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Edwin and Karen Clark. Queensland's longest established vendor of antique maps and prints. Since 1989.
Vellum Document.
Manuscript CONVEYANCE from the county of YORK. 1774.
Outsize size. 100 x 88cm.
Reversible framing process.
​$750 + pp.
Prayer book leaf.
Manuscript.  c. 1440 by Greer Grote, a Dutch Catholic deacon in old Dutch.
Includes part of Psalm 92.
Guaranteed to be over 560 years old.
This is the oldest item I have offered for sale. 
28 x 34 framed.
​$420. AUD + pp

 Leaf of Manuscript music from an Antiphoner.  (Below)
Produced probably Spain . c. 1625.
Artworked on to oxhide. 
Music is on a stave, inked in red, formed of five lines in black ink.
Text is in a Spanish rounded Gothic hand (Rotunda)
(Antiphon. A short passage, usually from the Bible, recited or sung as a response after certain parts of a liturgical service.)
Size Framed. 75 x 55 cm
​$800 AUD + pp

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Music.
Anon. c. 1700.    (Below)
Sheet from an an antiphonary written in four - line music in black and red ink with five large initials, on paper.
Translation on reverse.
Size. 47 x 61 framed.
​$750 +pp

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Brisbane in 1866.
Antique woodcut from the "Illustrated London News"
Hand coloured by my wife Karen. This comes in two pieces. Joined with archival glues.
The view is from the Observatory. Shows Upper Edward St in bushland. The remains of the convict water supply
can be seen on the right. Very detailed. Includes the Mary McKillop chapel in Elisabeth Street. (Oldest existent  civilian
building in Brisbane.)
89 x 30 cm Framed.
$350. AUD +pp.
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Queen Street at the Edward St Corner.
(Brisbane)
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 33 x 43 cm.
​$220 AUD.+pp
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Parliament House.
(Brisbane)
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 33 x 43 cm.
​$220 AUD.+pp
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​Brisbane from Bowen Terrace
​Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Lithographic surrounds.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
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The Australian Cricketers.
Antique woodcut from the "Illustrated London News"
1882.
Later hand colouring.
Framed size. 62 x 48 cm
​$350 AUD. +pp
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Sketches of life in Queensland.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Published in the "Illustrated London News" 1884.
Shows a view of Charters Towers bot. left.
Size 46 x 36 cm framed.
$200 AUD +pp.
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Sketches of life in Queensland.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Published in the "Illustrated London News" 1884.
Shows sheep shearing near Hughenden top right.
Size 46 x 36 cm framed.
$200 AUD +pp.
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Mustering Cattle in Australia.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. "The Graphic" 1871. (London)
Framed size. 37 x 45 cm.
$150. +pp

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Adelaide from the River Torrens.
Antique wood engraving with later hand colouring.  1886.
​Size  27 x 37 cm matted.
$75. AUD +pp.

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Fifteen lithographic views of Victoria and Melbourne.
c. 1885. (Below)
Size.56 x 72 cm.
Price. $400

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Floods at Melbourne Australia.
Antique woodcuts with later hand colouring.
Pub. "Illustrated London News" 1864. Top. Emerald Hill from the suburban railway. Middle. St Kilda Rd
south side of Prince's Br. Bottom. Punt Rd Richmond.

Matted size 32 x 43 cm.
$85. +pp

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Early engravings of Melbourne. Published in 1888.
Shows the "Falls"  on the Yarra in 1838. Hand coloured.
​Scarce. Paper size 26 x 19 cm.
$150. AUD +pp

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Early engraving of Melbourne. Published in 1888.
Shows the "Falls"  on the Yarra in 1844. Hand coloured.
​Scarce. Paper size 26 x 19 cm.
​$150. AUD +pp

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​Entertainment given to Admiral D'Entrecasteaux by Toobou King of the Friendly Islands.
Antique etching with engraving and later hand colouring. Published London. 1800.
Guaranteed to be over 215 years old.
​Image Size 38 x 28 cm
In 1791-3 , D'Entrecasteaux with two ships, "the Recherche" and the "Esperance"
unsuccessfully searched for the missing La Perouse expedition last seen in Botany Bay
in Jan. 1788.
The view of a village in Tonga would have been drawn around 1792.
​$150. AUD +pp

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Tom Thumb Lagoon. (Near Wollongong, NSW.)
​Antique engraving (steel plate) with later hand colouring. 1874.
​20 x 15cm
​$40

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Natives opposing Captain Cook's landing. (Below)
A portrayal of an actual incident during Cook's exploration of the East coast of Australia in 1770.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
​Pub. by A. Garran. 1886.
​Price. $50

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The Hawkesbury, at Wiseman's Ferry. (Below)
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Lithographic surrounds.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 32 x 41 cm.
​$110 AUD.+pp

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Vulpine Opossum.
Antique engraving (copper) with later hand colouring.
Pub. J. Stockade, London. 1789.
From Gov. Phillip's report.
Matted size. 38 x 30 cm
​$100 AUD +pp

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Kangooroo Rat (sic).
Antique engraving (copper) with later hand colouring.
Pub. J. Stockade, London. 1789.
From Gov. Phillip's report.
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Matted size`27 x 36 cm.
$140 AUD +pp

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Bronze Winged Pigeon.
Antique engraving (copper) with later hand colouring.
Pub. J. Stockade, London. 1789.
From Gov. Phillip's report.
Framed size. 34 x 42 cm
​$200 AUD +pp

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New Holland Goatsucker.
Antique engraving (copper) with later hand colouring.
Pub. J. Stockade, London. 1789.
From Gov. Phillip's report.
Matted size.29 x 37 cm
​$140 AUD +pp

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Illustration of eight Birds.
Antique engravings with original hand colouring.
Pub by Harrifon (sic) and Co, 1783.
Shows a very early view of a Tui bird. (NZ)
matted size  29 x 43 cm
$70. + pp

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Australasian Fauna. 
(Ten illustrations)
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886
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Framed size. 42 x 52 cm
$250. +pp

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Blue Wrens.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 23 x 39 cm.
​$100 AUD.+pp
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Laughing Jackass.  (Kookaburra)
​Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 27 x 32 cm.
​$140 AUD.+pp
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Regent Bird.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 27 x 30 cm.
​$135 AUD.+pp
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Magpie.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 24 x 28 cm.
​$90 AUD.+pp
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Aster Asterotrichus. (Below)
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886.
Size matted. 24 x 32 cm.
​$80 AUD.+pp
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His Excellency Governor Hampton presenting commissions
to the West Australian volunteers...
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Published by the "Illustrated London News", 1864.
Matted size. 32 x 43 cm
$65 AUD +pp

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Circular Quay, Sydney Harbour.
Antique woodcut with later hand colouring.
Lithographic surrounds.
Pub. A. Garran, Melbourne, Sydney. 1886
Matted size 37 x 48 cm
$120. +pp.

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Reservoirs d'eau de L' lle Toud.
Antique lithograph with later hand colouring.
Pub. Dumont D'urville. Paris. 1842.
From the "Voyage au Pole et dans L'Océanien...."
From the Torres Strait.
Size framed 43 x 57 cm
$300 +pp

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