Manuscripts
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![[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).](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/04/01130249/2022_DSFB_1907-300x300.jpg)
# 34594
HAYWARD, Martinus Peter (1817-1904); HAYWARD, Johnson Frederick (1822-1912); HAYWARD, Joakim Cooper (1782-1864)
[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 1846, serving as surgeon on …
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![[MELBOURNE] Illuminated address for Charles Rennie Esq., presented by the minister and parishioners of the Presbyterian Church, Brighton. October, 1886.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/03/11120917/2022_DSFB_1372-300x300.jpg)
# 34558
[RENNIE, Charles, 1848-1930]
[MELBOURNE] Illuminated address for Charles Rennie Esq., presented by the minister and parishioners of the Presbyterian Church, Brighton. October, 1886.
Large folio portfolio (490 x 390 mm), full crushed red morocco elaborately gilt (lightly scuffed, worn at corners and spine ends), front board lettered ‘To Charles Rennie, Esq. / Presbyterian Church, Brighton, October 12th 1886’; gilt dentelles and silk-lined inner front board; the illuminated address itself, expressing the gratitude of ‘the Elders, Managers, Members and …
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# 34554
LEE, Sydney Williams (1841-1917)
Manuscript letter from architect Sydney Williams Lee to artist John Seymour Lucas, March 1879, with an offer to purchase “The Gordon Riots”, the painting which was acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales at the Melbourne Exhibition in 1881.
Manuscript in ink on wove writing paper, octavo bifolium (179 x 112 mm), [4] pp, written on the first side only; headed ‘4 Burston Road, Putney. March 5th 1879’; signed at the foot ‘Sydney W. Lee’; the note is addressed ‘My dear Lucas’ (John Seymour Lucas, English historical genre painter, 1849-1923); Lee offers to buy …
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# 32306
ESSON, Thomas Louis Buvelot (1878–1943)
Louis Esson, Australian dramatist and poet : autograph letter, signed, mentioning a forthcoming poduction of one of his plays. Carlton, Melbourne, early 1920s.
1 page, small quarto (200 x 170 mm), manuscript in ink on faint-ruled writing paper; headed ’67 Queensberry St. Carlton, Wed.’ (but no precise date), addressed ‘Dear Dave’, and signed at the foot ‘With all good wishes, I am Yours sincerely, Louis Esson’; Esson writes: ‘Do you think you will be around some afternoon at …
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# 32325
WESTALL, William (1781-1850)
William Westall, voyage artist: autograph receipt for the sale a drawing for Mrs. Haldimand, dated 31 October 1826.
Manuscript in ink on laid paper, 75 x 180 mm; dated ‘Oct. 31st 1826’, the document is written in Westall’s hand and is worded: ‘Recd. of G. J. Robson Esqre. Ten Guineas for a Drawing for Mrs. Haldimand. [Signed] W. Westall. / £10.10’; blind stamped at left margin ‘Receipt Three Pence’; clean and complete. Rare …
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# 32733
ŠEVČÍK, Otakar (1852-1934)
Otakar Ševčík, violinist and influential pedagogue: autograph note, signed, on a postcard featuring a portrait of himself. Sent from Prague, and addressed to a music critic in Berlin, April 1904.
Prague : Mojmír Urbánek, [1904]. Postcard, 91 x 141 mm; on the left side of the recto is a photomechanical process portrait of Ševčík from a photograph by V. Donát, with a printed caption ‘PROF. OT. ŠEVČÍK’ at top centre; the right side is occupied by an autograph note by Ševčík written in German in pen, …
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# 32162
DU MAURIER, George (1834-1896)
George du Maurier, cartoonist and writer : autograph note, signed, to fellow “Punch” artist Phil May. March, 1896.
1 page manuscript in ink, 175 x 100 mm, on du Maurier’s personalised notepaper with his embossed address 17, Oxford Square, W., dated Sunday, March 29, 1896; to Phil May (1864-1903), English caricaturist. Du Maurier writes: ‘My Dear May, I’m in for another cold with this hearty weather – so I don’t feel up to tomorrow …
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# 31123
PRESTON, Robert
Communion to the trees : third morning communion : the Essene Gospel of Peace : book III
Translated by E.B. Szekely. Illuminated by Robert Preston. Townsville and Melbourne : Macmillan, 2002. Oblong folio (23 x 47cm), gilt-lettered cloth in gilt-lettered matching slipcase, pp. [24], illustrated. Limited to 200 numbered copies (this out of series). Note : this book was bound in a variety of different coloured cloths, the copy which you order …
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# 28787
WILHELMI, Johann Friedrich Carl (1829 - 1884).
Carl Wilhelmi, German naturalist in Australia: three autograph letters, signed, with significant content on Murray Aboriginal customs and botanical collecting. June 1860; September 1860; October 1871.
