Hertfordshire



Hide Hall
Late 17th c. copper engraving by John Drapentier from Chauncey's Hertfordshire 1696. The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire. It took him 14 years to write. By 1695 he was seeking 500 subscribers to pay for the costs of printing, and the volume was finally published in 1700. In writing the work Chauncy paid a team of researchers to gather historical anecdotes and determine genealogical lines for him. It was dedicated to its principal sponsor, the third Earl of Bridgewater; and was illustrated by forty-six engravings (thirty-three of them by Jan Drapentier), most of which were bird's-eye views of the seats of the major subscribers. Full margins outside platemark Sheet size approx. 17" x 15" £145 inc delivery



Gubbins
 From' Views of Seats' written by & drawn by John Preston Neale and engraved by various artists. Published, as between 1812 and 1825 Drawn by Engraved by Pye £8 . .

 

Hartford / Hertford
Originally produced for Walker's "The Copper-Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints" (London : 1792-1802). Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 125 x 166mm  Then published by J Walker in "The Itinerant: A select collection of interesting and picturesque views, in Great Britain and Ireland".engraved and published by J Walker in "The Itinerant: A select collection of interesting and picturesque views, in Great Britain and Ireland" dated 1799 but 1818 nromally  . £35 rare on page with text still


 


St Albans Abbey Church pastoral distance view £12

. Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 . . tinted




View of Gorhambury, near St.Albans ..." and "View of Greyfriars Gate and Steeple, in the City of Coventry
Antique engraved print engraved by Lodge or peltro  published in Boswell's Antiquities, about 1786  Published according to Act of Parliament, by Alexr. Hogg, No.16, Paternoster Row Copper engraving   Page is over foolscap/A4 with a decorative borderthis print is unmounted £25 x 3



St Mary's Hitchin

Antique lithograph drawn from the original engravings on stone by C.L.Tyler. Published in the Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire' by Sir Henry Chauncy (1826) by John Morse Mullinger, of Bishop's Stortford. Size 18cms by 17.5cms. £35 fold as issued x 3 one tinted state if pref.




Stansted Bury
Drawn on stone from the original drawings by Cl. Tyler, published I.M. Mullinger, 1826 Inscribed to EdmundFeilde of Stansted Bury  from the Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire  by Sir Henry Chauncy Centre fold. £20 crinkled missing



St Albans
Cathedral £12 . Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton >(1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 x 2




Broxbourne Church from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm this print is unmounted 1805 £12 . .



a Perspective view of Hatfield House
Engraved for the Universal Magazine for J. Hinton at ye Kings Arms, Newgate Street (Circa1749) The Universal Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by John Hinton and published between 1747 and 1799 mainly by subscription .Copper engraving with original folds and old colour size 33 x 22 cm £20 RARE folds as issued dated 1751 water stained copy




Rye House from the The Gentleman's Magazine .The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly magazine published in London in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century. The magazine began publication with the January 1731 issue. Over time the magazine had various subtitles, including "monthly intelligencer" and "historical review".c 1750. £15



View of St Albans Abbey in Hertford Shire
1769.A copper engraved view displayed within a frame border. [1770].. Originally produced for the part-work publication "England Displayed" (London 1769-1770). Copper line engraving on paper. Engraved surface 173 x 270mm (approx. 6-3/4" x 10-5/8").this print is unmounted £25 x 2

trimmed page smaller borders slight crease £15




Broxbourne Bridge
Steel Engraving by C. Marshall, J. henshall, from Robert Clutterbuck's History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford published between 1819 and 1827 >£6 . . 4 copies



Gorhambury
Engraved for the The New British Traveller, or a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great Britain and Ireland.. The whole puyblished under the immediate inspection of George Augustus Walpoole Assisted by ...Printed for Alex Hogg at the Kings Arms No 16 Paternoster-Row 1784 half plate plate 29 x 19 cm .unmounted £8.




Broxbourne Rye House
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm this print is unmounted 1805 £8 muckyx 2

£18 perfect



Colney House
 From' Views of Seats' written by & drawn by John Preston Neale and engraved by various artists. Published, as PROOFS by subscription between 1812 and 1825 in six large volumes printed upon Onion Skin paper then mounted and cased within the larger volume. NOT the later reprints from the same plates which are printed directly onto the paper.this print is unmounted £20





Berghampstead /Berkhamstead Castle
 Antique copper line engraved print by various artists/engravers Published by Samuel Hooper London, Printed by C. Clarke, for Francis GROSE (c.1731 . .1791) from THE ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES , first published in 1772/3. and Image minimum from 18 x13 cm £12 unmounted x 2 also >£8 . . 2 copies cropped page



The Canal at Gubbins
Antique copper line engraved print by J Ryland and Benjamin Ralph, engraver. (fl) 1763-1775. first published in 1764. originally produced for "England Illustrated, or, a Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales" .Published in London by R. & J. Dodsley, 1764 : 1764.. Engraved surface minimum 90 x 125mm £10 . . .




