Titles starting with U from Donald Heald Rare Books

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 brot... 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, the... 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 mak... 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 yachtsme... 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 clasping... more information

[London]: Wm. Faden, Feby. 11th, 1793. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, in excellent condition apart from repairs to tears in bottom and lower left margins and to center fold. 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 ap... 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 s... 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 r... 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. Th... more information

[London]: Wm. Faden, 1809. Copper-engraved map, with full original colour, in excellent condition apart from repair to center fold. 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). Th... more information

New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, [1855]. 2 volumes, quarto. (11 5/8 x 9 inches). Steel-engraved additional titles, 80 steel-engraved plates. (Occasional spotting to plates). Contemporary red half calf over morocco- grained red cloth-covered boards, spines in six compartments with raised bands, black morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, lettered direct in gilt in the fourth, the others with elaborate repeat decoration in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. A fine set of this important American... more information

Paris: Tardieu, 1808. Engraved map with period outline hand colouring, on four folded sheets, each dissected into 60 sections and linen-backed, as issued, with the original chemise and box. Fine condition. together 50 x 57 3/4 inches. An extraordinary copy of a rare, separately-issued, French edition of one of the great large-scale maps of the early United States: this issue the first to name Michigan Territory. Based on the first state of Aaron Arrowsmith's map of the same name, Tardieu's improved... more information

[London]: Wm. Faden, Feby. 11th, 1793. Copper-engraved map, full period hand colouring. 24 1/2 x 35 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 one of the extremely ra... more information

Philadelphia: printed by Sherman & Co, 1874. Quarto. (12 1/8 x 9 inches). Half-title, section titles. 514pp. Original dark green morocco, covers elaborately blocked in gilt and blind, spine in six compartments with raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second, and sixth compartments, the fourth with morocco lettering-piece, U.S. Eagle tool at head of spine, the others blocked in gilt, yellow glazed endpapers (neat repairs to foot of spine and joints). A superlatively rare botanical report of the Wilkes... more information

London: Thomas Martyn, 1789. 2 volumes in one, quarto. (13 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches). Parallel text in French and English. Engraved title and secondary title, both in French and English, engraved dedication to the King, 2 engraved plates of medals, 1 hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (the image within a gilt neo-classical border, as issued), 80 engraved plates finely hand-coloured in imitation of watercolours, each numbered in ink and protected by a facing guard of thin blank paper. Extra-illustrated with 19 h... 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 spo... 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 1769... 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 th... more information