A few examples of appraisal values for
1498

• Rapin de Troyas, History of England
  Rapin de Troyas, History of England British, mid 18th century, translated from the French with notes by Nicolas Tindal, five books (volume 4 bound in two parts), London, printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1743 and 1744, copper plate engravings of maps (volume 3 with map of North America showing California as an island), genealogical tables, monarchs and monuments, leather-covered boards, ridged spines with gilt lettering, 15-5/8 x 10-5/8 in.
• LODINUM FERACISSIMI ANGLIAE REGNI
  LODINUM FERACISSIMI ANGLIAE REGNI METROPOLIS MAPGeorge Braun and Franz Hogenberg, Published, Cologne, 1579, engraved by Hoefnagel, with four figures in foreground, a decorative cartouche, the arms of Queen Elizabeth displayed in the top left hand corner, with the arms of the City on the right, text in Latin on the reverse. Hand colored later, framed, mounted with conservation back for viewing. Site measurement 12.25 in by 18.5 in.
• 1513 MANUSCRIPTManuscript 1513:
  1513 MANUSCRIPTManuscript 1513: Questions Morales Magistri Petri Tatareti in octo capita distincter quam doctissime ab codem disputute atique discusse nec seginter an notate: atque nouiter emendate sicut legenti patebit, by Pierre Tataret, Published by pierre Gaudoul in 1513, probably in Paris. This is the amended first edition of Pierre Tataret's discussion of Aristotle's Nichomachan Ethics. The cover has been replaced with a 15th Century page from a dutch book of hours and the front flyleaves and last pages of the index are missing. Superb woodcut illustrations include title page with Virgin and Child in a ship. Dimensions: 5 3/4 by 4 by 3/8 inches. Processing and shipping in the continental U.S. $25.00 plus 1.5% replacement insurance cost. Condition: Cover has been replaced, and there is insect damage and a small hole in the front is piece, which also slightly abraded. Pages have some minor folds and finger marks. The last part of illustration of "Prestre Ichan" is missing. Witherell's strives to provide as much information and photographs as possible but encourages in-person inspection by bidders. Condition: statements are only for general guidance and should not be relied upon as complete statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty or assumption of liability by Witherell's. All lots are sold "AS IS" under the Terms & Condition: s. Please be advised that we do not furnish packing materials nor porters for pick up.
• 1 vol. (Freind, John.) An
  1 vol. (Freind, John.) An Account of The Earl of Peterborow's Conduct in Spain; Chiefly Since The Raising of The Siege of Barcelona, 1706. London: J. Bowyer, 1707. 8vo, contemp. blind-paneled speckled calf, spine gilt, red morocco spine label, edges sprinkled red. Some internal dampstaining.
• MANNER OF ABRAHAM ORTELIS
  MANNER OF ABRAHAM ORTELIS (1527-1598) OR GERHARD MERCATOR (1512-1594), IRLANDT coloured engraving, 35cm x 48cm, dated 1572, in later gilt frame and glazed
• After Thomas Whitcombe (British,
  After Thomas Whitcombe (British, 1760-1824) "Capture of the Liguria, Aug 7th, 1798", "Commencement of the Battle of Trafalgar, Oct. 21st, 1805" and "Destruction of the French Fleet in Basque Roads, April 12th, 1809", trio of hand-colored engravings depicting naval battle scenes, 9" x 12-1/2", all engraved by T. Sutherland, published 1817 at 48 Strand, for J. Jenkins' naval achievements. Glazed and presented in white linen mats within contemporary burlwood frames.
• A Molteno Edward IV being
  A Molteno Edward IV being introduced to Jane Shore stipple engraving
• Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a
  Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a group of six engravings after drawings by Jacques Le Moyne from Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis... Frankfurt 1591 illustrating sacrifices executions a sorcerer and hermaphrodites sheets approx. 7 in. x 8 in. attractively float-mounted and framed.
• ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) PONTUX
  ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) PONTUX EVXINUS Hand coloured engraving: 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 in (sight size) Framed'
• BRAUN AND HOGENBERG, VENETIAN
  BRAUN AND HOGENBERG, VENETIAN SCENES FROM CIVITATES ORBIS TERRARUM Dated 1578, but issued from that date into the early 17th century, being a copperplate engraving with hand color; the sheet consists of two scenes, the first depicting St. Marks Square and the second records a fire that consumed the Doge's palace in 1577; the verso with descriptive text in Latin related to the engravings. Presented behind a mat in a plain wooden frame, circa 1930.
