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Woman reading in an Oriental setting…
c.1890.
Reading in an Ottoman inspired Interior
Oil on canvas, signed lower right 920 x 490 mm, in original Melbourne frame. This large and attractive oil painting is in the original timber frame with the label of the Melbourne maker, W. & C. Dean, Collins Street on verso. It is...
Price (AUD):
$28,500.00
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Ref: #4504862
Chart of part of New South Wales with plans of the harbours…
London: Joseph Cross, but sold by James Wyld, 1828.
With an inset depicting Port Phillip
Large hand-coloured engraved map, 1180 x 650 mm., dissected and backed on linen as issued, in an old case-binding of blue half pebbled morocco, lettered to spine. One of the great maps of New South...
Price (AUD):
$18,500.00
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Ref: #4008014
Chart of part of New South Wales with plans of the harbours…
London: Joseph Cross, Mar. 18th 1827, corrected to 1829.
With an inset depicting Port Phillip
Large hand-coloured engraved map, 990 x 640 mm., dissected and backed on linen as issued; folding into an early binding of half blue grained calf, marbled sides. One of the great maps of New South...
Price (AUD):
$10,500.00
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Ref: #4401817
"Sandridge Railway Jetty and Pier, Melbourne, Victoria 1858".
Melbourne: 1858.
A Victorian jewel; Port Phillip in the 1850s Gold Rush
Oil on academy board, 207 x 310 mm; signed, dated and inscribed on verso 'Artist / Mr Cust / 1858 / An Original Painting of / Sandridge Railway Jetty and Pier, / Melbourne Victoria'. A small masterpiece: "Mr."...
Price (AUD):
$148,000.00
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Ref: #4504822
(Native Huts) Nlle Hollande and Nlle Zelande…
Paris: Tastu, 1833.
Indigenous dwellings of Australia and New Zealand
Hand-coloured lithograph depicting four native huts, 340 x 520 mm., very good. Hand-coloured lithograph depicting four native huts, two from New Zealand, one from Jervis Bay (with a distinctive cone shape) and the other from King George's Sound.The Astrolabe (Duperrey's...
Price (AUD):
$850.00
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Ref: #4007898
A Map of the Discoveries Made by Captn. Willm. Dampier…
London: John Harris, 1744.
Emanuel Bowen map of Dampier's discoveries
Engraved chart measuring 245 x 410 mm. (sheet size). The fine Bowen map of William Dampier's discoveries along the Papuan coastline and adjacent islands. Dampier sailed in the Roebuck in January of 1699, landing in Shark Bay, Western Australia in...
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
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Ref: #4107419
Map of New Guinea.
Amsterdam: Jansson, 1646.
Across the Pacific to New Guinea
Engraved map, 185 x 435 mm.; with central fold, in fine condition and mounted. Important early map of the Pacific with insets of the Le Maire Strait and New Guinea from Commelin's compendium of Dutch voyages, Begin Ende Voortgangh. This map...
Price (AUD):
$2,250.00
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Ref: #3602358
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
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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 in...
Price (AUD):
$585.00
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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
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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
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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
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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 close...
Price (AUD):
$750.00
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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
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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
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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
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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 to...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
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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 to...
Price (AUD):
$750.00
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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 King...
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$2,500.00
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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
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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
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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...
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$1,500.00
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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 d'Urville...
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
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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.The...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
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Ref: #3907245