Politics & Law
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# 50248
LOUIS XV, King of France
Lettres patentes concernant les Missions Étrangères.
[France, c.1773]. Manuscript in ink, [5] pp., folio; extremely well preserved; bound in modern papered boards with gilt-lettered red leather title label to the front; ex libris label of H. P. Kraus to front pastedown. One of the most important institutions in the history of evangelisation in Asia, the Missions Étrangères de Paris (MEP), or …
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# 50333
L'ESTRANGE, Hamon (1605-1660)
The reign of King Charles : an history faithfully and impartially delivered and disposed into annals.
London : printed by E. C. for Edward Dod, and Henry Seile the younger, 1655. Folio, nineteenth century calf (scuffed), ruled in blind with gilt corner pieces, gilt lettering to spine, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, engraved title page, printed title page, pp. [viii], (a few preliminary leaves with a paper strip …
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# 50202
SANDERSON, William (Sir)
A compleat history of the life and raigne of King Charles from his cradle to his grave.
Collected and written by William Sanderson Esq. London : Printed for Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlin’s, and George Sawbridge, 1658. Small thick folio (285 x 190 mm), nineteenth-century full calf, boards with double gilt rule, spine in compartments decorated in gilt and with contrasting leather title label lettered in gilt (spine frayed at head, a trifle worn …
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![[SYDNEY] Parliamentary Refreshment Room, 22nd May 1906. Menu. Luncheon.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/05/2026_DSFB_3430-300x300.jpg)
# 50395
NEW SOUTH WALES. PARLIAMENT.
[SYDNEY] Parliamentary Refreshment Room, 22nd May 1906. Menu. Luncheon.
[Sydney : s.n.], 1906. Menu. Gilt-edged card, 163 x 110 mm; recto lithograph printed in gold and with gilt embossed coat of arms at head; lightly marked, verso with paper adhesion from where the card was removed from an album leaf. Provenance: Removed from a dilapidated album of mounted printed ephemera compiled by J. G. O’Connor …
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![[SYDNEY] State Banquet in commemoration of the completion of the First Hundred Years of Australian Settlement. January 26th 1888.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/05/2026_DSFB_3492-300x300.jpg)
# 50402
[NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT]
[SYDNEY] State Banquet in commemoration of the completion of the First Hundred Years of Australian Settlement. January 26th 1888.
Sydney : S. T. Leigh & Co., 1888. Menu. Folding gilt-edged card (195 x 135 mm), chromolithograph illustrated, with gold highlights; second and third sides with menu (catering was Baumann of Pitt Street under the supervision of W. G. Cassidy), toasts, and programme of music, featuring decorative borders with cartouche illustrations; light foxing overall, the …
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![[SYDNEY] Centennial Press Banquet. Given by the Proprietors of the Town & Country Journal & the Evening News, to Australian Press Representatives in the Town Hall ... on the 25th January, 1888. Presided over by His Worship John Harris, Esq., Mayor of Sydney.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/04/2026_DSFB_2405-300x300.jpg)
# 50072
TOWN & COUNTRY JOURNAL & EVENING NEWS (proprietors of)
[SYDNEY] Centennial Press Banquet. Given by the Proprietors of the Town & Country Journal & the Evening News, to Australian Press Representatives in the Town Hall … on the 25th January, 1888. Presided over by His Worship John Harris, Esq., Mayor of Sydney.
[Sydney : s.n.], 1888. Large gilt-edged card, 125 x 205 mm; lithograph printed recto only in gold on heavy satin finish cardstock, illustration at centre dominated by an Australian coat of arms; a few light marks, verso with residual glue from where the card was once mounted in an album, otherwise in very good condition. …
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![[SYDNEY] The Government of New South Wales has the honour to invite J. G. O'Connor Esq. to the State Banquet, to be held in Sydney, on Thursday 26th January, 1888, in commemoration of the completion of the First Hundred Years of Australian Settlement.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/06/2026_DSFB_3606-300x300.jpg)
# 50436
NEW SOUTH WALES. GOVERNMENT. CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMISSION.
[SYDNEY] The Government of New South Wales has the honour to invite J. G. O’Connor Esq. to the State Banquet, to be held in Sydney, on Thursday 26th January, 1888, in commemoration of the completion of the First Hundred Years of Australian Settlement.
[Sydney : Government printer, 1888]. “Pre”-invitation card, 115 x 152 mm, lithograph printed in black on cream card, O’Connor’s name entered in manuscript; a couple of tiny rust marks, small loss at one corner, verso with some residual glue and paper adhesions from where the menu was removed from an album mount, obscuring part of …
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![[SYDNEY] Laying the Foundation Stone of the Houses of Parliament. Monday, 30th January, 1888, at noon. Lady's ticket.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/04/2026_DSFB_2417-300x300.jpg)
# 50070
BURNSIDE, C. L. (Sec. Secretary, Centennial Committee)
[SYDNEY] Laying the Foundation Stone of the Houses of Parliament. Monday, 30th January, 1888, at noon. Lady’s ticket.
[Sydney : Government Printer, 1888]. Duodecimo card, 60 x 92 mm, printed recto only in black on yellow card; signed by C. L. Burnside, Secretary of the Centennial Committee; some toning, verso with some superficial loss and residual glue from where the card was once mounted in an album, otherwise in very good condition. Provenance: …
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![[SYDNEY] Laying the Foundation Stone of the Houses of Parliament. Monday, 30th January, 1888, at noon. Admit Mr & Mrs J. G. O'Connor.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/04/2026_DSFB_2434-300x300.jpg)
# 50069
BURNSIDE, C. L. (Sec. Secretary, Centennial Committee)
[SYDNEY] Laying the Foundation Stone of the Houses of Parliament. Monday, 30th January, 1888, at noon. Admit Mr & Mrs J. G. O’Connor.
