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British Theatrical Gallery, A Collection of Whole Length Portraits, with Biographical Notices by D. Terry
by Terry, Daniel
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- Used - Good +
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- 1825
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- Hardcover
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$438.00
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London: H. Berthoud, 1825. Hardcover. Good +. [72] p., frontispiece and 19 leaves of plates; 36 cm. Contemporary black leather spine with plain grey paper over boards. The publisher intended the plate of Mrs. Siddons to be bound as the frontispiece, but here the plate of Mr. Kean was bound as the frontispiece and that of… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, and Adjacent Coasts of the Baltic, including the Ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes, from the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century; Accompanied with Appropriate Historical and Descriptive Illustrations by Samuel Rush Meyrick and Charles Hamilton Smith [provenance: Charles John Kean]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/687/280/1335280687.0.m.jpg)
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The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, and Adjacent Coasts of the Baltic, including the Ancestors of the Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes, from the Earliest Periods to the Sixth Century; Accompanied with Appropriate Historical and Descriptive Illustrations by Samuel Rush Meyrick and Charles Hamilton Smith [provenance: Charles John Kean]
by Meyrick, Samuel Rush; Smith, Charles Hamilton
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- 1828
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$644.00
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London: Republished by the New Proprietor, J. Dowding, 1828. Hardcover. Very Good. "An Improved Edition." [90] p., added engraved title page and 24 leaves of color plates; 38 cm. Dark green library buckram with gilt-stamped spine title and call number. Plates state: "Aquatinted by R. Havell. Published June 1, 1815, by R. Havell." No date… Read more about this item Item Price
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La Barbe Bleue
by Perrault, Charles
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- Used - Near Fine -
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- 1869
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$541.00
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Wissembourg; Paris: Fr. Wentzel, 1869. Near Fine -. "Lithographie et typographie de Ch. Wentzel." [2], 10 p., 6 leaves of hand-colored lithographed plates; 27 cm. Title page and each page of text within decorative border. "Contes Illustrés pour Enfants" -- at head of title page. Frédéric Charles Wentzel (1839-1877) and Charles Frédéric Wentzel (1833-1911)… Read more about this item Item Price
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Leichte Holz-Bauten entworfen und gezeichnet von Adolph Guggenberger, Architect
by Guggenberger, Adolph
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- Used - Fair +
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- 1869
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- Hardcover
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$283.00
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Munich: Max Ravizza, 1869. Hardcover. Fair +. [12] leaves of chromolithographed plates; 38 cm. Light green wrapper printed in black, with publisher's catalog Technische Werke & Zeichnungs-Vorlager, on back wrapper. Wrapper title. Running title: Leichte Holzbauten. A 19th-century owner had it bound with black cloth spine and corners and black paper over boards. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Lew Ayres -- Black-and-White Photograph
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- Used - Good
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- 1931
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$19.00
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1931. Good. 18 x 13 cm. (7 x 5 inches). Printed inscription in white: "Sincerely yours Lew Ayres." No publication information. Appears to be from the early 1930s, possibly The Spirit of Notre Dame or State Fair. In Good Condition: vertical crease through center, most obvious in lower half of photograph; corner rubbed; very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Lieut General Sir De Lacy Evans, K.C.B. &c.; From a Dag. by Claudet; W.J. Edwards
by Claudet, Antoine
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- 1855
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London: Virtue & Co, 1855. Very Good. Print 25 x 16 cm. of Sir George De Lacy Evans (1787-1870), engraved by William J. Edwards from a daguerreotype by Antoine Claudet. No date of publication, but the original daguerreotype was made in 1855. Evans was involved in several battles of the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Engraving of Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B. [after the painting by John Hoppner]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/275/288/1193288275.0.m.jpg)
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Engraving of Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B. [after the painting by John Hoppner]
by Hoppner, John
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- 1847
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$36.00
