The Illustrated Herbal
London, Frances Lincoln and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1979]. More
London, Frances Lincoln and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, [1979]. More
Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer Verlag [for the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg Bibliothek], 1982. With the ink gift inscription dated Christmas 1986 and signed 'Leonard' by Leonard Eugene Boyle, OP, OC, scholar and palaeographer, later Prefect of the Vatican Library (1984-1997). More
Köln, Belser Verlag for the Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum, 1992. Catalogue of an exhibition which ran from 9 October 1992 to 10 January 1993. More
Rome, Edizioni Quasar, 1999 (expanded edition)/ 1984. The text is in Italian. The half-title is inscribed, dated (11 March 1999) and signed by the author. Leonard Eugene Boyle OP OC (1923-1999) was Prefect of the Vatican Library from 1984 to 1997. Offered together with a copy of the first edition..... More
Burwood, Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, 2009. 'Script and Print' Special Issue, Volume 33, Numbers 1-4. Harold Love (1937-2007), 'Australian literary historian, critic, and editor, especially of the literature of Restoration England' (Oxford Reference website). More
This interesting letter is from Charles Pearcy Mountford (1890-1976, anthropologist) to his friend Harold Llewellyn Sheard (1890-1975, amateur anthropologist) and his wife Rose (née Lowcay, 1889-1968). Mountford has been busy in the eastern states: 'Ayers Rock [published in 1965] is in the hands of the publishers, the last volume of..... More
'I can ... write to the Bishop of Norwich, who has a great respect for your Father, to ask his advice about it, and I am sure he will do all he can for you, consistently with his rules of duty.' Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, Arctic explorer, spent the..... More
Rose Mary [Woods] (1917-2005) was Nixon's private secretary from 1951 until the end of his political career in 1974, and she became a close family friend. She was fiercely loyal, and more - as the 'Washington Post' obituary put it, 'Miss Woods was Nixon's gatekeeper. Reporters said she controlled who..... More
The catalyst for the discord appears to have been Hippeau's biting lampoon of Gounod in the issue of 29 October 1882. Saint-Saëns had hitherto been listed prominently on the covers as an official collaborator of the magazine; his name is absent from the issue of 13 November. His relationship with..... More
(1) A manuscript personal promissory note (90 × 167 mm) dated Adelaide, 24 October 1840 - 'Three months after date pay to my order Thirty Pounds value received. F.W. Allen. To C.W. Stuart Esqre'. Stuart has written across it 'Accepted Payable at the Bank of South Australia'. It was subsequently..... More
The first volume contains eleven Parliamentary Papers (in all, 98 pages plus 7 plans or charts) plus a printed broadside and 11 manuscript documents totalling 19 pages. The documents, all dated 1878, include a proof copy of the Report of the Board of Advice (one page foolscap folio, signed in..... More
Humboldt writes to introduce the geologist Alexandre Brongniart, remembering with gratitude the assistance rendered by le Duc to himself and his friends and collaborators, [Louis Joseph] Gay-Lussac and [Christian Leopold von] Buch. He hopes that M. Brongniart, 'l'homme célèbre', who wishes to visit Vesuvius and the lava flows of Ischia..... More
It is offered together with another eleven letters and an aerogram (seven in German, five in English, dated between 1974 to 1980), all written and signed by Olda Kokoschka to the Roths. The content tends to be routine and repetitive, but it is not without appeal. For example, in November..... More
'Dear Jan, We heard of your illness with deep concern from Marjorie Barnard ... I'm sure you will be interested to know that the exhibition opened to a packed gallery and even at this early stage I think it can be accounted a success. Nearly all the large oils have..... More
The letter is brief enough to quote in full: 'Dear Lady Glenconner, I am deeply distressed not only for myself but also for all of you. Of course one cannot but be very sorry for both of them. I have spoken to L. fully, and he takes a really serious..... More
The decree confirms the appointment of Georges Frédéric Fallot as Lutheran pastor in the parish of Dampierre-les-Bois near Audincourt, Doubs. It is countersigned by Hippolyte Fortoul, Ministre de l'Instruction publique et des Cultes. The decree was apparently cancelled soon after it was issued; it is crossed out, with the word..... More
'I intended to stay here only one week & to be able to spend the next with yourself & my excellent friends the Martins. As it is, I shall only be able to come to you' for a shorter period of time ... Provenance: Collection of The Hon Barry Jones..... More
