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Engraved plate captioned 'The Kanguroo an Animal found on the Coast of New Holland'.
London: J. Cooke, 1787-1790. Original eighteenth century engraving, 120 x 175 mm. (image size). Engraving of Stubb's kangaroo, disbound from Bankes' New System of Geography.
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$200.00
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Ref: #2908542
Briefe im Jahr 1772 nach Island angestellte Reise betreffen.
Upsala & Leipzig: Magnus Swederus, 1779.
Banks and Solander in iceland
Octavo, large map and chart and eleven plates (most folding), 13 plates in total; contemporary quarter roan and marbled boards. First German edition, preceded only by the very rare Swedish edition of 1777, and followed by London and Paris...
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$3,200.00
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Ref: #3910345
A Short Account of the Cause of the Disease in Corn…
London: Printed for H.D. Symonds and Curtis, 1805.
Banks on disease in corn
Octavo, six engraved plates in the first work, and one folding engraved plate by Bauer in the second work; contemporary half calf (restored). One of remarkably few works by Joseph Banks to have appeared in print. Despite...
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$2,750.00
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Ref: #2308889
A Short Account of the Cause of the Disease in Corn…
London: printed for J. Harding, 1805.
Sir Joseph Banks in print
Octavo, 32 pp. including the half-title, with a folding plate; with the half-title in "Mackaness" morocco, with the Mackaness bookplate. One of remarkably few works published by Banks, but an apt demonstration of his wide range of scientific interest...
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$1,750.00
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Ref: #3004121
Elogio Historico de Jose Banks…
Lisboa: na Typografia da Mesma Academia, 1848.
A celebration of Sir Joseph Banks
Quarto, 11 pages, laid paper watermarked 1843, original plain paper wrappers. Attractive copy of a very unusual work, a paper presented in Portuguese in 1843 on the life of Sir Joseph Banks.Manoel Maria José da Costa was...
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$2,250.00
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Ref: #4201745
The Great South Sea Caterpillar, transform'd into a Bath Butterfly.
London: H. Humphrey, 4 July 1795.
Making fun of Sir Joseph Banks, who metamorphoses into a splendid butterfly
Hand coloured engraving, 350 x 250 mm.; fine; mounted and framed. The rare 1795 first issue of this splendid satirical cartoon of Sir Joseph Banks, ridiculed for using the Royal Order of...
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$21,000.00
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Ref: #4504783
Observations on a Bill…
London? 1787.
Wool in England; preface probably by Joseph Banks
12mo, uncut, recent marbled wrappers. Rare: an intriguing pamphlet on the vexed question of the importation of wool into England, with a preface thought to have been contributed by Sir Joseph Banks.The West Countryman John Anstie had first mooted a....
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$925.00
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Ref: #4010210
"Portrait of Sr. Joseph Banks. President of the Royal Society" (early caption)…
England: circa 1795-1800.
An unrecorded version of Banks's favourite portrait, by the daughter of a friend
Pastel on paper backed onto linen 62 x 50cm; in the original gilt frame and glass. A compelling lifetime portrait of Sir Joseph Banks at the height of his powers, recently rediscovered in England...
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$65,000.00
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Ref: #4504922
Joseph Banks Esq.
London: W. Dickinson, 30 January 1774.
The classic portrait of Banks as a young man
Mezzotint portrait, 510 x 370 mm.; a very good impression, mounted and framed. In this fine mezzotint Joseph Banks " the father of Australia" is shown sitting confidently at his desk, surrounded by the accoutrements...
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$14,500.00
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Ref: #4504653
Sir Jph. Banks (Voyageur-Naturaliste,) Président de la société royale…
Paris? circa 1824.
French portrait of Sir Joseph Banks
Stipple-engraved portrait, 204 x 120 mm. Fine head-and-shoulders portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by Ambrose Tardieu. Banks is shown wearing the star and garter' the comments that the image was based on the painting by Sir Thomas Phillips, and the borrowing...
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$425.00
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Ref: #4103466
British Colonization and Coloured Tribes.
London: William Ball, 1838.
Scarce work by former Attorney General of NSW
Small octavo, neat blind-stamp to title-page, bound without the 4 pp. advertisements noted by Ferguson; half green morocco by Sangorski, spine lettered in gilt. An excellent copy of a surprisingly scarce work, written by a former Attorney General...
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$1,200.00
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Ref: #4107187
Early French Voyages to Australia. Les premières expéditions françaises vers l'Australie. A portfolio of reproductions…
Sydney: 1981.
