Titles starting with U from Donald Heald Rare Books

[N.p. but Boston]: FH Lane, [n.d. but circa 1837-1845]. Tinted lithograph by Lane, printed by John C. Sharp. Two large expertly repaired tears. Image area: 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches. Sheet size: 12 x 15 3/4 inches. A very rare and beautifully-rendered image of the greatest American battleship of her era, the "Ohio". This work is recorded, but not as being by Fitz Henry Lane and is therefore an unrecorded addition to Lane's canon of lithographic work. The Ohio was built in the New York Navy Yar... more information

Amsterdam: Jan Christian Sepp, [1769]-1771-[1774]. Folio. (20 2/3 x 14 2/5 inches). 3 mezzotint portraits of Trew, G.D. Ehret and J.J. Haid, 100 hand-coloured engraved plates by Johann Jacob Haid and Johann Elias Haid after Georg Dionysius Ehret, each with the first word of the caption heightened in gold. Contemporary Dutch mottled calf gilt, covers with central panel surrounded by gilt roll-tool border of stylized foliage. Modern tan cloth box, tan morocco lettering piece. An excellent copy of the first... more information

Augsburg: Published by Martin Engelbrecht, circa 1745. Engraving with thick early colour with gold highlights. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some faint foxing in the margins.. 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches. 14 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches. Majestic portrait of the Queen of Sweden Ulrika Eleanor (1688-1741) was Queen of Sweden from 1718-20 when she resigned in favor of her husband, Friedrich. Ulrika Eleanor was the daughter of Charles XI of Sweden and Ulrike Eleanor of Denmark. Her bro... more information

Paris: circa 1810. Colour-printed stipple. Printed on wove paper. In excellent condition with the exception of some slight paper discolouration. Water stain lower left corner. Trimmed within plate mark on the side and top margins. Image size: 10 3/8 x 13 1/8 inches. 13 3/4 x 15 11/16 inches. A glowing impression of this charming stipple engraving, which is printed in the "a la poupée" method. Genre painting came back into favour when the Academy admitted Watteau's "The Pilgrimage... more information

Paris: Dusacq & Cie. Editeurs, 1864. Hand-coloured lithograph after a painting by Droz. Very good condition apart from some light soiling, two skillfully repaired small tears in the top and right margins, and an expertly mended loss in the lower part of the image. 19 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches. 20 1/4 x 26 inches. A beautifully coloured, humorous plate that was most likely part of a series published by Dusacq of images by various artists depicting railway related scenes. During the mid-nineteenth century, th... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Colour-printed lithograph. 14 1/4 x 20 5/8 inches. Frederic Cozzens was one of America's greatest marine artists. Like nearly every other great marine artist, he was thoroughly acquainted with every aspect of ship construction and the art of sailing. He is best known for his paintings of great American yachts of the latter half of the 19th century, which were commissioned by many of New York's leading yachtsmen. In 1884, he expanded his audience by m... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. Colour-printed lithograph, mounted on card. 14 x 20 1/8 inches. (of mount) 20 x 26 3/8 inches. Frederic Cozzens was one of America's greatest marine artists. Like nearly every other great marine artist, he was thoroughly acquainted with every aspect of ship construction and the art of sailing. He is best known for his paintings of great American yachts of the latter half of the 19th century, which were commissioned by many of New York's leading yachts... more information

[Frankfurt: circa 1770]. Engraving, by Juste Chevillet, after Schenau (1 1/2 inch tear to left margin). 17 1/2 x 13 7/8 inches. 25 5/8 x 18 7/8 inches. A fine first state impression of this charming image, printed 'avant la lettre': before the addition of any lettering to the title panel. A lady of fashion, seated in an opulent interior, surounded by the trappings of wealth, leans forward slightly to hand some coins to her daughter. The small child stands looking up at her mother, one hand claspin... more information

London: Ackermann & Co, May 5th 1851. Hand-coloured lithograph by Dutton, printed by Day & Son. Small expert repairs. Sheet size: 21 1/4 x 27 2/8 inches. Beautiful portrait of United States Frigate "St. Lawrence" saluting off Osbourne, Isle of Wight, summer residence of Queen Victoria. The St. Lawrence was laid out in the 1820s by the Norfolk Navy Yard, but she remained uncompleted on the ways until work on her, interrupted by a shortage of funds, was resumed during the Mexican War and ... more information

