Antique Ships and Shipbuilding

Antique Prints of Ships and Shipbuilding

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Steam-Yacht for the King of Burmah

Wood engraving , dated 1871. Modern hand coloring.
Backside is printed.

13.5 x 22.7 cm ( 5.3 x 8.9 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. SHIP8072

Bâtiments à contre bord plus près du vent.

Lithograph by Charpentier after P.C. Caussé, ca 1860. Original hand coloring. Wide margins.

17.2 x 25.7 cm ( 6.7 x 10.1 ")

$ 140.00

Order Nr. SHIP8070

Vorrichtung zum Schutze gegen die Torpedos, angebracht an dem einglischen Panzerschiffe "Thunderer "
Protection against torpedos on the armoured English ship, "Thunderer ".

Wood engraving 1877. Reverse side is printed.
Overall light age toning.

17.3 x 21 cm ( 6.8 x 8.2 ")

$ 30.00

Order Nr. SHIP236800

"Corvette à vapeur de 400 chevaux et de 14 canons, construite dan les Chantiers
et Ateliers de l' Ocean (établissements de Bordeaux)."

Wood engraving by Petit after M. Duffet from "Le Monde Illustré, 1864. Modern hand coloring.
Backside is printed. Light creases in upper part of image.

15.8 x 22.5 cm ( 6.2 x 8.8 ")

$ 45.00

Order Nr. SHIP8063

"Vincennes in Disappointment Bay"

Steel engraving C.A. Jewett after sketch by C. Wilkes. Ca. 1850

11.5 x 17.5 cm (4.5 x 6.9")

$ 65.00

Order Nr. SHIP235163SOLD

Die Schiffahrt auf dem Rhein: Die Her.

Wood engraving from a drawing by Ferdinand Lindner ca 1880.
Reverse side is printed. Overall light age toning.

12.4 x 16.7 cm ( 4.9 x 6.6 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. RHEINLANDPFALZ3631

"Neue Tafel vor alle Liebhabers und See-fahrende Personen. Stellet vor ein Orlog oder Kriegs-Schiff mit seinen volligen Tow & Seilwerck....."

Copper engraving by Johann Baptist Homann in Nuremberg, ca 1730. Modern hand coloring.

Very interesting and decorative print for all afcionados of ships and ship building. On the sides are instruments for sailing. At the top are details of building the hull of the ship. at the bottom is an inside view of the ship. At the bottom are numbered explanations for the images.

Print has vertical fold that has been reinforced and repaired on the backside. A few small repaired tears on margin edges.
A few small creases along centerfold.A few hardly visible scattered spots.

48.5 x 57 cm ( 19 x 22.4 ")

$1550.00

Order Nr. SHIP8165

“A Ship of War of the Thrid Rate, with Rigging etc. at Anchor".

Two anonymous copper etchings on the same page. Published in “Cyclopedia: or A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences". Publisher: Ephraim Chambers. The first edition was printed in 1728. Our engraving was printed ca. 1750

Print shows British battle ship of the 1720ies from the outside as well as a section from stern to stern, decks, guns, cabins, etc.

Clean. One small repaired tear on extreme margin edge far away from image. A bit weak in print.
Two hardly visible original vertical folds to fit book size.

39.8 x 48 cm (15.7 x 18.9")

$ 260.00

Order Nr.SHIP8173

"A Ship of War of the First Rate with Rigging etc. at Anchor"

"The Section of a First Rate Ship"

Two copper etchings by J. Mynde on the same page. Published in “Cyclopedia: or A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences". Publisher: Ephraim Chambers. The first edition was printed in 1728. Our engraving was printed ca. 1750

Print shows British battle ship of the 1720ies from the outside as well as a section from stern to stern, decks, guns, cabins, etc.
Original folds to fit book size.

Clean. One repaired tear.

39.8 x 48 cm (15.7 x 18.9")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.SHIP8172

"La Medicine et la Navigation" (Medicine and Navigation)

Ornamentic copper etching hand-colored with gouache paint.

Published in “Ornaments, vases etc. d'apres les maitres"

by Auguste Pequegnot (1819-1878). Paris, 1858

Two allegoric, symbolistic, decorative assemblies of praphernalia of - left: Medicine, right: Navigation

In ancient Greek mythology medicine is represented by accessories known to be symbolic to the Greek God of Medicine and Healing Asklepios (or in Latin: Aesculapius). His rod, the snake around it, a skull, laurel a cock, a wise book, the pomegranate, a globe for heavenly wisdom and surgical instruments.

