Sales catalogue 113: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/21
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 113: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ART AND ARCHITECTURE—continued. and 56 fine etchings, sixteen of which are coloured. Original edition of the Author’s first and most im- portant book. 48 Crunden (John), Architect. Convenient and Ornamental Architecture, consisting of original designs for Plans, Elevations and Sections beginning with the Farm House and regularly ascending to the most grand and magnificent villa... A New Epirron. London, I. & J. Taylor, 1778 £2 10s Ato. Contemporary calf. 8 + 26 pp. Folding leaf of advertisement of architectural books. With 70 fine engraved plates showing facades and ground plans of houses ; also a few interiors, wall panelling and mantelpieces, etc. This book is particularly interest- ing as showing the architecture of the humbler houses of the period. Paysage, depuis la Renaissance des Beaux Arts jusqu’au Dix-Huitiéme Siecle. Paris, 1822 15s 8vo. Contemporary boards, calf back. 544 pp. Contains many particulars of the life and works of the great landscape painters from the 17th century onwards, Canaletto, Callot, etc. 50 Engravings. A series of 91 engravings, bound in an oblong 4to album, old vellum £3 10s Old vellum. The best feature of this collection is a series of engravings of the 12 months of the year, showing the occupations of each by Etienne Delaune, circa 1560. Each of the engravings is surrounded by a beautiful border. Besides these there are prints by Goltzius, Galle, Sadeler, etc. Some are in bad con- dition but the series by Delaulne is in fine state. 51 Fielding (T. H.) On Painting in Oil & Water Colours . .. including the Preparation of Colours, Vehicles, Oils, etc., Method of Painting in Wax or Encaustic; also the chemical properties & permanencies of cleaning & repairing old paintings, etc. London, Ackermann & Co., 1839 £2 108 4to. Old half boards. 10 aquatint plates, 4 in colours 52 Fuseli (Henry) Lectures on Painting, de- livered at the Royal Academy, March, 1801, with additional observations and _ notes. London, 1801 Bound with : Opie (John) Lectures on Painting, delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts, with a letter on the proposal for a public Memorial of the Naval Glory of Great Britain . . . to which are prefixed a memoir by Mrs. Opie... . London,.1809 £2 10s 4to. Old half calf. 2 books bound together. (1) 151 pp. First edition of the three lectures, which were the most important. With engraving on title by Legat and another engraving at end by Wm. BLaxE. (2) 186 pp. With a beautiful engraving by S. W. Reynolds after Opie’s selfportrait. Proposals for Erecting a Public Academy to be Supported by Voluntary Subscription (till a Royal Foundation can be obtained) for Educating the British Youth in Drawing & the several Arts depending thereon. London, Brindley, etc., 1749 £1 10s 8vo. 19th century polished calf. Engraved front. & vignette view of Somerset House. An interesting work. The Author points out the importance of a knowledge of drawing to seamen, travellers & doctors. 55 Le Glere (Sebastien) Pratique de la Géo- metrie sur le Papier et sur le Terrain. Paris, Jombert, 1716 30s Svor SOlde callie Gaulle 06 pp. 2 ll. Engraved frontispiece and 82 charming full-page plates by Leclerc’ of geometrical figures. Every plate is decorated with human figures, landscapes, build- ings, etc.” Leclerc (1637-1714) was engraver to Louis XIV. and one of the foremost engravers of his time. He was appointed professor of perspective at the Paris Academy. 56 Le Comte (Florent). Cabinet des Singu- laritez d’Architecture, Peinture, Sculpture, et Graveure. SEcCONDE Epirron. Brussels, 1702 15s 8vo. Old calf. 3 vols. With 3 engraved frontis- pieces. An early guide to the fine arts. There are complete and comprehensive lists of the works of the artists, lists of the engravings that have been. made of pictures and similar information. 57 Leonardo da Vinci.—I Manoscritti di Leo- nardo da Vinci lla Reale Biblioteca di Windsor. Dell Anatomia Fogli A. publi- cati da Theod. Sabachnikoff . .. con tra- duzionen in lingua Francese. Paris, 1898 |SOLD | Small folio. Vellum. 202 pp. Contains the fac- simile reproduction and text in Italian and French. Presentation copy from the editor, with inscription. 58 Letarouilly.—Kdifices de Rome Moderne ou Recueil des Palais, Maisons, Eglises, Couvents et autres Monuments... de la ville de Rome. Paris, 1840 £6 10s One 4to vol of text and three folio vols of plates. Half vellum. A little spotted. This work contains the most accurate architectural drawings of Roman buildings. 59 Malvasia (Carlo Cesare) Felsina Pittrice Vite de’ Pittori Bolognesi. Bologna, Heredi di D. Barbieri, 1678 £3 3s 2 vols. 4to. Old vellum. Uncut copy. With woodcut portraits of the artists. Extremely important for the history of art. Lacks last leaf containing licence only. A few slight stains but otherwise a large & fine copy. 60 Montagu (Edward Wortley) Observations upon a supposed Antique Bust at. Turin, in two letters addressed to the Earl of Maccles- field, President of the Royal Society. Lon- don, 1763 10s 6d Unbound. 19 pp. 61 Nicholson (Francis) The Practice of Draw- ing and Painting Landscape from Nature in Water Colours. ... London, 1820 £2 108 ' 4to. Original boards. 91 pp. 5 plates, one of which is coloured; engraved by Fielding. First edition of this important book, of which several editions were published. Francis Nicholson was one of the founders of the Society of Painters in Water- colours and is generally known as the °* Father of Watercolour painting ’’ because of the great advance of the art owing to his work. 62 Noble (Thomas) Practical Perspective ex- emplified on Landscapes . . . engraved by John Clark. The Stconp Enprrion, with an — essay on the practice of taking views, and many other considerable additions and im- provements. London, Edw. Orme, 1809 £2 2s Small folio. Old boards. 57 pp. With 13 fine plates, 3 of which are coloured. 63 Overton (Thomas Collins) (1) Builders most Useful Companion. Fifty entire new Original Designs The Temple- Being for
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