Search Results: Titles starting with N from Lowry-James Rare Prints & Books

Augsburg:: Negitium Academiae Caes. Francisceae,, 1760.. First edition. Fine. Fine copperplate engraving with bold period hand-coloring. Light soiling. Folio; (plate mark 17 x 11.5 inches; sheet size 18.5 x 12.75 inches.) Matted in Ivory rag mat with gilt French line decoration sized to 23.25 x 18 inches.Taste: The Meal of the Gods. A fine perspective of the banquet feast presented to King, Queen and Court by Satyr and Heroes all surrounded by silver and golden urns and flowing fountains under dark billowing clouds. Caption in four languages; German, Latin, French & Italian engraved below the scene. Centuries ago stage designers were engaged by royal patrons to leave documentary evidence illustrating their activities. This dramatic eighteenth century engraving; an allegorical optical view by Setlezsky of Burnacini's lavish setting for the opera Il Pomo d'Oro (The Golden Apple) by Francesco Sbarra and Antonio Cesti Vienna in 1668 is a fine example of one such… Read More

Augsburg:: Negitium Academiae Caes. Francisceae,, 1760.. First edition. Fine. Fine copperplate engraving with bold period hand-coloring. Light soiling and faint tide mark to lower left corner. Folio; (plate mark 17 x 11.5 inches; sheet size 17.5 x 11 7/8 inches.) Matted in Ivory rag mat with gilt French line decoration sized to 23.25 x 18 inches.Touch: The Dance of the Heroes. A fine perspective of 15 dancers framed within classical architecture. King, Queen and court, Gods (Mercury and Poseidon) and Goddesses with cherubim all witness from darkened clouds above. Caption in four languages; German, Latin, French & Italian engraved below the scene. Centuries ago stage designers were engaged by royal patrons to leave documentary evidence illustrating their activities. This dramatic eighteenth century engraving; an allegorical optical view by Setlezsky of Burnacini's lavish setting for the opera Il Pomo d'Oro (The Golden Apple) by Francesco Sbarra and Antonio Cesti… Read More

Augsburg:: Negitium Academiae Caes. Francisceae,, 1760.. First edition. Fine. Fine copperplate engraving with bold period hand-coloring. Light soiling. Folio; (plate mark 17 x 11.5 inches; sheet size 17.75 x 12.5 inches.) Matted in Ivory rag mat with gilt French line decoration sized to 23.25 x 18 inches.Sight: The Triumph of Belisaire. A fine perspective of the stage setting of ornately garbed royal courtiers and soldiers surrounded by onlookers in two-tiered balcony. Putti donning plumed soldiers' helmets, Gods and Goddess statues abound. Caption in four languages; German, Latin, French & Italian engraved below the scene. Centuries ago stage designers were engaged by royal patrons to leave documentary evidence illustrating their activities. This dramatic eighteenth century engraving; an allegorical optical view by Setlezsky of Burnacini's lavish setting for the opera Il Pomo d'Oro (The Golden Apple) by Francesco Sbarra and Antonio Cesti Vienna in 1668 is a fine… Read More

Edinburgh:: WH Lizars,, 1835.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored steel engraving with bright original hand-coloring. (6.75 x 4.25 inches, 10.8 x 17.15 cm). This engraving is classified as one of the finest natural history miniatures produced during the mid-nineteenth century. A refined and intelligent work, The Naturalist's Library was created for everyone with an interest in the natural world. Sir William Jardine (1800-1847), noted Scottish Ichthyologist and Ornithologist, combined the talents of his colleagues; Edward Lear, Prideaux John Selby, William Swainson to contribute to The Naturalist's Library. The intention of the series was to create a fine yet affordable work, describing and illustrating all elements of the natural world save botany. In addition, several plates were engraved after noted artists: John James Audubon, John Gould and Maria Sibylla Merian. The success of the publication was apparent by the production of forty… Read More

Paris:: Bessa,, 1836.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored stipple engraving on watermarked laid paper (Sheet: 20.32 x 27.94 cm). Engraving by Barrois after painting by Bessa. Pancrace Bessa (1772-1832) was at one time student of Van Spaendonck, the esteemed flower painter of Le Jardin du Roi, and who along with colleague Pierre Joseph Redoute (court painter to Empress Josephine and Napoleon) mastered the fine art of stipple engraving produced some of the finest botanical work of early nineteenth century France. Bessa's technical and artistic achievement evident, his finely hand-colored engravings remain coveted examples of botanical illustration. Flore des Jardiniers ( Flora of Gardeners) was Bessa's final and finest botanical work. (Great Flower Books 159, Dunthorne 33).

