Historical and geographical description of Formosa
Description:
A fabrication. The author's real name is unknown. -Dict. nat'l biog., 1949, vol. 16, p. 439-442., From the library of Herman W. Liebert., and Signatures: *¹² 2*¹⁰ A-R¹² S1.
Publisher:
Chez Pierre Mortier & Compagnie,
Subject (Geographic):
Taiwan--Description and travel--Fiction--Early works to 1800.
Arc memorial dressé au lieu de l'enterrement des actionistes consumés
Description:
Title engraved below image., Four columns of verse in Dutch on the left below image: De narrekap, die god merkuur door wind-negotie heeft gedrágen ..., Four columns of text in French on the right below image: Après que la tempête des actions est passée, Pallas ôte de bonne heure ..., Plate 59 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
A portrait of the Pretender, shown three-quarters length to the waist and looking to the right, in an oval fraome. He is wearing robes, collar, abd jewel of the Garter; a lace cravat and full-bottomed wig. Statement of responsibility and chronogram engraved in the frame above and below
Description:
Title engraved in oval frame around portrait., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: James III Pretender of England &c. and Knight of St. James., Publication date from book in which this print was published., "S.A. Belle's portrait of the Pretender is well known"--British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Chronogram inscribed on lower portion of the oval frame enclosing the portrait: TeMpore DVro fILIVs rege natV's habetVr ast non qVIbVsqVe [i.e. 1688]., Four lines of verse in French at the bottom of design: O! Prince infortuné, joüet de la fortune ..., Four ines of verse in Dutch below the design: Heeft u't fortuin de rug tot dus ver toegekeerd ..., Plate 21 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 42 x 27 cm., mounted again to 47 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Chez le Sr. Belle, rue du Four Faubourg S. Germain attenant la porte de la Foire
Title from item., Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Three lines of text below title: Le 25 janvier 1774 la populace irritée pénétra sans armes dans sa maison. Il blessa plusieurs personnes à coups dépée: mais les Bostoniens, modéré jusques dans leur vengeance ... Followed by twenty-five lines (in two columns) of descirption titled Origine de la Revolution Américaine., Plate from: Recueil d'Estampes représantant ... la guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux États unis ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: customs duties -- Customs officers -- American colonies: Boston -- Street scenes -- Vehicles: cart -- Spectators -- Torture: tarring and feathering.
Publisher:
Chez Mr. Godefroy rue des Francs-bourgeois, Porte St., Michel et chez Mr. Ponce, rue St. Hiacinte, No. 19, A.P.D.R.
Wie redeneeren wil is mis. Men vind de Lapis by de gis
Description:
Title from item., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: Fair of the wholesale wind-pedlar., State with verse in Dutch and its paraphrase in French., Publication date from book in which this plate was published., Three columns of verse in Dutch below title: Wind is 't begin, wind is het end, Myn kussen en myn fondement ..., Two columns of verse in French below the verse in Dutch: Le vent est mon tresor, coussin et fondement ..., Plate 13 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ..., v. 1., Mounted to 47 x 31 cm., and Watermark.
"Portrait of Anthony Hamilton; half length, to the left, wearing wig and cuirass; in an oval frame on a pedestal."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text etched on pedestal in image., Publication information from that of the volume for which the print was engraved., Plate from: Hamilton, A. Memoires du comte de Grammont ... [Twickenham] : Imprimée à Strawberry-Hill, 1772., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 51 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Hamilton, Anthony, Count, approximately 1646-1720,
"De cet ouvrage, il a été tiré: 28 exemplaires sur Montval ... 50 exemplaires sur Arches ... 915 exemplaires sur Velin pur fil Lafuma Frères LLLL"--Colophon., Exemplaire Velin pur fil Lafuma Frères LLL 306. Paperbound., and Illustrated t.p.