Catégorie : Book/atlas

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Dealers ID No.: M407 Description: This journal is a firsthand account written by Gregory Blaxland detailing one of the earliest successful European expeditions across the Blue Mountains in 1813. Alongside William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth, Blaxland led the historic expedition that opened the…

Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Description: Joseph Fowles is best known for his publication Sydney in 1848, which illustrated the city's streets and buildings as they appeared that year. His aim, as stated in the book, was to present Sydney as it truly was, rather than how it was perceived in England. The detailed drawings and…

Acquired From: Peter Arnold Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Date Acquired: 27/11/2024 Dealers ID No.: Lot 114 First published: London: Printed for the author, 1817 Mapmaker: O'Hara, James Price: A2,727 plus gst Primary Category: Book/Atlas Purchase Reference: Invoice Rarity: R2 Very rare – one or two copies appear on the market References: Ferguson 690aa Sheet size…

First published: London: Ingram, Cooke, and Co, 1853 Mapmaker: Sidney, Samuel (1813-?) Primary Category: Book/Atlas Rarity: R3 Uncommon – dealers can usually obtain a copy Sheet size (cm): 21×14 This state: 1853, Second revised edition

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Date Acquired: 19/2/2017 Description: Rerum et Urbis Amstelodamensium Historia (The History of the Affairs and City of Amsterdam) is an early and important history of Amsterdam, written by Isaac Pontanus and published in 1611. This book provides one of the first detailed historical accounts of Amsterdams…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: 19021 Description: This rare French edition of the Journal du Voyage de l'Inde Orientale presents a contemporary account of the first Dutch voyage to the East Indies (159597), under the command of Cornelis de Houtman. The expedition marked a turning point in…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 15/08/2003 Dealers ID No.: M407 (STK 65.23) Description: Thomas Pennant was a distinguished Welsh naturalist, traveller, and writer, renowned for his detailed accounts of his journeys and his contributions to natural history. Among his ambitious projects was the "Outlines of the Globe,"…

Description: The original work was a supplement to the sea journal documenting the first Dutch trading expedition to Java, undertaken by Cornelis de Houtman and his fleet in 15951597. The voyage marked the beginning of Dutch involvement in the spice trade, which later led to the establishment of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Condition: Fair Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 15/8/2003 Dealers ID No.: M708 (STK 49.23) Description: The Report from the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Transportation (1837), commonly known as the Molesworth Report, was a pivotal document in the history of British penal policy. Chaired by William Molesworth, the committee…

Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair Confirmed: No Description: This atlas, the first of its kind produced in the colony, comprises twenty colour maps, including a folded map, detailing various counties and a general road map. It illustrates principal postal towns (with populations and distances from Sydney), villages, roads, rivers, creeks, telegraphs, railways, dividing ranges, major mountains,…