‎Australie‎

‎AUSTRALIA BOTTLE BRUSH BOTANY BAY Edwards del. Sansom sculp.‎

‎Metrosideros Citrina. Harsh-Leav'd Metrosideros.‎

‎St. Geo. Crescent.: W. Curtis. 04-01- 1794. Hand colored engraving plate size approximately 8 x 4 1/2 inches on sheet size 9 x 5 1/4 inches. Very good condition on wove paper. Repaired 1 inch tear at upper left edge just entering plate area. Clean and bright. Beautiful image of an Australian bottle brush of the species Callistemon plate # 260 from Curtis's Botanical Magazine. With text sheet. . W. Curtis. unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA CHORIZEMA‎

‎Chorizema Cordata. Heart-Shaped Leaved Chorizema.‎

‎London. 06-01- 1838. Engraving handcolored sheet size 9 x 6 1/4 inches. Faint paperclip impression at upper left corner; otherwise very good condition. A beautiful image of Heart-Shaped Leaved Chorizema native of the Swan River colony from Joseph Paxton's "Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants." With text sheet. The botanical prints from this publication are distinguished by the particularly fine engraving and watercolor technique which gives them the appearance of being watercolor paintings. S. Holden was attributed as the artist of the botanical illustrations for many of the years of publication. The magazine was published between 1834 and 1849 providing information for British gardeners on newly introduced plants suitable for their gardens and greenhouses. Joseph Paxton who began his career as a gardener was knighted for his design of the Crystal Palace the centrepiece of the Great Exhibition of 1851. . unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA TASMANIA Piron del.‎

‎Manner of Fishing of the Savages of Cape Diemen. / Savages of Cape Diemen Preparing Their Meal./ A Double Canoe of New Caledonia La Catarmaran of Cape Diemen and A Canoe of Santa Cruz or Egmont Island. THREE ENGRAVINGS.‎

‎Piccadilly.: J. Debrett. 1802. 3 copperplate engravings each image approximately 9 1/2 x 7 inches on sheet size 8 x 10 3/4 inches with multiple folds as issued. A few light spots to outer edges; plates are bright with good margins. Three prints of Tasmania from An Account of A Voyage in Search of La Perouse translated from the French of M. Labillardiere; B. Uphill London 1802. This edition published two years after the Stockdale translation was issued in two volumes and featured 43 engravings and one chart. The three prints each with Piron identified as delineator are Manner of Fishing of the Savages of Cape Diemen Savages of Cape Diemen Preparing Their Meal and a sheet with three images: A Double Canoe of New Caledonia La Catarmaran of Cape Diemen and A Canoe of Santa Cruz or Egmont Island. . J. Debrett. unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA VICTORIA‎

‎Road Map Victoria Melbourne & Environs Ballarat & Environs Geelong & Environs Bendigo & Environs. Map title: Road Map of Victoria‎

‎Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd. 5th Edition. Revised. 1933. Color road map 16 1/4 x 23 inches on sheet size 17 x 27 inches folding to pamphlet 8 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Light wear with occasional faint foxing and portions of highway routes traced over in light blue pencil. Inset map of Bendigo in upper right corner. Verso features a list of Interesting Places to Visit maps of Melbourne Environs Geelong and Ballarat Mileage Tables Synopsis of Games Laws and Wild Flower Regulations. . Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd. unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA Weddell sculp.‎

‎Callicoma Serratifolia. Saw-Leaved Callicoma.‎

‎Walworth.: W. Curtis. 1816. Hand colored engraving plate size approximately 8 x 4 1/2 inches on sheet 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Very good condition; toned spot to mid left edge well outside image area. Plate # 1811 from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine". The engraving is accompanied by a text page giving a description of the plant and details such as where it was found how to grow it etc. . W. Curtis. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 51728

‎AUSTRALIA SYDNEY‎

‎Sydney Tourist Map. Map title: Guide Map of The City of Sydney Including King';s Cross‎

‎Sydney.: N.S.W. Government Tourist Bureau. No date. Ca. 1940s. Color street map approximately 13 x 15 3/4 inches on sheet size 14 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches folding as issued to pamphlet 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; color map illustrations and text on verso. Very good condition. Shows Principal Streets Railways Ferries etc with a Key to Places of Interest at the lower left corner of map. Verso includes Map Showing Sydney & Environs plus a listing of Places of Interest. . N.S.W. Government Tourist Bureau. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 44698