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1847. Very Good. 1 stipple engraving 11.2 x 8.7 mm. mounted on card 26 x 16 cm. Printed label on back: "Lieut. Gen. Sir Ralph Abercromby, K. B." After the portrait by John Hoppner; engraver not given but probably H. D. Cook. No date of publication but H. D. Cook's engraving after the portrait by… Read more about this item Item Price
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Autograph letter signed, with engraved portrait of Teignmouth
by Teignmouth, John Lord
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- 1800
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$170.00
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Exmouth, Eng, 1800. Very Good. 1 folded sheet creating 4 pages; handwritten letter on 2 pages (signed), 1 page blank, address on the 4th page. Teignmouth notes that "Lady Teignmouth has lately presented me with another son." The engraved portrait (drawn by J. Richmond, engraved by W. Walker) was published by Hatchard & Sons in 1843.… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Robespierre; A. Lacauchie [engraved print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/510/724/1189724510.0.m.jpg)
Robespierre; A. Lacauchie [engraved print]
by Lacauchie, Alexandre
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1845
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$77.00
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Paris: P. Amic l'Ainé, 1845. Near Fine. 1 leaf 26 x 16 cm. with engraving of Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794) by Florensa after a drawing by Lacauchie. Printed by Rigo Freres et Cie. No date of publication. The publisher Pierre Amic l'Ainé and the printer produced prints in the 1840s. Robespierre is standing, holding… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Robertspierre [Robespierre -- engraved print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/509/724/1189724509.0.m.jpg)
Robertspierre [Robespierre -- engraved print]
by Guerin, Jean Urbain
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1806
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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London: M. Jones, 1806. Very Good. 1 leaf 17 x 10 cm. with engraving of Maximilien de Robespierre (1758-1794) after a painting by Jean Urbain Guerin. Probably from the publisher's edition of The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte by Willem Lodewyk Van-Ess (1809). In Very Good Condition: darkening along two edges; shadow of text from formerly adjacent… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Thomas Paine; Romney [engraved print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/505/724/1189724505.0.m.jpg)
Thomas Paine; Romney [engraved print]
by Romney, George
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- 1846
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Philadelphia: Illman & Sons, 1846. Very Good. 1 leaf 19 x 11 cm. with engraving of Thomas Paine from a painting by George Romney. No date of publication. Although Thomas Illman and his sons were active as engravers and printers in Philadelphia from 1844 onward, Illman & Sons is only listed in city directories for the… Read more about this item Item Price
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![G. Washington; Painted by G. Stuart; Engraved by J. C. Buttre [engraved print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/504/724/1189724504.0.m.jpg)
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G. Washington; Painted by G. Stuart; Engraved by J. C. Buttre [engraved print]
by Buttre, J. C. (John Chester)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1870
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$129.00
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New York: J. C. Buttre, 1870. Near Fine. 1 leaf 26 x 18 cm. with engraving of George Washington from the portrait by Gilbert Stuart. Full bust, head to left. Vignette. Mezzotinto. "Engraved expressly for this work." -- at lower edge. Baker, 188. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: very light discoloration behind the… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Francis Hopkinson; Engraved by J. B. Longacre from the Painting by Pine in possession of J. Hopkinson Esqr. [engraved print]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/502/724/1189724502.0.m.jpg)
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Francis Hopkinson; Engraved by J. B. Longacre from the Painting by Pine in possession of J. Hopkinson Esqr. [engraved print]
by Longacre, J. B. (James Barton)
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1850
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S.l.: s.n., 1850. Very Good. 1 leaf 27 x 18 cm. with engraving of Francis Hopkinson from a portrait by Robert Edge Pine. Sitting at a table, holding a quill in his right hand. Several books are to Hopinson's right. Image is 11 x 9 cm. Facsimile signature of Hopkinson below image. No… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Voltaire [broadside with engraved portrait]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/501/724/1189724501.0.m.jpg)
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Voltaire [broadside with engraved portrait]
by Largillière, Nicolas de
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- 1819
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London: William Holl, 1819. Near Fine. Small broadside (21 x 13 cm.) with a bust-length portrait of Voltaire after Nicolas de Largillière in oval (5 x 4 cm.) and the life of the author. Etching and stipple with letterpress. Issued as an illustration for the Biographical Magazine. Scarce. In Near Fine Condition: several small,… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Death of the Revd John Wesley, A.M.
