Catégorie : Book/atlas

Acquired From: Douglas Stewart Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Dealers ID No.: #9711 Description: This edition, published in Lyon by Sebastian Gryphius, is titled The Commentaries on the Dream of Scipio and Saturnalia by Macrobius Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius, a Consular and Illustrious Man, revised and expanded from various ancient manuscripts (translated from Latin).…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good Confirmed: 3/10/2022 Date Acquired: 15/5/2018 Dealers ID No.: 19046 Description: In the late 1580s, nearly a century after the travels of Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci, Jan van der Straet (also known in Italian as Giovanni Stradano and in Latin Johannes Stradanus) designed a series of engravings…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Dealers ID No.: STK 63.23 First published: London: Holland Press Ltd 1984 and reprinted with correction in 1987 and 1993. Mapmaker: Shirley, Rodney Primary Category: Book/Atlas

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Dealers ID No.: STK 47.23 First published: London: Holland Press, 1985 Mapmaker: Tooley, R. V. T Primary Category: Book/Atlas

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Date Acquired: 29/4/2014 Description: The pioneering Dutch expedition to the East Indies (1595-1597), led by Cornelis de Houtman, marked a significant moment in Dutch exploration. Upon the expedition's return to the Dutch Republic, efforts were promptly made to publish its findings. In April 1598, Cornelis Claesz.…

Acquired From: Leen Helmink Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 15/1/2011 Description: This volume is the official Dutch account of the Nassau Fleet expedition, which departed Amsterdam in 1623 under the command of Admiral Jacques l'Hermite. Conducted with eleven ships, the voyage circumnavigated the globe over four years (16231626) in an effort…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 1/12/ Dealers ID No.: M35 (STK 92.23) Description: The book is often erroneously attributed to William Eden because his Principles of Penal Law are in the preface, however the book's author is unknown. The book was published on the eve of the departure…

Acquired From: Peter Arnold Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Excellent Date Acquired: 27/11/2024 Description: Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, a British surveyor, arrived in Sydney with his family in 1827. The following year, he was appointed Surveyor-General of New South Wales, a position he held for nearly three decades. During his tenure, he led four major expeditions into Australias…