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James Cook.
New York: circa 1886.
After the dance portrait
Mezzotint engraving with facsimile signature below portrait, 254 x 178 mm. This beautiful engraving, after the portrait of Cook by Nathaniel Dance, was published circa 1886 for The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. The Picturesque Atlas publishing company was set up to publish...
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #4504225
Portrait of Charles Darwin.
London: published by William Mackenzie, circa 1885.
Portrait of the great scientist as an old man
Steel engraving, 107 x 134 mm. within larger sheet, An engraved portrait of the legendary naturalist Charles Darwin. The engraving is taken from an image by the famous studio of Elliott & Fry, specialists...
Price (AUD):
$585.00
Ref: #3111119
A Map of all those Parts of the Territory of New South Wales...
London: John Stockdale, 1792.
First exploration of the Sydney basin
Engraved chart measuring 415 x 548 mm. Important early map of the colony showing both coastal surveys and the extent of inland exploration attempted during the first three years of settlement. William Dawes is remembered as one of the most...
Price (AUD):
$2,450.00
Ref: #4307537
Plan of Cape Town...
London: William Day, 1854.
The charm of Table Bay
Lithographed plan; 340 x 425 mm. Attractive English map of Cape Town, showing the street plan of the city with detail of public parks and thoroughfares, the waterfront onto Table Bay, cemeteries, hospitals, quarries and the like. The lower portion of...
Price (AUD):
$400.00
Ref: #3912476
Tabula Indiæ Orientalis Emendata a F. de Wit.
Amsterdam: circa 1680.
Tasman map by Blaeu's apprentice
Engraved map, 460 x 560 mm., superb handcolouring; mounted. Fine early map of the East Indies showing the discoveries of Tasman by Frederick de Wit, at a time when he was one of the foremost map-makers in Holland. His firm's 'maps were...
Price (AUD):
$5,850.00
Ref: #2810828
Death of Captain Cook.
London? circa 1800.
Popular issue
Engraving, 16.5 x 22 cm. (image size), a good strong impression, mounted. An unusual version of the famous scene at Kealakekua Bay, in a very good impression. Although the original image on which this is loosely based is clearly that of Webber, the engraving bears...
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #3003086
The Lord Chief Justice Denman.
circa 1840. Original lithograph, 195 x 166mm., mounted. Portrait of Thomas Denman, Lord Chief Justice and politician, in his judicial robes. Denman played an active role in reforming English laws so as to secure individual liberties. In 1837 he carried two bills abolishing the death penalty for forgery and other...
Price (AUD):
$325.00
Ref: #1600369
This Map of the Colony of New South Wales…
London: engraved by J. & C. Walker, published by J. Cross, 20 July, 1837.
Owned by John Macarthur's son-in-law
Dissected hand-coloured engraved map, backed on linen, 1265 x 785 mm., remarkablly handsome large-format map, early owner's name "J. Bowman" repeated in pen on the verso; preserved in a silk-lined green...
Price (AUD):
$12,500.00
Ref: #4203855
J. Cook Célèbre Navigateur Anglois…
Paris: Blaisot, circa 1820.
From a French series
Lithograph, 266 x 203 mm. (plate size). From Blaisot's Galerie Universelle series, following the general type of the Dance portraits.
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #3007571
Havre Dubus a la Baie Triton (Nouvelle Guinee)…
Paris: circa 1846. Tinted lithograph, 220 x 365 mm., disbound. Original lithograph from Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage au Pole Sud", showing a beautiful New Guinea harbor scene, with the two ships anchored and a survey party at work. Dumont d'Urville's instruction from King Louis-Philippe was to explore the South Pole. Up...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #4202796
Village de Dobo (Iles Arrow).
Paris: circa 1845. Tinted lithograph, 230 x 380 mm., mounted in acid-free card. Original lithograph from Dumont d'Urville's Voyage au Pole Sud, the official published account of his second voyage through the South Pacific into Antarctic waters. Dumont d'Urville's instruction from King Louis-Philippe was to explore the South Pole. Up...
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #1901013
Nlle. Hollande (Port du Roi Georges).
Paris: Tastu, 1833.
Iconic indigenous portraits
Lithographic sheet measuring 340 x 540 mm. Original lithograph from the official account of the Dunont d'Urville expedition, comprising portrait studies of West Australian Aborigines. Louis de Sainson, the topographical draughtsman travelling with the expedition, made many detailed studies of the local inhabitants of...
Price (AUD):
$2,500.00
Ref: #2901047
Vue des Ecuries du Gouverneur a Sydney.
Paris: Tastu, 1833.
