Peter (1780) Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Peter (1780) Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 12, 2023
Lepsius, Carl Peter,
Est: €140 - €200
Altertumswissenschaftler, Schriftsteller, Bürgermeister und Landrat von Naumburg (1775-1853). 2 Eh. Briefe mit Unterschrift, dat. Naumburg, 28.8.1820 u. 20.3.1843. 8°u. 4°. 3 Bl., 5 S. beschrieb. Gefalt. Der erste Brief an einen ungenannten Logenbruder der Loge Archimedes, der sich zurückgezogen hatte und dem er eine Schrift sendet "an deren Abfassung ich einigen Antheil habe, so wie das Ereiniß, wovon Sie Nachricht giebt, Ihnen nicht uninteressant seyn wird..." - Der Zweite an einen ungenannten Freund durch den Studiosus Bunsen, Sohn des Gesandten in London. "Sollte von den beifolgenden zusammengebundenen zwei Heften der erste Ihnen bereits zugegangen sein seyn, so überlasse ich Ihnen, über denselben in meinem Namen anderweit zu disponiren...". - Tls. etw. gebräunt, tls. Randeinr. unterlegt, Rostspur von Büroklammer oben. D
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
Nov. 26, 2022
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775). Monkey Orchestra.
Est: -
Meissen. Designed around 1753-65 in cooperation with Peter Reinicke, made after 1973. Porcelain, coloured and gold painted. Figures: H. 12-17,5 cm, music stand: H. 9 cm. Crossed swords mark, model no. 60001-60022. Trumpeter with min. chip on the stand ring. The Monkey Chapel, consisting of 21 figures + music stand, is one of the most popular examples of the Meissen Baroque. The depiction of monkeys - 'les singeries', parodying human behaviour, was a popular theme especially in France. Drawings by the French 'Singerie' painter Christophe Huet (1694-1759) served as models for the Meissen Chapel -
Auktionshaus Stahl
Feb. 19, 2022
Peter Schenk (d. Jüngere)
Est: -
(Amsterdam 1693 - 1775 ebenda, deutscher Kartograph, Verleger u. Kupferstecher) „Accurate Geographische Delineation derer Zum Fürstenthum Querfurth gehörigen zwey Aemmter Dahme und Iüterbog mit allen angrenzenden Städten, Flecken und Dorffschafften“ Altcolorierter Kupferstich, Amsterdam ca. 1760, mit Titelkartusche, Legende u. Register v. Dahme, Mittelfalz, leichte Risse, 50,5 x 59 cm, ungerahmt
Auktionshaus Schwerin
Feb. 19, 2022
Peter Schenk (d. Jüngere)
Est: -
(Amsterdam 1693 - 1775 ebenda, deutscher Kartograph, Verleger u. Kupferstecher) „Accurate geograph. Delineation des zu dem Churfürstenth. Sachsen gehörigen Neustädtischen Creisses und derer darinnen befindlichen Aemter Arnshaugk Miltenfurt, Weyda und Ziegenrück...“ Grenzcolorierter Kupferstich, Amsterdam 1757, verso bezeichnet „Neustädter Creyß“, reiche Titelkartusche, Legende u. Register v. Arnshauck, Miltenfurt u. Ziegenrück, Mittelfalz, 46 x 60 cm, ungerahmt
Auktionshaus Schwerin
Feb. 19, 2022
Peter Schenk (d. Jüngere)
Est: -
(Amsterdam 1693 - 1775 ebenda, deutscher Kartograph, Verleger u. Kupferstecher) „Accurate Geographische Delineation derer zudem Meissnischen Creisse gehörigen Aemmter Stolpen und Radeberg mit Lausiz“ Altcolorierter Kupferstich, Amsterdam 1754, mit Legende u. Register d. Amts Stolpen, verso bezeichnet (Stolpen u. Radeberg), teilweise rissig, 48,5 x 59 cm, ungerahmt
Auktionshaus Schwerin
Nov. 05, 2021
Certificate of Allegiance, German Regt., 1779
Est: $400 - $600
John Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807, credited as founder of Lutheran Church in America, Revolutionary War officer, Vice President of PA under Franklin, Congressman) autograph document, signed, dated at Camp [Middlebrook, NY, winter quarters, January 1, 1779, certifying that Lt. John Weidman had taken the Oath of Allegiance on May 18, 1778; 1 p., 5 x 7 1/4 in. Weidman (1756-1830) joined the German Regiment at its creation in July, 1776. He fought in the Battles of Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton, Germantown, and Monmouth and was a veteran of the winter camp at Valley Forge. After the war, he was ironmaster of the Union Forge, in Lebanon Co., PA.
