Depiction of eleven antiquarian coins, numbered in Roman numerals from I to XI. The eight at the top of the plate have the obverse shown above and the reverse below (the two sides connected by a double line), and the three at the bottom of the plate have the obverse shown on the left and the reverse shown on the right (similarly connected by lines). All were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched in lower center, to the right of object numbered "X"., "Tab. XIX"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 94 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Title from text in image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Four lines of text below title, within design: Erected by the voluntary subscription of Englishmen to perpetual memmory [sic] of Gisbal, a northern patriot ..., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register ... London : E. Sumpter, 1763., Temporary local subject terms: Monuments: Emblems: boot as Lord Bute -- Emblems: thistle -- Emblems: bagpipes -- Animals: Lord Holland as fox -- Birds: the Duke of Bedford as duck -- Emblems: staff and cap of liberty -- Emblems: scales of justice -- Mouth of Hell., and Mounted to 34 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774 and Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771
"View within the amphitheatre, near Westminster Bridge, on Surrey side; a central circular arena around which a man rides standing on the back of two horses, another man in ring directing horses, spectators seated around sides, and on balconies on three levels, a large stage with black curtain at the back, a chandelier hanging from the ceiling."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 4., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 23., and Watermark: 1807.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Astley's Amphitheatre.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Events, Interiors, Amphitheaters, Horses, and Chandeliers
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Plate 19 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 1., Two columns of text in Dutch in lower left of the image: Actieuse papiere atlas naar de mode met zyn na-sleep, of t[sic] Kegelspel des klynen tds ..., Two columns of text in French in lower right of the image: L'Atlas actieux de papier à la mode, avec ses complices et le jeu de quille du petit tems ..., Two lines of text in Dutch on either side of title: Verklaaring van 't Tafereeltje ..., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Autodafé des haereticus notorius Laszlo Toth and Caligo I-III, Autodafé, Braegen.
Description:
An edition of about 100 copies. and In green cloth case with title: Caligo I-III, Autodafé, Braegen; two mounted photos, one with caption: Herausgegeber Henryk Gericke, alias Vrah Toth.
"The King runs towards the Pavilion, carrying a large bow and spear, with a shield on which are a bottle and glass. At his feet kneels a demon sharpening an arrow on a leech (see No. 13740). The Pavilion is a grinning Chinese figure, with a (smaller) dome and a large minaret; it is partly hidden by smoke from which a second demon looks out. P. 3: B, for the blunder displayed, when again He strove to inflict the excesses of pain, ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
B, for the blunder displayed, when again he strove to inflict the excesses of pain ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Alternative title from letterpress text on facing page of the bound work., Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Rosco. Horrida bella. London : G. Humphrey, 1820., Mounted on page 9 of: George Humphrey shop album., and Mounted opposite the sheet of corresponding letterpress text that would have faced the plate in the bound work.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Rosco., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Demons, Worms, Spears, Bows (Weapons), Arrows, and Shields
Title from item., Publication place and date from book in which this print was published., Two columns of verse in English on left below image: Here, may the wand[e]ring eye with pleasure see Both knaves and foolls [sic] in borrow[e]d shapes agree ..., Two columns of verse in Dutch on right below image: Hier kan 't Nieuwsgierig oog met Lust en ruymte weyen ..., Plate 14 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: assembly room., and Watermark in the right part of sheet.
"Bartlett & Company, The Orr Press, New York"--Colophon., "This book may be obtained by sending the name of your family physician and twenty-five cents to Just's Food Company, Syracuse, N.Y."--P. [3] of cover., A baby book with blank forms to be filled in by a baby's parents., Blank forms filled in about the birth and youth of Knight Prophett, born 25 June 1901, Bridgewater, Mass., Dedication -- Baby is born -- Baby is given a name -- More precious than gold -- Baby's first outing -- First gifts -- Baby laughs, shows a tooth -- Christmas has come -- Short clothes -- From top to toe -- First step -- First birthday -- How big is baby? -- The first prayer -- Cute sayings -- Life begins in earnest -- Mothers notes., and In stiff paper embossed cover.
Publisher:
Published by Just's Food Co.
Subject (Name):
Just's Food Co., publisher, Prophett, Knight--Ownership, and Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935, ill.
