Titles starting with Q from Donald Heald Rare Books

Philadelphia: E. C. Biddle, 1836. Hand-coloured lithograph. In excellent condition. 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 18 7/8 x 13 1/4 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. A courageous Shawnee chief, Quatawapea, also known as Colonel John Lewis, was rumored to have bee... more information

London: June 1st., 1802. Hand-coloured and colour-printed aquatint and stipple engraving by Hopwood. 21 3/4 x 17 1/8 inches. The most strikingly beautiful flower plates ever to be printed in England. "The Quadrangular Passion Flower [Passiflora quadrangularis L.] is so widely cultivated in South America that its precise country of origin cannot now be determined. It is indeed handsome and its colours so vivid that, far from the picture being sombre like that of the Blue Passion Flower, and although co... more information

New York: V.G. Audubon, 1854 -1854-1857. 3 volumes, large 8vo. (11 x 7 1/2 inches). 155 hand-finished colour lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen from drawings on stone by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J.A. and J.W. Audubon. (Minor foxing, principally to the tissue-guards). Modern half blue morocco gilt, over marbled paper boards, spine in six compartments with quadruped motifs, a.e.g. Housed in cloth slipcases. Audubon's final great natural history work, with plates and descriptions of the quad... more information

New York: George R. Lockwood (late Roe Lockwood & Son), [1870]. 3 volumes, quarto. (10 3/8 x 7 1/4 inches). Half-titles. 154 (of 155) hand-finished colour lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen (and others) from drawings on stone by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J.A. and J.W. Audubon. (Lacking plate 114 "Says Marmot Squirrel") Occasional light spotting. Original brown morocco, covers elaborately decorated in blind with wide blocked border surrounding central shaped blocked arabesque, spine... more information

New York: V. G. Audubon, 1849-1851-1854. 3 volumes, large octavo. (10 1/14 x 6 7/8 inches). Half-titles in volumes 1 and 3. 155 hand-finished colour lithographed plates by J.T. Bowen from drawings on stone by W. E. Hitchcock and R. Trembley, after J.A. and J.W. Audubon. (Browning and toning mostly to the text and tissue guards, the plates generally clean). Contemporary half black morocco over brown cloth covered boards, spines in six compartments with semi-raised bands, ruled in gilt on either side of each ... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1895-1896. Chromolithograph, on later mount. In good condition apart from small repaired tears to upper left corner and lower margin. Image size: 13 x 19 3/4 inches. A stunning hunting print from one of America's most celebrated sporting artists. Arthur Burdett Frost (1851-1928) is remembered as one of America's best- loved sporting artists. His evocative hunting and shooting prints capture the drama of the sport and provide an invaluable visual record of rur... more information

Amsterdam: Published by Carel Allard, circa 1675. Engraving. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of being trimmed within the plate mark on all sides. Light crease through center where it has been folded. Skillfully repaired tear on bottom margin. Bottom right corner has been reattached. A number of tiny tear on upper edge of sheet. Image size: 14 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches. 16 1/8 x 20 inches. This fascinating, satirical print of a Quakers' meeting was executed by Carel Allard aft... more information

[London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1913]. Large quarto. (12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches). Decorative uncoloured title and uncoloured illustrations and decorations, 22 mounted coloured plates, all after Hugh Thomson. Original vellum, upper cover and spine elaborately blocked in gilt the upper cover with additional rules in violet (as issued), top edge gilt (ties lacking). Limited edition of 1000 copies signed by the illustrator: this copy numbered 305. This work is a delightful piece of book art, including some of Thom... more information

Paris: Chez Vidal, Graveur, Rue de la Harpe, No. 181, circa 1760. Colour- printed stipple engraving. In excellent condition. Image size: 13 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches. 15 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches. 16 1/16 x 18 3/4 inches. A magnificent impression of this breathtaking colour-printed genre print, exhibiting the best of French Rococo art. Genre painting came back into favour when the Academy admitted Watteau's "The Pilgrimage to Cythera" to its ranks in 1717. From that point on a fashion for decorative gen... more information

Paris: Chez Maurice Le Garrec, successor d'Edmond Sagot, 1921. Folio. (18 1/2 x 15 inches). 36 variously-sized cliché-verre plates numbered 1-40 (one plate includes five images), each plate with the pencilled edition number "32/150" and the publisher's stamp on the verso, each matted to a uniform size. Unbound as issued within original brown cloth portfolio, title blocked in gilt on the upper cover, cloth ties. A rare portfolio of cliché-verre prints by notable artists of th... more information

[Rome: Petrus de Turre, 4 November 1490]. Copper-engraved map, in very good condition apart from a small marginal repair to the lower blank margin and a small rust-hole in the image area, rebacked centerfold, overall soiling. 16 1/8 x 22 inches. A highly important and elegant map from the second edition of the 'Rome Ptolemy' This map is one of the earliest and most important printed maps of the region embracing the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, being one of the trapezoidal tabulae, or regional ... more information

Quebec: 1836-1842. Watercolour over pencil with scratching out and gum arabic, inscribed in pencil on verso. 19th century water gilt frame. 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches. A spectacular 19th century watercolour view of Quebec from across the St. Lawrence River by a noted military artist. Philip J. Bainbrigge (1817-1881), son of General Sir Philip Bainbrigge (1786-1862), was born at Lichfield, Staffordshire, on January 16, 1817. He entered the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich in 1830 and graduated in 1833. Reque... more information

London: Feb. 1st., 1804. Hand-coloured and colour printed in stipple and line engraving by Cooper. 21 5/8 x 16 3/4 inches. The most strikingly beautiful flower plates ever to be printed in England. "This striking and distinctive plant, called by Thornton the `Queen' in this plate, and later the `Queen Flower', but more usually known as the `Bird of Paradise Flower' from a fanciful resemblance to that bird, is a native of South Africa, and one the most colourful plants of the showy flora o... more information

Haarlem: Published by Pieter Soutman, circa 1644. Mixed method, engraving and etching. Printed on fine laid paper, with a watermark of a sun. In excellent condition, with the exception of being trimmed within the platemark on all sides. Image size: 15 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. 16 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches. A stunning portrait of Queen Joan I, by Jonas Suyderhoef, one of the most celebrated Dutch portrait engravers. Jonas Suyderhoef, was one of the most eminent seventeenth century Dutch engravers. His refine... more information

London: Published by W. H. Pyne, 1818. Hand-coloured aquatint, heightened with touches of gum arabic. Very good condition apart from some light foxing and a 1 7/8" loss along the right edge of the bottom margin. 10 1/8 x 12 3/8 inches. 10 5/8 x 13 inches. A beautifully coloured print from "The History of the Royal Residences...," William Henry Pyne's comprehensive collection of plates depicting the interiors of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Ham... more information

London: (1748-) 1754 [Second edition]. Hand-coloured copper engraving on laid paper. Excellent condition. Sheet size: 12 3/4 x 18 inches. A fine image from Catesby's 'The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands', "the most famous colour-plate book of American plant and animal life...a fundamental and original work for the study of American species" (Hunt) Trained as a botanist, Catesby travelled to Virginia in 1712 and remained there for seven years, sending back ... more information

[Rome: Petrus de Turre, 4 November 1490]. Copper-engraved map of the Balkans and the Adriatic, in very good condition apart from small repairs to the lower corners, an old repair to the lower blank area of the centre fold and some surface abrasions with a little loss to the centre fold. 16 1/8 x 22 inches. A highly important and elegant map from the second edition of the 'Rome Ptolemy' This map is one of the earliest and most important printed maps of the region embracing the Balkans, Albania and t... more information