Alex Cooper
Sep. 25, 2021
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775). A Song Trush.
Est: -
Meissen, designed 1745 in collaboration with Peter Reinicke, made 20th cent. Polychrome painted porcelain. Model no. '1023'. Crossed swords mark. H. 20 cm. -
Auktionshaus Stahl
Aug. 26, 2021
Hunting.- [Beckford (Peter)] Thoughts on Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend, first edition, Sarum, E. Easton, 1781; and another, Game Birds (2)
Est: £200 - £300
Hunting.- [Beckford (Peter)] Thoughts on Hunting. In a Series of Familiar Letters to a Friend, first edition, engraved frontispiece, engraved plate, plan, occasional faint marginal damp-staining, ink-stain obscuring odd word (2f2 & 2F3), previous owner's ink signatures, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, Sarum [Salisbury], E. Easton, 1781 § Millais (J. G.) Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, first edition, frontispiece, plates, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, bookplate, original half-morocco, gilt, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1892, 8vo & folio (2).
Forum Auctions - UK
Jul. 10, 2021
Cornelius, Peter von
Est: €340 - €500
(1783 Düsseldorf - Berlin 1867). (Aventiure von den Niebelungen). Daraus 4 Bl. (von 7 einschl. d. Titels). Radierungen von H.Lips (u. H.W.Ritter, Bln., G.Reimer 1817. Imp.Fol. Rümann 264. - Enthält die Blätter: Siegfrieds Abschied von Kriemhilde; Siegfried fängt den Bären (von H.W.Ritter); Siegfrieds Tod, H.Lips sculps.; Kriemhild erblickt Siegfrieds Leiche. - Tls. etw. angestaubt u. fleckig, 1 Bl. mit Feuchtigkeitsfleck am Rand, 1 Bl. Randeinrisse unterlegt, tls. Rand rissig u. etw. knittrig. R
Kiefer Buch- und Kunstauktionen
Jul. 16, 2020
Essex.- Chapman (John) and Peter André., A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey, hand-coloured engraved maps, John Chapman, 1777.
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Essex.- Chapman (John) and Peter André. A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey, engraved throughout, 26 double-page engraved sheets mounted on stubs, including pictorial title, list of subscribers and key map, all with full contemporary hand-colouring, some light browning and offsetting, occasional spotting, key map with crease to centre fold, with John Chapman's engraved decorative trade label to front pastedown, also bookplate of William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, spine with grey morocco label and ruled in gilt, [Rodger 120], folio (550 x 380mm.), John Chapman, 1777. ⁂ This fine large-scale map shows the county in close detail, including the names of all country houses and cottages, as well as the owner's name in many cases. There are also small inset plans of Colchester and Harwich Harbour, while the title depicts a fulling mill with two workers washing and beating cloth in the river. William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-Fizwilliam, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943), politician and army officer, one of the richest men in England once he had inherited the earldom on the death of his grandfather. He was born in a remote part of Canada, where his parents were reputedly travelling for his father's health, which later caused controversy over his inheritance to the title. It was suggested that he was a changeling, a baby brought into the family in an attempt to rid it of epilepsy and to claim the title for that side of the family
Forum Auctions - UK
Feb. 19, 2020
Cornwall - [Paltock, Robert] The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Est: £200 - £250
Berwick: Harrison, 1783. 2 volumes, 12mo, modern half calf with marbled sides, morocco labels
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 05, 2019
Stahlstich von Petrus Anderloni, 1785 – 1849
Est: €150 - €300
BRUSTBILD ZAR PETER DES GROßEN VON RUSSLAND Sichtmaß: 30 x 20 cm. Unterhalb der Darstellung Bezeichnung „Petrus Magnus/ Alexandro 1 Imperatori ac. Regi/ Nikolaus Bettoni“. Im Passepartout, hinter Glas gerahmt. Brustbild nach links mit Ordenskette des Andreas-Ordens. Literatur: Rovinski, 1886-1889, Band III, W236. Nicolo Bettoni, Vite E Ritratti Di Venticinque Uomini Illustri, Padua 1823, Nr. 4. (12017311) (11)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Nov. 21, 2019
Brown (Peter) New Illustrations of Zoology..., first edition, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates (mostly birds), for B.White, 1776.