Colonial architect Francis Greenway
Lithographed view on china paper, mounted, well coloured, 215 x 310 mm. This view of the Governor's Stables shows the original Francis Greenway building before changes. Greenway, the colony's first architect worked under the patronage of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. This building still stands...
Price (AUD):
$2,500.00
Ref: #2901051
Vue de L'Aiguade du Capne. Cook, a Houahoua.
Paris: Tatsu, 1833. Lithographed view, 205 x 355 mm. The Astrolabe (Duperrey's old ship the Coquille, renamed in honour of La Pérouse) sailed from Toulon in April 1826. Dumont d'Urville was instructed to explore the principal island groups in the South pacific, completing the work of the Duperrey voyage, on...
Price (AUD):
$1,850.00
Ref: #2908513
Maison du Gouverneur a Sydney.
Paris: Tastu, 1833. Lithographed view on china paper, 195 x 310 mm (image size); well preserved, mounted. Attractive view of the first Government House in Sydney, which stood on the corners of Bridge and Phillip Streets. The original cottage had been begun by Phillip in July 1788, but was much...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #3807764
Vue des Caps du Port Jackson. Nouvelle Galles du Sud.
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833.
Engaging Sydney Harbour view
Lithograph, 205 x 320 mm.; very good condition, mounted. This fine view shows ships of the Astrolabe voyage passing through Sydney Heads. The Astrolabe (Duperrey's old ship the Coquille, renamed in honour of La Pérouse) sailed from Toulon in April 1826. Dumont...
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
Ref: #2802457
Vue des Caps du Port Jackson. Nouvelle Galles du Sud.
Paris: Tatsu, 1833.
Sydney Harbour
Lithograph, 358 x 517 mm; in fine condition, embossed stamp below title, mounted. A fine view of the ships of the Astrolabe voyage passing through the Heads of Port Jackson by Louis de Sainson. The lithograph is from Dumont Durville's Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #3907245
Habitans du Port du Roi Georges.
Paris: Tastu, 1833. Lithograph, 225 x 320 mm.; mounted. Fine original lithograph from the official account of the Dunont d'Urville expedition, depicting a group of West Australian Aborigines roasting lizards over a fire. Louis de Sainson, the topographical draughtsman travelling with the expedition, made many detailed studies of the local...
Price (AUD):
$2,250.00
Ref: #2901048
Vue du port du Roi Georges (Nouvelle Hollande).
Paris: 1833. Lithographed view, coloured; 185 x 350mm, mounted. Beautifully coloured engraving of a view of the Port of King George, illustrating the voyage of Dumont D'urville. The Astrolabe made several points of call along the Australian coastline, particularly in New South Wales and north-western Australia, as well as New...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #2807703
Vue de L'Entrée de Port Jackson.
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833. Aquatint, 200 x 350 mm. This fine view shows French naval officers, perhaps crew of the Favorite elegantly positioned at the Heads.
Price (AUD):
$2,850.00
Ref: #2802456
Chart of two islands in the Fijian group…
Paris: Artus Bertrand, after 1828.
Tromelin voyage charts Rotuma.
Engraved chart; 600 x 425 mm. Fine chart produced from the results of the Duperrey voyage through the Pacific (1822-1825) showing St. Augustine and Rotouma (modern day Rotuma). Both outlying islands are presently under the governance of Fiji. The expedition led...
Price (AUD):
$600.00
Ref: #3912503
Iles Mariannes: Divers Objects A L'Usage Des habitans Actuels.
Paris: circa 1828.
Ethnology of Micronesia
Engraved plate measuring 320 x 235 mm. (plate size). Proof plate of a splendid engraving of tools, sandals, outrigger canoes and blades for everyday use from the Marianas group of Islands (including Guam), a part of the present-day Micronesian Federation. the plate illustrates the...
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
Ref: #4202816
Great Brown King Fisher.
London: John Stockdale, 1789.
Fine depiction of the kookaburra
Original engraving, 260 x 190 mm. very good condition, mounted. Fine impression of the so-called "Great Brown Kings Fisher" or Laughing Kookaburra. This engraving is taken from Governor Phillip's Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay published by Stockdale in late...
Price (AUD):
$650.00
Ref: #2908539
Portrait of Koapena, Chief of the Aroma district, New Guinea…
Sydney: 1885. Signed with initials, dated twice and extensively inscribed: 31viii 81.Quapena/Luepada of Maupa/District Aroma/South Coast/New Guinea. / "Carthona"/Sydney/23 Jan. 1885/'Momento" from New-Guinea- Commodore J. Erskine. R.N.-, pen and brown ink and pencil with coloured chalk; 34cm x 25 cm, mounted and framed. A superb portrait by the Russian scientist.....
Price (AUD):
$115,000.00
Ref: #4504713