1851. Lithograph, titled in pencil in lower margin, 13.2 x 23.8cm. Foxing, stains, handling creases, missing upper left corner and portions of lower margin. More

1851. Salt paper print, signed, captioned “Strasbourg” and dated in negative lower right, 33.1 x 22.9cm. “Henri Le Secq, a painter and antiquarian, collected Old Master prints and medieval ironwork. As the son of a politician, Le Secq became an expert on his native Paris and the self-appointed guardian of..... More

c1851. Salt paper print, annotated “176” in pencil and photographer’s stamped signature on backing below image, 27.5 x 21cm. Slight soiling to lower edge. In 1851 the Commission des Monuments Historiques chose Baldus and four others to form the Mission Héliographique to document the architectural heritage of France. This photograph..... 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

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

1853-1854. Punch’s Pocket Book was a “travel-sized” annual publication based on the British satirical magazine Punch. It included an almanac, cash account log, a daily diary, business information, short stories, poetry, and cartoons. The Pocket Book was illustrated by prominent illustrators, including John Leech. Ref: Bandeis Uni., USA. (1) [Punch’s..... More

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

c1855. Hand-coloured lithograph, title below image, 14.6 x 20.4cm. Time staining, creases and paper loss to margins. Text reads “Published for the proprietor by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill. Standidge & Co. Litho, London.” There were 164,000 convicts transported from Great Britain to Australia from 1788 to 1868. Ref: Wiki..... 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. Hand-coloured tinted lithograph, initialled, date and title in image lower left to right, 15.7 x 22cm. Old mount burn. Text reads “Allen & Wigley, Lith., Syd.” Illustrated in Bowden, Samuel Thomas Gill, Artist, 1971, p86. During his eight years in Sydney, Gill completed a number of lithographs of the..... More

1856. Hand-coloured engraving with aquatint, signed “H. Hall” in image centre left, artist, engraver, title and text in plate below image, 46.8 x 66.2cm (image). Repaired major tear to margin and image centre left, slight foxing. Framed. Text reads “Bred in 1834 by Humphrey Clinker. Dam by Cervantes. Painted by..... 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