St Albans Abby
Antique copper line engraved print by J Ryland and Benjamin Ralph, engraver. (fl) 1763-1775. first published in 1764. originally produced for "England Illustrated, or, a Compendium of the Natural History, Geography, Topography, and Antiquities Ecclesiastical and Civil, of England and Wales" .Published in London by R. & J. Dodsley, 1764 : 1764.. Engraved surface minimum 90 x 125mm £10 x 2



The Garden View of the Priory at Hitchin
probably The Modern Universal British Traveller; or A New Complete, and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands.[London: J. Cooke] [1779]. originally produced for the Cooke part-work publication "The Modern Universal British Traveller" (London 1779).Plate mark and good margins. Size 27.5 x 17 cms. full page .unmounted £10 x 3




The Canal at Gubbins
 The Modern Universal British Traveller; or A New Complete, and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands.[London: J. Cooke] [1779]. originally produced for the Cooke part-work publication "The Modern Universal British Traveller" (London 1779).Plate mark and good margins. Size 27.5 x 17 cms. half l page .unmounted £10 . x 2

Pair as issued with St Albans Abbey ie still complete page



View of the South Transept of St Alban's Abbey View of Part of the Body and Aisle of St Alban's Abbey
The Modern Universal British Traveller; or A New Complete, and Accurate Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, and the Neighbouring Islands.[London: J. Cooke] [1779]. originally produced for the Cooke part-work publication "The Modern Universal British Traveller" (London 1779).Plate mark and good margins. Size 27.5 x 17 cms. full page .unmounted £18 .x 1




Waltham X
Antique steel engraved print from Architectural ANTIQUITIES OF Great Britain by John Britton Published by M A Nutall, 19 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London.Approx. 11 x 8 inches A4 dated 1819 unmounted £18




Colney House .
Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 . . .x 2 copies + 1 tinted state if pref




Rye House Plate 2
Antique copper line engraved print by various artists/engravers Published by Samuel Hooper London, Printed by C. Clarke, >for Francis GROSE (c.1731 . .1791) from THE ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES , first published in 1772/3. and Image minimum from 18 x13 cm £12 unmounted .. x 7



Moor Park
from the The Gentleman's Magazine .The Gentleman's Magazine was a monthly magazine published in London in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th century. The magazine began publication with the January 1731 issue. Over time the magazine had various subtitles, including "monthly intelligencer" and "historical review".dated 1808. £15




The South Prospect of Hatfield House

Original copperplate engraving by the  engraver and cartographer Pierre Van Der Aa (1659-1733) published for the miniature edition of 'Estates of Great Britain and Ireland'/"Les Délices De La Grand' Bretagne Et De L'irlande.". London 1707 by James Beeverell engraved plates and maps after Loggan, Kip, Slezer,etc. size to the plate mark is 14 x 16cm most unmounted Pieter van der Aa was a Leiden bookseller and publisher who published these mini versions of Kip .These look stunning block framed in sets, with  central folds as issued   for the first edition £30 . .x 2  one tinted please specify
one tinted please specify


Cashiobury
Original copperplate engraving by the  engraver and cartographer Pierre Van Der Aa (1659-1733) published for the miniature edition of 'Estates of Great Britain and Ireland'/"Les Délices De La Grand' Bretagne Et De L'irlande.". London 1707 by James Beeverell engraved plates and maps after Loggan, Kip, Slezer,etc. size to the plate mark is 14 x 16cm most unmounted Pieter van der Aa was a Leiden bookseller and publisher who published these mini versions of Kip .These look stunning block framed in sets, with  central folds as issued   for the first edition £30




 
The Rye House 2 .
Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 . . . + 2 tinted state if pref


St Albans Abbey Church from the East
Engraved by Storer Darwn by Nash this print is unmountedc.1780.An.Antique copper engraved print published 1816 The Antiquarian Itinerary, comprising Specimens of Architecture, monastic, castellated and domestic Author: J S Storer:copperplate and wood engravings. imagesize 14 x 21cm 1808 £10


St Albans Abbey Church
Antique copper line engraved print by various artists/engravers Published by Samuel Hooper London, Printed by C. Clarke, for Francis GROSE (c.1731 . .1791) from THE ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES , first published in 1772/3. and Image minimum from 18 x13 cm £12 unmounted x 2



St Albans Abbey
£12 . Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 .

 

Tyttenhanger Park
published in Francis Orpen Morris's, A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen & Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland Mounted..., in 1884. The plates were drawn by Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) and printed from colored woodblocks by the Baxter process using  eight or more overlays from separate wooden blocksby Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893) of Driffield, Yorkshire unmounte 15 x 3



Theobalds
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £12 this print is unmounted . .


