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Rare Books

PHILLIP, Arthur The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay;

The first official account of the first European settlement in Australia

£7,000

By PHILLIP, Arthur, 1789.

HUNTER, John An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, with the Discoveries which have been made New South Wales and in the Southern Ocean, since the publication of Phillip's Voyage, compiled from the Official Papers;

Among the most important documents of the early years of the British in Australia

£5,000

By HUNTER, John, January 1, 1793.

TENCH, Watkin A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales,

Out of stock

“at once the most perceptive and the most literary” (Fitzhardinge)

£5,000

By TENCH, Watkin, 1793.

PREVOST D'EXILES, Antoine François, and BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas Histoire generale des voyages,

Out of stock

“An important and scarce collection, which includes accounts of all the principal early Australian voyages” from the author of Manon Lescaut

£20,000

By PREVOST D'EXILES, Antoine François, and BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas, 1792

WIEDER, Frederick Caspar. Monumenta Cartographica:

Out of stock

“The consummate study of Dutch cartography in relation to Dutch expansion”

£7,000

By WIEDER, Frederick Caspar., 1925-33.

HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward. The Principall Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation,

Out of stock

“the great prose epic of the Elizabethan period” with both the Wright-Molyneux world map and the rare suppressed ‘Voyage to Cadiz’ from the library of the Earls of Macclesfield.

£500,000

By HAKLUYT, Richard, and WRIGHT, Edward., Anno 1599–1600.

TANNER, Robert A Mirror for Mathematiques:

Out of stock

“Golden Gem for Geometricians: A sure safety for Saylers, and an auncient Antiquary for Astronomers and Astrologians”

£45,000

By TANNER, Robert, 1587

NAKANISHI, Takafusa Konten min'yo seiu Benran [trans.: Practical Introduction to Meteorology].

Out of stock

One of the earliest Japanese books with volvelles

£3,325

By NAKANISHI, Takafusa, 1767

WAFER, Lionel A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America.

Out of stock

Adviser to the Darien Scheme

£16,000

By WAFER, Lionel, 1699.

IGUCHI, Johan. Tenmon Zukai. [trans.: Illustrated Explanation of Astronomy].

Out of stock

“The First Astronomical Book Published in Japan”

£6,980

By IGUCHI, Johan., 1689

MARTIN, Robert Montgomery History of the British Colonies…

Out of stock

The height of Empire

£4,000

By MARTIN, Robert Montgomery, 1834-1835.

RICHTHOFEN, Ferdinand Freiherrn von. China

Out of stock

Richthofen’s major work on China

£49,400

By RICHTHOFEN, Ferdinand Freiherrn von., 1877-1911-[1912]