‎AUSTRALIA Andrews Henry C. illus.‎

‎Protea Anemonifolia. Anemony-leaved Protea.‎

‎1802. Etching handcolored; image is full sheet size on sheet 10 1/2 x 8 inches 27 x 20 cm. At top centre of sheet is a very light mark barely visible from an old-fashioned paperclip which was used to attach the sheet of descriptive text to the plate. Light discoloration in upper left corner due to tape residue on back of print otherwise good condition. With accompanying text sheet giving botanical information where the specimen was found etc. Botanical details are included along the lower edge of the plate. Described in the accompanying text sheet as a native of New Holland this is plate 332 from "The Botanist's Repository Comprising Colour'd Engravings of New and Rare Plants Only" by H.C. Andrews Dunthorne #8. This periodical publication was an early competitor to William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine". . unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND Weller E. drawn and engraved by.‎

‎Australia and New Zealand.‎

‎Glasgow.: Blackie. nd. 1859. Map outline hand color centrefold 13 x 19 3/4 inches 1 inch split to bottom of centrefold child's pencil drawings on verso of sheet not visible from front of sheet except for very light indentation in a few places faint dampstaining to margins. From The Imperial Atlas by W.G. Blackie. Includes small inset map of Torres Strait. A most attractive and VERY detailed mapping. . Blackie. unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA SYDNEY Sargent G. F. drawn by. Greatbach G. engraved by.‎

‎Sydney.‎

‎Glasgow.: W.R.McPhun and Son. No date. Ca. 1865. Steel engraving image 5 x 7 3/4 inches on sheet size 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Very good clean condition. An early bird's-eye view of Sydney Australia. . W.R.McPhun and Son. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 50176

‎AUSTRALIA‎

‎A. A. Road Map of South Australia. Map title: A. A. Road Map of South Australia. No. 2 Southern.‎

‎Second Edition. No date. Ca. 1950s. Color road map 26 1/2 x 20 inches on sheet size 29 x 22 1/2 inches folding as issued to 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches. Very good condition with some soft creases from folding. An attractive road map of Southern Australia with an inset map of Kangaroo Island in the lower left corner. Includes Adelaide in the upper left Korah Bore in the upper right and Mt. gambier in the lower right. . unknown‎

Référence libraire : 43366

‎AUSTRALIA Edwards S. del. F. Sansom sculp.‎

‎Pultenaea Stipularis. Scaly Pultenaea.‎

‎St. Geo. Crescent.: W. Curtis. 1800. Hand colored engraving plate size approximately 8 x 4 1/2 inches on sheet 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Very good condition; light toning to paper. Plate # 475 from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine". The engraving is accompanied by a text page giving a description of the plant and details such as where it was found how to grow it etc. The plant depicted "stalk being covered with scale-like stipulae" came from New Holland Australia. . W. Curtis. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 51731

‎AUSTRALIA / GOLD MINING‎

‎Gold-Digging in Australia.‎

‎New York.: Harper's Weekly. 06-28- 1879. Double-page black and white wood engraving from Harper's Weekly June 28 1879; sheet size approximately 16 1/4 x 23 inches centrefold as issued. Two pinholes and 1/4 inch tear in upper centerfold scarcely visible; very good clean and bright condition. Accompanying text on verso. Features nine vignette illustrations: Shepherding Pegleg Gully - The Prospectors Sunday A Fossicker Pegleg Gully - 10 Days Afterwards Be-Low Aboriginal Dining Pegleg Gully 12 Months Afterwards and 25 Years a Golddigger. . Harper's Weekly. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 48597

‎AUSTRALIA‎

‎The Great Barrier Reef of Australia. A Popular Account of Its General Nature Compiled by the Great Barrier Reef Committee Brisbane 1926.‎

‎Brisbane.: The Queensland Government Intelligence & Tourist Bureau. Second Edition. 1926. Booklet black and white photo illustrations color folding map 27 x 7 1/4 inches 32pp 7 1/2 x 5 inches decorative paper wrappers softbound. Covers lightly worn with a couple of edge tears and light toning to edges; interior and map in very good condition. This vintage booklet includes information on: The Foundation of the Reef The Outer Barrier Australia's Grand Canal Coral Islands - Atolls and Cays Life in the Coral etc. Features map of The Great Barrier Reef. . The Queensland Government Intelligence & Tourist Bureau. paperback‎

