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1869BB4666Poitiers 1869. ~ With very attractive red & gold textile slipcase. Excellent fresh condition. Small 4to 23 x 15cm. Full padded red morocco gilt decoration in Art Deco style. All edges gold. Red silk marker. Red watered silk endpapers. Gilt decor to turn-ins. On pages 170-1 Novices French rubrics have English rubrics pasted over very neatly. ~ Robust packaging. All UK orders trackable others on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Hardback. Hardback. Near Fine. xvi 346pp. No dustwrapper. Poitiers Hardcover
187835549City and Borough of Bath 1878. 1st edition. Good/No Jacket. Publisher's cloth gilt title Spine annotated with title in silver lettering. Owner's signature. City and Borough of Bath hardcover
1819098058Baldwin Cradock and Joy 1819. Hardback. Fair. 165 pages illustrated with wood cuts throughout. Leather bound with thick card boards. 'Slip End Church lending library label on the front cover' Part of a 5 volume set. 12mo. Baldwin, Cradock and Joy hardcover
18751750236042ADALongmans Green and Co. 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1875. No Edition Stated. 804 pages. No dust jacket. Brown leather boards half bound in a red marbled covering. Vol. XI: January to June 1875. Pages are moderately tanned at the edges with notable foxing. Binding has remained firm. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Boards have moderate shelf with bumping to corners. Spine ends are notably crushed with considerable tanning. Considerable surface tears to leather. Moderate loss to head of spine. Longmans, Green and Co. hardcover
188825131888. Lithograph with later hand-colouring. 270mm by 205mm sheet. Joseph Thompson Arblaster owned his Safety Blasting Powder factory at Eaglehawk.<br /> William Gurr 1848-1912 was a Geelong businessman auctioneer and councillor.From 'Jubilee history of Victoria and Melbourne' / T.W.H. Leavitt editor. unknown
185018391850. Steel engraving with hand-coloiuring. Italian engraving depicting a beached whale. unknown
187025941870. Wood-engraving. 150mm by 110mm image. Mort dramatique de Mme Blanchard aeronaute le juillet 1819.'<br /> Sophie Blanchard 1778-1819 was a French aeronaut and the wife of ballooning pioneer Jean-Pierre Blanchard. Blanchard was the first woman to work as a professional balloonist and after her husband's death she continued ballooning making more than 60 ascents. Known throughout Europe for her ballooning exploits Blanchard entertained Napoleon Bonaparte who promoted her to the role of "Aeronaut of the Official Festivals" replacing Andre-Jacques Garnerin. On the restoration of the monarchy in 1814 she performed for Louis XVIII who named her "Official Aeronaut of the Restoration".<br /> In 1819 she became the first woman to be killed in an aviation accident when during an exhibition in the Tivoli Gardens in Paris she launched fireworks that ignited the gas in her balloon. Her craft crashed on the roof of a house and she fell to her death." unknown
18704291870. Chromolithograph. 250mm by 170mm sheet. Native of Swan River.<br /> From 'L'Illustration Horticole' which was one of the finest botanical periodicals and was first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to buy from the associated plant nurseries.The driving forces behind it were Charles Lemaire a professor of botany Ambroise Verschaffelt of the Nursery Verschaffelt and the Linden family renowned Belgian horticulturists.Very small break at the bottom of the sheet. unknown
188812901888. Tinted lithograph. 200mm by 275mm sheet. From 'The Aldine Centennial History of New South Wales' 1888 by W.Frederick Morrison.<br /> A few faint marks in the margins. unknown
184827501848. Lithograph with original hand-colouring. 245mm by 150mm sheet. Native of Swan River Western Australia. From Curtis' Botanical Magazine. William Curtis 1746-1799 was a trained pharmacist in London who maintained a large garden and devoted himself to the study of its flora. He began publishing the Curtis Botanical Magazine in 1787. Accompanied by original text describing features of the plant when it was introduced and by whom and whose collection it comes from. One light vertical indented line across sheet.<br /> unknown
182211931822. Copper-line engraving. 200mm by 120mm sheet. 'Le Kakatoes a Huppe Rouge 2. Le Petit Kakatoes a Bec Couleur de Chaire'<br /> From 'Histoire Naturelle de Buffon Classification de Cuvier' published in Paris in 1822.Some off-setting. unknown
183618001836. Steel-engraving with original hand-colouring. 225mm by 140mm sheet. Cetaces - 1 Le Dauphin Vulgaire 2 Le Dauphin Marsouin 2 Le Dauphin Orque' <br /> French engraving published in Paris from 'Oeuvres du Comte de Lacepede contenant L'Histoire Naturelle des Quadrupedes Ovipares des Poissons et des Cetaces'.Three foxing spots. unknown
