1483. Single leaf printed in black letter on both sides on laid paper with woodcut illustration, 28.3 x 19.6cm (paper). Paper singed around edges, with loss to margins, slight crinkles, minor water stains, tipped to old backing. The Golden Legend, a “medieval compendium of the lives of the saints…is a massive..... More

1624/c1800s. Set of 12 etchings, artist’s name and plate number in plate lower left to right, 14.5 x 9cm (approx. each). Most are trimmed to platemark, some with minor tears to edges. Ref: Lieure #549-560. Complete set of 12 images of noblemen and ladies. Etched after Callot in the late 18th..... More

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

c1851. Pencil sketch, captioned in image upper left, 13 x 18.8cm. Tears and creases to upper edge, foxing, soiling. Another pencil sketch of an archway attached to a building appears verso. The Australasian Steam Navigation Company was a shipping company which operated between 1839 and 1887. It was “formed from the..... More

c1864. Leather-bound album with metal clasps and ivory or bone trim, containing 31 albumen paper photographs, carte-de-visite format, many photographs captioned in ink on album pages, most with printed photographers’ studio lines verso, photograph sizes range from 6.4 x 9.3cm to 8.8 x 6cm (approx. each), 16 x 13.5 x 5.5cm (album). One photograph..... More

c1870s. Group of six drawings in pen and ink, two with wash, one titled in ink below image, sizes range from 11 x 11.6cm to 14.7 x 27.8cm. Some with repaired tears to image, stains, soiling or foxing. The six drawings cover the following subjects: (1) Titled “Spell Ho!” [rest break], the..... More

c1878/1881. Albumen paper photograph, cabinet card format, text in letterpress including caption and publisher’s line on original backing below image and verso, gallery label on back of mount, 7 x 15.5cm (image), 11 x 16.6cm (backing). Slight silvering and foxing, laid down on original backing. Caption continues “Shewing the varied motion, the..... More

1888. Colour lithograph with hand-colouring, title in image lower centre, 53.4 x 81.2cm. Repaired paper loss, old stains and creases overall, trimmed margins. Laid down on acid-free paper. This bird’s-eye view of Grafton was originally published in The Illustrated Sydney News, 31 May 1888. Image includes “prominent buildings” such as the..... More

c1893. Pair of printout paper photographs, captions with date and illegible annotation in pencil verso, 11.2 x 15.1cm, 10.9 x 14.8cm. One with creases to edges, the other with minor chips to edges. One image shows 13 women in two rows, with cricket bats. The other image shows a cricket match in..... More

c1902. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, captioned in ink on mount below image, 17.9 x 22.8cm (photograph), 52 x 62.5cm (frame). Slight silvering and retouching to image, some cracking to added plaster motif on original frame. Caption continues “Osterley [&] Yarrawonga. Driver, Gus Milsom.” Plaster motif on wooden frame consists of thistles. Lightfoot..... More

c1904. Lithograph, signed in image lower left, 14 x 12.7cm. Minor mount burn. Stella #48, 4th variant, from an edition of 1000. Stella lists five variations for this subject. Stella’s catalogue raissone also lists 25 etchings and 35 lithographs, which were produced during Renoir’s lifetime. “Although known primarily for his impressionist..... More

1911. Vintage silver gelatin photograph, postcard format, numbered “82” and captioned with date in negative lower left to right, postcard text verso printed in letterpress, 8.7 x 13.8cm. Slight soiling. Caption continues “U.S. Aviation field, San Diego, Cal. Jan 25, 1911.” Postcard text includes “The Arcade View Co., 741 Fifth St...... More

c1913. Group of six vintage silver gelatin photographs, sizes range from 6.8 x 4.7cm to 7.2 x 9.7cm. Slight scuffs and silvering, minor handling crinkles, laid down on original backing. The group of photographs consists of: (1) Daisy Bates standing among eight Indigenous men and one Western man with three Indigenous women..... More