£4 this print has a torn edge & margin some loss . .





Tomb Ayot St lawrence

From J S Storer and J Powell Engraver GREIG for The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. - 1816/ 1818 illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small (Approximately 6 x 8+ cm Image size) JOHN GREIG (fl. 1807-1824) was the chief draughtsman, lithographer, engraver and landscape painter £8




The Old Church Ayot St Lawrence
From J S Storer and J Powell Engraver GREIG for The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. - 1816/ 1818 illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small (Approximately 6 x 8+ cm Image size) JOHN GREIG (fl. 1807-1824) was the chief draughtsman, lithographer, engraver and landscape painter £8



Brocket hall
by William ANGUS, [1752-1821]. from The Seats Of The Nobility and Gentry In Great Britain and Wales In a Collection of Select Views... Published Islington / London: W.Angus, 1787 oblong 4to. one of 63 copper engraved views, unmounted scarce 20 x 16 cm plus borders £30




Remains of Berkhampstead castle
 From J S Storer and J Powell Engraver GREIG for The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. - 1816/ 1818 illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small (Approximately 6 x 8+ cm Image size) JOHN GREIG (fl. 1807-1824) was the chief draughtsman, lithographer, engraver and landscape painter.  £10



Remains of the Ancient Palace at Kings Langley
From J S Storer and J Powell Engraver GREIG for The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. - 1816/ 1818 illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small (Approximately 6 x 8+ cm Image size) JOHN GREIG (fl. 1807-1824) was the chief draughtsman, lithographer, engraver and landscape painter£10




KIngs Langley Church
From J S Storer and J Powell Engraver GREIG for The antiquarian itinerary, comprising specimens of architecture, monastic, castellated, and domestic; with other vestiges of antiquity in Great Britain. - 1816/ 1818 illustrations in this work are of a high quality but very small (Approximately 6 x 8+ cm Image size) JOHN GREIG (fl. 1807-1824) was the chief draughtsman, lithographer, engraver and landscape painter. £10




Hatfield House in Hertfordshire seat of the Earl of Salisbury
Antique engraved print from  From a series of 84 copper engravings, uncoloured as sold  by William Watts (1752 - 1851)  from The Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, in a Collection of the most interesting & Picturesque Views, January 1st, 1779, Size oblong 205 x 270 mm .Similar to Sandby whose pupil Watts had been ,  about palaces of the English nobility. Many of the prints taken from drawings by Paul and Thomas Sandby.  £30




Interior of the Abbey Church St Albans

An antique print, drawn, etched and engraved by John Greig (fl.1800. .1843). Originally produced for James Storer and John Greig's part-work publication "Select Views of London and its Environs : Containing a Collection of Highly Finished Engravings" (London : Vernor & Hood, 1804. .1805).Engraved surface 17 x 11cm minimum ie some larger. Etching and line engraving on paper Image 18.5 x 13.5 plus title etc £12 copy foxed

£20 tinted water stain in margin



Kings langley Church .
Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 . .x




Ware Park
£12 . Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 .. x 3 copies



Amwell House
. Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 .. x 3. +  tinted state if pref




The Priory Ware .
 Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 .. 3 copies



Claybury
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £18 this print is unmounted x 2




Holywell House .
 Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12x 2



Column at Hadley
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £12 this print is unmounted
 

Bengeo Church
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £15 this print is unmounted



Barnet
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £15 this print is unmounted



waltham Cross
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £5 this print is unmounted tone edge vertical to printers paper crease




North Mims
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £12 this print is unmounted . . x 3



Wormley Bury
from Dr David Hughson's 'New Description of London' and the area for thirty miles around was a multi-volume illustrated work issued between 1805 and 1809. Published by J Stratford, 112 Holborn Hill. Print image : 118 x 182 mm £8 this print is unmounted mucky x 3




Hertford Castle
 . Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 x 2. + 2tinted state if pref



Waltham Cross 2
. Antique engraved print from Beauties of England & Wales by John Britton (1771. .1857), English antiquary and topographer and E. W. Brayley. The friends wrote most of Beauties of England and Wales (18 vol., in 25, 1801 . .15) image 11 x 16cm images printed close to edge of page unmounted £12 identical but smaller than 'antiquities




Waltham Cross

 from THE CATHEDRAL CHURCHES OF ENGLAND AND WALESfirst published by Henry & B WINKLES in 1836.Overall size was around 7 x 9 inches, with an engraved area of c.150x110 mm £10


Waltham Cross
Engraved by Storer Drawn by Nash this print is unmountedc.1780.An.Antique copper engraved print published 1816 The Antiquarian Itinerary, comprising Specimens of Architecture, monastic, castellated and domestic Author: J S Storer:copperplate and wood engravings. image size 14 x 21cm £8
c1800

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