A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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General Map of Victoria.
The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, Sydney & Melbourne. [n.d., 1886-8.]
Colour-printed wood engraving (chromoxylograph). Printed area 380 x 610mm (15 x 24"). Centre fold as issued, small split in lower centre fold margin. Large margins.
A map of Victoria, divided into districts and with a circular inset of Port Philip Bay. On the reverse is an index and a vignette wood engraving of a ship at berth. It was published in the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, a periodical issued between 1886-88, timed for the celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1888. This was the largest publication project attempted in the Australian colonies, with 50,000 subscribers, roughly 1.3 of the population.
Codell: Imperial Co-histories, p. 219-220.
[Ref: 39133] £110.00
The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, Sydney & Melbourne. [n.d., 1886-8.]
Colour-printed wood engraving (chromoxylograph). Printed area 380 x 610mm (15 x 24"). Centre fold as issued, small split in lower centre fold margin. Large margins.
A map of Victoria, divided into districts and with a circular inset of Port Philip Bay. On the reverse is an index and a vignette wood engraving of a ship at berth. It was published in the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, a periodical issued between 1886-88, timed for the celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1888. This was the largest publication project attempted in the Australian colonies, with 50,000 subscribers, roughly 1.3 of the population.
Codell: Imperial Co-histories, p. 219-220.
[Ref: 39133] £110.00
Western Australia.
Alex. J. Scalley Del.
The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, Sydney & Melbourne. [n.d., 1886-8.]
Colour-printed wood engraving (chromoxylograph). Printed area 610 x 370mm (24 x 14½"). Centre fold as issued. Large margins.
A map of Western Australia, divided into districts and with an inset of Perth. On the reverse is an index and a vignette wood engraving of two men sawing a log. It was published in the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, a periodical issued between 1886-88, timed for the celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1888. This was the largest publication project attempted in the Australian colonies, with 50,000 subscribers, roughly 1.3 of the population.
Codell: Imperial Co-histories, p. 219-220.
[Ref: 39131] £140.00
Alex. J. Scalley Del.
The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited, Sydney & Melbourne. [n.d., 1886-8.]
Colour-printed wood engraving (chromoxylograph). Printed area 610 x 370mm (24 x 14½"). Centre fold as issued. Large margins.
A map of Western Australia, divided into districts and with an inset of Perth. On the reverse is an index and a vignette wood engraving of two men sawing a log. It was published in the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, a periodical issued between 1886-88, timed for the celebration of the centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in 1888. This was the largest publication project attempted in the Australian colonies, with 50,000 subscribers, roughly 1.3 of the population.
Codell: Imperial Co-histories, p. 219-220.
[Ref: 39131] £140.00
Australian Race. Willilnga. A Native of the Interior of Australia.
[n.d., c.1848.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 115 x 185mm (4½ x 7¼"). Right edge frayed, a little spotting.
An Australian aborigine wearing a white shirt. From Charles Pickering's 'Races of Man and Their Geographical Distribution'.
[Ref: 44663] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1848.]
Coloured engraving. Sheet 115 x 185mm (4½ x 7¼"). Right edge frayed, a little spotting.
An Australian aborigine wearing a white shirt. From Charles Pickering's 'Races of Man and Their Geographical Distribution'.
[Ref: 44663] £65.00 (£78.00 incl.VAT)
Wool Drays on the Blue Mountains.
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
[n.d., c.1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing. Some staining.
An amateur watercolour by Maria or Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Wool Drays' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image depicts several carts pulled by cattle across the plains of New South Wales, cattle were favoured for this sort of work because they were more reliable on the rought terrain, in the foreground a driver attempt to control his team. See 37164 & 37165 for similar watercolours.
[Ref: 37166] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Maria Read. [signed in image.]
[n.d., c.1868.]
Watercolour. Sheet: 250 x 180mm (9¾ x 7"). Laid on card. Foxing. Some staining.
An amateur watercolour by Maria or Kate Read after a chromolithograph by Samuel Thomas Gill (1818-1880) titled 'Wool Drays' from his series of twenty four studies of Australian life titled 'The Australian Sketchbook' 1865. The image depicts several carts pulled by cattle across the plains of New South Wales, cattle were favoured for this sort of work because they were more reliable on the rought terrain, in the foreground a driver attempt to control his team. See 37164 & 37165 for similar watercolours.
[Ref: 37166] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Sunshine + Cloud B/4.
Stuart E. Wade 13/4.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Signed etching. 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"), with large margins. Good condition.
View of a yacht sailing.
[Ref: 54030] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Stuart E. Wade 13/4.
[n.d., c.1920.]
Signed etching. 235 x 170mm (9¼ x 6¾"), with large margins. Good condition.
View of a yacht sailing.
[Ref: 54030] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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[The Yarra / Melbourne]. Genuine original etching limited edition by Fabian Swire (London Artist) / Series One Views of Victoria.
[n.d. after 1930].
Signed etching, with original label as issued. 85 x 125mm (3¼ x 5") with margins. Sheet laid at top in original mount. Slight printer's crease on left margin.
A view of the Yarra River, which flows from the Yarra Ranges and through Greater Melbourne, published as part of Fabian Swire's first series Views of Victoria.
[Ref: 54017] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d. after 1930].
Signed etching, with original label as issued. 85 x 125mm (3¼ x 5") with margins. Sheet laid at top in original mount. Slight printer's crease on left margin.
A view of the Yarra River, which flows from the Yarra Ranges and through Greater Melbourne, published as part of Fabian Swire's first series Views of Victoria.
[Ref: 54017] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)