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Illuminated leaf from a Missal.
France: circa 1420. Illuminated leaf on vellum, 265 x 175 mm., double-column text written in an attractive bâtard script in dark brown ink, lightly ruled, rubrics in red, handsome 4-line initial in burnished gold leaf on a blue and red background with delicate white filigrans, initial two lines alternatively red...
Price (AUD):
$2,950.00
Ref: #2909771
Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours.
Rouen: circa 1480-1500. Illuminated leaf, 166 x 112 mm., panel border on each side of the leaf composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers on hair-line stems; 4-line initial in dark red and heightened in grey and white on a liquid gold panel enclosing a coloured flower, three 1-line...
Price (AUD):
$1,750.00
Ref: #2909743
King David in Prayer.
Southern France: circa 1475.
Superb illuminated miniature of King David
Arched miniature depicting King David kneeling in prayer, 91 x 65mm., set in elaborate illuminated border on three sides; 4-line illuminated initial D (of "Domine" - O Lord), eight lines of gothic text on the other side;Mounted. A superb late...
Price (AUD):
$8,750.00
Ref: #3108951
Revd Richard Johnson, B.A. Chaplain to the Settlement in New South Wales…
Paternoster Row, London: Goff & Co., February 8th. 1787.
Rev. Richard Johnson; Chaplain of the first Christian service in Australia on February 3rd. 1788.
Engraving, 17 x 11 cms. title inscribed around oval half length portrait; vignette below depicting a redemption scene by a harbour with sailing ships, captioned with...
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #4504878
"Natives pursuing Kangaroos in the neighbourhood of Sydney…
[England]: circa, 1820.
Nonplussed kangaroos on Sydney harbour
Single leaf from a scrapbook, 215 x 260 mm., the engravings and captions neatly cut-out and pasted down, views to both sides of the sheet; in a nineteenth century frame. Marvellous page from a scrap book with a naïve scene depicting "Natives...
Price (AUD):
$2,450.00
Ref: #4504876
Wolliger Kanguruh.
Germany: circa 1860.
Kangaroo and Pangolin
Lithograph, 205 x 290 mm. Handsomely executed lithograph of a kangaroo from a mid-nineteenth century German zoological handbook; also depicted is a Javanese pangolin (scaly ant-eater).
Price (AUD):
$250.00
Ref: #2904308
Portrait of The Honble. Augustus Keppel, Admiral of the Blue, Half Length in uniform.
London: Dickinson & Watson, 1779. Mezzotint, 38 x 28cm. Henry Keppel had first served in the Malacca Straits in the early 1840s during the campaign against the Borneo pirates. During that time he formed a close friendship with Sir James Brooke, who had been appointed rajah of Sarawak in perpetuity...
Price (AUD):
$950.00
Ref: #4504275
Patêt: Australians of King George's Sound.
London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1842. Handcoloured stipple engraving, 220 x 140 mm. (leaf size). Portraits of two natives of King George's Sound, Western Australia, published in Prichard's The Natural History of Man. James Cowles Prichard (1786-1848) spent several decades amassing pictorial information to support his theory that all of the world's...
Price (AUD):
$350.00
Ref: #3309877
The District of Albany formerly t'Zuurenveld…
London: W. Faden, 1822.
"Fine pasture country, uninhabited and considered as neutral ground"
Engraved chart, hand coloured; 605 x 890 mm. Detailed topographic map of the Albany district (present day South Africa) presenting a wilderness mapped but largely untamed. This map was published by William Faden (1749-1836), one of the...
Price (AUD):
$1,500.00
Ref: #3912530
Engraving of Vanikoro captioned 'Monument à la mémoire de Lapèrouse'…
Paris: Didot Fréres, 1836. Engraving, 135 x 220 mm. Charming engraved plate depicting the memorial to La Pérouse erected by the Dumont d'Urville expedition to Vanikoro. The plate was published in Domeny de Rienzi's Océanie ou Cinquième partie du monde, revue géographique et ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie.....
Price (AUD):
$120.00
Ref: #3509128
Portrait of La Pérouse.
London: G. & J. Robinson, 1798. Engraving, 255 x 190 mm. Attractive portrait of La Pérouse, "Commodore in the French Navy, born at Alby in 1741". Jean-Francois de Galoup, Compte de la Perouse was commissioned in 1785 by the King of France to head an expedition to explore the Pacific...
Price (AUD):
$600.00
Ref: #3007701
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"Célèbre Navigateur Français" [Portrait of La Pérouse].
Paris: Blaisot, n.d., circa 1800.
La Pérouse portrait
Line engraving, 190 x110 mm. (plate size). Fine portrait of the navigator published while his fate was still a mystery. La Pérouse, inscribed "Célèbre Navigateur Français." La Pérouse was born at Albi in 1741 and was commissioned in 1785 by Louis XVI.....