by Sartain, John
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- 1860
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, USA
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$191.00
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Philadelphia: William Smith, 1860. Good. Sheet is 48 x 57 cm. Image is 33 x 38 cm. Hand-colored lithograph produced by Magee's Lithograph Press, 48 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia. No date of publication. John L. Magee, artist, lithographer, and engraver, was located at 48 or 49 S. 3rd St., Philadelphia, only in 1860. … Read more about this item Item Price
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![Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II; Collected from the Most Authentic Accounts Extant by James Caulfield [vol. 1]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/285/838/1148838285.0.m.jpg)
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Portraits, Memoirs, and Characters, of Remarkable Persons, from the Revolution in 1688 to the End of the Reign of George II; Collected from the Most Authentic Accounts Extant by James Caulfield [vol. 1]
by Caulfield, James
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- 1819
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- Hardcover
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London: H. R. Young; and T. H. Whitely, 1819. Hardcover. Fair +. Volume 1 only. xii, 171, [1] p., 39 leaves of engraved plates; 30 cm. Calf boards. Marbled endpapers. Bound in following the title page is a slip "To the Public" stating that two of the prints (Will Ellis and William Carstairs) would… Read more about this item Item Price
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![The Genuine Works of William Hogarth; Illustrated with Biographical Anecdotes, a Chronological Catalogue, and Commentary; by John Nichols and the late George Steevens [2 vols]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/641/238/1123238641.0.m.jpg)
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The Genuine Works of William Hogarth; Illustrated with Biographical Anecdotes, a Chronological Catalogue, and Commentary; by John Nichols and the late George Steevens [2 vols]
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- 1808
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$335.00
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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808. Hardcover. Very Good. Vol. 2 published in 1810. 2 volumes: vii, [1], 524 p., frontispiece and 62 leaves of engraved plates; viii, 444, [30] p., frontispiece and 95 leaves of plates (one folded): one in-text engraving; 29 cm. Original brown boards; both spines are covered in brown library repair… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gretchens Beichte: Göthe's Faust; A. Lochner pinx 1851; G. Planer Sculp
by Lochner, Andreas; Planer, Christian Julius Gustav
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- 1851
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Triest: Kunst-Anstalt des Östrerreichischer Lloyd, 1851. Very Good -. 1 leaf (33 x 23 cm.) with engraved image (173 x 135 mm.). The image shows Gretchen, from Faust, confessing to a priest as a man listens in the shadows behind her. The German artist, Andreas Lochner (1824-1855), painted two scenes from Goethe's Faust before his untimely… Read more about this item Item Price
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B. Carr Professor Music; Painted by J. C. Darley, Engraved by J. Sartain
by Sartain, John
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- 1835
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Philadelphia: John Sartrain, 1835. Very Good -. 1 mezzotint engraving of Benjamin Carr (1768-1831), American composer, singer, music teacher, and music publisher. Sheet is 30 x 24 cm.; image is 14 x 11 cm. John Sartain (1808-1897) pioneered mezzotint engraving in the United States. He engraved this portrait of Benjamin Carr from a painting by… Read more about this item Item Price
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![Senator Lester Hayden Humphrey and Governor Frank W. Higgins [photograph]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/663/058/1057058663.0.m.jpg)
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Senator Lester Hayden Humphrey and Governor Frank W. Higgins [photograph]
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- 1901
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Warsaw, N.Y.: s.n., 1901. Very Good. 1 photograph (12.3 x 17.5 cm.) on a mat (21 x 25 cm.). Inscribed on the back: "Senator Lester Hayden Humphrey Warsaw N.Y. Gov Higgins in Executive Chamber Albany 1901." Lester Hayden Humphrey (1850-1902), of Warsaw, N.Y., was Vice President of the Wyoming County National Bank from 1873 to 1888… Read more about this item Item Price
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