c1490s. Ink on vellum with illuminated initials in blue, red and brown, and marginalia in brown ink, 17 x 13.3cm (sheet). Double-sided frame. “The book of hours is a Christian devotional book popular in the Middle Ages. It is the most common type of surviving medieval illuminated manuscript.” Ref: Wiki..... More
c1500. Tempera on vellum, 10.6 x 7.7cm. Slight cockling and paint loss upper and lower left. Framed. The Agony in the Garden refers to the events in the life of Jesus, as recorded in the New Testament, between the Farewell Discourse at the conclusion of the Last Supper and Jesus’..... More
![Item #CL199-3 Nicomachean Ethics [By Aristotle]. John Argyropoulos, c1415–1487 Greek](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL199-3_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585631490)
1542. Hardcover quarto with vellum boards, 16th edition, obscured annotations of previous owners’ names in ink and pencil on endpaper, contemporary marginalia in ink on last few pages, 32 x 21.5cm. Missing title page, splits to binding, backstrip mostly missing, stains and paper loss to boards, minor insect damage to..... More
c1820s. Sheet music in letterpress, signed by a “Henrietta Ringer” in ink upper left and Nathan’s facsimile signature lower right on front page, 32.9 x 24.5cm. Slight tears and old tape to edges, soiling. Text includes “Sung by Madame Vestris at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, in the highly popular operatic comedy..... More
1826. Handwritten copy of original letter in ink, including date “Sydney 19th Jan’y, 1826” and transcription of signature “J.Oxley, Esqre, Surveyor General”, 22.9 x 18.5cm (paper). Minor stains, old folds and creases. Framed. Contemporary copy of a letter from Surveyor Robert Hodder to Surveyor General Oxley, about land being claimed..... More
c1819/1826. Hand-coloured engraving, text including number “106”, artist and title in plate above and below image, 32 x 23.6cm. Slight stains. Framed. Text reads “Dessine par E. Olivier d’apres on croquis par L. de F. Grave par Adam. (Voyez l’explication des planches).” This engraving of the newly completed Hyde Park..... More
c1830s. Hand-coloured lithograph, 21 x 17.5cm. Minor surface stains and soiling. More
1831. Hand-written manuscript with folded paper cover, dated in text and signed by vendor and two witnesses, annotated “miscellaneous” in another hand in pencil to cover, 37.4 x 24.2cm (manuscript), 24.3 x 19cm (cover). Water stains, foxing, tears to edges of document, paper loss and soiling to cover. Text on..... More
![Item #CL206-6 [Japanese Historical Atlas Of China]. Sekisui Nagakubo, 1717–1801 Japanese](https://joseflebovicgallery.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/CL206-6_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1667356455)
1835. Containing 13 double-page colour woodblock maps, Japanese accordion binding with paper-covered boards, title in Hiragana characters on slip affixed to cover, red seal to title page, 34.8 x 20.5cm (book), approx. 33.5 x 39cm (map). Repaired worming to margins and outer edges of maps, rubbing, creases and surface loss to covers..... More
1839. Letterpress, annotated, dated and signed in ink, 14.5 x 16.7cm. Slight stains, old folds. A physical description of 25-year old prisoner Samuel Barnfield appears verso. More
1839. Silk jacquard fabric, artist, caption and text woven below image and in accompanying silk slip, 43.5 x 33cm. Stains, foxing and minor tears to fabric, laid down on old backing. Text reads “D’apres le tableau de C. Bonnefond. Execute par Didier, Petit et Cie.” Slip includes “[J.M. Jacquard] né..... More
1840. On one sheet, folded, signed and dated “Oct 8/40” in ink, 19.7 x 25.1cm (paper). Creases and slight tears to edges, old folds, foxing and stains overall. The paper is watermarked “R. Munn & Co. 1837.” Letter addressed to Hon. E.D. Thompson, regarding the AAC, a fund for religious..... More
1842. Letterpress document on parchment with affixed embossed official seal, stamped, inscribed with dates and signed in ink in various hands including Sir George Gipps, Governor-in-Chief, and E.D. Thomson, Colonial Secretary, stamped verso, 35.7 x 44.1cm. Soiling, cockling and old folds overall, minor tears to edges. The land, in the..... More