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‎AUSTRALIA SYDNEY‎

‎Sydney Tourist Map. Map title: Guide Map of The City of Sydney Including King's Cross.‎

‎Sydney.: Bureau. No date. Ca. 1957. Brochure 8.5 x 3.5 inches opening to colorful folding map on sheet 17 x 14 inches. Map shows principal streets also principal streets with tramways ferries underground railway railway and underground tramway. There are various pictorial elements associated with the map including ships in the harbor shrubs in the botanic garden a uniformed figure at Cook's Dock etc. There is an inset Key to Places of Interest listing 61 destinations. Verso of map contains a 14 x 5 inch map in color of Sydney and Environs. Itemized lists include Places of Interest and Tours Around Sydney. Small break in paper at centerfold repairable otherwise very good condition apart from abrasions on rear panel of folded map not impacting map itself evidence that the map was once attached in a tourist's scrapbook. Descriptive text of Fort Denison states "Many interesting relics including "muzzle loaders" and the old Time Gun now 100 years old"; research relating to the gun suggests a circa 1957 date for the map. WorldCat indicates that three libraries world-wide hold the item. It is an attractive and uncommon piece with abrasions to back panel noted. . Bureau. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 51485

‎BIRDS / AUSTRALIA Nodder Frederick illus.‎

‎The Southern Cassowary.‎

‎No date. Ca. 1789- 1813. Hand-colored copper plate engraving 9 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches includes text sheets. Very faint scattered foxing and soiling paper residue along disbound edge outside image area overall a clean and bright image. This antique print is Plate 99 from The Naturalists Miscellany written by George Shaw and illustrated by Frederick Nodder 1789-1813. Includes the original text sheets in both English and Latin. . unknown‎

Référence libraire : 40835

‎AUSTRALIA MELBOURNE‎

‎Hobson's Bay River Yarra and Melbourne. # 624.‎

‎U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. 1936. This is an Emergency Reproduction of a B.A. chart March 1943. Chart folded as issued sheet measures approx. 42 x 28 inches. Two short edge tears else fine condition. Parts of Williamstown North Williamstown Footscray South Melbourne and the area of Spencer Street Station and Victoria Dock are mapped with street names etc. The chart marks depths in fathoms and various natural and man-made features around the harbour. . U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 32791

‎AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE‎

‎South Australia Adelaide "The Garden City".‎

‎Adelaide.: Publicity and Tourist Bureau. 1934. Pamphlet 11 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches unfolding to 11 1/4 x 22 inches color maps black and white photo illustrations. Faint foxing some 1/2 to 1 inch separations to edges at folds. Features a street map "Adelaide South Australia 1934" with an index to hotels clubs churches etc in the right margin; plus map "Adelaide & Suburbs South Australia 1934" with Electric Trams and Railways marked. . Publicity and Tourist Bureau. unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA SYDNEY‎

‎Guide to Sydney Harbour Port Jackson; and to the city Suburbs and Surroundings of Sydney. Also Map Shewing the Principal Travel Routes to and From Australia.‎

‎Sydney: Australian Bank of Commerce Limited. No date. Ca. 1925. Pamphlet multiple color maps 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches unfolding to double-sided sheet 13 1/4 x 29 inches. Some faint foxing to outer panels and a few 1/8 to 1/4 inch separations at fold intersections; very good condition. Color pictorial tab tipped to lower portion of front cover Welcome to Officers and Men of the U.S. Fleet". Features "Map of the Surroundings of Sydney New South Wales" "Map of the Suburbs of Sydney" "The City of Sydney" "Sydney's Beautiful Harbour - Port Jackson" and "Principal Travel Routes To and From Australia". Includes population and statistical information gathered from 1921 to 1924. 'With Compliments. The Australian Bank of Commerce Limited'. . Australian Bank of Commerce Limited. unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA WESTERN AUSTRALIA / TASMANIA‎

‎Western Australia Containing the Settlement of Swan - River and King George's Sound. Van - Diemen Island.‎

‎London.: S.D.U.K. Baldwin & Cradock. Copyright 1833. Map with outline hand color 12 x 15 1/2 inches including decorative border. Very good condition. Two maps in one: Western Australia measuring 12 x 7 inches Van-Diemen Island Tasmania 12 x 8 inches. Western Australia shows southwest area of current state from just north of Perth to Albany with not a great deal of information between the two - it is "from recent Surveys sent to the Colonial Office". The whole of Tasmania is shown including Bass Strait with "Wilson Promontory" named on the Australian mainland. The southwest and northeast portions of Tasmania are unmapped. . S.D.U.K. (Baldwin & Cradock). unknown‎