• Early Latin book dated 1288 (?).
  Early Latin book dated 1288 (?).
• English School, 16th
  English School, 16th Century/Portrait of a Nobleman/possibly Sir Henry Bedingfeld of Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk/half-length, wearing a black doublet and fur trimmed coat, a jewelled black cap and ornate gold chains suspending a seal fob/inscribed upper left An Dn 1566 and upper right Aeta Sua 51/oil on panel, 45.5cm x 31cm, laid on a modern linen backed wood panel/Provenance: from the collection of Harry Wolton QC
• Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a
  Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a group of six engravings after drawings by Jacques Le Moyne from Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis... Frankfurt 1591 illustrating murder of a Frenchman fortified village widows hermaphrodites and a tribal battle sheets approx. 11 in. x 8 in. attractively float-mounted and framed.
• George Braun (1541-1622) and
  George Braun (1541-1622) and Frans Hogenberg (circa 1536-1588) - Coloured engraving - ''Birdseye View of the City of Canterbury'' 7.75ins x 17ins a photocopy of Latin text to reverse published in Civitates Orbis Terrarum 1588 (or later) (with damage and old repairs) in modern gilt moulded frame and glazed
• Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a
  Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a group of four engravings after drawings by Jacques Le Moyne from Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis... Frankfurt 1591 illustrating young men exercising cooking and a granary sheets approx. 7 in. x 8 in. attractively float-mounted and framed.
• 1844 Channel Islands Schoolgirl
  1844 Channel Islands Schoolgirl Needlework British, potted tulips flanked by trees and animals, stitched bottom "Jane Le Messurier Aged 8 Years October 7th 1844", strawberry vine border, 19-1/2 x 21 in. (sight); modern wood frame,
• A late 16th/early 17th Century
  A late 16th/early 17th Century coloured engraving - ''Map of the Shyre of Kent divided into five lathes therof'' - Map of Kent showing London part of Surrey and Sussex 7.75ins x 14.25ins (Anonymous - thought to be the second state of the first separate printed map of Kent which was first published circa 1580. This example is probably issued circa 1625) in modern gilt moulded frame and glazed Provenance : O'Shea Gallery 89 Lower Sloane Street London SW1W 8DA
• MAP OF THE SPANISH SIEGE OF
  MAP OF THE SPANISH SIEGE OF BERGAN OP ZOOM, NORTH BRABANT NETHERLANDS, 1627 Copperplate engraving by Professor Frans van Schoten the Elder ((Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, mid-17th century) depicting events associated with the "Eighty Years War" in which The Netherlands freed herself of Spanish rule in 1648. Presented in two-sided gilt wooden frame with Latin text en verso (Frame dimensions 15-3/4 x 28 in.).
• ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598),
  ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598), CAMBRIAE TYPUS, A MAP OF WALES coloured engraving, 36cm x 49cm, annotated in Latin, Welsh and English, later gilt frame and glazed
• TWO 16TH C. MAPS, 1 INDIA &
  TWO 16TH C. MAPS, 1 INDIA & PAKISTAN & 1 IBERIA Group of two hand colored Lorenz Fries (German 1485-1532), early 1500s etching on paper maps comprising, one of India, Afghanistan and Pakistan and one of the Iberian Peninsula, unframed. Provenance: From the Estate of C.T. and William Biggers, Atlanta, Georgia. Approximate dimensions: India map image h. 11.75", w. 16.5"; paper h. 15.375", w. 19".
• Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a
  Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a group of six engravings after drawings by Jacques Le Moyne from Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis... Frankfurt 1591 illustrating various views of chieftains and ceremonial pursuits sheets approx. 7 in. x 8 in. attractively float-mounted and framed.
• Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a
  Theodor de Bry (1528-1598) a group of six engravings after drawings by Jacques Le Moyne from Brevis narratio eorum quae in Florida Americae provincia Gallis... Frankfurt 1591 illustrating a council meeting farming Port Royal and one of the first views of collecting gold sheets approx. 11 in. x 8 in. attractively float-mounted and framed.