1842. Hardcover quarto with gilt-illustrated and lettered leather boards, gilt edges, 28.5 x 22cm. Split joint between cover and text block, scuffing and bumping to boards, edgewear, slight foxing to interior. Published by George Virtue, London, 115pp, frontispiece and 63 steel engraved plates, all with tissue guards. Canadian Scenery followed..... More
1848. Hardcover quarto, olive buckram and gilt illustrated boards, gilt edges and repaired spine, two ex-libris plates laid in on prelim pages, inscribed “With the best respects of William Gaspey, Jan. 3, 1848” in ink on half-title, 27.5 x 22cm. Spine repaired with blue tape, bumping and scuffing to boards..... More
1852. Daguerreotype, accompanied by two handwritten letters and one postmarked envelope, letters inscribed and dated in ink, envelope addressed in ink with two wet stamps, one with partially legible postmark “Melbourne Victoria…1853”, the other “L JY 3 A”, 6.7 x 5.3cm (image), 9.3 x 8.2cm (case), approx. 24.7 x 38.7cm (letters). Slight tarnishing..... More
1853. Hardcover octavo in quarter-leather and buckram binding, gilt title with date on leather label attached to front cover, 24 x 15cm. Front board split from text block, slight stains and scuffing overall. This book contains 62 examples of needlework, including crochet, knitting, quilting, tatting, and embroidery. The samples are..... More
1853. Hardcover octavo in brown cloth, gilt stamp and text to front and spine, previous owner’s name and annotation “won at Randwick 1929” in ink on flyleaf, 22.6 x 15cm. Damaged backstrip, split gutter between boards and text block, bumping to corners, slight foxing to interior. Published by Ingram, Cooke..... More
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c1854. Lithograph, text including captions, name of lithographer and surveyors, annotated in ink on image upper right and verso, 54.3 x 39.8cm. Missing portions, tears, stains, old folds. Text includes “J. Allan Lithog., 23 Bridge St. Brownrigg & Roe, Surveyors.” Annotations include “Day of sale, Monday, 13 Nov[ember], Mort’s Rooms.” The..... More
1855. Sheet music, engraved cover, facsimile signature of composer and singer Henry Russell in image lower left, 34 x 24.1cm (paper). Old paper tape and tears to edges, minor foxing to image, front sheet loose. Text reads “Musical Bouquet. Written and sung by Harry Lee Carter, in his entertainment of..... More
1856. Hardcover quarto with quarter leather and buckram boards, containing 71 tinted lithographs: one printed in colour and two with hand-colouring, each accompanied by topographical descriptions in Danish, with artist, lithographer, title and publisher’s line “Em. Baerentzen & Cos. Forlag, eneberettiget” in lower margin, 36.1 x 30cm. Boards split and..... More
1857. Letterpress on parchment paper, inscribed and dated in ink, 21.1 x 22.5cm. Old folds, creases, stains and soiling overall. Inscriptions include “[District] Sandhurst. 16 March 1857. [Issued to] John August Niemann.” This permit was most likely issued to a Johannn August “John” Niemann born in 1836 in Bremen, Germany..... More
1857. Hardcover songbook of engraved sheet music with ten tinted lithographic illustrations by Edmund Thomas, most illustrations signed and some dated in image, 35.4 x 26.5cm. Offsetting, foxing, slight soiling, minor crinkles and tears with some repairs to some pages, stains and wear to cover, repairs to spine and hinges..... More
c1860s. Letterpress leaflet, 24.6 x 18.7cm (paper). Repaired tears and missing portions. Laid down with acid-free tissue. The lyrics of the song Under A Burning Sun appear to refer to the gold rush in Australia, where the protagonist of the song makes his fortune by toiling “under the burning sun”..... More
c1860s. Eight albumen paper photographs, 10.2 x 10.1cm to 15 x 21.3cm. One image with sealing wax to upper edge, slight creases or missing portions to edges of some images, some with stains. Most of the photographs consist of architectural studies with the exception of two images: one shows a...... More