Vues de Versailles. Le Chateau le Parc, Le Petit and le Grand, Trianon
[No Place, No Publisher, late 1800s]. Contemporary ownership inscription; 'Versailles, 28/29 October '73'. More
[No Place, No Publisher, late 1800s]. Contemporary ownership inscription; 'Versailles, 28/29 October '73'. More
[No publication details given, but we suggest Frith, Reigate, 1860s]. There is no duplication of images in these volumes. Gernsheim (Incunabula of British Photographic Literature, 1839-1875), records books published between 1864 and 1867 under the same generic title, containing half- and full-plate photographs, but he makes no mention of this..... More
Paris, Librarie Militaire J. Dumaine ... et chez l'Inventeur, 1862. Auguste Chevallier's ingenious photographic plane-table produced a disc-shaped horizontal panorama by means of a rotating lens. Comparing images taken at different vantage points allowed the surveyor accurately to calculate distances and heights as with a regular plane table, but with..... More
Elgin, Robert Stewart, 1863 [third edition]/ 1827. Four of the photographs are reproductions of early paintings; the others are primarily views in and around Elgin. More
Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. Almost half the book (58 pages) is given over to verse by Stephenson, who died at the age of 18 in May 1865. With a contemporary inscription (in Charles Todd's hand?) to 'Lizzie Todd 4th Decr 1865' in ink on an early blank; the..... More
London, Lockwood, 1865. The photographs are an oval portrait of Cobden (by J. Eastham, 77 x 55 mm), and three views (each 67 x 90 mm) by S. Ayling: a streetscape of Midhurst (Sussex), Dunford House, and West Lavington Church. More
Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. Inscribed on an early blank, in what we know to be the hand of Charles Todd, to 'Mr Edwd Stirling Junr / Xmas 1865'; with the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward Charles Stirling. Ferguson 16245; Holden 103. We have previously sold a copy..... More
Adelaide, Andrews, Thomas, and Clark, 1865. With the contemporary ownership details of 'Revd Henry Pollitt, Woodville, 4th Decr 1865' on the flyleaf. One of the earliest Australian imprints illustrated with original photographs (see Holden: 'Photography in Colonial Australia' [Sydney, 1988]), where the author is incorrectly referred to in the text..... More
Paris, Librairie Militaire J. Dumaine, 1866. Auguste Chevallier's ingenious photographic plane-table produced a disc-shaped horizontal panorama by means of a rotating lens. Comparing images taken at different vantage points allowed the surveyor accurately to calculate distances and heights as with a regular plane table, but with less room for human..... More
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
Exeter, Henry S. Eland, 1869. With the bookplate of the NZ photohistorian Hardwicke Knight. In all but one instance (John Russell, 'first-rate huntsman'), the photographs are of extant portraits of long-dead worthies of the likes of Drake, Raleigh and John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. More
London, Lockwood, 1870 [third edition, carefully revised and considerably enlarged]/ [1857]. All of the plates in the second volume relate to specific bridges: one double-page plate gives details of the 'Bridge over Salt Water River, Melbourne and Williams Town Railway, Victoria' (and one of the diagrams in the first volume..... More
[Reigate, Frith & Co., circa 1873]. Offered together with a rare example of Frith's Cosmoscope, the patented viewer for which these large-format mounted prints were designed. 'It gives the user an impression of depth when viewing images ... due to the combined use of a wide optics and a curved..... More
Melbourne, [The Society], 1874. This issue also contains (among much else) FISON, Reverend Lorimer: The Classificatory System of Kinship (26 pages), and PAIN, H.E.: Abstract of a Paper on Aboriginal Art in Australasia, Polynesia, and Oceania, and its Decay (6 pages). More
Adelaide, J.T. Shawyer, Printer, 1874. The frontispiece, a Townsend Duryea photograph, is a composite of five numbered oval portraits; the identification key is printed on the verso of the title page. Ferguson 16706 (not identifying the photographer, and not indicating that the five photographic portraits are in fact one composite..... More
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, 1879. Holden 61; Ferguson 15986 (noting only an edition in wrappers, without the frontispiece). More
