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ANDREWS, William.
Columbus Outdone! Capt. Andrews' Cruise in the Sapolio.
New York, Enoch Morgan's Sons Company, 1893.
Octavo, folding map and folding plate, illustrated throughout; spine ends a little rubbed, front endpaper slightly...
Signed presentation copy in original illustrated cloth, detailing the audacious solo transatlantic crossing of William...
Australian: $875 (Approx. US $913, Euro €634) Quote ref.
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[BRISBANE] RICHARDSON, William.
A Catalogue of 7385 Stars, chiefly in the Southern Hemisphere.
London, William Clowes & Sons, 1835.
Quarto, a few neat repairs to the frontispiece plan "Parramatta Observatory"; original paper boards, rebacked to style,...
A very good copy of the first Australian astronomical work. Known as "Brisbane's Catalogue of Stars" after the...
Ferguson, 2012.
Australian: $3600 (Approx. US $3756, Euro €2610) Quote ref.
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BURNET, John.
Practical Hints on Colour in Painting.
London, John Carpenter, 1843.
Quarto, eight handcoloured engraved plates; a very good copy in original cloth-backed boards, paper titling label on...
Fifth edition of this beautifully-produced but practical guide to colour in painting, which uses works by old masters...
Australian: $750 (Approx. US $783, Euro €544) Quote ref.
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DOW, Alexander.
The History of Hindostan. Translated from the Persian; Translated from the Persian.
London, T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1770- 1772.
Three volumes, quarto, folding map and eight plates (including frontispieces), a fine set in handsome contemporary gilt...
A beautifully bound set of Dow's history of Bengal, illustrated with remarkable engraved plates mimicking Mughal...
Australian: $2750 (Approx. US $2869, Euro €1994) Quote ref.
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FREIND, John.
The History of Physick; from the time of Galen, to the beginning of the sixteenth century...
London, J. Walthoe, 1726.
Two volumes, octavo; titles within rules; a very good set in contemporary panelled calf, slightly worn and rubbed,...
Attractive early mixed set of this first history of medicine written by an Englishman, third edition of the first...
Australian: $2850 (Approx. US $2974, Euro €2066) Quote ref.
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HALE, Thomas.
A Compleat Body of Husbandry.
Osborne & Shipton, London, 1756.
Folio, coloured frontispiece and engravings throughout; an excellent uncut copy in recent half calf.
The first edition of a classic treatise on husbandry. The title-page states that the work encompasses 'Rules for...
Australian: $2850 (Approx. US $2974, Euro €2066) Quote ref.
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[KANGAROO] ALMANAC.
Der hoch Deutsch Americanische Calender auf das Jahr nach der Gnadenreichen Geburt unsers Herrn und Henlandes Jesu Christi 1775.
Germantown (Philadelphia), 1775.
Small quarto; lightly toned, a very good copy in the original pictorial wrappers, stitched and unbound as issued.
Very rare American almanac prepared for the German-speaking immigrant population of Philadelphia, containing a splendid...
Australian: $11,000 (Approx. US $11,477, Euro €7975) Quote ref.
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[KING'S LIBRARY] PUISSANT, Louis.
Traité de Topographie, d’arpentage et de nivellement… [and] Supplément au second livre du Traité de Topographie….
Paris, Chez Courcier, 1807- 1810.
Quarto, two works bound in one, in total seven folding plates and one folding table, some pages age-toned but overall...
A fine volume containing rare first editions of two French works of surveying, said on good authority to be from...
Brunet, V, 962 (1820 second edition only).
Australian: $3450 (Approx. US $3600, Euro €2501) Quote ref.
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KNIGHT, Charles (editor).
London, Revised and Corrected to the Present Time by E. Walford, M.A.
London, Virtue and Company, circa, 1875.
Three thick quarto volumes, engraved vignettes, full page plates, page-edges gilt; very good in contemporary red...
Beautifully illustrated collection of essays on the history of London bound in ornate handsome contemporary gilt...
Australian: $1475 (Approx. US $1539, Euro €1069) Quote ref.
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LUGAR, R.
The Country Gentlemen's Architect...
London, M. Taylor, 1838.
Quarto, with 22 engraved plates (eight double-page); some foxing and offsetting, but a very good, largely unopened...
A very charming, but practical, pattern-book aimed at the country gentleman who wished to construct villas which looked...
Australian: $2400 (Approx. US $2504, Euro €1740) Quote ref.
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