London, J. Davis, 1795. With 71 hand-coloured botanical plates. More about English Botany, or, Coloured Figures of British Plants .. Volume IV

London, Rodwell & Martin, 1823. William Light (1786-1839), soldier and surveyor, was born in Malaya and spent his childhood in Penang. He served with distinction (and was unharmed) in the Peninsular war. He missed Waterloo, but was severely wounded in a minor Spanish revolution in 1823. In the years before... More about Sicilian Scenery from Drawings by P. De Wint. The Original Sketches of Major Light

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834. With the armorial bookplate of 'George Bennett, MD, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, England'. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893), naturalist and doctor, migrated to Australia in 1836, 'developing a successful medical practice in Sydney and becoming a leading figure in... More about Travelling Sketches on the Sea-Coasts of France, with beautifully finished Engravings, from...

Paris, Martinet, [1850s]. For those who wish to have a brush with the law ... 'These are the earliest illustrations for the Code Civil', done by Charles Amédée de Noé (1818-1879), a noted French caricaturist (see 'Laughing at Law Codes: A French Tradition', an exhibition curated by Mike Widener at..... More about Le Code Civil. Commente par Cham. Ouvrage destine aux Personnes qui desirent avoir des Demeles...

London, Arthur Miall, 1868. 'The characteristic excellencies of Raphael's Bible, being those of composition and expression, can be conveyed through the medium of engraving. Early impressions of plates, printed at Rome in 1674, have therefore been secured.... The Photographs may be fairly left to speak for themselves'. The publisher's advertisements... More about Expositions of Raphael's Bible

Sydney, Government Printer, 1873. New South Wales Parliamentary Paper Number 181 of 1873. The attractive plates (two full-page and four half-page) are well-executed views of operational mining scenes or interesting landscape features ('granite outcrops and alluvial workings', as Trove succinctly puts it); artists identified are Wilkinson himself and R.L. Murray. More about Tin-Bearing Country, New England. (Report of Mr Licensed Surveyor Wilkinson on

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1882 to 1890. The following information from the entry on the South Australian botanical artist Rosa Catherine Fiveash (1854-1938) in the 'Australian Dictionary of Biography' is a potted history of the project: 'In 1882 Rosa was invited to illustrate "The Forest Flora of South Australia" by John... More about The Forest Flora of South Australia

[London, The Victoria Institute, 1889]. More about The Aborigines of Australia. Their Ethnic Position and Relations. [An offprint from] Journal of...

[Melbourne, George Robertson & Co., circa 1890s]. A scarce souvenir of rural Victoria at the end of the nineteenth century. The chromolithographs include 'Natives spearing Kangaroo', 'Alluvial Diggers', 'A Stampede', 'Yarding Cattle', 'Old Man Kangaroo at Bay', and 'A Buck Jumper'. The last one is curious - and inaccurate -... More about Early Victorian Life

Orpington and London, George Allen, 1892. The memorable and evocative illustrations are by Richard Doyle. Originally written in 1841 for twelve-year-old Euphemia 'Effie' Gray, Ruskin's future wife. More about The King of the Golden River or, The Black Brothers. A Legend of Stiria

Adelaide, School of Design Art Club, 1894. Harry Pelling Gill (1855-1916), art curator and teacher, at the time Director for Technical Art. 'In 1892 he was appointed honorary curator of the art gallery and, following the resignation in December of Louis Tannert as master of the school of painting, Gill... More about The Straight and Devious Paths of Studentship. A Lecture delivered at the School of Design,...

Sydney, Wm Brooks, Circa 1898. More about English History Stories for Fourth Class. Brooks's New Australian School Series. The New Standard...

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1899. 'With 76 Coloured Plates and 6 Engravings'. More about Atlas of the External Diseases of the Eye, including a Brief Treatise on the Pathology and...

London, John Lane, 1900. Introduction by A.C. Benson. Illustrated by Henry Ospovat. More about Poems by Matthew Arnold

London, The Art Journal Office, 1900. More about The Paris Exhibition 1900. An Illustrated Record of its Art, Architecture and Industries. Section 1

London, Ward, Lock and Co, [c.1900]. 20 plates by Frances Swan and others. More about The Camp at Wandinong

Adelaide, RSSA, 1904. This issue also contains numerous articles by Bragg, Howchin, Tepper, Verco, Woolnough, and others. More about Anthropological Notes made on the South Australian Government North-West Prospecting Expedition,...

London, Fisher Unwin, 1906. With the bookplate of Sir Richard Baker (1841-1911). 'Barrister, pastoralist and politician ... [Baker was] the first South Australian-born member of the colonial legislature ... [and] one of the founding fathers of Federation' (ADBonline). More about Romantic Cities of Provence

Adelaide, RSSA, 1907. This issue also contains numerous other articles, including four by Professor W.H. Bragg (totalling 28 pages), four by Douglas Mawson (totalling 20 pages) and three by Dr J.C. Verco (totalling 41 pages). More about Anthropological Notes on the Western Coastal Tribes of the Northern Territory. [Contained in]...

London, Penrose, 1907. More about Penrose's Pictorial Annual, Volume 13, 1907-8. The Process Year Book. An Illustrated Review of...

London, Penrose, 1908. More about Penrose's Pictorial Annual. A Review of the Graphic Arts. Volume 14, 1908-9. The Process Year Book

London, Methuen, 1908. With the ownership signature of local businessman Arnold Edwin Davey (dated 7 May 1913) and a few characteristic pencilled emphases. Laid down to the rear blanks are a three-page contemporary article on Finland ('Where Women have the Vote') and the August 1913 'Bulletin International des Douanes... Number... More about A Summer Tour in Finland

London, Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Loosely inserted is this handwritten, charming gift inscription; 'With every good wish for Xmas and A very Happy New Year from a grateful patient'. More about From Sketch-Book and Diary

Paris, printed by Draeger for High-Life Tailor, [1909]. The story is a tale purportedly from the 'Thousand and One Nights' entitled 'Histoire du Tailleur de Bagdad et du Secret Merveilleux'. The preliminary drawings prefigure the published version, but vary in many ways from the final product. A copy of the... More about The original preliminary artwork for a lavish promotional publication for the Parisian fashion...

London, Gowans and Gray, 1910/ 1907. Humorous Masterpieces Number 5. More about Pictures