Maps/Views

HENRY A. CHATELAIN (1684 - 1743)
"Representations des Lapons"
6 engravings, each c. 34x20,5cm AMSTERDAM C. 1714
A most decorative and famous set in an excellent condition. The total number of illustrations is 23 and a map. They intend to illustrate the manners and the customs of the Laplanders, as seen from a European view in the 17th and 18th century. Most of the information was based on earlier travelers to the North such as Olaus Magnus, Johannes Scheffer and Francesco Negri.
From Chatelain's work "Atlas Historique".
#1745

FRENCH PAINTER? EARLY 19TH CENT.
"Un Lappon - Famille Laponne allant - Une Lapone - Habitant de la Norland"
4 watercolours, each c. 26,5x19cm, sheet size 29,7x22,2cm C. 1800 - 1820
An unusual and most decorative set with original pictures of Sami people. The watercolours could well have been intended as illustrations in a book.
#1753

ANDERS F. SKJÖLDEBRAND (1757 - 1834)
"Alten, Port De Mer" + "Altengaard"
2 stk. akvatinter, hver ca. 27x45cm Stockholm 1801-02
De to trykkene er de første prospektene over Alta og var med i Skjöldebrands verk
"Voyage pittoresque au Cap Nord". Begge to er både tegnet og trykket av Skjøldebrand selv.
På trykket "Altengaard" oppgis det "Habitation de l'Amtman de la Laponie norvégienne".
Eiler H. Schiøtz "Utlendingers reiser i Norge" nr. 966a, plansje 41 og 51, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum "Voyage pittoresque - Reiseskildringer fra nord" Tromsø 2005, side 16 - 20
#1414

ANDERS F. SKJÖLDEBRAND
"Neide Kurkio, chute du fleuve d'Alten (Storfossen)" and "Fleuve d' Alten près de Masi"
2 aquatints, each c. 27x45cm STOCKHOM 1801 - 02
Plate 33 and 34 in the set.
(Ref: E.H. Schiøtz "Utlendingers reiser i Norge" no. 966b)
#1747

ANDERS F. SKJÖLDEBRAND
"Alten" + "Altengaard" + "Fleuve d' Alten", + "Talvig" and other
10 aquatints, c. 27x45cm STOCKHOLM 1801 - 02
The complete set of Alta and the Alta River. Plate 41 and 51 to 59 in the set.
(Ref: E.H. Schiøtz "Utlendingers reiser i Norge" no. 966b)
#1748

ANDERS F. SKJÖLDEBRAND
"Le Cap Nord" and other
4 aquatints, c. 27x45cm STOCKHOLM 1801 - 02
The complete set of four views from the North Cape. Plate 46 - 49 in the set.
(Ref: E.H. Schiøtz "Utlendingers reiser i Norge" no. 966b)
#1752

SKJÖLDEBRAND, ANDERS FREDRIK
"Habitation de Lapons pêcheurs"
Aquatint, 27x45,5 cm Stockholm 1801-02
Strong impression. Engraved by J.F Martin after a drawing by Skjöldebrand. Motiv from a Sami camp near Himmelskaret in Vargsundet. Engraving no. 42 from "Voyage pittoresque au Cap Nord".
(Ref: E.H. Schiøtz I no. 966a)
#771

ARTHUR DE CAPELL BROOKE
"Laplanders encountering the snow drift (snee fog) while passing the Chuis Niumi Mountains in Norwegian Lapland"
Contemporary hand-coloured lithograph, 29,5x42cm LONDON 1826 - 27
Beautiful view from Finnmark from the rare coloured issue of "Winter sketches in Lapland...". See catalogue number 143. Lithographed by J.D. Harding based on Brooke's drawing.
Some creases.
(Ref: E.H. Schiøtz "Utlendingers reiser i Norge" Entry 145a or b)
#1755

JOHAN GUSTAF SCHULTZ (1787 - 1874)
"Ackia"
Watercolour on paper, 21x34cm Signed and dated l.l. "J.G. Sz 1833 9/1" SWEDEN 1833
A fine watercolour based on a view in Carl A. Forsell "Ett år i Sverige" 1827.
#1758

