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      • 1724 ENGRAVING of CRESCENTIUS MATHERUS (MATHER)
        Aug. 04, 2022

        1724 ENGRAVING of CRESCENTIUS MATHERUS (MATHER)

        Est: -

        Aged 85. John Sturt (1658-1730) engraver. 6 1/4 x 4 inches. framed 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches (overall)

        John McInnis Auctioneers
      • STURT, JOHN. 1658-1730. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: John Baskett, 1717.
        Oct. 15, 2021

        STURT, JOHN. 1658-1730. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: John Baskett, 1717.

        Est: $800 - $1,200

        STURT, JOHN. 1658-1730. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. London: John Baskett, 1717. 8vo (194 x 122 mm). 22 pages of preliminaries including portrait of George I, double portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and list of subscribers, and 166 pages, all engraved by John Sturt with illustrations, ornamental borders, vignettes and ornate initials. Contemporary tooled polished black calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Rubbed, slight chipping to lower spine end, minor browning and spotting, volvelle on p V lacking pointer, as usual. FIRST EDITION, of this ornate version of the Book of Common Prayer, from the same publisher who produced the 'Vinegar Bible' of 1709. There was also a 4to edition, and variants of the 8vo edition with the pages ruled in red. ESTC T141241; Griffiths 1717/1, variant 1. For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website

        Bonhams
      • John Sturt (British, 1658-1730) A Description of His Majestie's Army of Horse and Foot, and of his Excellencies Sr. Thomas Fairefax: as they were drawn into several bodies at the Battail of Nasebie June the 14th 1645 29 x 47cm. and three engraved
        Sep. 07, 2010

        John Sturt (British, 1658-1730) A Description of His Majestie's Army of Horse and Foot, and of his Excellencies Sr. Thomas Fairefax: as they were drawn into several bodies at the Battail of Nasebie June the 14th 1645 29 x 47cm. and three engraved

        Est: £150 - £200

        A Description of His Majestie's Army of Horse and Foot, and of his Excellencies Sr. Thomas Fairefax: as they were drawn into several bodies at the Battail of Nasebie June the 14th 1645 Engraving and etching, on laid, with hand-colouring 29 x 47cm. and three engraved portraits of Cromwell and General Ireton (4)

        Bonhams
      • Sturt John
        May. 16, 2008

        Sturt John

        Est: £300 - £500

        Sturt, John Book of common prayer. London: John Sturt, 1717, 8vo, two portraits, volvelle, final advert leaf, black with red rules, engravings throughout, contemporary black morocco gilt, tooled decoration on both boards, marble endpapers, t.e.g., some fading to backstrip, lacking front blank, interior clean

        Lyon & Turnbull
      • Sturt, John
        Jan. 16, 2008

        Sturt, John

        Est: £600 - £800

        Sturt, John Book of common prayer. London: John Sturt, 1717, 8vo, two portraits, volvelle, final advert leaf, black with red rules, engravings throughout, contemporary black morocco gilt, tooled decoration on both boards, marble endpapers, t.e.g., some fading to backstrip, lacking front blank, interior clean

        Lyon & Turnbull
      • The Book of Common Prayer. London: John Sturt with the permission of John Baskett, 1717.
        May. 05, 2005

        The Book of Common Prayer. London: John Sturt with the permission of John Baskett, 1717.

        Est: £1,000 - £1,500

        The Book of Common Prayer. London: John Sturt with the permission of John Baskett, 1717. 8° (200 x 120mm), ALL-ENGRAVED by John Sturt (1658-1730) with 2 portraits and 114 historical vignettes, ornamental initials and historiated borders, text ruled in red (lacks volvelle on the table of moveable Sundays, some waterstaining at lower corners), contempoary black goatskin tooled in gilt to a 'cottage-roof' panel design with central arabesque and distinctive strawberry tool at borders, gilt spine panels, gilt edges. Provenance: subscriber's copy belonging to Robert Sheppard, engraver; his gift to Elisha Biscoe (with his autograph letter, signed, one page, dated 6 July 1758, stating: 'In the many obligations I have to you be so kind as to add one more by accepting this book, as a small token of my gratitude') -- John Hely-Hutchinson, 1946 (bookplate; lot 168 in his sale, Sotheby's, 12 March 1956, to Commin for £21). A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF AN ALL-ENGRAVED WORK, the lettering being no more than a millimetre high. At the foot of the subscribers' list, which includes 'Mr. Robt. Sheppard, Engraver', comes the notice: 'The binders are desired not to beat these books, it doing great damage to all engrav'd printing.'

        Christie's
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