Est: £2,000 - £3,000
Brown (Peter) New Illustrations of Zoology...Birds, with a few Quadrupeds, Reptiles and Insects, first edition, titles and text in English and French, 50 hand-coloured engraved plates (mostly birds), an excellent clean copy in handsome contemporary dark brown straight-grain morocco with elaborate decorative borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbed and scuffed, corners slightly worn, [Anker 72; Fine Bird Books, p.82; Nissen IVB 151], 4to, for B.White, 1776. ⁂ The plates are mainly based on specimens in the natural history collections of Marmaduke Tunstall and others, with a few after drawings by the Ceylonese artist P.C. de Bevere in Java and Ceylon; Thomas Pennant assisted with the text.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 12, 2019
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events.... [Washington, D.C.: engraved by William J. Stone for Peter Force, after 1833.]
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events.... [Washington, D.C.: engraved by William J. Stone for Peter Force, after 1833.] Engraved broadside. 745 x 640 mm (visible 700 x 620 mm). Toned, long tear at each side below lowest fold, with single vertical center-fold, and two equidistant horizontal folds. Matted and framed.The Force Declaration of Independence was actually printed sometime after 1833 by William J. Stone from his original plate begun in 1820. In 1833 Force proposed an ambitious compilation of important original American documents, American Archives, and commissioned Stone to print a number of copies of the Declaration on a translucent tracing paper. These printings included the alteration to the copperplate that is still evident: "W.J. Stone sc. Washington" in the lower right (lower left of the print). The "Force Declaration" is the most attainable example of the Stone Declaration on the market, though still quite rare. The foldlines present in this copy would suggest this was one of the broadsides that was never bound, but was folded for storage, before it was framed.
Bonhams
Nov. 25, 2017
2 PCS OF STERLING SILVER TO INCLUDE 1784 SCOTTISH
Est: $300 - $400
EDINBURGH LADLE, 14 1/2" LONG BY PETER MATHIE ALONG WITH AN ENGLISH OPENWORK HANDLED BASKET, LONDON, MARKED W.P., 5" HIGH X 6" WIDE. OLD REPAIR TO LOWER HANDLE. BOTH ARE MONOGRAMMED "M". 9.34 OZT.
Marion Antique Auctions
Oct. 28, 2017
PETER THACHER "SERMON ON DEATH OF ANDREW ELIOT"
Est: $100 - $300
1778 Boston, Printed by Thomas and John Fleet. 40pp. Condition: Good
John McInnis Auctioneers
May. 04, 2017
A HÖCHST FIGURE GROUP, "KINDERIDYLL", CIRCA 1775 |
Est: £700 - £900
modelled by Johann Peter Melchior in the white, depicting three children and a dog upon a rockwork base, wheel mark in underglaze-blue; together with a Höchst-Damm group of two children, mid-19th century, after the model "Der bekränzte Schläfer", by Melchior, depicting a young shepherdess trying to wake her resting companion, seated beneath an urn resting on a plinth, blue wheel and letter D mark,
Sotheby's
Feb. 18, 2017
Asien - Japan - Thunberg, Karl Peter
Est: €600 - €900
Travels in Europe, Africa, and Asia, made between the years 1770 and 1779. 4 Bände. Mit 11 (1 gefalteten) Kupfertafeln. London, Richardson und Egerton (Bände 1-3)/ Rivington, 1795. 20,5 x 12 cm. Moderne Halblederbände mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Erste englische Ausgabe. - Cordier 446 - Cox I, 343. - Thunberg (1743-1822), schwedischer Botaniker und Zoologe, stand 1772-1775 als Arzt in Diensten der Holländisch-Ostindischen Kompagnie am Kap, 1775-1778 ging er über Batavia nach Japan, wo er sich besonders botanischen Studien widmete, als deren Forschungsergebnis sein Hauptwerk "Icones plantarum japonicarum" 1794-1805 in Uppsala entstand. - Es fehlen die Vortitel, 2 Tafeln in Band 1 mit Wasserfleck, sonst sehr gutes, nahezu fleckfreies Exemplar. First English edition. - 4 vols. With 11 (1 fold.) engr. plates. Modern half cloth. - Without half-titles. 2 plates in vol. 1 with dampstain otherwise a very good and clean copy.