London, HMSO, 1879. British Parliamentary Paper C2452 of Volume 29 of Session 1878-79. The bulk of the supplement is the 'Report by Dr. Ballard on the Effluvium Nuisances arising in connexion with various manufacturing and other branches of industry. Part III' (280 pages). This report deals primarily with industries in..... More
Adelaide, W.K. Thomas, 1879. See Ferguson 15986 (not noting this cloth-bound edition nor the frontispiece - we have previously handled a copy with a lithographic frontispiece - and not mentioning this photographically illustrated edition; see Holden 61). More
Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer, 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. With the armorial bookplates of James Angas Johnson and Charles Glover on the pastedown; the white ink on the spine is a legacy of Glover's ownership. The last part of the book, 'A Voyage from Port Phillip to Adelaide in 1846' (23..... More
London, Bickers, 1880. The 12 mounted Woodburytype illustrations (of significant religious events) are approximately 60 × 77 mm each. More
Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer [for the Author], 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. The particulars of the photographs match those given in Holden (where the discrepancy in the number of plates present as against listed is explained). The plates are of drawings by Hamilton; he contributed similar sketches to the published journals..... More
Adelaide, J. Williams, Printer [for the Author], 1880 [second edition]/ 1879. The particulars of the photographs match those given in Holden (where the discrepancy in the number of plates present as against listed is explained). The plates are of drawings by Hamilton; he contributed similar sketches to the published journals..... More
Adelaide, Goodfellow & Hele [almost certainly the Author - James Dally was convinced], 1880. With the pictorial bookplate of J. Cluny Harkness (Federal President of the Chamber of Manufactures in the 1950s, according to Trove). Ferguson 11744; Holden 70. Holden's entry is more accurate and informative, although the photographs may..... More
Adelaide, Goodfellow & Hele [almost certainly the Author - James Dally was convinced], 1880. A rare and desirable item, attested to by the provenance of this copy: it has the armorial bookplate of Charles Glover on the pastedown, and the blind-stamp of Sir Thomas Ramsay on the flyleaf ('T.M.R. /..... More
[Melbourne, no publisher identified, circa 1880]. One of the panoramic views is 'The Melbourne International Exhibition' building (known as the Royal Exhibition Building today); the inaugural event was held there from October 1880 to April 1881. More
Genoa, Cartoleria e Legatoria Balbi Giuseppe, [circa 1880s]. A pictorial souvenir of Genoa comprising a leporello of 12 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs (102 × 72 mm or the reverse) on card mounts with a printed red border, folding into gilt-lettered red cloth boards, decorated in blind and lettered in gilt..... More
Richmond, Victoria, T.W. McAlpine, [1880s]. Some details catch the eye immediately - the cloth cap, the high lace-up boots, the striped knee-length socks - but they don't demand answers. However, one that does is the caption 'Why did my master sell me?' written in the negative on the fur rug..... More
London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1882. Loosely inserted is an albumen paper photograph (170 × 110 mm) mounted on card (300 × 230 mm, with the rubber-stamp credit of the photographers T. and R. Annan of Glasgow) of the memorial tablet in Glasgow Cathedral to Major Alexander Dunlop..... More
Adelaide, Carey, Page & Co., Printers ("Published under the Author's own immediate Supervision"), 1885. The lithographs are a frontispiece view after Skipper, 15 full-page portraits and one plate containing three portraits; the photographs are of the Governor (and dedicatee) Sir William Robinson (140x88mm, by Hammer and Co.) and Loyau (98x58mm..... More
Adelaide, Carey, Page & Co., Printers ("Published under the Author's own immediate Supervision"), 1885. The lithographs are a delightful frontispiece view of Glenelg in 1837 after John Michael Skipper, 14 full-page portraits, and a plate containing the portraits of Cotton, Watsford and Waterhouse. The photograph is a head-and-shoulders portrait of..... More
London, Lillywhite, Frowd, 1886. More
London, Sampson Low ... 1886. More