The French in Australia
Folio, viii pp. title and preliminaries with illustrations, followed by seventeen plates, some in colour; a fine set, unbound as issued in the original folder. Handsome album issued to commemorate BNP's first hundred years in Australia, with finely printed reproductions of original plates from...
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$600.00
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Ref: #4504182
George Barbier Vingt-cinq costumes pour le théatre. Préface par Edmond Jaloux.
Paris: Chez Camille Bloch & Jules Meynial, 1927.
Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes
Quarto, portrait frontispiece, introduction followed by twenty-five pochoir colour plates, each signed by the artist and mounted on tinted grey Arches paper; fine in polished half-calf with black lettering. A remarkable collection of elegant theatrical costume designs...
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$7,500.00
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Ref: #4504079
A Short Historical Account of the University of Sydney.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1902. Octavo; original green cloth. Published in connection with the Jubilee celebrations 1852-1902.
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$100.00
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Ref: #2400647
A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales…
London: C. Lowndes, 1801.
"Barrington" account, chiefly from Collins
Duodecimo, on blue-ish paper, pp. viii, 5-88, [vi]; old half calf. Second edition of the so-called sequel to Barrington, issued by the same publishers as the Voyage to Botany Bay. As with most Barrington material this is fraudulently attributed to him...
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$2,300.00
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Ref: #4106370
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An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales…
London: Jones, 1810.
Matching pair uncut in original boards
Two volumes, octavo; both works completely uncut in original boards, later paper title-labels; handsome matching slipcases. A beautiful uncut set of Barrington's famous pair of works, rare in this condition. The History, with its seventeen full-page plates, is the first book...
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$10,000.00
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Ref: #3705009
An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales.
London: Jones, 1810.
Second edition with fine handcoloured plates
Octavo, portrait frontispiece and nine handcoloured plates, folding map (laid down); contemporary half calf. The second edition (first published 1803) of this substantial account of the voyage to New South Wales via the Cape of Good Hope, with incidents partly derived...
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$3,250.00
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Ref: #2302019
The Genuine Life and Trial of George Barrington…
London: W. Clements & J. Sadler, 1791.
With Barrington's speeches from the dock
Octavo in fours, with wood-engraved frontispiece. Very rare: the second issue of this scarce pamphlet celebrating the misdeeds and famous speeches from the dock of Australia's most famous convict. This is one of the earliest and most...
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$2,400.00
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Ref: #3002002
The History of New South Wales including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its Dependencies.
London: M. Jones, 1802.
Gentleman pickpocket turned colonial historian?
Octavo, with an engraved title page and 14 hand-coloured plates (including frontispiece), contemporary full polished calf (a bit scuffed and rubbed), morocco label. The first book to contain coloured illustrations of Sydney.This is the first book edition of Barrington's famous work...
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$3,000.00
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Ref: #4504791
A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales…
London: C. Lowndes, 1801.
Barrington sequel, mostly sourced from Collins
Octavo, laid paper uncut, with the 6 pp. 'Official Register of the Crimes, Trials and Executions'; in later half calf, spine banded and gilt, crimson morocco label. A scarce Barrington title.This so-called Sequel drew most of its content from David...
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$3,250.00
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Ref: #3701855
Voyage à Botany-Bay,
Paris: Desenne, Anno VI, 1798. Octavo, xvi, 192 pp.; joints rubbed, contemporary quarter roan with crimson morocco label. French edition of Barrington, with a five page preface explaining the extraordinary circumstances of the author, noting his aptitude for observation and return to grace in a new land.Garvey notes of this...
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$2,250.00
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Ref: #4206024
A Voyage to New South Wales…
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796.
The rare American Barrington
Duodecimo, with 2-pp. publisher's advertisements;, with the half-title, in original American mottled sheep, unlettered spine ruled in gilt; front hinge starting, head of spine restored. Only the second work on Australia to be published in America. This first American edition...
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$5,800.00
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Ref: #3206510
A Voyage to New South Wales…
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796.
The rare American Barrington
Duodecimo, with 2-pp. publisher's advertisements, contemporary owner's inscription for "Will. Bowman"; in old sheep boards, recently rebacked. Only the second work on Australia to be published in America. This first American edition of Barrington's Voyage, in appealing and characteristic contemporary...
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$5,800.00
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Ref: #4304422
Portrait of George Barrington.
London: 1804-, 1809.
Fine image of the famous pickpocket
Stippled engraving, 98 x 75 mm. A very good portrait of Barrington, within an octagonal border. George Barrington was convicted of felonry and transported with the Third Fleet in 1791. Soon after his arrival in Sydney Cove, Barrington's "irreproachable conduct" led...
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$450.00
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Ref: #3002910