Nosbüsch & Stucke GmbH
May. 14, 2014
American Revolution: Peter Gansevoort
Est: $200 - $400
Colonel in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1749-1812) best known for leading the resistance at Fort Stanwix in 1777. Revolutionary War-dated ink signature, "P. Gansevoort, Col. 25th May 1777," on an off-white 4.25 x 1 slip. Slip is affixed to a 4.25 x 6 cabinet portrait of Gansevoort by Horton Studios of Albany, New York, with notations on the reverse in a collector's hand. In fine condition.
RR Auction
May. 09, 2012
ST PETER'S ROME.
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
[ITALY AND ENGLAND, C.1775], FOLDING CHICKENSKIN FAN WITH A WATERCOLOUR VIEW OF ST. PETER'S ROME WITH NUMEROUS FIGURES AND CARRIAGES IN THE FOREGROUND, VERSO WITH A VIEW OF A VILLA, MOUNTED ON ENGLISH PIERCED AND CARVED IVORY STICKS DEPICTING FLOWERS, FIGURES, URNS, ETC., 27CM. (10.6IN.), A FEW REPAIRS
Sotheby's
Jan. 22, 2012
PETER VANDYKE (1729-1799)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
YOUNG GIRL WITH HER SILK EMBROIDERY Dated 1782 Oil on canvas 23 1/4 by 16 7/8 in.
Sotheby's
Dec. 07, 2011
Autograph - Peter Muhlenberg
Est: $200 - $400
Continental Army officer (1746-1807), Muhlenberg left the ministry in 1776 to command a Virginia regiment. He soon became a brigadier general, and fought Benedict Arnold in Virginia. LS signed "Your most Obed Sevt, P. Muhlenberg," one page, 8 x 6.5, January 21, 1800. Short letter to the Chairman of the Committee of Claims. In part: "Mr. Kahn whose Petition if before the Committee...requests me to present to you the enclosed paper, which he conceives necessary to establish his claim." In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, uniform toning, and a bit of mild soiling.
RR Auction
Sep. 21, 2011
Peter Meanley
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
'Henry Sandon' a Large Salt-glazed Toby Jug, 2009 modelled seated holding a Nottingham salt-glaze cider mug incised William Smith 1777, wearing yellow trousers, the plinth base stamped 'Hearty not Ordinary' 48cm high, stamped 'PM09'
Bonhams
Jul. 13, 2011
Autographs - Peter Muhlenberg
Est: $200 - $400
A clergyman and Continental Army officer (1746-1807), Muhlenberg left the ministry in 1776 to command a Virginia regiment. He soon became a brigadier general, and fought Benedict Arnold in Virginia. LS signed "Your most Obed Sevt, P. Muhlenberg," one page, 8 x 6.5, January 21, 1800. Short letter to the Chairman of the Committee of Claims. In part: "Mr. Kahn whose Petition if before the Committee...requests me to present to you the enclosed paper, which he conceives necessary to establish his claim." In fine condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, uniform toning, and a bit of mild soiling.
RR Auction
Jul. 07, 2011
PETER DE WINT O.W.S.
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
STONE, STAFFORDSHIRE 1784-1849 LONDON HOLME FEN, CAMBRIDGESHIRE Watercolour over pencil heightened with touches of bodycolour 299 by 470 mm
Sotheby's
Jul. 07, 2011
ATTRIBUTED TO PETER DE WINT O.W.S.
