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

Auction Details

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

Sotheby's
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