[Sydney : Government Printer, 1888]. Duodecimo card, 60 x 92 mm, printed recto only in black on brown card; the O’Connors’ names recorded in manuscript, also signed by C. L. Burnside, Secretary of the Centennial Committee; verso with some superficial loss and residual glue from where the card was once mounted in an album, otherwise …
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![[SYDNEY] Dinner to C. A. Goodchap, Esq. Exhibition Building, 29th November, 1888.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/04/2026_DSFB_2701-300x300.jpg)
# 50110
NEW SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS (employees)
[SYDNEY] Dinner to C. A. Goodchap, Esq. Exhibition Building, 29th November, 1888.
Sydney : W. F. Smith, 1888. Folding card, 140 x 100 mm; lithograph printed in black and red on blue card, on four sides; illustrated front, second and third sides with Menu (catering was by The Compagnoni Palace Cafe and Catering Company, J. F. Gunsler, Manager), fourth (rear) side with Toasts; the rear with residual …
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![[SYDNEY; FEDERATION] Banquet to the Members of the National Convention. March 2nd 1891.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/05/2026_DSFB_3421-300x300.jpg)
# 50396
[NATIONAL AUSTRALASIAN CONVENTION]
[SYDNEY; FEDERATION] Banquet to the Members of the National Convention. March 2nd 1891.
Sydney : S. T. Leigh & Co., 1891. Menu. Folding card (230 x 155 mm), chromolithograph illustrated, with gold highlights; second and third sides with menu (catering was by W. G. Cassidy) and toasts, featuring decorative borders with cartouche illustrations; toned overall, small loss at upper corner, splits along main fold, the blank rear side …
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![[SYDNEY] Mayoral Banquet, in commemoration of the Anniversary of the Colony. Town Hall, 27th January 1890.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/06/2026_DSFB_3610-300x300.jpg)
# 50440
[SYDNEY MUNICIPAL COUNCIL] [BURDEKIN, Sydney]
[SYDNEY] Mayoral Banquet, in commemoration of the Anniversary of the Colony. Town Hall, 27th January 1890.
[Sydney : s.n.], 1890. Menu. Folding card, 127 x 92 mm, lithograph printed in gold and royal blue on glossy white card stock, with decorative borders on each side, the front with coat of arms of Sydney and monogram of Sydney Burdekin, Lord Mayor of Sydney; second and third sides with Menu and Toasts; fourth …
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![[SYDNEY] Grand National Banquet (under the auspices of the Shamrock Club), to the Irish delegates (John Dillon, M.P., John Deasy, M.P., and Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, M.P.). Leigh House, Castlereagh-street, Thursday, May 16, 1889.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/06/2026_DSFB_3596-300x300.jpg)
# 50441
SHAMROCK CLUB (SYDNEY)
[SYDNEY] Grand National Banquet (under the auspices of the Shamrock Club), to the Irish delegates (John Dillon, M.P., John Deasy, M.P., and Sir Thomas Grattan Esmonde, M.P.). Leigh House, Castlereagh-street, Thursday, May 16, 1889.
Sydney : J. G. O’Connor, “Nation” Steam Printing Works, 1889. Menu. Folding card, 167 x 90 mm, lithograph printed in silver and green; second side with Wines and Menu, a shamrock at the head; third side with Programme of Toasts, a harp at the head; fourth side with harp, shamrocks, Irish landscape view, and list …
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![[SYDNEY] View of the New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, c.1870.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/05/2026_DSFB_3116-300x300.jpg)
# 50313
DEGOTARDI, John (1823-1882) (attributed)
[SYDNEY] View of the New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, c.1870.
Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 64 x 100 mm (mount); verso blank (i.e. without photographer’s imprint); both the print and the mount are in very good condition. New South Wales Parliament House is the oldest public building in continual use in Australia, having formerly been the northern wing of Governor Macquarie’s Rum Hospital, completed …
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![[SYDNEY] H. A. C. B. Society. Grand Demonstration to Chowder Bay, St. Patrick's Day, 1887. (Proceeds in aid of the Irish evicted tenants.)](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/04/2026_DSFB_2432-300x300.jpg)
# 50067
HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY
[SYDNEY] H. A. C. B. Society. Grand Demonstration to Chowder Bay, St. Patrick’s Day, 1887. (Proceeds in aid of the Irish evicted tenants.)
Splendid brass band! 30 performers. Special Steamers will run from 9 a.m. till 2.30 p.m., from No. 2 Jetty, Circular Quay. Returning in good time to the city. Tickets, 2 /-. [Sydney : J. G. O’Connor?], 1887. Duodecimo card, 61 x 92 mm, printed recto only in black on green card; verso with some superficial …
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![[SYDNEY] Complimentary Banquet to John Hourigan, Esq., J.P., Town Hall, Sydney, Saturday, March 1, 1890.](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/04/2026_DSFB_2884-300x300.jpg)
# 50200
OLLIFFE, J. B. and MORGAN, G. (Hon. Secretaries)
[SYDNEY] Complimentary Banquet to John Hourigan, Esq., J.P., Town Hall, Sydney, Saturday, March 1, 1890.
Chairman: The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney, Sydney Burdekin, Esq. Sydney : Gibbs, Shallard & Co., 1890. Folding card, 142 x 90 mm; lithograph printed in blue on cream card, on four sides; illustrated front, second and third sides with Menu and Toasts, fourth side (rear) with decorative border and printer’s name; light foxing …