18604491860. Chromolithograph. 265mm by 175mm sheet. Native of New South Wales.<br /> From 'L'Illustration Horticole' which was one of the finest botanical periodicals and was first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to buy from the associated plant nurseries.The driving forces behind it were Charles Lemaire a professor of botany Ambroise Verschaffelt of the Nursery Verschaffelt and the Linden family renowned Belgian horticulturists.Ref : AUSBOT unknown
18507531850. Steel-engraving. 150mm by 115mm image 265mm by 175mm sheet. Major-General Sir Henry Havelock KCB 1795 -1857 was a British general who is particularly associated with India. He was noted for his recapture of Cawnpore from rebels during Indian Rebellion of 1857. unknown
185814941858. Wood-engraving. 275mm by 210mm sheet 120mm by 175mm image. In January 1858 the MCC challenged any team in the Australian Colonies and a team from New South Wales accepted the challenge which was played on the MCG.<br /> Half-page illustration from 'Melbourne Punch'. Melbourne Punch began in 1855. From 1855-1861 Nicholas Chevalier was one of the principal cartoonists most of whose work was engraved by Samuel Calvert. Unrelated text below the image and on the reverse. unknown
182211941822. Copper-line engraving. 200mm by 120mm sheet. 'L'Ara vert 2. L'Ara noir'<br /> From 'Histoire Naturelle de Buffon Classification de Cuvier' published in Paris in 1822. unknown
188515271885. Lithograph of a wood-engraving. 170mm by 260mm sheet. Each vignette titled individually - 'Blythevale home station Shire Hall Bally rogan Barkly Streeet Yalay poora The Lunatic Asylum Barkly Street another view Mount Ararat Greenvale Watgania Lake Buninjon. '<br /> Originally published as a wood-engraving in 'The Australasian Sketcher' 1873. unknown
188515281885. Lithograph of a wood-engraving. 170mm by 260mm sheet. The original wood-engraving was published in 'The Australasian Sketcher' in 1883. unknown
1818171818. Colour aquatint. 110m by 180mm image 140mm by 230mm sheet. Killerton Seat of Sir Thos. Dyke Ackland Bt MP'. Killerton is an 18th-century house in Broadclyst Exeter Devon. It was built for the Acland family in 1778. The garden was created in the 1770s by John Veitch one of the leading landscape designers of the time. Killerton was given to the National Trust by British politician Sir Richard Acland. Published by Rudolf Ackermann in his Repository of the Arts. unknown
188825121888. Lithograph with later hand-colouring. 205mm by 270mm sheet. L Stevenson & Sons were traders in softgoods in Flinders Lane Melbourne.<br /> From 'Jubilee history of Victoria and Melbourne' / T.W.H. Leavitt editor. unknown
18852781885. Wood engraving. 340mm by 240mm image. Wood-engraving from 'The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'. unknown
185814951858. Wood-engraving. 275mm by 210mm sheet. In January 1858 the MCC challenged any team in the Australian Colonies and a team from New South Wales accepted the challenge which was played on the MCG.<br /> From 'Melbourne Punch'. Melbourne Punch began in 1855. From 1855-1861 Nicholas Chevalier was one of the principal cartoonists most of whose work was engraved by Samuel Calvert. The Canto continues on the reverse of the sheet. There is also some unrelated text on the reverse. unknown
188515291885. Lithograph of a wood-engraving. 170mm by 260mm sheet. Wood-engraving from 'The Graphic' of 2nd March 1872. Text on the reverse.<br /> Archaeological interest. unknown
18704911870. Chromolithograph. 265mm by 175mm sheet. Native of Tasmania.<br /> From 'L'Illustration Horticole' which was one of the finest botanical periodicals and was first published in Belgium in 1854. It aimed educate people about the fascinating plants being gathered from around the world and hopefully persuade them to buy from the associated plant nurseries.The driving forces behind it were Charles Lemaire a professor of botany Ambroise Verschaffelt of the Nursery Verschaffelt and the Linden family renowned Belgian horticulturists. unknown
1818151818. Colour aquatint. 115m by 210mm image 140mm by 230mm sheet. Rockbear House Seat of Thos Porter Esq'. Rockbear House was originally built c. 1760-70 and owned by Sir John Duntze the wealthy Exeter woollen merchant and banker. About 1820 the house was remodelled with complete simplicity and refinement possibly by Kendall of Exeter "who gave Plymouth and Exeter so many scholarly buildings between 1820 and 1840." Country Life 19 April 1930. Published by Rudolf Ackermann in his 'Repository of the Art's. unknown
