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Printed & Written Material — Philips Auctions Australia
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| Philips Auctions Australia | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 34 |
| Lots with images: | 34 |
| Prices available: | 34 |
Category:
Printed & Written Material
- Books (9)
- Historical Documents (7)
- Magazines (1)
- Maps (8)
- Movie Posters & Daybills (1)
- Photographs (7)
- Zother (1)
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | Banks' Florilegium - part VII Australia, 1980-1990, Part VII numbered 62 /100, plates 136-157, copperplate engravings issued by Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum; the cloth bound folio being part of the complete full colour… | *** |  |
| *** | Dampier, William, 'A new voyage round the World', 'Voyages and Descriptions' (two volumes), printed for James Knapton at the Crown, London, 1697 and 1699, 'Voyages and Descriptions' Vol II in three parts being a supplement of the 'Voyage round the World',… | *** |  |
| *** | 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean' (Cook's Voyages) volumes 1-2, 3-4, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke & Gore, in the years 1776, 7, 8, 9, 80; compiled from various accounts of that… | *** |  |
| *** | Two cased Daguerrotypes: the Hon. James Horatio Nelson Cassell (1814-1853) and Martha Cassell (Nee Bruford) (1818-1885), mid 19th century, James Cassell was Collector of Customs for port Phillip and served in the Victorian Legislative Council; their home,… | *** |  |
| *** | King, Phillip P. Capt, 'Narrative of a survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Austalia Performed between the Years 1818 and 1822', in two volumes, published by John Murray, London, 1827, (small damage to frontispiece of Vol 1); with engraved… | *** |  |
| *** | The four volume set of the Mountbatten Medallic History of Great Britain and the sea, circa 1974, minted by John Pinches, Medallists Ltd, each volume containing twenty five sterling silver naval and maritime scenes with associated descriptions. Height 29… | *** |  |
| *** | A new and Accurate plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, including new Roads & new Buildings, circa 1754, the British library collection houses a 1765 version of this map, a fine, rare, hand coloured map marking the various stairways down to the… | *** |  |
| *** | Wentworth, W.C, 'Description of the Colony of NSW', printed for G. and W.B Whittaker, 1819, copy owned by James Macarthur, paperbound hard covers with Macarthur signature to cover, paper title to spine, housed in a half bound leather and cloth shell case… | *** |  |
| *** | A polychrome porcelain plaque, depicting two male figures engaged in a narrative in a landscape setting, with script, and housed in a pierced and carved wooden frame, height 51.5 cm, width 40 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Hodgkinson, Clement, 'Australia from port Macquarie to Moreton Bay', with description of the natives, their manners and customs; the geology, natural productions, fertility, and resources of that region' published by T and W Boone, London, 1845, stamped… | *** |  |
| *** | An antique framed French map of the English Channel by Theodorum Danckers, circa 1790, with a decorative title cartouche 'Normandiae Ducatus Tabula' with Latin inscription showing 'La Manche Canal' with some hand colouring; Antique Maps and Print Shoppe,… | *** |  |
| *** | Backhouse, James, 'A narrative of a visit to the Australian Colonies', published by Hamilton, Adams and Co. London, 1843, some illustrations, including a fold out illustration and three fold out maps to inside back cover, half bound in tan leather with… | *** |  |
| *** | Kippis, Andrew, D.D.F.R.S and S.A, 'The life of Captain James Cook', first Dublin edition, 1788, printed for H. Chamberlain, W. Colles... and B. Dornin; original half binding in red leather with blue paper board covers, paper title to spine | *** |  |
| *** | A gold mid sized open faced pocket watch, 18ct yellow gold, Victorian, marked to inner case B. & L. Case number 49118 A.A. With round case, engraved case back, inscription to inner case of John Davis, golden dial, two hands, key wind. N.B. With key. Total… | *** |  |
| *** | A vast and diverse ephemera collection of antique and vintage baggage labels, early to mid 20th century, evoking a bygone era of glamorous travel and including labels from hotels and cruise liners across all continents from the Hotel Alcazar in Buenos… | *** |  |
