Fine Art

  • An early eighteenth-century German perpetual calendar.

    # 45783

    WOLRAB, Johann Jacob (1675-1746)

    An early eighteenth-century German perpetual calendar.

    Nürnberg : Johann Jacob Wolrab, [circa 1720]. Original wooden box, 270 x 105 x 40 mm, with two compartments containing removable cards: 6 double-sided cards for the months and 16 smaller double-sided cards for the days; each card is engraved and hand-coloured, but the larger cards also have hand-painted gouache decorations illustrating the months and …

    $14,000.00 AUD Read more
  • Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.

    # 46355

    M. STERNGERG & TURCO-EGYPTIAN TOBACCO STORE (publishers)

    Group of five chromolithographic postcards with views of Hong Kong, early 1900s.

    I. M. Sternberg, publisher. Hongkong Star Ferry Wharf. II. M. Sternberg, publisher. View of Peak Buildings and Roads, Hongkong. III. M. Sternberg, publisher. Queen’s Road Central and Chinese New Year Decorations, Hongkong. IV. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. Hongkong. Resting Place of the highest spot of the Peak. V. Turco-Egyptian Tobacco Store, publisher. The Peak of …

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  • [POSTER] Laienkunst

    # 46682

    FRITZSCHE, Ulrich

    [POSTER] Laienkunst

    Malerei Grafik Plastik Kunsthandwerk. Zeigen vom 25.mai bis 30.Juni 1960. Zirkel fur bildende Kunst der Volkhochschule Pankow. (Verband bildende Kunstler Deutschlands, Bezirk Berlin). Kulturbundhaus Erich Weinert, Berlin-Pankow, Breiterstrasse 43a. Exhibition poster, 1960. Lithographic process, 580 x 400 mm (image), 880 x 720 mm (frame). A scarce Communist era poster for an exhibition of works by …

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  • Portfolio of 19 copperplate photogravure prints from the exhibition "Photogravure Images", United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

    # 46278

    Robert ASHTON (1950- )

    Portfolio of 19 copperplate photogravure prints from the exhibition “Photogravure Images”, United Artists Gallery, Melbourne, 1987.

    [Melbourne : the artist, 1987]. Complete suite of nineteen copperplate photogravures, printed in an edition of 10; 195 x 295 mm (plate size), 370 x 460 mm (sheet size); all untitled, but signed and dated in the plate l.r. ‘Robert Ashton 1987’, and numbered at l.l. 1/10 (4), 2/10 (3), 3/10 (2), 4/10 (2), 5/10 …

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  • Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    # 46021

    HETZER, William, fl. 1850-67

    Scene on Middle Harbour, Sydney, 1858-59.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 76 x 71 mm (arch-top format), original plain white mount 84 x 172 mm, recto with an erroneous lithographically printed caption ‘Wooloomooloo [sic] Bay, Pott’s Point, Sydney’; verso blank; both albumen prints are in fine condition, although a little dark; the mount is very clean and stable. An insect-damaged …

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  • [WW1; ARTIST'S BOOK] Commentaires et visions de l'humanité [à la] Marne

    # 45890

    POZZI, Michel

    [WW1; ARTIST’S BOOK] Commentaires et visions de l’humanité [à la] Marne

    Paris : M. Pozzi, 1917. The first of 12 examples made by the artist; as far as we can ascertain, the only one extant. Folio (380 x 285 mm), artist’s original binding of full vellum, the upper board with artist’s manuscript calligraphic title, along with his monogram, name ‘M. Pozzi’ and ‘Paris 1917’ in red ink, …

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  • Globe Terrestre par Vivien de Saint-Martin

    # 46468

    HACHETTE

    Globe Terrestre par Vivien de Saint-Martin

    Paris : Hachette & Cie., c.1870. Terrestrial globe, 21 cms in diameter, chromolithograph gores on plaster sphere, mounted on an ebonised turned wooden base, total height 44 cms, the globe with some marks and light surface abrasion, but overall in very good condition without any signs of restoration.  

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  • "Globe terrestre" (a box in the form of a pocket globe)

    # 46467

    Z. & B.

    “Globe terrestre” (a box in the form of a pocket globe)

    Paris? : Edit. Z & B. c.1910.  Card box in the form of a pocket globe, 3 1/2 inches in diameter, the box in two halves split along the equator, which fit together to form the whole, some surface rubbing and detachment of the card inserts internally, a good example.

