c1588. Wood engraving, 32.3 x 35.9cm. Minor foxing, old folds and creases, chips and repaired tears to edges. Text loosely translated from German includes “The first general chart showing the sphere of the Earth.” The map shows “Terra Australis non dum cognita [not yet known]”, which includes parts of the..... More

1650. Hand-coloured engraving, text including title in plate overall, 43.8 x 55.9cm. Centre fold, slight foxing overall, minor cockling and discolouration to margins. In bird’s-eye maple frame. Important map showing discoveries up to but not including Tasmania. More

1782. Engraving, text in plate including title, artist and engraver “Thornton” and various annotations in pencil and ink in lower margin and verso, 31 x 20.1cm. Slight foxing to edges of image, old mount burn. Title continues “whose discoveries in his last voyage, as well as those of his first..... More

1789. Hand-coloured engraving, text with artist, title and date in plate below image, 14.8 x 22.7cm (image). Slight stains to upper portion, trimmed upper edge, glue stains to repaired upper margin. Framed. Text includes “R. Cleveley delin’t. T. Medland sculp’t. Pub. June 17, 1789, by J. Stockdale.”. More

c1790s. Three hand-coloured etchings with stipple, each with plate number and artist’s name or initials in plate above and below image, accompanied with page of letterpress in Latin, sizes range from 18.6 x 5.7cm to 14.6 x 9.3cm. Missing portion to margin of one image, some minor foxing, all with..... More

1794. Mezzotint, title, date and text in plate below image, 35.5 x 25.3cm. Repaired tears to upper right corner and edge, slight soiling overall, uneven margins. Text continues “Who so victoriously conquered the French Fleet of superior force, on the 1st of June 1794 in which Action 6 French ships..... More

c1798. Engraving, title and “Eastgate, sc.” engraver in plate below image, 18.3 x 23cm. Trimmed margins, missing portions and repaired tears to edges, slight crinkles and foxing. Laid down on acid-free tissue. Text continues “D’Entrecasteaux.” Held in Wellcome Collection (UK). This image is an English copy of one of the..... More

1803. Hand-coloured engraving with stipple, text including title and date in plate below image, 11.4 x 17.6cm. Soiling and chips to margins, old mount burn. Text includes “Woodthorpe. Pub. March 11, 1803 by M. Jones, Paternoster Row.” Image held in the National Gallery of Art and the State Library of..... More

1814. Engraving, artist, title and date in plate below image, 15.7 x 22.9cm. Slight stains, tears, repaired missing portion to lower right edge. Text reads “Engraved by I. Pye. Published by G. & W. Nicol, Pall Mall, Feb’y 12, 1814.” One of the engravings from Matthew Flinders’ voyage. Flinders and..... More

1814. Engraving, text including artist, title and date in plate below image, 15.4 x 23cm (image). Trimmed upper plate mark, minor foxing, paper loss and repaired tears to edges of margins. Text includes “Published by G.&W. Nicol, Pall Mall, Feb. 12, 1814.” Engraved by L. Scott to illustrate Matthew Flinders’..... More

c1822. Engraving, title in plate below image, 23.9 x 32.2cm. Slight crinkles, minor foxing, discolouration, pinholes and creases, repaired tears to margins. Text reads “Dessiné par Marchais d’après A. Pellion. Gravé par Schroeder. 97.” Plate 97 is from Voyage autour du monde: atlas historique by Louis de Freycinet, published in..... More

1824. Hand-coloured lithograph, artist, title and publisher’s line with date below image, 19.7 x 27.6cm. Repaired tears upper left, watercolour smudge lower left, stains to margins and verso. The publisher’s line reads “London. Published July 1, 1824 by J. Souter, 73 St Pauls, Church Yard.” Lithographs by Lycett are extremely rare..... More

1825. Hand-coloured aquatint with etching, text including artist, title and date in plate below image, 23 x 32.4cm. Slight offsetting to upper portion of image, minor foxing and stains overall. Text includes “Lycett delt et execut’t. London, published May 1, 1825, by J. Souter, 73 St Paul’s Church Yard.”. More