An incisive review of our latest catalogue from Michael Stillman of Rare Book Monthly, particularly of the earliest item: Quiros's Memorial of 1611 and his search for "a great southern continent many believed must exist. Its existence had been imagined going back to the days of Aristotle". Please click Website above for the full review and download our full catalogue by clicking here.
Our new catalogue is selection of 52 items including one of the great voyage rarities: an original Quiros presentation memorial. Dating from 1611 this is one of only 14 different Memorials known to have been printed by Quiros (at his own considerable expense), which mark the earliest printed record of discovery and plans for settlement of a Southern Continent.
Our cover item is from Lieutenant Robert Dale’s famously important and vivid nine-foot wide View...
The team at Hordern House is delighted to announce our move to new premises in Surry Hills, Sydney just 5 minutes from the CBD. This exciting new space has allowed us to display our rare books, manuscripts and paintings to full advantage over one purpose-built level. In our move from Potts Point we have uncovered treasures which we look forward to sharing with you. Keep an eye on our Lists and New & Notable website tabs...
Hordern House is delighted to offer a shortlist of classic Voyage accounts selected from two significant private collections. Over the next year we will be offering themed lists from these wonderful collections. The shortlist may be downloaded here. This is a linked pdf, so please click on any page for more information and images or search at hordern.com. As well, we have uploaded our new online list: Thirteen broadsides 1780 to 1886--please click here. Previous on-line lists may...
Hordern House looks forward to exhibiting at the 50th California Antiquarian Bookfair in Oakland at the Marriott City Centre 10-12th February 2017. Please click on "website" above to view our catalogue.
Michael Stillman's entertaining and lively review of our latest catalogue appears in Rare Book Monthly. To view please click the link above.
This month we have uploaded our Special catalogue of 45 items including Solvyns' great colour plate study of Indian manners and costume, Arago's intimate study of a priest of Guam, together with an 18th Century table globe and a fine watercolour of the iconic Black Swan. Also included are Shaw's catalogue of Tapa: a highly unusual example with extra specimens, Samwell's Narrative of the Death of Cook as well as maps by Brion de la...
Hordern House will be exhibiting at the ANZAAB Melbourne Rare Book Fair 22-24th July, the culmination of Rare Book Week. Our July list has been prepared with this in mind and has items of rare Australian interest including the Rev. Johnson’s Address, Carboni’s Eureka Stockade, Fairholme's suite of Australian views highlighting early white settlement on the Darling Downs, and a fine 1861 painting of the First School House at Dandenong; together with early printed books...
We have posted online our May list: a selection of 25 items ranging in interest from paintings and prints including Clara Allport’s watercolour of Manly and Joseph Smith’s magnificent image of the Waratah; the German edition of Flinders notable for the important map; a fine set of Cook and an early Italian edition of La Perouse with unrecorded plates; together with manuscript letters and an early edition of Thomas More’s Utopia and the scarce anonymous Politician’s Dictionary,of significance to...
