With two portraits.
Titlepage of vol. 3 from Francisus Verhaer, Francisci Haraei Annalis Ducum seu Principum Brabantiae totiusque Belgii 3 vols (Ex Officina Plantiniana; apud B. Moretum &c. Antuerpiae 1623).
Anon.
[Coat of Mail with a bandelier between two vases]
'Polidor inven'
'Gio Ba Gallestruzzi f.'
5.4 x 11.7 cm on 20.2 x 17.3 cm sheet
'4' endorsed in bottom left corner
[From War Trophies and Vases (Illustrated Bartsch, 46, no. 50, p.102)]
'Trophez a l'Antique nouvellement invantez at gravez par I. le Pautre A Paris chez [ ] ruë St. Jacques a [ ] avec Priv.'
[Two engravings of trophies mounted on one backing. Title from left engraving]
Left: 9 x 28.9 cm; right: 9 x 28.8 cm, on 21.2 x 28.8 cm backing.
[One engraving depicting a trophy]
6.7 x 23.6 cm on 11.3 x 26.2 cm backing
[Trophies with a helmet surmounted by an eagle]
'Polidoro Da Carravaggio Inven.'
Gio Bat Galestruzzi fec.'
15.7 x 11.5 cm on 20.6 x 17 cm sheet
'4' endorsed in bottom left corner
[From War Trophies and Vases (Illustrated Bartsch, 46, no. 45, p.102)]
[Engraving depicting an inscription (Italian) within a highly decorated frame]
21 x 12 cm sheet on 25.6 x 17.2 cm backing
[Trophies with a helmet surmounted by a sphinx]
'Polidoro Da Caravag. Inv.'
'Gio Batta Galstruzzi fece.'
'3. In Roma. 1656.'
15.3 x 10.9 cm on 20.1 x 16.5 cm sheet
[From Antique War Trophies, 1656 (Illustrated Bartsch, 46, 44, p. 101)]
Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi after Polidoro Caldara (Polidoro da Caravaggio); I[ ] Le Pautre; anon.
Caldara, Polidoro, c. 1490-1543, painterProbably a title illustration for an atlas or a historical account.
Anon.
'B. Picart inv. et fecit 1720'
Pp. 1-7 missing. Endorsed on title page '1752'. Stamped: 'Outlook Tower Library, Castlehill, Edinburgh'. Printed.
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'Piranesi F.'
'17' endorsed in bottom right corner.
From Opere varie di Architettura (1750 and later), this plate appeared only in editions after 1760 (Wilton-Ely, John, Giovanni Battista Piranesi: the complete etchings (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Art, 1992-1994), 1, cat no.46)
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1726-1778, engraver and architectTypescript.
'Dubourg invt.'
'Ja.s Roberts sculp.'
James Roberts after [ ] Dubourg
'Engraved for Millar's New Complete & Universal System of Geography' endorsed in top margin
[George Henry Millar, The new and universal system of geography [...] (London: Hogg, 1782) (in Sitwell, O. F. G., Four centuries of Special Geography. An annotated guide to books that purport to describe all the countries in the world published in English before 1888, with a critical introduction (Vancouver: UBC Press, 1993), pp. 380-382)]
'Ludovico Corazzari del.'
'Ca. Franc.o Piranesi incise 1791'
Francesco Piranesi after Ludovico Corazzari
'Alla Santita' di Nro. Sig[no].re Pio Sesto Pontefice Massimo, delle Antichità investigatore vigilantissimo, e delle belle Arti Splendidissimo Protettore'
'Francesco Piranesi D.D.D.' dedication in lower margin.
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Also includes certificate for claiming the effects of David Jardine Bruce, late seaman of H.M. Navy, by Christina Jardine Bruce, 3 June 1862.