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
STONE, STAFFORDSHIRE 1784-1849 LONDON ON THE RIVER WENSUM, NORWICH together with attributed to Henry Edridge, A.R.A. (London 1738-1806) Study of Farm Buildings Quantity: 2 Various media; variously inscribed The first 275 by 435 mm; the second 215 by 330 mm
Sotheby's
May. 25, 2011
A Höchst figure of a young hurdy-gurdy player, circa 1775
Est: £400 - £600
Modelled by Johann Peter Melchior, wearing a puce apron over her spotted dress, with a yellow summer hat, the hurdy-gurdy picked out in gold, stood on a grassy rockwork base, 16.8cm high, wheel mark in underglaze-blue, incised R (minor damage to handle of hurdy-gurdy)
Bonhams
May. 25, 2011
A Höchst figure of a dancing girl, circa 1775
Est: £400 - £600
Possibly modelled by Johann Peter Melchior, the girl is wearing a black apron over a yellow dress tied with blue ribbons, leaning to her right with her left arm in raised, on a grassy rockwork base, 14.6cm high, incised 82, crowned wheel mark in underglaze-blue (right arm restored)
Bonhams
Jan. 22, 2009
PALLAS, Peter Simon (1741-1811, editor). [ Flora Rossica ] seu Stirpium Imperii Rossici per Europam et Asiam Indigenarum Descriptiones et Icones. Iussu et Auspiciis Catharinae II. St. Petersburg: "E Typographia Imperiali J. J. Weitbrecht," 1784.
Est: £300 - £500
PALLAS, Peter Simon (1741-1811, editor). [Flora Rossica] seu Stirpium Imperii Rossici per Europam et Asiam Indigenarum Descriptiones et Icones. Iussu et Auspiciis Catharinae II. St. Petersburg: "E Typographia Imperiali J. J. Weitbrecht," 1784. Volume I, part I only. 2°. 51 hand-coloured engraved plates by K. F. Knappe only, captioned in Latin and Russian, remnant of hand-coloured engraved title tipped onto front pastedown (most plates severely cropped at head, some dampstaining mainly to lower corner of foremargins, lower corner of foremargins of text leaves and a few plates excised with occasional loss). Contemporary calf with Russian eagle stamped in gilt on covers, green and red morocco lettering pieces (worn). Great Flower Books p.124; Hunt 672; Nissen BBI 1482; Pritzel 6905.
Christie's
Dec. 03, 2007
[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE]. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events... [Washington, D.C., engraved by W.I. Stone, 1823, printed by Peter Force, 1848].
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE]. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events... [Washington, D.C., engraved by W.I. Stone, 1823, printed by Peter Force, 1848]. Folio broadside (30¼ x 25 5/8 in.), a narrow strip (1/2 in. wide) of blank margin trimmed at top (where once bound), the fine-grained paper with almost invisible evidence of old folds, very slight cockling and minor spots at extreme edges, otherwise in clean, fresh condition. Neatly matted. A FINE COPY OF PETER FORCE'S 1848 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE W.J. STONE 1823 COPPERPLATE, ON FINE PAPER Twenty-five years after Stone's elaborate engraved facsimile on parchment had been printed and distributed, Peter Force (1790-1868) utilized Stone's surviving copperplate to print new impressions on fine rice paper with a color tone quite similar to parchment. These were intended for inclusion in Force's American Archives, a planned monumental compilation of important original American documents, prepared at the instigation of and funded by Congress. Force conscientiously deleted Stone's 1823 imprint in the upper portion of the plate, and added a new imprint ("W.J. Stone sc. Washington.") in the lower left. A total of 1,500 copies of American Archives were authorized by Congress, but subscriptions for the elaborate edition were disappointing, and in the end many fewer copies (perhaps only 500) were issued. Since copies of Force's Declaration exist both with and without folds, it is probable that a handful were never folded for binding (an unfolded copy was sold at Christie's, 18 December 2003, lot 249, $40,000).
