Prints
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
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
View of Sydney in New South Wales (Taken from Bell Mount).
London: James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie, 1814.
From Bellevue Hill
Engraving on paper, 290 x 430 mm; a good, well-inked impression. A lovely, early Sydney view: the city and Harbour is shown from the Bellevue Hill and Vaucluse area, looking westward. This fine engraving was published by Laurie and.....
Price (AUD):
$7,750.00
Ref: #4108638
Views of Australia…
London: undated but all circa 1853.
The settlement of Brisbane and the Darling Downs; rare pictorial records.
Eleven black and white lithographs: numbers 1-5 and 7-9 approx 255 x 330 mm (matted size) and 2 approx 280 x 375 mm (conforming to those prepared for "Fifteen views of Australia in.....
Price (AUD):
$12,500.00
Ref: #3812956
"Wayggiou". Freycinet's corrected proof engraving of plate 44 of his Atlas Historique…
Paris: after 1820 and before final publication in 1826.
Freycinet insisting on ethnographic and scientific detail
Early proof plate before letters and number; manuscript caption and notes, bold ink note with instructions to engraver. Early stage of an important engraving from the official account of Louis de Freycinet's voyage in.....
Price (AUD):
$8,800.00
Ref: #4504614
Iles Mariannes: Divers objets à l'usage des habitans actuels.
Paris: circa 1828.
Ethnology of Micronesia
Engraved plate measuring 320 x 235 mm. (plate size). Early proof version (before number) of a splendid engraving made for the official publication of the Uranie voyage: it would appear in the Atlas Historique of Louis de Freycinet's Voyage autour du monde. Duperrey, who.....
Price (AUD):
$785.00
Ref: #4202816
Ile Ombai: Armes Et Ornements.
Paris: 1822. Engraving by Coutant, 240 x 320mm (proof state before plates numbered). Proof impression of Indonesian weapons & armour reproduced as plate no. 35 in the Atlas Historique, Voyage autour du monde by Louis de Freycinet.
Price (AUD):
$1,800.00
Ref: #4202805
Nlle Hollande: Port-Jackson. Sauvages des Montagnes Bleues.
Paris: 1825.
Blue Mountains Aborigines
Handcoloured stipple engraving, 150 x 270mm. A marvellous engraved portrait of an Aboriginal elder of the Blue Mountains named Karadra and his companion Hara-o, after an original study by Alphonse Pellion; Karadra, the older man on the right, holds a clay tobacco pipe in his.....
Price (AUD):
$2,400.00
Ref: #3502581
Nouvelle-Hollande. Vue De La Riviere Waragamba, Dans Les Montagnes-Bleues, Au Port-Jackson.
Paris: 1822. Hand-coloured engraving, 190 x 270 mm., mounted. Early view of Warragamba River in the lower Blue Mountains, the site of Sydney's ever important Warragamba Dam from the official published account of the major French voyage of 1817-1820 to Australia and the Pacific commanded by Louis de Freycinet. The.....
Price (AUD):
$1,850.00
Ref: #4008985
Nouvelle-Hollande. Vue De La Riviere Waragamba, Dans Les Montagnes-Bleues, Au Port-Jackson.
Paris: 1822.
Blue Mountains
Engraving, 190 x 270 mm. Early view of Warragamba River in the lower Blue Mountains, the site of Sydney's ever important Warragamba Dam from the official published account of the major French voyage of 1817-1820 to Australia and the Pacific commanded by Louis de Freycinet. The.....
Price (AUD):
$1,250.00
Ref: #4201760
Woburn Sheepshearing.
London: G. Garrard, 31 May 1811.
Sir Joseph Banks judges sheepshearing
Original aquatint, stipple, etching and engraving; 540 x 800 mm., mounted and framed. A large detailed and striking image of the annual sheep shearing festival held by the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey, with Sir Joseph Banks a......
Price (AUD):
$10,500.00
Ref: #4504111
The Hon'ble Sir Charles Wager Kn't. Admiral of ye Blen Squadron…
London: John Faber, 1732. Mezzotint measuring 350 x 250 mm. with detailed engraved caption. Mezzotint portrait of Admiral Charles Wager, an instrumental figure in the effective organisation of the British Navy in the first half of the eighteenth-century. Wager won his fame by capturing the rich Spanish prize Santa Cruz.....
Price (AUD):
$425.00
Ref: #4005824
Consequences of a Successfull French Invasion.
London: J. Gillray, n.d., 1798.
Parliament is adjourned to Botany Bay
Etching; 320 x 360 mm., mounted. The original eighteenth century version of this rare transportation engraving, where the Parliament of Great Britain has been condemned - the chair of the Speaker being inscribed "This House adjourned to Botany Bay".....
Price (AUD):
$4,850.00
Ref: #3002930
The Great South Sea Caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath Butterfly.
London: J. Gillray, n.d., 1851.
From among the Weeds & Mud on the Banks of the South Sea
Original etching, 350 x 250 mm.; fine; mounted. (Two caricatures verso). Rare satirical cartoon of Sir Joseph Banks, ridiculed for using the Royal Order of the Bath for self-promotion. Portraits of Banks.....
Price (AUD):
$1,250.00
Ref: #4011321
Banded Honey-eater (Myzomela Pectoralis)
London: The Author 1840-, 1869. Hand-coloured lithograph (540 x 355 mm.), with letter-press text. The banded Honey-eater was bought to Gould's attention by Mr Benjamin Bynoe, Surgeon of the Beagle, who collected the specimen whilst on the northern coast. An interesting bird and further testament to Gould's statement that the.....
Price (AUD):
$1,250.00
Ref: #4312696
Crested Penguin (Eudyptes Chrysocome)
London: The Author 1840-, 1869. Hand-coloured lithograph (365 x 540 mm.), with letter-press text; very good. The Crested penguin is occasionally found on the shores of Tasmania and the south coast of Australia. Gould borrows from Latham's description who calls it the Hopping Penguin and Jumping Jack due to its.....
Price (AUD):
$1,600.00
Ref: #4312695
Ewing's Acanthiza (Acanthiza Ewingii)
London: The Author 1840-, 1869. Hand-coloured lithograph (510 x 350 mm), with letter-press text. The Ewing's Acanthiza, Acanthiza Ewingii, is a native of Tasmania and was named after the Reverend Thomas James Ewing. This is an original hand coloured lithographic plate from Gould's most famous work, Birds of Australia. John.....
Price (AUD):
$650.00
Ref: #4007935