London:: H. Baillière,, 1843.. First edition. Fine. Fine Condition. Original hand-colored etching. Octavo (5.75 x 9.25 inches). Full margins.Matted in Rag board. This fine double portrait by George Catlin (Pennsylvania 1796-1872) is based on the first- hand field studies created for his seminal work the Native American Indian Tribes: Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio and represent the earliest, most authentic depiction of the native peoples of North America which illustrated Prichard's universal ethnography. Based on the work of Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (Gotha 1752-1840) who pioneered the study of anthropology, James C. Prichard, (1786-1848) a Quaker from Herefordshire with a strong belief in abolitionism contended the human race descended from a single set of parents from an aboriginal culture.  Single sheet matted in rag board

London:: Collins,, 1947.. First printing. Fine. Fine in a slightly soiled Near Fine unclipped DJ. Gift inscription to ff. Octavo (5.75 x 8 inches). Green cloth with gold lettering to spine. Pp. xiv, 311 with 46 color photographs, 55 b/w photographs & 24 text figures. Distinguished by their enticing dust jackets colorfully illustrated by Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, The New Naturalist series encouraged the study of natural history for the general reader in a most appealing format. In the spirit and tradition of the early naturalists, The New Naturalist explores and beautifully documents the natural world in an effort to promote conservation of the native landscape and wildlife of the British Isles. Cloth

London:: Macmillan and Co.,, 1876.. First printing. Near Fine. Near Fine Two Volume Set. Corners tipped, scattered foxing, gutters starting. page 111 split. Folio. (23 x 30 cm). A bright ornamental Cottage binding quarter bound in green pebbled cloth with ornate gilt and black pictorial decoration and lettering. TEG. Small engraved bookplate on front paste-down of both volumes. Vol. I xxiii, 308 pp., frontispiece with tissue guard plus 13 plates, Text illustrations. Vol. II vii, 283 pp., colored frontispiece with tissue guard, 8 plates; Fully illustrated with facsimile letters, wood-engraved text illustrations and plates. Includes map of the Environs of Selborne. Photographs produced by the carbon process of P. H. Delmotte's watercolors mounted onto plates embellished with delicate floral borders and lettering. With notes by Frank Buckland and a chapter on the antiquities by Lord Selborne and new letters. With photographs and engravings from drawings by P. H. Delamotte.A fine… Read More

New York:: Simon & Schuster,, 1975.. First printing. Near Fine. Fine in a Fine DJ. Octavo (5.5 x 9.5 Inches). Olive boards with gilt lettering to spine, decorated endpapers. Fully illustrated in color & b/w [1-9] 108 pp. Fully illustrated in color & b/w . Charming nature observations for the casual walker from Richard Adams, author of Watership Down and Shardik. Boards

Ghent:: Louis Van Houtte,, 1845-1888.. First edition. Fine . A Fine original color lithograph (Octavo: 6.5 x 9.75 inches) matted in Ivory Rag board sized to 12 x 16 inches and suitable for framing. Rich and luminous, this plate is printed from stone in multiple colors and then finished by hand at the printing studios amidst the van Houtte gardens; Horto Van Houtteano.To honor the burgeoning interest in horticulture throughout Europe during the nineteenth century several botanical periodicals were created to document and illustrate the beauty of new botanical discoveries worldwide. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, Ghent; Louis van Houtte,1845-1888 was among the finest horticultural journals produced at the time. As experienced botanical engravers, botanists and nurserymen in their own right the editors Louis van Houtte and Charles Lemaire combined their talents to produce this glorious publication which documented both the newly discovered exotics and the popular plants… Read More

London:: Wm S. Orr & Co.,, 1838.. First edition. Fine. A fine original hand-colored engraving by F.W. Smith. Fine Condition. Octavo (6.25 x 9 in./ 15.87 x 22.86 cm). Archivally matted in Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to12 x 16 in./30.48 x 40.64 cm). Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also featured the favored British cultivars. Joseph Paxton was, at one time, superintendent of the gardens at Chatsworth House, owned by the Sixth Duke of… Read More

Paris:: Bessa,, 1836.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored stipple engraving on watermarked laid paper (Sheet: 20.32 x 27.94 cm). Engraving by Barrois after painting by Bessa. Pancrace Bessa (1772-1832) was at one time student of Van Spaendonck, the esteemed flower painter of Le Jardin du Roi, and who along with colleague Pierre Joseph Redoute (court painter to Empress Josephine and Napoleon) mastered the fine art of stipple engraving produced some of the finest botanical work of early nineteenth century France. Bessa's technical and artistic achievement evident, his finely hand-colored engravings remain coveted examples of botanical illustration. Flore des Jardiniers ( Flora of Gardeners) was Bessa's final and finest botanical work. (Great Flower Books 159, Dunthorne 33).

