Sydney Rare Book Auctions: An eclectic bunch of books from the 1500s until present time, A173, Ultimo

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Auction Report
Auction Date
February 15, 2026 - February 15, 2026
Page Size: 402 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 A. M. Lysaght.

The Journal Of Joseph Banks In The Endeavour With A Commentary

1980 AUD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 AUD 635.00
2 With notes John Hunter, M.D.

SILVA: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in his Majesty's Dominions: ...Together with an Historical Account of the Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves.

LONDON 1786 AUD 2,500.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
3

The Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789 by, Lieutenant W. Bligh.

Guildford 1975 AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 AUD 1,270.00
4 J Frederic Daniell

An Introduction to the study of Chemical Philosophy being a Preparatory View of the Forces which concur to the production of Chemical Phenomena

1843 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 AUD 381.00
5 F. A. C. (Frederick Arthur Crisp)

Lowestoft China Factory and the Moulds Found There in December 1902

1907 AUD 800.00 - 10,000.00 AUD 571.50
6 George Mackaness

The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh, R.N., F.R.S.

Sydney 1931 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
7 E. W. Hornung

Mr. Justice Raffles

London 1909 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
10 SAINT JEROME [Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus].

Operum D. Hieronymi. Quintus Tomus Commentarios in Prophetas Quos Maiores Vocant Continet. bound with Sextus Tomus Operum Divi Hieronymi Commentarios in Duodecim Prophetas...

Basel 1537 AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
11 TWAIN, Mark.

Following the Equator.

Hartford, Connecticut and New York 1897 AUD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
12 W Balls-Headley

The Evolution of The Diseases of Women

London 1894 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
13 PARKER, K. Langloh.

More Australian Legendary Tales. Collected from various tribes by Mrs. K. Langloh Parker.

London & Melbourne AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
14 BRUNO, Alberto de Pinardis.

Consiliorum Feudalium D. Alberti Bruni...

Venice 1579 AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
15 CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne.

Mark Twain's Autobiography. With an introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine.

New York 1924 AUD 750.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
16 FACHIN, Andre.

Andreae Fachinei Iurisconsulti Foroliuiensis,... Controversiarum Iuris Libris Decem.

Venice 1619-1620. AUD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
17 The Rev. James Ballantyne.

Our Colony in 1880. Pictorial & Descriptive with New Map of Victoria and Plan of the City of Melbourne

Melbourne 1880 AUD 600.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
18 Edward S Simpson

Minerals of Western Australia . Facsimile of the 1952 edition

Perth 1984 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
19 Rev W B Clarke.

Remarks on the Sedimentary Formations of New South Wales, Illustrated by References to Other Provinces of Australasia

Sydney 1878 AUD 500.00 - 600.00 AUD 317.50
20

Geographical Memoirs On New South Wales; By Various Hands: Containing An Account Of The Surveyor General's Late Expedition To Two New Ports; ...

1825 AUD 1,200.00 - 1,500.00 AUD 952.50
21

An Authentic Journal of the Expedition under Commodore Phillips to Botany Bay... by an Officer. Originally published in London in 1789

1975 AUD 150.00 - 200.00 AUD 215.90
22 PHILLIP, Arthur.

The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay.

1950 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 152.40
23 Written Lieutenant William Bligh.

Two facsimile editions of eighteenth century books by Capt. William Bligh: A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, To Timo

Melbourne 1952 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
24 HADDON, A.C. (series editor).

Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Volume I General Ethnography.

1935 AUD 400.00 - 500.00 AUD 254.00
25 Edited R.A. Skelton.

Charts & Views Drawn by Cook and His Officers and Reproduced from the Original Manuscripts.

1969 AUD 250.00 - 300.00 AUD 349.25
26 BEAZLEY, C. Raymond (editor).

An English Garner. Voyages and Travels Mainly During the 16th and 17th Centuries.

London 1903 AUD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
27

Wonderful books on French voyages of Nicolas Baudin and Dumont d'Urville: CORNELL, Christine. Questions Relating to Nicolas Baudin's Australian expedition of 1800-1804.

Adelaide 1965 AUD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000