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #3007690
Portrait of La Pérouse.
Paris: Dufour & Mulat, n.d., but circa 1820. Engraving, 210 x 150 mm. (plate size). A fine portrait. La Pérouse, was born at Alby in 1741. Compte de la Perouse was commissioned in 1785 by the King of France to head an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean. He was...
Price (AUD):
$450.00
Ref: #3007714
La Perouse from a Miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby
London: Charles Knight, circa 1830. Stipple engraving, 140 x 110 mm (plate size). Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Fine. La Pérouse was born at Albi in 1741 and was commissioned in 1785 by Louis XVI to head an expedition to the Pacific...
Price (AUD):
$385.00
Ref: #4007938
La Perouse. Engraved…. from a Miniature in the possession of La Perouse's niece at Alby…
London: William Mackenzie, circa 1840. Stipple engraving, 170 x 120 mm (plate size). Good. Almost identical to the portrait printed by Charles Knight (Nan Kivell & Spence p.171), this one has the addition of bushes in the background and the sky. La Pérouse was born at Albi in 1741 and...
Price (AUD):
$385.00
Ref: #4007942
Entrée de la rivière de Païou (île Vanikoro).
Vanikoro (Santa Cruz Islands) and ?Paris: c.1838 and possibly worked on later.
La Pérouse's final encampment on Vanikoro
Pencil drawing, 245 x 407 mm; inscribed at the lower left "E. Goupil" and dated 1838; titled as above on mount. This fine original drawing from the Dumont d'Urville expedition of 1837-1840...
Price (AUD):
$40,000.00
Ref: #4504840
Savage of New Caledonia Throwing a Dart.
London: circa 1800. Engraving. 250 x 200mm, mounted. A fine portrait of a New Caledonian man by Piron. This image was first published in Labillardière's account of the D'Entrecasteaux expedition. Piron was the official artist on the expedition, in which Australia was circumnavigated twice, and the islands surrounding investigated for...
Price (AUD):
$250.00
Ref: #1600211
Cabinet Portrait of "Lady Carington", wife of the Governor General of NSW.
London: Alexander Bassano, circa 1875.
Wife of the Governor of NSW
Cabinet card, measuring 165 x 110 mm., early manuscript annotation, the card in very good condition overall. Charming cabinet card photographic portrait of the Honourable Cecilia Margaret Harbord, who married the future governor of New South Wales, Sir Charles...
Price (AUD):
$440.00
Ref: #4111703
Vue du Village de Nama (Vanikoro).
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833. Lithographed view, 218 x 297mm., mounted. The voyage of the Favorite under Laplace's command was aimed at re-establishing French influence over Indo-China and the Pacific as well as gathering detailed trading information, hydrographic data and natural history specimans. Although it was a difficult voyage, scientifically it...
Price (AUD):
$400.00
Ref: #2802460
Rivière de Derwent (Van Diemen).
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833. Aquatint view, 222 x 320 mm.; mounted. A fine view of the Derwent River, one of only two Tasmanian illustrations published from the La Place voyage. The Favorite arrived in Hobart on 11 July 1831, both ship and crew in a weakened condition. Their stay was...
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
Ref: #2112730
Sydney. Etablissement principale de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud.
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1833.
One of the best early views of Sydney
Aquatint view, handcoloured, 220 x 315 mm. mounted. A superbly-coloured example of one of the best early Sydney views. This view of Sydney Cove was made during the Laplace voyage. It shows Circular Quay brimming with ships, the...
Price (AUD):
$2,500.00
Ref: #3103072
Carte réduite de la Riviére de la Plata depuis les Caps Sainte Marie et Saint Antoine jusqu'aux Iles de Hornos et Buenos-Ayres
Paris: Dépôt Général de la Marine, 1833.
Sounding chart for the River Plate.
Engraved chart; two conjoined sheets measuring 655 x 988 mm. in total. Sounding chart of the headwaters of the River Plate, with soundings of the approaches to Montevideo. The map was produced by the French navy and.....
Price (AUD):
$1,250.00
Ref: #3912529
Plan du Port et de la Rade de Montevideo, dans le Rio de la Plata, levé en 1831.
Paris: Dépôt Général de la Marine, 1833.
The original township of Montevideo in 1831
Engraved chart, two conjoined sheets measuring 655 x 988 mm. in total. Splendid map of the coastline of Uruguay - with detail of the original city grid of Montevideo - from the golden age of French.....
Price (AUD):
$1,285.00
Ref: #3912537
Plan de la rade de Buenos-Ayres...…
Paris: Dépôt Général de la Marine, 1833.
The old township of Buenos Aires.
Engraved chart; two conjoined sheets measuring 655 x 988 mm. in total. Finely engraved map showing the township of Buenos Aire, with much detail including the street plan of the old city, parks, and surrounding agricultural lands.....
Price (AUD):
$1,400.00
Ref: #3912525