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Technical - Blowing Engine, 1819

Technical - Blowing Engine, 1819.
"Blowing Engine, at the Carron Iron Works ..." copper engraved print, published in A New Cabinet Cyclopedia .., 1819. Size about 19.5 x 12.5 cms, plus margins. Ref F3367

 
Cloud types, 1846

Cloud types, 1846.
"Clouds ..." engraved by E.Radclyffe, published in Gallery of Nature, 1846. Steel engraved print with recent hand colour. Size 12.5 x 20 cms including title, plus margins. Ref F3158

 
Chemistry - Making the Aether, 1752

Chemistry - Making the Aether, 1752.
"Chemical Processes in Making the Aether" copper engraved print published in The Universal Magazine, London in 1752. Slight age browning. FAULT - large closed tear to lower half of print centre. Size 18 x 11.5 cms including title, plus margins. Supplied with accompanying descriptive text page. Ref F3076

 



Solar system and comets in relation to other solar systems, about 1780

Solar system and comets in relation to other solar systems, about 1780.
"Figure des Tourbillons Celestes ..." anonymous engraver, published in a French book about 1780. Copper engraved chart showing the solar system with two comets at centre, and how their orbits are distorted by the gravitational effects of other stars (and their planets.) Two folds as published, plate mark and good margins. Size 18 x 14.5 cms plus margins. Ref F2776

 
Minerals and gemstones, chromolithograph, 1907

Minerals and gemstones, chromolithograph, 1907.
"Edelsteine" (jewels) high quality chromolithograph published by the Bibliographisches Institut in a German encyclopedia, 1907. Centrefold as published, good condition. Size 25.5 x 20 cms plus margins. Ref F2574

 
Armillary Sphere, 1805

Armillary Sphere, 1805.
"The Armillary Sphere" engraved by Neele, published in A New Geographical Grammar .., 1805. Copper engraved map, extremely slight soiling. Size 9 x 14.5 cms including title, plus margins. Ref F2112

 



Godard's Montgolfier Balloon at London, 1864

Godard's Montgolfier Balloon at London, 1864.
"Ascent of M.Godard's Montgolfier Balloon from Cremorn Gardens" wood engraved print published in The Illustrated London News, July 1864. A large hot-air balloon, 117ft tall, but burdened with an 18ft stove for burning bundles of compressed straw. It did manage to lift off causing some damage to a 'theatrical Swiss Cottage', travelling not many miles to land in Greenwich. Size 15.5 x 21 cms including title, plus margins with descriptive text. Ref F1594

 
Armillary Spere, 1825

Armillary Spere, 1825.
"The Armillary Sphere" engraved by R.Scott, published by E.Khull & Co. of Glasgow in The Glasgow Geography, 1825. Copper engraved print. Size 9 x 14 cms plus margins. Ref F1468

 
Technical - Canal Locks, 1819

Technical - Canal Locks, 1819.
"Canals" copper engraved print, published in A New Cabinet Cyclopedia .., 1819. Size 12 x 21 cms including title, plus margins. Ref F1354

 



Technical - Compass, 1819

Technical - Compass, 1819.
"Compass" copper engraved print, published in A New Cabinet Cyclopedia .., 1819. Size 12 x 21 cms including title, plus margins. Ref F1353

 
Nadar's Giant Balloon at Paris, 1863

Nadar's Giant Balloon at Paris, 1863.
"Nadar's Giant Balloon at Paris" wood engraved print published in The Illustrated London News, October 1863. The gondola had two stories and could carry 50 people, it was also equiped with a dark room. Size 17.5 x 24.5 cms including title, plus margins. Ref F1196

 
Electric Telegraph, 1843

Electric Telegraph, 1843.
"Electric Telegraph", steel engraved print published in The Youth's Magazine .., 1848. Size 8 x 12.5 cms including title, plus margins. Ref E8288

 



Geological ages of the Earth, 1830

Geological ages of the Earth, 1830.
"Etat du Globe a ses differents Ages" by V.Levasseur, published in Levasseur's pocket Atlas Classique Universel de Geographie ..., about 1835. Miniature copper engraved print with recent hand colour. Good condition with good margins. Size 12.5 x 9 cms. Ref E7985

 
Mountain Heights, 1830

Mountain Heights, 1830.
"Tableau Orographique" by V.Levasseur, published in Levasseur's pocket Atlas Classique Universel de Geographie ..., about 1835. Miniature copper engraved print with recent hand colour. Good condition with good margins. Size 12.5 x 9 cms. Ref E7951

 
Pottery & Leather Dressing, by William Henry Pyne, 1802

Pottery & Leather Dressing, by William Henry Pyne, 1802.
"Pottery and Leather Dressing" aquatint by William Henry Pyne, published in 1802. Very good condition. Size 23 x 29.5 cms to plate mark, plus margins. Ref E7361

 



Geology - fossils, 1823

Geology - fossils, 1823.
"Geology" with various fossils. Copper engraved print published in an encyclopedia, 1823. Size 18 x 24 cms including title, plus margins with full plate mark. Ref E6770

 
Ballooning, Major Money in trouble, 1814

Ballooning, Major Money in trouble, 1814.
"Major Money's Perilous Situation, when he fell into the sea, July 25, 1785, off the coast of Yarmouth" engraved by Owen from a drawing by Thurston, published in The Gallery of Nature and Art, 1814. Copper engraving with recent hand colour. Size 17 x 10.5 cms plus title and margins. Ref E4021

 
Music, The Lyrichord, 1763

Music, The Lyrichord, 1763.
"A Perspective view of the Lyrichord" anonymous engraver, published in Nature Displayed, 1763. Copper engraved print. Size 17.5 x 11.5 cms. Ref E2635

 
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