• O/B PORTRAIT OF MAN DATED
  O/B PORTRAIT OF MAN DATED 1587Miniature oil on panel portrait, dated 1587, of a bearded man, manner of Michiel Jansz Van Mierevelt (Dutch, 1567-1641). Inscribed Aetatis Suae 67 (At the age of 67). Self-frame is part of the wood panel. 6-1/4" x 4-1/4" overall. Continental. Condition: Some warping to panel, overall cracquelure, 1" area of edge chipping at right side of painting near frame edge; overall good condition.
• Early Abraham Ortelius hand-colored
  Early Abraham Ortelius hand-colored 1584 map of the Low Countries (Belgium) with four ornate cartouches and a compass rose showing the English Chanel and part of Britain. 15.75"h.x19.5"w.
• After Hans Holbein the Younger
  After Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543) Two sets of framed sanguine lithograph portraits of luminaries of the Tudor Court, first quarter 20th century, presented in period reeded oak frames in the Arts and Crafts style and glazed, one with twelve sections including, Edward, Prince of Wales, Lord Russell, Keeper of the Privy Seal, Waramus, Archbishop of Canterbury, Fitz William, the Earl of Southampton, Edward Stanley, the Earl of Darby, Sir Henry Guhldeford, S. George of Cromwell, Southwell Knight, et al., h. 12", w. 106", the other with sections including the Marquis of Ormond, Queen Anna Bollein, the Duchess of Suffolk and a male courtier in a plumed hat, h. 12-1/2", w. 42".
• JUSEPE DE RIBERA (Spanish
  JUSEPE DE RIBERA (Spanish 1588-1652). MARTYRDOM OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW etching trimmed margins in good conditon. Unknown collector's mark ''J. Peoli'' on verso - Unframed plate: 11 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in.
• Christopher Saxton
  Christopher Saxton (1540-1610)/Warwici Countatus Cornaviis Olim Inhabitus/first edition 1607, text on reverse/coloured engraved map, 28.5cm x 30.5cm
• Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) after
  Wenzel Hollar (1607-1677) after Francis Cleyn (circa 1582-1658) - Engraving - Jupiter in a landscape with two birds 12ins x 7.5ins two others from the same series engraved by Plombart depicting a mythological scene and a battle 11.5ins x 7.5ins each and 17th/18th Century engraving - Ships being wrecked at sea whilst gods look on 10.25ins x 7.5ins all in modern frames and glazed
• 1928
  1928
• ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) DAPHNE
  ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) DAPHNE ACADIAN PARADISE WITH VIEW OF ANTIOCH Hand coloured engraving: 19 1/4 x 14 in. Framed;
• Matthaus Merian (1621-1687) -
  Matthaus Merian (1621-1687) - Engraving - ''Rivier Oder Gegent Von London'' - An unusual map of the River Thames illustrating the Dutch attack on the English Fleet anchored at Chatham in June 1667 8.75ins x 14ins thought to be published Frankfurt 1667 in Hogarth frame and glazed Provenance : O'Shea Gallery 89 Lower Sloane Street London SW1W 8DA. Purchased 24th June 1986
• LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (DUTCH, 1494-1533)
  LUCAS VAN LEYDEN (DUTCH, 1494-1533) 104 x 84 mm "St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata" (Holl. 120), 1514. Engraving on laid paper, initialed in the plate, collector's stamp of Earl of Aylesford (1786-1859, collector of Dutch prints) verso, trimmed to borderline, no watermarks, floated on cream mat in black frame, overall 11" x 10 ¼". Frederick Keppel & Co. Rare Engravings and Etchings, New York label on frame verso.
• Eighteen piec
  Eighteen piec
• 18th Century - Coloured engraving -
  18th Century - Coloured engraving - ''Venetia'' - Pictorial view of Venice showing principal churches 11.75ins x 16ins framed and glazed
• ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) DAPHNE
  ABRAHAM ORTELIUS (1527-1598) DAPHNE ACADIAN PARADISE WITH VIEW OF ANTIOCH Hand coloured engraving: 19 1/4 x 14 in. Framed;
• General Historie of the Magnificent
  General Historie of the Magnificent State of Venice, 1612 collected by Thomas de Fougasses and "Englished" (from the French) by William Shute, printed in London by G. Eld and W. Stansby, two volumes bound together, marbleized board covers, leather spine with five raised bands and gilt lettering, frontispiece with woodcut map of Venice and inked signatures of two previous owners, one dated 1625, 81 woodcut portraits, headpieces and historiated initials throughout text, 13 x 9 in.,