Navigation with its compiled paraphernaliaall sorts of nautical technical equipment, sextant, compass, clock, telescope, a wisee, a log book and a sea globe.

A playful combination of decorative meaningfulness that should let the heart of any naval medical doctor highten its beat.

Sheet size: 36 x 27.5 cm (14.2 x 10.8")

$ 280.00

Order Nr.PEQUEGNOT235701

Brigg “Rose of Yarmouth" wrecked on the coast of New England??? July ?? 1829.

Watercolor monogrammed G.M.H. On grey paper

Unfortunately the handwriting is, in parts, hard to read. We count 32 survivers (including a man in a boat and a man still on the stern of the ship) who survived the wreckage. The handwriting tells the place where the wreckage happened. But we cannot decpher it.

There is a second little pen drawing on this sheet: an anchor and part of a mast stranded on a rock. This is also monogrammed. G.M.H.

Condition: Very good.

Sheet size: 39.4 x 28.4 cm (15.5 x 11.2")

$ 270.00

Order Nr. SHIP234573

"Shipwright"

Pen lithograph ca 1840. Light browning in margins.

9.2 x 6.1 cm ( 3.6 x 2.4 ")

$ 40.00

Order Nr. SHIP8258

"The Mariner's Compass"

Wood engraving, 1844. Image is surrounded by text (English). Backside is printed.

Diameter of image: 9 cm (3.5 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. SHIP8260

"The Mariner"

Wood engraving ca 1840.
Print is on a page of text (English) with text on backside about the history of sailors.

Image size: 5.2 x 6.2 cm ( 2 x 2.4 ")
Page size: 16.5 x 13.5 cm ( 6.5 x 5.3 ")

$ 20.00

Order Nr. SHIP8257

Levitici Cap. V. 20, 21, 22
Naves Phoeniciorum
III Buch Mosis Cap. XI v. 20,21,22.
Phoenische Schiffe

Copper engraving by B. S. Sedlezki, ca 1750.

Print has wide margins. Overall light age toning.
A few small, spots in margins.

29 x 18 cm ( 11.4 x 7 ")

$ 95.00

Order Nr. SHIP8166

No Title

Copper engraving by J.D. Philipp after Chodowiecski, ca 1780. Print has overall light age toning and a few very minor scattered spots.

16.3 x 22 cm (6.4 x 8.6 ")

$ 120.00

Order Nr. SHIP8163

Schwimmdock im Hafen von New York.

Wood engraving ca 1880. Reverse side is printed.

23 x 16.3 cm ( 9 x 6.4 ")

$50.00

Order Nr. SHIP8169

EADs' Schiffeisenbahn ueber den Isthmus von Tehauntepec.
(EADs Ship railroad on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec.)

Wood engraving ca 1880. Reverse side is printed.

12.1 x 18.1 cm ( 4.7 x 7.1 ")

$ 35.00

Order Nr. SHIP8168

Im stillen Hafen. (In the quiet harbour)

Toned wood engraving made after a study by W. Dreesen ca 1895.
Reverse side is printed.

21.1 x 15.4 cm (8.3 x 6.1'')

$ 20.00

Order Nr. SHIP8170

"At Deal"

Aquatint by S. Prout dated1821. Original hand coloring.
A few very light spots in margins.

16.5 x 21.5 cm ( 6.5 x 8.4 ")

$ 60.00

Order Nr. SHIP8159

Prospectus Navis de tribus remis exterior a latere.
Palmo Neapolitan.

Copper engraving by Georg Christoph Kilian after Pietro la Vega, ca 1780.
Printed on heavy paper. Margins have been widened. Two vertical folds to fit book size. A few minimal spots.

27.7 x 54 cm ( 10.9 x 21.2 ")

$ 120.00

Order Nr. SHIP8167

Sectio Navis per longitudinem.
Palmo neapolit.

Copper engraving by Georg Christoph Kilian after Pietro la Vega, ca 1780.
Printed on heavy paper. Margins have been widened. Two vertical folds to fit book size. A few minimal spots.

27.7 x 54 cm ( 10.9 x 21.2 ")

$ 120.00

Order Nr. SHIP8162