AFTER AUGUSTE MAYER - "THE GAIMARD EXPEDITION"
("Case Laponne Sur L'Ile Seiland, en Finmark")
Watercolour52x73cm, unsigned PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENT.
A decorative interior view based on the lithograph from the "La Recherche expedition" to the North 1838 - 40.
(Ref: N.M. Knutsen and P. Posti "En ekspedisjon mot nord" Tromsø 2002, see page 142 - the lithograph)
#1762

MAYER, AUGUSTE After - "The Gaimard Expedition"
("Case Laponne Sur L'Ile Seiland, en Finmark")
Watercolour52x73cm, unsigned Probabky last part of the 19th Cent.
A decorative interior view based on the lithograph from the "La Recherche expedition" to the North 1838 - 40.
N.M. Knutsen and P. Posti "En ekspedisjon mot nord" Tromsø 2002, see page 142 - the lithograph
#1018

A UNIQUE SET OF ORIGINAL VIEWS FROM NORTHERN NORWAY, SPITSBERGEN AND THE ARCTIC SEA INTENDED TO BE USED IN A TRAVEL BOOK.
WILLIAM LIVESAY - J. LAMONT
9 original watercolours from the Arctic Sea and Northern Norway painted by Livesay during his voyage together with James Lamont in 1869.
Each watercolour between 26,5x40cm and 22x32cm NORWAY 1869
Some of these very fine sketches (Tromsø, a Walrus, and the Advent Bay) were used in James Lamont's book "Yachting in the Arctic seas or Notes of five voyages of sport and discovery in the neighbourhood of Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya. Edited and illustrated by W. Livesay" (London 1876).
The illustrations show: Vardö, Tromsö, Gibostadt, Tiotö (Tjøtta), Diana Coalmine Advent Bay Ice Fiord Spitzbergen, Laplanders, Walrus, Hvalross, Rein Deer Horns of Cervus farandus from a specimen brought home by J. Lamont - Engravers drawing of Reindeer's Horns"
An important set of book-illustrations.
Accompanied is a fine copy in the originl binding (shirting) of the printed book by Lamont.
#1768

THE FIRST VARIANT OF THE DECORATIVE AND IMPORTANT VIEW OF TROMSØ.
OTHAR HOLMBOE
"Tromsö (i halvt Fugleperspektiv)" The title repeated in German and English
Coloured lithograph, 40,5x63 cm STUTTGART C. 1878
There are two versions of "Tromsö" printed from two different lithographic stones. This is the scarce first issue with no inscription of O. Holmboe and Wickstrøm. The sub title is different as well and is supposed to have been printed from fifteen stones! Both prints are bearing the imprint: "Paul Müllers lithogr. Institut Stuttgart".
In the catalogue "Thorolf og Othar Holmboe" from 1996 published by Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum and edited by Anne Aaserud we can read about the view on page eight:
"Othar Ervigius Holmboes byprospekt over det gamle Tromsø fra 1878 er et av de beste prospekter vi har fra byens tidlige tid. Det moderne Tromsø er i ferd med å ta form. Til venstre ser vi Landskirka (nå Elverhøy kirke). Oppe ved Mellomvegen ser vi Klokkergården som fortsatt eksisterer og litt nærmere midten av bildet den gamle prestegården i Tromsøysund, som nå er bygget inn i en barnehage. Latinskolen (nedbrent) troner for enden av Kongsbakken. Lengere nord ser vi Rådsstua med fengslet som i dag huser Hålogaland Amatørteaterselskap. Litt til høyre i bildet ser vi M. W. Holmboes brygge som tilhørte Othar Holmboe den eldres far. Enda lengere til høyre ser vi Rieberbrygga som i dag huser Polarmuseet og som var tollunderkasserer Holmboes arbeidsplass. I Sundet ser vi flere dampere, hvorav den største i forgrunnen til venstre, med litt velvilje kan sees å føre Troms Fylkes Dampskibsselskabs flagg. Selskapet ble stiftet i 1864".
(Ref: Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum "Thorolf og Othar Holmboe" Tromsø 1996, see page 8 illustrated)
#1769