections of antiquities at Malamaison, the Musée Napo... more information