Peter Arnold: John Alexander Collection - Australia before European Settlement and Natural History, 71925, Prahran VIC

Auction Details

Auction Date: July 19, 2025 - July 19, 2025

Page Size: 168 items in 7 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
51	KITTLE, Samuel.	A concise history of the colony and natives of New South Wales.	Edinburgh	1814	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
52	KREFFT, Gerard.	The mammals of Australia. Illustrated by Mrs Harriet Scott and Mrs Helena Forde.	Sydney	1871	AUD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
53	KREFFT, Gerard.	The snakes of Australia. An illustrated and descriptive catalogue of all known species.	Sydney	1869	AUD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
54	LABILLARDIERE, Jacques J.H.	Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen.	Paris	1804-06.	AUD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00	Unknown
55	LANDSBOROUGH, Willam.	Journal of Landsborough's expedition from Carpentaria, in search of Burke and Wills.	Melbourne	1862	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
56	LATHAM, John.	A general synopsis of birds.	London	1781-1801.	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
57	LEWIN, John William.	A natural history of the lepidopterous insects of New South Wales, collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature.	London	1822	AUD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Unknown
58	LEWIN, John William.	A natural history of the birds of New South Wales. Collected, engraved and faithfully painted after nature.	London	1822	AUD 40,000.00 - 50,000.00	Unknown
59	MACONOCHIE, Alexander.	Thoughts on convict management, and other subjects connected with the Australian penal colonies.	Hobart Town	1838	AUD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
60	[MAGRA, James, attributed].	A journal of a voyage round the world in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.	London	1771	AUD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00	Unknown
61	MAJOR, R. H., editor.	Early voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia.	London,	1859	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
62	MARSHALL, J., publisher.	The gamester.	London	circa 1796.	AUD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
63	MATHEWS, Gregory M.	The birds of Australia.	[London	1910-27.	AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
64	MITCHELL, Sir Thomas.	Australian geography, with the shores of the Pacific and those of the Indian Ocean.	Sydney	1850	AUD 500.00 - 600.00	Unknown
65	MOORE, George Fletcher.	Diary of ten years eventful life of an early settler in Western Australia; and also a descriptive vocabulary of the language of the Aborigines.	London	1884	AUD 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
66	MOSSMAN, Samuel.	Narrative of the wreck of the Admella, intercolonial steamer, on the southern coast of Australia.	Melbourne	1859	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
67	MUDIE, James.	The felonry of New South Wales: being a faithful picture of the real romance of life in Botany Bay, with anecdotes of Botany Bay society.	London	1837	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
68	MURRAY, Amelia, Lady Hammond.	Album of delicate natural history watercolours on vellum, circa 1820	circa 1820		AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
69	PARKINSON, Sydney.	A journal of a voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship the Endeavour.	London	1773	AUD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00	Unknown
70	PARKINSON, Sydney.	A journal of a voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's Ship Endeavour .	London	1784	AUD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
71	PASTORAL HOMES OF AUSTRALIA.	New Series, Volume I - [III].	Sydney and Melbourne	1929-31.	AUD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
72	PELSAERT, Francois.	Ongeluckige Voyagie, van't Schip Batavia, Na Oost-Indien . Gebleven op de Abriolhos van Frederick Houtman.	Utrecht,	1649	AUD 35,000.00 - 50,000.00	Unknown
73	QUIROS, Pedro Fernandez de.	Discursus sive relatio memorabilis . in causa detectionis quintae orbis terrarum partis, nempe Terrae Australis incognitae. from De Bry's collection of voyages,	Frankfurt	1613	AUD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Unknown
74	REID, Thomas.	Two voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, with a description of the present condition of that interesting colony: including facts and observations relative to the state and management of convicts of both sexes.	London	1822	AUD 800.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
75	'ROBERTSON'.	Voyage de Robertson aux Terres Australes, traduit sur le manuscript Anglais.	Amsterdam [but Paris]	1766	AUD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown

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