Sydney Rare Book Auctions: Books, Maps, Stamps and Ephemera: History, Art, Culture, Science, Military, 50425, Ultimo

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Auction Date
May 04, 2025 - May 04, 2025
Page Size: 498 items in 20 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

Two 3D Puzzles

AUD 60.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
2

Sydney Opera House from Baxter Estate Sir John Philip Baxter (1905--1989) was the Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Trust from 1969-1975

1972 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,250.00 AUD 762.00
3 Sir Macfarlane Burnet.

Natural History of Infectious Disease.

UK 1953 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 254.00
4 Ivan Morris

The World of the Shining Prince : Court Life in Ancient Japan

1964 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 127.00
5

War Memorials of The British Empire. Volume 6. Memorial Registers 7 and 26 Australian Memorials in France at Fromelles and Villers-Bretonneux.

London 1925-31 AUD 350.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
6 C.J. Dennis.

A Book for Kids

Sydney undated but 1921 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 1,651.00
7 Norman Lindsay

Art in Australia. December 1930, number 35. Norman Lindsay Number

1930 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 635.00
8 ARAGO, J.

Narrative of a Voyage Around the World in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, Commanded by Captain Freycinet.

London 1923 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 AUD 203.20
9

The Bookbinder. An illustrated journal for binders, librarians, and all lovers of books. Comprising five volumes

1888 to 1892 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 AUD 539.75
10 HAWKESWORTH, John.

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook.

Dublin 1773 AUD 400.00 - 600.00 AUD 698.50
11 OXLEY, John.

Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales, Undertaken by Order of the British Government in the Years 1817-18.

London 1820 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 3,175.00
12 AQUINAS, Thomas.

Tertia Pars Summae Sacrae Theologiae Sancti Thomae Aquinatis...

Lugduni [Lyon] 1575 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
13

La Vie de St. Vincent du Paul...

Nancy 1748 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
14 HOGG, Jabez.

The Microscope. Its history, construction and application. Being a familiar introduction to the use of the instrument, and the study of microscopical science.

London 1898 AUD 100.00 - 150.00 AUD 63.50
15

A collection of Japanese textile designer's working drawings.

AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
16 FULTON, Robert. edited by Lewis Wright.

The Illustrated Book of Pigeons. With standards for judging.

London no date but circa1880 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
17 HUNTER, John.

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson And Norfolk Island, ...by John Hunter Post Captain in His Majesty's Navy

London 1793 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 AUD 2,159.00
18 auctor Marinus Sanuto.

Gesta Dei per Francos, sive Orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia... [Bound with] Liber secretorum fidelium crucis...Terran Sanctam...

Published Hanau 1611 AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
19 McLEAN, Robert.

The New Atlas of Australia...

Sydney no date but 1886 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 762.00
20 Charles-Alexandre Leseur.

A view of the Sydney Town colony titled "Nouvelle-Hollande: Nouvelle Galles du Sud.

Published Paris 1807 AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00 AUD 4,826.00
21 Willem Blaeu.

Staffordiensis Comitatus Vulgo Staffordshire 1645, map measuring 615 x 520 mm., some browning affects the sheet, later had colouring.

1645 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
22

View of Port Jackson and Part of the Town of Sydney, from a drawing in the possession of Barron Field, Esq'r.Sheet size 220 x 550 mm. Hand coloured aquatint -

1826 AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 4,572.00
23

Large map of western France, with some detail of Spain and lower England. Titled "Accuratissima Galliae Tabula vulgo Royaume de France".

Amsterdam circa1670 AUD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
24

Two plates of classical vases from an unidentified catalogue, circa 1800.

circa1800. AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
25

A splendid birds-eye engraved view of the city of Riga in Latvia, showing shipping on the Duina River (modern day Daugava river).

AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Bissière, Roger. Cantique à notre frère soleil de saint François. 1954. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. La vie & l’œuvre de Philippe Ignace Semmelweis. 1924. Rare édition originale, avec envoi. Joint : La Quinine en thérapeutique, 1925. 4,000 - 6,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Céline, Louis-Ferdinand. Mort à crédit. 1936. Édition originale. Bel exemplaire sur Hollande. 2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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    Bibliothèque Jacques Dauchez - Autour de Dubuffet
    5-19 June
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Chillida, Eduardo ─ Emil Cioran. Face aux instants. 1985. Un des 100 exemplaires sur Arches. Eau-forte signée. 600 - 800 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. Ler dla canpane. L’Art Brut, 1948. Édition originale. 3,000 - 5,000 EUR
    Sotheby’s, June 5-19: Dubuffet, Jean. L'Herne Jean Dubuffet. 1973. Un des 100 exemplaires du tirage de luxe avec une sérigraphie originale en couleurs. 1,000 - 1,500 EUR