Natural History

# 46083

OLSEN, Penny

Cayley & Son. The life and art of Neville Henry Hayley & Neville William Cayley

Canberra : NLA Publishing, 2013. Quarto, illustrated boards in dustjacket (light handling marks), pp. [viii]; 227, extensively illustrated.

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# 45901

LEWIN, John William (1770-1819)

A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature. (The Bradley Martin copy)

By John William Lewin, A.L.S., late of Paramatta, New South Wales. New and improved edition, to which is added a list of the synonymes of each species, incorporating the labours of T. Gould, Esq., N. A. Vigors, Esq., T. Horsfield, M.D., and W. Swainson, Esq. A fine example, in original condition, of one of the …

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# 45907

BULLER, Walter Lawry, 1838-1906; KEULEMANS, John Gerrard, 1842-1912

A history of the birds of New Zealand. (Second edition, with supplement)

A magnificent example of the scarce large format second edition (with supplement) of an acclaimed ornithological work, illustrated by J.G. Keulemans. London : the author, 1888 – 1905. Second edition. The History (1888) : thirteen parts, bound in two volumes, quarto, publisher’s gilt-illustrated green cloth, top edges gilt, vol. I pp. lxxxiv; 250; [vi]; vol. …

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# 45912

MUELLER, Ferdinand von, Baron (1825-1896)

Baron Ferdinand von Mueller, botanist : autograph letter, signed, to a lady plant collector, re. an intriguing specimen she has sent him. Melbourne, October 1889.

Manuscript in ink, [3] pp., octavo (200 x 125 mm); dated 7 October 1889; although von Mueller addresses his correspondent only as ‘dear Madam’, she is Melbourne philanthropist Jane Emma Murphy (see note on provenance below); von Mueller discusses a plant specimen Murphy has sent him (almost certainly from the Mornington area, where she resided), …

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# 44863

PHILLIP, Arthur (1738-1814)

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay

with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island; compiled from authentic papers, which have been obtained from the several departments, to which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an account of their new discoveries. London : John Stockdale, 1789. Quarto, full …

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# 45525

The Tower Menagerie : comprising the Natural History of the Animals contained in that Establishment; with Anecdotes of their Characters and History.

Illustrated by portraits of each, taken from life, by William Harvey; and engraved on wood by Branston and Wright. London : Robert Jennings, 1829. First edition. Octavo (230 x 150 mm), original quarter green morocco (a little scuffed) over plain boards (darkened and marked), spine with gilt lettering; original red endpapers, first blank with early …

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# 46004

HUNT, Susan et al.

Lure of the southern seas : the voyages of Dumont D’Urville, 1826-1840

Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2002. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 141, illustrated.

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# 45918

RUSSELL, Roslyn

The business of nature. John Gould and Australia

Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2011. Quarto, illustrated laminated boards, pp. vi; 224, illustrated. Previous owner’s bookplate and name stamp to endpaper.

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# 45022

CABOURET, Mark R.

Out from the shadows. John Mitchell Cantle 1849 – 1919 : Australia’s first native-born ornithological draughtsman

Sydney : The Australiana Society Inc., 2023. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 176, illustrated. New copy. ‘An illustrated work documenting the Australian John Mitchell Cantle and his bird illustrations. He was an architectural draughtsman and railway surveyor, but is best known as an ornithological painter, illustrator, cartoonist and postcard designer.’ – Trove ‘Mark Cabouret is a …

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# 41593

DARWIN, Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (third edition)

London : printed by W. Clowes and Sons for John Murray, 1861. Third edition. Octavo, original green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spine gilt (corners rubbed, a few light marks, small splits to head and foot of spine), hinges unobtrusively strengthened, binding variant A, with full point (period) after “MURRAY” in spine imprint, tan endpapers …

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# 45456

WALLACE, Alfred Russell (1823 - 1913)

The Malay Archipelago : the land of the Orang-Utan, and the Bird of Paradise

A narrative of travel with studies of man and nature. London : Macmillan and Co., 1869. Volume one : Second edition; volume two : first edition. A mixed set. Two volumes, octavo, gilt-decorated green cloth (edges a little rubbed, short tears to head and foot of spines, hinges cracked), pp. xx; 312; iv; 524; engravings …

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# 44051

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Mount Keera [sic] from Wollongong Rocks, N. S. Wales. 4 June 1852.

[Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 140 x 210 mm, initialed in pencil l.r. ‘W. S.’, with caption in ink beneath ‘Mount Keera [sic] from Wollongong Rocks, N. S. Wales’; dated l.l. in pencil ‘4 June’ and in ink beneath ‘1852’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 275 …

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# 44055

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Nettle Tree, ab[out] 15 f. high. Dapto Bridge, Illawarra, NSW. 29 May 1852.

[Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 155 x 120 mm, captioned by the artist in pencil l.r. ‘Nettle Tree, ab[out] 15 f. high. Dapto Bridge’, and with date and general location l.l. ’29 May 1852 / Illawarra, NSW’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 300 x 240 mm; …

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# 44057

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Cabbage tree palms, [American] Creek, Illawarra. [ca. 1852].

[Title from artist’s captions]. Graphite on paper, 180 x 130 mm, initialed in ink l.l. ‘W. S.’, and with the artist’s pencilled captions u.l. and u.r. ‘Cabbage’ [i.e. Cabbage tree palm]; laid down on card with the artist’s additional captions in pencil l.l. ‘Illawarra’ and l.r. ‘American Creek’ (the first word is very faint, but …

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# 44056

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Morton [sic] Bay Figtree. Illawarra, 3 June 1852.

[Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 220 x 155 mm, captioned by the artist in pencil l.r. ‘Morton [sic] Bay Figtree’, and with date and general location l.l. ‘3 June 1852 / Illawarra’; laid down on card and tipped onto a fully contemporary backing sheet, 300 x 240 mm; the work has a vertical …

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# 44054

SWAINSON, William (1789-1855)

Silver Bank Gum Tree, ab[out] 300 f. high. (a study). Kangaroo Hollow, Tasmania. 1 February 1854.

[Title from artist’s caption]. Graphite on paper, 200 x 140 mm, initialed in pencil l.l. ‘W. S.’, with general location and date below ‘Tasmania 1 Feb 1854’; captioned in pencil l.r. ‘Silver Bank Gum Tree ab[out] 300 f. high. Kangaroo Hollow. (A study)’; artist’s numbering in pencil ‘209’; laid down on card and tipped onto …

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