Christie's
Sep. 10, 2007
Peter Brown fl.1760-1791 , New Illustrations of Zoology, three plates
Est: £100 - £150
Etchings with hand colouring, 1776; with another ornithological print
Sotheby's
Jun. 30, 2007
5 Educational Books Webster Perrin 1777-1860
Est: $200 - $300
(5) EARLY EDUCATIONAL TITLES - Including 'Peter Parley's Tales of Ancient Rome'; 'An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking, Third Part of a Grammatical Institute' by Noah Webster, Isiah Thomas & Everett T. Andrews, New York, 1860, 12th ed, frontis portrait, orig binding; 'Lord Chesterfield's Advice to His Son', London, 1777, Richardson & Urqhuart; 'The Elements of French and English Conversation' by John Perrin, Alexander Townal, Philadelphia, 1832; 'The Art of Reading' by Daniel Staniford, John West, Boston, 1806, all in orig bindings, poor.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jun. 19, 2007
[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE]. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events... [Washington, D.C., engraved by W.I. Stone, 1823, printed by Peter Force, 1848].
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
[DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE]. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America. When in the Course of Human Events... [Washington, D.C., engraved by W.I. Stone, 1823, printed by Peter Force, 1848]. Folio broadside (30¼ x 25 5/8 in.), a narrow strip (1/2 in. wide) of blank margin trimmed at top (where once bound), the fine-grained paper with almost invisible evidence of old folds, very slight cockling and minor spots at extreme edges, otherwise in clean, fresh condition. Neatly matted. A FINE COPY OF PETER FORCE'S 1848 PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE W.J. STONE 1823 COPPERPLATE, ON FINE PAPER Twenty-five years after Stone's elaborate engraved facsimile on parchment had been printed and distributed, Peter Force (1790-1868) utilized Stone's surviving copperplate to print new impressions on fine rice paper with a color tone quite similar to parchment. These were intended for inclusion in Force's American Archives, a planned monumental compilation of important original American documents, prepared at the instigation of and funded by Congress. Force conscientiously deleted Stone's 1823 imprint in the upper portion of the plate, and added a new imprint ("W.J. Stone sc. Washington.") in the lower left. A total of 1,500 copies of American Archives were authorized by Congress, but subscriptions for the elaborate edition were disappointing, and in the end many fewer copies (perhaps only 500) were issued. Since copies of Force's Declaration exist both with and without folds, it is probable that a handful were never folded for binding (an unfolded copy was sold at Christie's, 18 December 2003, lot 249, $40,000).
Christie's
Dec. 13, 2006
JOHANN HEINRICH LAMBERT (1728-1777)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
Photometria sive de mensura et gradibus luminis, colorum et umbrae. Augsburg: Christoph Peter Detleffsen for the widow of Eberhard Klett, 1760. 8° (183 x 115 mm). 8 folding engraved plates. (Small dampstain in bottom margin of last few leaves.) Contemporary German pink papered-covered boards, manuscript title-label on spine, edges sprinkled red and blue (sunned, abrasion on spine from label removal, front hinge split but holding). Provenance: Dominican Convent, Augsburg (bookplate) -- small, illegible title stamp. FIRST EDITION OF THE FOUNDATION FOR THE EXACT MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT. A very good copy in contemporary boards. Lambert's discoveries 'are of fundamental importance in astronomy, photography and visual research generally... Both Kepler and Huygens had investigated the intensity of light, and the first photometer had been constructed by Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758); but the foundation of the science of photometry -- the exact scientific measurement of light -- was laid by Lambert's 'Photometry'... In the Photometria he described his photometer and propounded the law of the absorption of light named after him. He investigated the principles and properties of light, of light passing through transparent media, light reflected from opaque surfaces, physiological optics, the scattering of light passing through transparent media, the comparative luminosity of the heavenly bodies and the relative intensities of coloured lights and shadows' (PMM). RARE. Grolier Science 62; PMM 205; Norman 1269.
Christie's
Jul. 06, 2004
Spoons & Flatware A matched pair of George III spoons with St Peter apostle terminals
Est: $80 - $120
by Isaac Cookson, 1747 and Thomas Chawner, 1776, cased, 2.5oz. (2)
Bonhams