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1887 [this Adelaide edition is the first edition]. A London edition of this book was published in 1888, with pages ix-304 (from the table of contents onwards) being the sheets of this Adelaide edition. The first eight pages, the cloth colour, lettering and decoration differ..... More
Canterbury, Gibbs, 1889. More
Melbourne, The Literary Committee [of The Congress], 1889. One of the photographs ('Necrosis of Fingers and Toes') illustrates 'Diseases of Polynesians, as seen in Queensland' by F. BOWE (8 pages). The other five illustrate 'A New Procedure for the Cure of Congenital Talipes Varus and Equino-Varus' by T.N. FITZGERALD (6..... More
1890s (a European scene, printed later). Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
Adelaide, Printed by Hussey & Gillingham, [1890s]. All plate leaves depict one or more illustrations from photographs, against a watercolour pictorial background with calligraphic titles. There is only one full-page plate proper. Not in Trove, but recorded there are what appear to be later versions of a similar item, 'Gall's..... More
1894 (printed later). Reproduced in NEWTON, Gael: 'John Kauffmann, Art Photographer' (NGA, 1996), page 14 (this print, which also appeared in the accompanying travelling exhibition, 'Soft but True'). Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
Kalgoorlie, 'D. Falconer, Photo Artist', [between August 1894 and 1896]. The most readily-accessible, extensive (and accurate) information on Davidson is to be found in the lengthy introduction by Valmai Hankel to the new edition of 'Journal of Explorations in Central Australia ... 1898-1900'. The journal was first published as South..... More
Circa 1897 (a Sri Lankan scene, printed later). Signed on the lower right of the image, with the title in pencil on the original mount. Reproduced in NEWTON, Gael: 'John Kauffmann, Art Photographer' (NGA, 1996), page 37 (this print, which also appeared in the accompanying travelling exhibition, 'Soft but True')..... More
[Hindmarsh, Unknown Photographer, circa September 1898]. 'The banjo was introduced to America by enslaved Africans in the mid-1600s.... the earliest banjos, also known as banjars, were not the instruments we recognize today. Early banjos varied greatly. They could have any number of strings. The body could be made from a...... More
Adelaide, McGann [Photographer], 1899. Provenance: Archibald Henry Peake (1859-1920), Premier of South Australia on three occasions (1909-1910, 1912-1915 and 1917-1920; he died in office on 6 April 1920). The details 'Mr Peake / Parl' are written in ink on the verso. The main group in the photograph comprises, from left..... More
London, The Studio, 1900. Not least, 'The Work of Pietro Fraciacomo' (with 9 illustrations, 2 coloured; Fraciacomo 'drew mainly seascapes and cityscapes of Venice, often at night, a thematic also pursued by Mario de Maria. By the turn of the century, his style had acquired Symbolist overtones devoid of a...... More
[Cape Town, possibly J.H. Robinson & Co.], circa 1900. The photograph, featuring mainly artillery shells of various sizes (some of them identified), small arms ammunition, and shrapnel (one piece marked '66 Battery'), is signed in the negative 'B.W. Canby'. To say the image is incongruous in a souvenir greeting card..... More
London, Fradelle & Young, Photographers, 283 Regent Street, W., 1900. Given the number of guests at the dinner (a contemporary newspaper account suggests a figure of 700, albeit in two rooms), and the fact that Fradelle & Young 'Specialised in hotel and restaurant group photography of dinners & receptions' (PhotoLondon..... More
[Circa 1900s]. Signed and titled in pencil on the original mount. Provenance: from the family of John Kauffmann, by descent (sold by Sotheby's Australia, 24 July 1988); private collection, Sydney. More
Melbourne, A.H. Massina & Co., 1900. Provenance: 'E.C. Tatchell' is written in pencil on the front flyleaf. Captain Edward Charles Tatchell was Commander of E Company, 5th Contingent, Victorian Mounted Rifles. Loosely inserted is a vintage snapshot (approximately 75 × 85 mm) showing (presumably) Tatchell in uniform, with a much..... More
London, Newman, Graham & Co., [circa 1905 (first edition thus)]. Lengthy biographical sketches are accompanied by fine portraits, with many of the latter by Elliott & Fry. Other photographers noted include Messrs. Bassano, C.E. Fry & Son, Langfier Limited, Russell & Sons, Lafayette Limited, and A.C. Hoskins. The contents of..... More