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  • Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers' photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    # 45904

    FARNDELL, Edward; DURYEA, Townsend; MARCHANT, E. W.; VON HARTITZSCH, Otto; RUSHTON & JUST; STUMP & CO., et al.

    Alma Plains and Adelaide, South Australia : an important pioneer settlers’ photograph album with portraits of members of families associated with the Church of Christ. 1860s-80s.

    Quarto (290 x 230 mm), embossed green leather decorated in gilt (upper board detached and lacking backstrip); title leaf with later family member’s inscription identifying the original owners of the album as ‘Janet and William Howard, Alma Plains – Dalkey’; containing a total of [82] albumen print photographs – [73] in carte de visite format, …

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  • The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    # 46202

    MORRIS, Alfred

    The Oriental Bank, corner of Queen Street and Flinders Lane, Melbourne, c.1864.

    Stereoscopic albumen print photograph, each individual image 74 x 72 mm (arch-top format), on pale yellow board mount 82 x 171 mm; verso with printed label worded ‘A. Morris & Co.’s Stereoscopic Views of Victoria. Oriental Bank [in ms.] Melbourne’, and with the firm’s address ’56 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne’ at lower right; both prints are …

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  • A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world

    # 46577

    BRUÉ, Adrian Hubert

    A rare cased atlas of eight large folding maps of the world

    Paris : Chez J. Goujon et J. Andriveau, 1827. A large book-form box made of stiff card, 250 mm tall, gilt-decorated papered sides, silk draw ribbon, the ‘spine’ made of crushed morocco styled in compartments, with gilt ornamentation and the lettering ‘Atlas par H. Brué’, listing the eight maps contained within: ‘Mappemonde; Europe; Asie; Afrique; …

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  • [NEW ZEALAND] An archive of studio portrait photographs of members of the families of Benjamin and Edward Smith of Wellington, 1860s to early 1870s.

    # 46141

    [Various Wellington photographers]

    [NEW ZEALAND] An archive of studio portrait photographs of members of the families of Benjamin and Edward Smith of Wellington, 1860s to early 1870s.

    Twenty-five albumen print photographs in carte de visite format, average dimensions 100 x 63 mm (mounts), by the Wellington studios of E. S. Richards (4), Richards & Batt (1), Batt & Richards (2), W. H. Davis (7), W. J. Harding (1), Wrigglesworth (1), and Wrigglesworth & Binns (1), and the Wanganui studio of Thomas Tuffin …

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  • Studio portrait of Andrew Sloan, seated and holding a book. Geelong, Victoria, c.1875.

    # 46281

    HARVEY & DUNDEN

    Studio portrait of Andrew Sloan, seated and holding a book. Geelong, Victoria, c.1875.

    Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 63 mm (mount); recto of mount with a fully contemporary inscription in ink identifying the sitter as ‘Andrew Sloan’; verso with back mark of ‘Harvey & Dunden, Corner Portrait Gallery, Moorabool St., Geelong’; some very light foxing to the print and the mount. We are confident …

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  • View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    # 46443

    [Photographer unknown].

    View inside the trading post of Oloff & Co. at Lome, Togoland Protectorate, West Africa, c.1890.

    Albumen print photograph, 100 x 140 mm, on original card mount, 185 x 220 mm, fully contemporary inscription in ink below the image: ‘T. Oloff & Co. / Factorei / Lome’; a very strong print with excellent clarity, in good condition; the mount is clean and stable. The Togoland Protectorate (Schutzgebiet Togo) was administered by …

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  • Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

    # 46461

    [PAAR, Theodor, attributed]

    Portraits of Himalayan types, including Nepalese and Tibetan, taken in Darjeeling, 1890s.

    Group of 5 (five) albumen print photographs removed from the same late nineteenth-century album, all attributed to the Darjeeling photographer Theodor Paar. I. The Witch at Ghoom. [Caption on mount]. 200 x 150 mm, mounted recto of card mount; very good condition. The subject is believed to have been a Bhutia woman from Tibet, living …

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  • Souvenir folding card ... Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seatte, Washington, June 1st to October 16th 1909.

    # 46463

    A.Y.P. EXPO. CO.

    Souvenir folding card … Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition, Seatte, Washington, June 1st to October 16th 1909.

    [Seattle] : AYP Expo. Co., 1909. Colour-illustrated wallet, 105 x 155 mm, containing a concertina foldout with 24 postcard-size chromolithographed photographic images of buildings and First Nations groups from the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition held in 1909 in Seattle; the wallet has a few small marks, contents in fine condition.

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