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Prints & Engravings. A collection of eleven engravings, 18th & 19th century, including Heath (James & Middiman Samuel . Adam and Eve in Paradise, J & J Boydell, 1799, uncoloured mixed method engraving after Jan Brueghel toned and mount stained, margins abraided, stained and torn with some loss but only to the platemark, 530 x 665 mm, together with Peltro (John). Hunting Plate I, Brushing into Cover, John Harris 1790, uncoloured engraving after J Sartorius, some creasing and slight surface abrasion, trimmed to plate mark some staining to margins, old adhesion scaring to verso, 480 x 605 mm, with Woollett (William). [Shooting Plate IV] Thomas Bradford, circa 1771, uncoloured engraving after George Stubbs laid on near-contemporary linen and toned overall, title and eight lines of verse trimmed from below the image and place on the verso, 450 x 550 mm, plus Cousins (Samuel). [Bolton Abbey, ], circa 1837, mixed-method engraving on India wove after Edwin Landseer proof before title and letters, signed in pencil by the artist and the engraver below the image, slight spotting to the margins, light overall toning, 660 x 770 mm, and Landseer (Thomas). [Geneva, Henry Graves and Company 1860], uncoloured mixed-method engraving in India wove after Sir Edwin Landseer proof before title and letters, some spotting and water staining, margins frayed and with several closed tears but not affecting the image, 630 x 940 mm, together with Pether (William). A Philosopher giving a Lecture on the Orrery, 1768, uncoloured mezzotint after Joseph Wright heavily creased with several repaired closed tears affecting image, laid on later thin card, 485 x 590 mm, with Wilkie (David). The Reading of the Will [and] Rent Day, Henry Gibbs & Robert Simpson respectively, circa 1840, two uncoloured engravings by John Burnet and A. Raimbach respectively, both toned and spotted and laid on later thin card, each approximately 480 x 620 mm, plus another three large scale engravings, various sizes and condition (Qty: 11)