Carl Wilhelmi (1829-1884), German seedsman and botanical collector, arrived in Adelaide in March 1849, having been sent out to South Australia by the Dresden Lutheran Missionary Society. During his almost twenty-year sojourn in Australia, he made major contributions in the fields of both botanical science and anthropology. Early on, Wilhelmi collected botanical specimens extensively throughout …
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# 28061
MOFFATT-PENDER, Iain Macalastair (1894-1961)
Moffat-Pender’s own corrected draft of his English translation of Kenneth Macleod’s essay “Duatharachd na mara”.
“Duatharachd na mara.” (The Romance – or the Mystery of the Sea) / by Kenneth Macleod “The Minister of the Songs” translated by Iain Macalastair Moffatt-Pender. [In red ink above title: NOT FOR PUBLICATION]. [n.d., but 1927, or earlier]. Quarto (270 x 210 mm), typescript, still bound with the original loop of fine wire at top …
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# 26875
TILLY, Onora (1773-1857)
Letter to Port Phillip pioneer Charles Parker Tilly from his mother in Falmouth, Cornwall. Dated 9 July, 1839.
[Entire letter]. Manuscript in ink written on 3 sides of a small quarto bifolium (230 x 185 mm); the outer side is addressed Mr. Charles Tilly, care of Messrs Welsh Eddy & Co. Merchants, Launceston, Van Diemen’s Land; the letter itself is headed Tremough, July 9th 1839, is addressed to My Beloved Children and is signed at …
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![[WESTERN DISTRICT] Manuscript letter written on behalf of the Trustees of the estate of Adolphus Sceales, late of Merrang Station, 1868.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2020/06/19144322/2020_DSFB_4260-300x300.jpg)
# 26451
WOODWARD, R.H.; [SCEALES, Jane]
[WESTERN DISTRICT] Manuscript letter written on behalf of the Trustees of the estate of Adolphus Sceales, late of Merrang Station, 1868.
Manuscript letter, octavo bifolium (203 x 127 mm), written on the first side only; headed ‘Weronggurt – Warrnambool, 11 July 1868’, and signed at the foot ‘R. H. Woodward’, the letter is addressed to ‘E. G. Yorke, Esq., Belfast’ [Port Fairy], and regards Woodward’s claim, as the executor of the estate of the late Adolphus …
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# 22689
[GUÉRARD, Eugene von and GUÉRARD, Louise von]
Eugene and Louise von Guérard : a deed of release document bearing the signatures of the artist and his wife, dated October 1871.
On the evening of 12 September 1871 the colonial artist Eugene von Guérard and his wife Louise were passengers on a train which was involved in a collision as it was returning to Flinders Street from Prahran. Ironically, the accident took place only a short distance from their residence in East Melbourne. The injuries both …
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# 24906
[DA COSTA, Benjamin Mendes, 1803-1868]
Manuscript letter addressed to early Adelaide merchant Benjamin Da Costa, from John Relfe in London, regarding Da Costa’s long-overdue payment for prints sent to him by Relfe which were to be sold in Adelaide. March, 1844.
Entire letter, bifolium (195 x 160 mm), manuscript in ink written on one side, headed ‘London, March 12 / 44’ and signed at the foot ‘Jno. Relfe’, the address panel on the outer side with London Ship Letter marking in red dated 13 March 1844, addressed to ‘B M Da Costa Esq, Adelaide, N S …
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![[MANUSCRIPT] Campagne de la Corvette à Voiles l'Alcméne. Commandée par Mr. Coudein, Capitaine de Frégate, à destination des Mers du Sud et Océanie.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2017/05/17161908/2017_DSFB_1800-300x220.jpg)
# 15736
Gendron, Ernest
[MANUSCRIPT] Campagne de la Corvette à Voiles l’Alcméne. Commandée par Mr. Coudein, Capitaine de Frégate, à destination des Mers du Sud et Océanie.
[Libourne, France, between 1882 and 1887]. Folio, 270 x 215 mm, manuscript, [159] pp, in 4 stitched sections of 23, 38, 48 and 50 pages respectively, the third section with 2 pencil and wash drawings in the text, the fourth section with 3 pencil and wash drawings in the text and one laid down on thick paper (a …
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![[CAMDEN] Reminiscences / by J.B.M. (The author's proof copy, with corrections and additions in manuscript)](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2019/09/24131558/2019_DSFB_5004-300x300.jpg)
# 23431
J. B. M. (John Benson MARTIN, 1818-1908)
[CAMDEN] Reminiscences / by J.B.M. (The author’s proof copy, with corrections and additions in manuscript)
Camden : A.J. Doust, ‘Times’ Office, 1884. “Being a reprint from the Camden Times, 1883.” Octavo, disbound (stapled by the printer, and later stitched by the author), a misprinted proof copy with several missing pages (33 ; 36-37 ; 40-41) supplied by the author in manuscript (in ink on ruled blue paper), with the author’s …