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[COOK; WEBBER] An alphabetical catalogue of plates, engraved by the most esteemed artists, after the finest pictures and drawings of the Italian, Flemish, German, French, English, and other schools, which compose the stock of John and Josiah Boydell, engravers and printsellers,

No. 90, Cheapside, and at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall; preceded by an account of various works, sets of prints, galleries, &c. forming part of the same stock. London : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1803. Quarto, contemporary blind-tooled red half-roan over marbled boards (edges rubbed), rebacked in crushed morocco…

[SOUTH AUSTRALIA] The Hayward brothers of McLaren Vale and Aroona Station : a small archive of correspondence (chiefly from 1854) and family-related documents and ephemera (1823-1890s).

Biographical notes: Martinus Peter Hayward (1817-1904) was the son of Joakim Cooper Hayward (1782-1864) of Hayward’s End, Stonehouse [in Gloucestershire]. A qualified doctor, he emigrated to South Australia on the Rajasthan in 1839-40. He was declared insolvent in the depression of 1843 and went back to England. He returned to Adelaide in…

P. Ovidii. Opera quae extant.

London : J. Brindley, 1745. Five volumes, 24mo (120 x 70 mm), in uniform early 19th-century bindings of gilt-ruled calf (very good condition, some minor wear to the corners and joints, second volume with short repaired tear at foot of spine), spines decorated in gilt and with burgundy calf title…

Governor Davey’s Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816. Presented to the Museum by Mr. A. Bolter, 1867.

[Circa 1890]. [Title from image]. Albumen print photograph of a lithograph held in the collection of the Tasmanian Museum; 260 x 180 mm, blind stamped J. W. Beattie, Photographer, Hobart at lower left; laid down recto of a leaf removed from a 19th-century album; some short edge tears and light foxing…

[ABOLITIONISM] An illustrated Anti-slavery propaganda envelope.

Dundee : Designed & engraved by J. Valentine, [ca. 1853]. Postal envelope, 76 x 125 mm, the verso engraved with six vignette illustrations depicting scenes from Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and two main legends in capitals, the first around the upper flap: ALL THINGS WHATSOEVER YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO…

Victorian geographical and biographical charades. Intended as a pastime for winter evenings, combining amusement with instruction.

Melbourne : Stillwell and Knight, Collins Street East, 1870. First and only edition. Large octavo (215 x 170 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked ultramarine cloth, upper board and spine lettered in gilt (a few light marks, but nice and bright); edges stained red; original brown endpapers, pp. xi, [1 blank], 100; front…

To China & Japan … Australia & New Zealand. Via San Francisco.

[Drop title]. Liverpool, U.K. : Rudolph Falck, General European Agent, [c.1900]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers (light vertical fold, some mild toning), staple bound, pp 24 (including wrappers), photographic illustrations, deck and cabin plans, tables of fares etc.; a good, clean copy. Very scarce pre-Panama Canal brochure compiled by travel agent Rudolph…

Aboriginal group on the shores of Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda), Gippsland, Victoria. Circa 1886.

Albumen print photograph, 145 x 200 mm, laid down on its original mount with printed caption label at bottom margin: ‘Natives on Caligurnie Bay. In the centre of the women on the log may be seen the oldest woman on the settlement, “Kitty”.’; the albumen print is in very good condition…

“And one by one crept silently to rest” c. 1927

Watercolour with gold highlights on card, 232 x 207 mm; signed and dated ‘Phil McLachlan’ upper left, titled with the quote from Omar Khayyam lower centre, the quote further inscribed in the lower margin, trial pencil sketches verso, very good condition. Housed in a custom timber frame in period style…

[MALASPINA] Diario del viage explorador de las corbetas españolas “Descubierta” y “Atrevida”, en los años de 1789 á 1794 / llevado por el teniente de navio D. Francisco Javier de Viana, y ofrecido para su publicacion, en su original inédito, por el Sr. D. Francisco Javier de Viana, y demas hijos del autor.

Cerrito de la Victoria [Uruguay] : Imprenta del ejército, 1849. First edition. Large octavo, contemporary vellum with later title label, housed in quarter morocco clamshell box, loosely inserted bookplate of Jorge Skinner-Klee, second title ‘Diario del teniente de navio D. Francisco Xavier de Viana, trabajado en el viage de las…

Portrait miniature of Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816).

Enamel on copper, image 75 x 60 mm (oval format); inscribed, signed and dated on the counter-enamel verso: ‘The Rt. Honble. The Earl of Buckinghamshire. Painted by Henry Bone ARA. Enamel Painter to HRH the Prince of Wales. Jany 1806’; some traces of surface dirt to the sitter’s face and…

BOCK, Thomas (and Alfred BOCK), attributed

Ambrotype of a gentleman against a painted backdrop with trailing vine.

SCHOURUP, Peter

Young woman holding a flower. Port Adelaide, 1871.

DEANS, F. R.

“A Little Colonial” named Lena, on roller skates. Boulder (Kalgoorlie), Western Australian goldfields, circa 1910.

CLIFFORD, Samuel (1827-1890) (publisher); FRITH, Henry Albert (active in Australia 1858-1867) (photographer, attributed)

Studio portrait of Pangernowidedic (Bessy Clarke), William Lanne, Trugernanner (Truganini), and Wapperty. Hobart Town, 1864.

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New Acquisitions September 2024

CONDER, Charles (1868 - 1909)

The 9 by 5 Impression Exhibition

McPHERSON, Robert

[GOLD RUSH] Lengthy letter written by a newly arrived Scottish immigrant, describing the city of Melbourne in July 1853.

[Various].

[VIETNAM WAR] Collection of business cards for bars and nightclubs catering to US servicemen on R&R in the Wanchai red-light district of Hong Kong.

AMERICAN & AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY [LIND, James P.]

[WINE] Front view of a colonial cottage showing rows of neatly planted grape vines. Melbourne (or Beechworth?), 1869-70.

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[COOK; WEBBER] An alphabetical catalogue of plates, engraved by the most esteemed artists, after the finest pictures and drawings of the Italian, Flemish, German, French, English, and other schools, which compose the stock of John and Josiah Boydell, engravers and printsellers,

[SOUTH AUSTRALIA] The Hayward brothers of McLaren Vale and Aroona Station : a small archive of correspondence (chiefly from 1854) and family-related documents and ephemera (1823-1890s).

P. Ovidii. Opera quae extant.

Governor Davey’s Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816. Presented to the Museum by Mr. A. Bolter, 1867.

[ABOLITIONISM] An illustrated Anti-slavery propaganda envelope.

Victorian geographical and biographical charades. Intended as a pastime for winter evenings, combining amusement with instruction.

To China & Japan … Australia & New Zealand. Via San Francisco.

Aboriginal group on the shores of Lake Tyers (Bung Yarnda), Gippsland, Victoria. Circa 1886.

“And one by one crept silently to rest” c. 1927

Portrait miniature of Robert, Lord Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760-1816).

Australian portrait photographs, 1850s-1940s

Ambrotype of a gentleman against a painted backdrop with trailing vine.

Young woman holding a flower. Port Adelaide, 1871.

“A Little Colonial” named Lena, on roller skates. Boulder (Kalgoorlie), Western Australian goldfields, circa 1910.

Studio portrait of Pangernowidedic (Bessy Clarke), William Lanne, Trugernanner (Truganini), and Wapperty. Hobart Town, 1864.