Louis Philippe instructs the Ambassador to Russia to attend the opening of the new session of Parliament in Paris after the fall of the second Thiers administration. The document is countersigned by the Garde des Sceaux, Alexandre-François Vivien. Offered with a small pen-and-ink botanical drawing (200 × 125 mm) by..... More
After his conquest of Italy, Napoleon appointed his sister Elisa as ruler of a client state in the north-western part of the peninsula. In this official letter, stamped 'Secret' and written soon after the departure of Napoleon on his ill-fated Russian campaign, Elisa informs the French Minister of War of..... More
Not having time to offer a full critique of a manuscript Vogel has sent him, Gorki writes that he will limit himself to a brief sketch of his own conception of religion, which is entirely contrary to Vogel's. 'La religion surgit de la sensation de la liaison entre l'homme et..... More
As Baron Sydney he 'was British Home Secretary in the Pitt Government, given responsibility for devising a plan to settle convicts at Botany Bay. He chose Arthur Phillip as governor; on 26 January 1788, Phillip named Sydney Cove in honour of Sydney and the settlement became known as Sydney Town..... More
An apposite document relating to Mussolini, who was wounded on active service in the First World War. 'After the war, with the Socialist Party closed to him and Communism threatening disruption, he founded (1919) the first "Fascio di Combattimento", nominally to serve the cause of the neglected ex-servicemen. This proved..... More
From the spring of 1931 until the end of his enlistment in February 1935, T.E. Lawrence 'was part of a small team that developed and perfected the new types of RAF boat. He worked on seaplane tenders and armoured target boats, general-purpose workboats, refuelling dinghies, bomb-loading dinghies and experimental craft'..... More
'Companies A and F were from the village of Kewanee, in Henry county [Illinois] ... The exigencies of the struggle and the call had wrought the enthusiasm of the village to its highest pitch, when, on the morning of August 7th, a muster roll was opened in the office of..... More
Although this significant account is transcribed, we can find no record that the original diary is held in any institutional collection, or indeed that it survives. The Australian War Memorial has a small collection of material relating to the Boer War service of 'Captain Surgeon Frederick David Jermyn', including 'photocopied..... More
The contract reads 'Bloemfontein | 13 Apl 1900 | I.O.U. Ten Pounds [with Ten crossed out in pencil, £15 written above it in ink, and 'Fifteen' in pencil, with both initialled in pencil by F.W. Belt] | F.W. Belt | Payable to H.C. Hawker or order'; H.C. Hawker has signed..... More
The Lion Brewing and Malting Company in North Adelaide was founded in 1884, and floated in 1888 (the same year as the South Australian Brewing Company Limited) 'in order to secure the brewing, hotel and property assets of Beaglehole and Johnston ... The company owned many hotels in South Australia'..... More
The first nine pages, closely written in ink in a single hand which we know to be that of pastoralist Alfred Barker (1812-1880), contain a version of Stuart's journal for the period from 31 March (the beginning of the expedition) to 17 May 1859, with some significant variation from the..... More
The archive comprises: 1. Correspondence and documents relating to the sale of John McDouall Stuart's pastoral runs at Chambers Creek Runs (eight autograph letters from John Chambers to Alfred Barker, together with eight further documents relating to the sale). These documents suggest that, within months of purchasing the Chambers Creek..... More
The letter reads in full: '20th October 63 | Dear Maro | What a very nice thought and what a delicious present. I must not call it "Turkish Delight" as I used in the nursery - "Greek Delight". It is very seldom that the genuine article appears in England. My..... More
The card is addressed in Waugh's hand on the recto to Terence Concannon Esq. in Sheffield; it is postmarked Dursley, 8 October 1952. The verso is inscribed and initialled by Waugh: 'Thank you for your letter & your continued interest. 1) Preface to "Bassington" 1947. 2) I wrote four articles..... More
Waugh's note reads in full: 'Very many thanks indeed for your charming letter of sympathy. My best wishes for Christmas and the next year, Evelyn'. Perhaps not surprisingly, because of the personal and intimate nature of the short message, the card was sent in the envelope, with the recto of..... More
The letter reads in full: '25th January 1958 | Dear Sir Ralph | Thank you awfully for lending me this. It was of the greatest interest and help. I have read a dozen or more of these memoirs lately, of men killed in the first war. There is no one..... More
The letter reads in full: '22nd January 1958 | Dear Sir Ralph | It was extraordinarily kind of you to go to such trouble in answering my questions about the Old Parsonage. You have given me just what I needed. Thanks awfully. And thank you for lending me memoir of..... More