New York: Endicott & Co., 1863. Lithograph printed in colours with additional hand-colouring. Signature in lithograph: "C. Parsons, '63". 22 7/8 x 25 1/4 inches. The Eutaw was one of twenty-seven doubler-ender, paddle wheel gunboats of the "Sassacus class" (named for the vessel of that name which rammed the Confederate Albermarle). A lithograph of a sister ship, the Chenango, was also published by Endicott & Co. She was built of wood in 1862 and fitted with eight guns. The... more information

[London]: Faden, 1777. Copper-engraved map with full original colour. 22 x 28 7/8 inches. The Parent Plan of Faden's extraordinary sequence of maps of the United States Faden's sequence of maps of the United States represents one of the most important cartographic depictions of the newly independent republic. The present map, made at the beginning of the Revolution, is the first of what would be fourteen total appellations (this and thirteen subsequent issues), and is one of the extremely rare fir... more information

[London]: Wm. Faden, 1809. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, in excellent condition. 22 x 27 1/2 inches. The seventh issue of one of the most important early maps of the United States Faden's sequence of maps of the United States represents one of the most important cartographic depictions of the newly independent republic. The present map is the seventh issue of the fourteen total appellations (including the parent plan and thirteen subsequent issues). The Faden sequence comprises a fas... more information

Philadelphia: published by Henry S. Tanner, 1834. Hand-coloured map in sections backed onto linen and edged with green silk, sheet size: 49 3/4 x 62 7/8 inches, 'engraved by H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen, and J. Knight', with integral decorative title vignette after J.W. Steel, the map surrounded by numerous small panels including 2 extensions to the area covered by the map, 6 more-detailed maps of environs of various eastern cities, 8 city plans, a number of elevation profiles of ... more information

[London]: Wm. Faden, Feby. 11th, 1793. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, in excellent condition. 24 1/8 x 31 1/8 inches. The extremely rare fifth issue of one of the most important early maps of the United States Faden's sequence of maps of the United States represents one of the most important cartographic depictions of the newly independent republic. The present map is the fifth issue of the fourteen total appellations (including the parent plan and thirteen subsequent issues), and is ... more information

[London]: Wm. Faden, Feb. 11, 1785. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, trimmed within platemark top margin, trimmed to platemark bottom margin, neatlines intact, mounted on silk mending a split at center fold, large lateral margins. 20 3/4 x 26 1/2 inches. The extremely rare fourth issue of one of the most important early maps of the United States Faden's sequence of maps of the United States represents one of the most important cartographic depictions of the newly independent republic. T... more information

London: Published by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street, May 22, 1787. Mezzotint. Printed on laid paper. In excellent condition with the exception of two mended tears in the upper margin. Tear across the bottom right corner. Image size: 9 3/8 x 13 3/4 inches. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. 11 3/4 x 19 1/8 inches. This is a lovely rich impression of this striking print which perfectly demonstrates Seymour's artistry and Burford's skill as an engraver. James Seymour is recognized as one of the earliest English sp... more information

Munich: Johann Lucas Straub, 1701-26. Hand-coloured engraving by Wening. Very good condition apart from some overall light soiling and minor foxing. 10 3/8 x 27 7/8 inches. 12 x 29 3/4 inches. A fascinating and very beautiful print from Wening's rare work on the topography of Bavaria: 'Historico-topographica Descriptio' This image is from Wening's only major published work, a large-scale study of Bavarian towns, churches and mansions published in four volumes between 1701 and 1726. Wening,... more information

[London]: 1788. Hand-coloured engraving by Edwards. Very good condition. 13 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 21 3/8 x 14 7/8 inches. A beautifully designed image from Edwards "A Collection of Flowers drawn after Nature...", a superb and rare work. Edwards lived in London until about 1778 when he moved to Surrey, exhibiting at the Society of Artists, of which he was a member, and at the Royal Academy. In addition to the fine arts, he also provided designs for textiles, particularly cotton calico. Between 176... more information

[London]: 1786. Hand-coloured engraving by Edwards. Good condition apart from some overall light soiling and two small yellow spots in the lower left side of the image. 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. 21 x 14 7/8 inches. A beautifully designed image from Edwards "A Collection of Flowers drawn after Nature...", a superb and rare work. Edwards lived in London until about 1778 when he moved to Surrey, exhibiting at the Society of Artists, of which he was a member, and at the Royal Academy. In addition to t... more information

[London]: 1786. Hand-coloured engraving by Edwards. Very good condition apart from light foxing in the margins. 13 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches. 21 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches. A beautifully designed image from Edwards "A Collection of Flowers drawn after Nature...", a superb and rare work. Edwards lived in London until about 1778 when he moved to Surrey, exhibiting at the Society of Artists, of which he was a member, and at the Royal Academy. In addition to the fine arts, he also provided designs for textiles, ... more information