Edinburgh:: WH Lizars,, 1835.. First edition. Fine with original hand-coloring. A fine original hand-colored steel engraving with bright original hand-coloring. (6.75 x 4.25 inches, 10.8 x 17.15 cm). This engraving is classified as one of the finest natural history miniatures produced during the mid-nineteenth century. A refined and intelligent work, The Naturalist's Library was created for everyone with an interest in the natural world. Sir William Jardine (1800-1847), noted Scottish Ichthyologist and Ornithologist, combined the talents of his colleagues; Edward Lear, Prideaux John Selby, William Swainson to contribute to The Naturalist's Library. The intention of the series was to create a fine yet affordable work, describing and illustrating all elements of the natural world save botany. In addition, several plates were engraved after noted artists: John James Audubon, John Gould and Maria Sibylla Merian. The success of the publication was apparent by the production of forty… Read More

London:: Wm S. Orr & Co.,, 1836.. First edition. Fine. Native to Bengal. A fine original hand-colored engraving by S. Holden after painting by FW Smith. Fine Condition. Folio (12.5 x 9 inches). Archivally matted in Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to 16 x 20 inches and suitable for framing. Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also featured the favored British cultivars. Joseph Paxton was, at one time, superintendent of the gardens at… Read More

London:: Wm S. Orr & Co.,, 1836.. First edition. Fine. Native botanical of Napal. A fine original hand-colored copperplate engraving by Frederick W. Smith. Fine Condition. Folio (12.5 x 9 inches). Archivally matted in Ivory Rag Mat with gilt French line decoration, sized to 16 x 20 inches and suitable for framing. Includes horticultural text. The fine hand-colored engravings and lithographs from Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants claim their honored place as highlights of Victorian botanical illustration. As the nineteenth century ushered in a profound era of plant hunting and gathering worldwide, newly discovered botanical specimens were brought to Europe for cultivation. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801- 1865) endeavored to include these fine discoveries as part of his floricultural monthly; The Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants, which also featured the favored British cultivars. Joseph Paxton was, at one time, superintendent of the gardens at… Read More

Great Britain:: Original Watercolor,, [c.1880-1900].. Fine. Fine original watercolor on rag paper. (25.4 x 17.7 cm). Matted in Rag. Framed in 19th C. gilt beaded moulding. Condition: Fine, with minor aged paper remains to verso corners from previous mount watermarked 1902. Pathos notwithstanding and made all the more alluring by want of attribution, this vivid watercolor scene (a flight of feeding and nesting Cliff Swallows) was envisioned and thus executed not by a professional artist, field naturalist or explorer but by an amateur, or armchair, traveler/naturalist /painter. The drama evident yet depiction gentle, this watercolor quite plausibly was painted by a young Victorian gentlewoman who would have learned the art of nature painting, as was the custom, and who would have sought inspiration from the grand natural history color plate volumes of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This bold and vivid naturalists' display of a tapestry of dappled foliage or the crystalline… Read More

London:: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,, 1818.. First edition. Very Good. Very Good condition. Soiled boards, edge wear. Large Quarto (9.5 x 11.5 in). Original dark blue ribbed publisher's cloth. Gilt lettering to front board. Green floral patterned engraved endpapers. Printed by J. M'Creery, Black-Horse-Court, Fleet Street. [i-ii],[title], 1-36, plates 9-16 are hand-colored tint samples representing the color spectrum, plus 12 finely hand-colored stipple engravings, (4 leaves, 8 flowers) and their corresponding 'lesson' pages, printed in teal blue ink. The lesson pages have been attempted by a primitive hand, in various medium: watercolor, conte crayon. Two additional original gouache studies following printed leaves: one flower and one branch of leaves. A fine painting manual from George Brookshaw (Birmingham 1751-1823) author of Pomona Britannica, who excelled at the refined art of decorative painting on cabinetry under the pseudonym G. Brown- a possible name… Read More

New South Wales:: A.H. & A.W. Reed,, 1967.. Revised and Enlarged Edition. A Fine copy in a Very Good D/J. Minor crease and tears along back lower and upper edge. Minor chipping along upper and lower spine on D/J. Folio ( 9.25 x 11.5 in., 235 x 292 mm). Gray buckram with gilt lettering on spine. Pp. 235. Fully illustrated with color photographs. A stunning compilation of flowers and plants native to New Zealand.

New York:: Forest, Fish and Game Commision,, 1902.. First printing. Fine condition. . A fine original chromolithograph printed on heavy coated stock. Quarto (9.5 x 12 inches). Published as part of an unbound portfolio: The Birds of New York State from the Forest, Fish and Game Commission in 1902. Louis Agassiz Fuertes (New York 1874-1927) gained recognition as a fine ornithological painter as an undergraduate student at Cornell University. Through his self-styled skills in observation as a bird collector, aided by his photographic memory, many have liken his talents as a supreme portrayer of America's birds to those of John James Audubon.

Philadelphia:: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.,, 1852.. First printing. Near Fine. An original hand-colored lithograph. Folio (11.5 x 18.5 inches). Matted in Ivory Rag board with gilt French line decoration; sized to 18.25 x 24 inches. Near Fine condition. Minor staining.A finely colored map from early american educator turned atlas producer Samuel Augustus Mitchell (Connecticut 1792-1868). Drawn and engraved by W. Williams.  Single sheet matted in rag board