We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part IV, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here
Previously published:
Part I click here
Part II click here
Part III click here
We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part III, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here
Previously published:
Part I click here
Part II click here
We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part II, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here
To view Part I, previously published, click here
We are pleased to offer the Whitmont Collection Part I, a treasure trove of significant original material, from a private Sydney library, tracing the early European history of Australia and the wider Pacific region.
To view an introduction to the Collection read our blog here and read a review of this catalogue here
Hordern House are pleased to announce that we have partnered with three other international dealerships—William Reese Company and James Cummins Bookseller in the US and Peter Harrington in the UK—to offer the renowned collection of the late David Parsons of Atlanta, GA.
The first catalogue of books from the collection demonstrates the exceptional strength of the collection in early material, showing the known world before Columbus, and the results and consequences of the Columbian discoveries.
Part II: Discoveries to the East, may be viewed here.
Part III: The Age of Exploration may be viewed here.
Hordern House are pleased to announce that we have partnered with three other international dealerships—William Reese Company and James Cummins Bookseller in the US and Peter Harrington in the UK—to offer the renowned collection of the late David Parsons of Atlanta, GA. Part II of the collection, Voyages to the East is now available.
Part I: The Discovery of America, may be viewed here
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION is the third and final catalogue of the Parsons Collection. Hordern House have partnered with three other international dealerships—William Reese Company and James Cummins Bookseller in the US and Peter Harrington in the UK—to offer the renowned collection of the late David Parsons of Atlanta, GA.
As it is the 250th anniversary of the voyage of His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour into Australian and New Zealand waters we celebrate with this catalogue the achievements of Captain James Cook and his crew.
Much has been discussed about the impact of the English exploring expeditions in the early colonial period. We acknowledge that whatever may have been the eventual impact of these visits to Australia and New Zealand and throughout the wider Pacific, when colonisation came to replace discovery, nothing diminishes the importance of the maritime achievements of Cook and his crew. This is particularly the case in the scientific areas of astronomy, navigation, cartography and the natural sciences, as well as the first meetings with indigenous peoples, more often in Cook’s case in friendship than in hostility.
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Searching for the antipodes, from classical scholars to Quiros & Dampier. This catalogue of books and maps tells the story of a New World. Unlike the American discoveries to which that phrase is often taken to refer, this New World is the result of a push to the east and the south. The story of its development from theory to actuality is also the story of the exploration, exploitation, and occupation of the East Indies, South East Asia, and the Pacific as the competing national interests played out their grand battle.
An important collection of printed and original manuscript and pictorial material relating to the two great French expeditions to Australia, the 1800 voyage under Captain Nicolas Baudin and the 1817 voyage of Captain Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet. Louis de Freycinet is the figure who unites these two important voyages: he sailed with Baudin as a junior officer, quickly establishing himself as one of the great hydrographers, but also learning the demands of scientific exploration on the remote coastlines of Australia.
This catalogue includes many of the major items from the library of Robert Edwards, some so rare they are known in only a handful of copies, as well as several interesting manuscripts and pictures. Overall the condition is excellent and it is a pleasure to see so much beautifully preserved nineteenth-century material. He took great pains to acquire books in original cloth and pamphlets in publisher's wrappers. Furthermore, he spared no expense in binding and restoring his beloved treasures and this work was done at the highest level, often by English binders including Sangorski and Sutcliffe, Bayntun and Aquarius.