Référence libraire : 27076

‎AUSTRALIA‎

‎Australia.‎

‎NY.: J.H. Colton. Copyright 1855. 1856. Map with original hand-color 13 x 16 inches 33 x 40cm including decorative border very good condition with particularly wide margins 1 1/2 inches. An interesting depiction of the continent showing a vast North Australia before division into Queensland and the Northern Territory. Vast expanses of the country are unmapped. . J.H. Colton. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 26767

‎AUSTRALIA SYDNEY‎

‎Sydney Harbour Bridge and City Railway.‎

‎Willoughby NSW Australia.: H. Phillips. No date. Ca. 1930. Thirty-two pp. booklet in pictorial paper wraps 6.25 x 10.25 inches issued while the Sydney Harbour Bridge opened in 1932 was under construction. The center page has come loose from the staple binding. Covers lightly soiled creased and bumped along free edge. The heavily illustrated booklet provides detailed information regarding the history of the bridge as a visionary endeavor as well as the engineering challenges involved in its construction. Numerous photographs line drawings and several bird's-eye views place the bridge in the context of Sydney and the northern suburbs. An uncommon booklet in overall good condition. . H. Phillips. paperback‎

Référence libraire : 49202

‎AUSTRALIA BRISBANE Ziegler Oswald Producer‎

‎Brisbane Queensland's Capital.‎

‎Brisbane Australia.: The Brisbane City Council. 1947. Booklet in paper covers; 36 pp; 11 x 10 inches. The heavily illustrated booklet aims at presenting to the public the "Vacational Commercial Social and Political" aspects of the capital city. Attractive photographs dominate the presentation while the last three pages present General Information and Statistics pertaining to the city including Goods Exported From the Port of Brisbane During the Year Ending June 1946. These include meats wool butter cheese raw sugar. The last page provides a listing of various industries and the number of factories in Brisbane associated with each. The booklet's aim is evidently attracting more business industry educational and commercial endeavors to Queensland and the capital city. The Interpretation of the Arms of the City published at the front of the book translates the city's Latin motto as "We Aim At Higher Things." A fascinating post-war record of the city as it sets itself on a determined pathway to economic growth. Soft vertical fold and inks stamp on front cover "“Compliments of."; otherwise very good condition. . The Brisbane City Council. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 51482

‎AUSTRALIA SYDNEY‎

‎Street Map of Sydney.‎

‎Sydney.: David Jones Ltd. No date. Ca. 1940s. Color street map approximately 14 x 15 1/2 inches on sheet size 15 x 16 1/4 inches folding as issued to pamphlet 7 1/2 x 4 inches; small color map and text on verso. Soft creases from folding; very good condition. Shows Principal Streets with a Key to places such as hostels and Red Cross Clubs at upper right. Verso includes Map Showing Sydney's Beaches plus a listing of Places of Interest Restaurants Hotels Churches etc and Short Trips of Interest for Visitors. . David Jones Ltd. unknown‎

Référence libraire : 50938

‎AUSTRALIA Bessa Pancrace illus. Barrois engraved by.‎

‎Hibbertia dentata. Hibbertie dentee.‎

‎Paris. 1836. Engraving on laid paper handcolored image approximately 7 x 4 1/2 inches plus text area on sheet 12 x 9 inches. Very good condition. An exquisite botanical image by Pancrace Bessa one of France's foremost botanical artists of the 19th century engraved by Barrois for "Flore des Jardiniers Amateurs et Manufacturiers . . . d'apres les Dessins de Bessa". At lower left in tiny italics are noted the date of flowering April - June and the place of origin New Holland. . unknown‎

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‎AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND Redoute PJ. after Piron. P. J.‎

‎Richea Glauca.‎

‎Paris. 1797. Copper-plate engraving 15 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches neatline on sheet 21 1/2 x 15 inches. Four small areas of insect damage in upper left margin not affecting the image two very light creases a rather light impression. Overall very good condition on thick laid paper. An engraving of the flower Richea Glauca from the atlas volume of the "Voyage a la Recherche de La Perouse" by the French botanist Jacques Labillardière documenting the expedition led by d'Entrecasteaux noted for his exploration of the coast of Australia. Botanical details along the lower edge. . unknown‎

Référence libraire : 51969