| *** | Keith Johnston's Royal atlas of modern Geography, 1884 edition, a red leather bound and tooled volume by Alexander Keith Johnston, Geographer, to the Queen for Scotland, published by W & A.K. Johnston, Easter Road, Edinburgh, length 51 cm, width 35 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A folio of over fifty maps of Australia, mostly 19th century maps, including maps showing British settlements, coloured geological maps, explorer and rail and proposed rail route maps | *** |  |
| *** | A fine antique cased Daguerrotype of a soldier, circa 1860, the image of a solider in a single breasted frock coat with sword, beneath a decorative pinchbeck mat with preserver, deep amber velvet to the opposite face, and housed in a tooled deep brown… | *** |  |
| *** | A decanter of Camus 'Le grande Marque' Napoleon Cognac, issued to celebrate the bi-centenary of Napoleon, 1769-1969, the Bernardaud Limoges decanter in the form of a book with a half length portrait of Napoleon to the 'Front cover', and a description of… | *** |  |
| *** | A cherry wood magazine holder, mid 20th century, the square form holder with a serpentine shaped top and finials, ring handles to the sides, with a central partition and raised on small tapering feet. Height 44 cm. Width 45 cm. Depth 31 cm | *** |  |
| *** | Warner Bros, Serigraph cel 'The rabbit of Seville', limited edition Serigraph Cels of a classic scene from 'The rabbit of Seville' (Dir. Chuck Jones, 1950) featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. Numbered on authentication seal lower right. Framed, height 40… | *** |  |
| *** | A folio of over forty Australian state maps, antique and vintage maps showing mostly Eastern Australia, including cold regions of Australia, Norfolk Island (one), settlement districts, folio excerpts from 'Modern Geography' | *** |  |
| *** | A folio of Nineteen maps of New South Wales, antique and vintage maps including territorial and land districts, rainfall maps | *** |  |
| *** | An antique rose medallion pitcher, second half 19th century, the octagonal baluster pitcher with a scalloped rim and moulded handle, decorated with a figural narrative scene in a pavilion to one face, and a floral, bird and insect scene to the reverse,… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of fifteen magic lantern slides, French, late 19th century, a mixed group from series illustrating Cervante's 'Don Quixote' and Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days', each rectangular glass slide painted in colours, some with text, one… | *** |  |
| *** | Twenty antique Topographical Maps and Strategic Plans, 18th century, including ten engraved maps of Europe from Thomas Bankes's 'New System of Geography' and ten plans of French and Flemish towns, St Omer, Mons, Eckern, Oudenard, Tournay, Menin, Daway,… | *** |  |
| *** | A good and varied collection of vellum indentures and associated documents, Variously dated from 1807 to 1914, pertaining to properties in Suffolk and Essex and including indentures, particulars of sale documents and coloured plans, various sizes | *** |  |
| *** | An antique Inside-Painted glass snuff bottle, the cushion profile bottle depicting figural narrative scenes in landscape settings to both sides, with script and signatures, a jade green glass stopper and spoon, height 8 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian daguerrotype in a Vulcanite box, circa 1860s, the oval hinged box, decorated in relief to both sides with a bucolic scene depicting small children with a sheep and surrounded by rose garlands, the velvet lined interior enclosing a… | *** |  |
| *** | Four pairs of sugar tongs: three sterling silver, Georgian and Victorian, and one plated pair, circa 1775 with marks for George Smith II; 1820 with marks for George Burrows; 1893 London with marks for F.C Wheeler & J. Wakely, and other, two bright cut… | *** |  |
| *** | A group of four printed fabric pieces of historical Interest, a Boer war-related handkerchief printed with Kipling's 'The Absent-Minded Beggar', music for it by Sullivan, a map of part of South Africa, and images of Lord Roberts and Queen Victoria; a… | *** |  |
| *** | A fine Victorian Union cased Daguerrotype of a woman, circa 1860, the image of a woman holding a flower with applied gold highlights to her jewels, beneath a decorative pinchbeck mat with preserver, embossed tan velvet to the opposite face, and housed in… | *** |  |
| *** | Victorian the golden: scenes, Sketches and Jottings from Nature by William Strutt, Melbourne, Victoria 1850-1862, a fine facsimile edition with a narrative by Marjorie Tipping, published by the library Committee, Parliament of Victoria 1980, with dust… | *** |  |
| *** | A framed antique Russian Railway Scrip certificate and a 19th century, botanical print, a 1903 bond for the Riazan -Ouralsk railway, in Russian, French and Dutch, and a chromolithograph of the phases of development of an acorn, height 68.5 cm, width 61 cm… | *** |  |