Australian & Historical (#457) Closed Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)Relevance Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 281-290 of 940. Previous|1...272829303132...94|Next Lot #282 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1687-1688: large selection of issues between numb.2200 and 2343: plenty of interesting content including issue 2212 (Jan 27, 1687) report from Paris of a Notre Dame thanksgiving for the recovery of King Louis XIV following surgery; issue 2213 (Jan.31,1687) reports of Emeric Thokoly (Prince of Upper Hungary) had joined forces with the Turks against the Habsburgs, this issue also carries notice of an important book sale by William Cowper at the Pelican in London; issue 2 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #283 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1688-1694: large group of issues between numb.2371 and 2998: much of interest including issue 2371 (Aug. 6,1688) with records of addresses to the King and Consort on the birth of the Prince of Wales, the same issue reporting that the King has ordered breast feeding be given to the Prince "with much success"; issue 2384 (Sep.20,1688) with a declaration from James II that no Roman Catholic may be a member of the British House of Commons; View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,600Price Realized$900StatusSold Lot #284 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1694-1709: large group of issues between numb.3000 and 4578 with many articles of interest including issue 3003 (Aug.20) which reports the introduction of a superfine gunpowder which does not foul firearms; issue 3030 (Nov.22 1694) with a report from Paris that bread prices are rising, robberies are on the increase and a poll tax is to be levied; issue 3078 (May 9, 1695) reports that coal is being transported from Newcastle to Yarmouth in a fleet of 100 vessels, plus a View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusCLOSED! Lot #285 BENJAMIN MARTIN (1704 - 1782) "The Description and Use of both the GLOBES, the Armillary Sphere, and Orrery, exemplified in a large and select variety of problems in Astronomy, Geography, Dialling, Navigation, Spherical Trigonometry, Chronology, &c., also, A New Construction of each Globe, by an Apparatus exhibiting the Phænomena of the Earth and Heavens exactly as they are, and adapting the same to every Age of the World" [London, Benj. Martin, circa 1770] Second edition; 244pp + five plates. View details Estimate$500 - $750Price Realized$350StatusSold Lot #286 HAWKESWORTH, John (1715 - 1773) An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; By John Hawkesworth LL.D. Illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts.. View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,500Price Realized$8,000StatusSold Lot #287 THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, AND DAILY ADVERTISER - 1789 - BILL OF RIGHTS: (Oct.6) edition with column headed "Congress of the United States" showing the Twelve Articles of Amendment approved by Congress on September 25, 1789; other contents include a verse dedicated to "The Bastille" (Storming of Bastille took place on July 14, 1789), plus articles on foreign intelligence, as well as ship departure notices and numerous advertisements; condition is quite fine overall with mild uniform aging. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Price Realized$750StatusSold Lot #288 "Buffon's Natural History, Abridged." pub. by C. & G. Kearsley [1791] in a single volume (lacks several plates), "Hunters and Fishers.." by Sinnett [1846], "Geology in its relation to Revealed Religion" by Bellew [1853] & "Bully Hayes South Sea Pirate" by Lubbock [1931]. (4 vols.) Mixed condition. View details Estimate$100 - $200Price Realized$120StatusSold Lot #289 THE SPECTATOR (NEW YORK): 1800 (Jan.1) edition of this short-lived (Oct. 1797 to Dec.31 1800) broadsheet including a report on the "Funeral Procession as a tribute to the memory of General George Washington" held on December 31st 1799, with full details of the procession including illustration of the position of the pall-bearers and the order of the procession; quite fine with some light foxing, overall 33.5 x 50cm. View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$160StatusSold Lot #290 AN AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL PIONEER - EDWARD LUTTRELL "SELLS" SOME OF HIS LAND, JULY 1810 An indenture, signed and dated at Parramatta, 24 July 1810, by which Luttrell transfers ownership of 2 acres of his land at Richmond Hill to David Bele, provided he proceeds "to build...a House Joining the House already erected on the said land, Edward Luttrell's Farm at Richmond Hill." View details Estimate$200 - $300Price Realized$420StatusSold Lot #291 RICHARD HAYMAN - STOLE A WATCH, BEAT HIS WIFE AND MAY HAVE MURDERED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW An indenture on vellum, formalizing the sale to Thomas Johnson for £45, of "forty-three acres of Land lying and situate in the District of Mulgrave Place, on the Banks of the River Hawkesbury being part and parcel of one hundred and thirty Acres of Land originally given and granted by His Excellency Governor King unto Edward Yardley....". Signed by all parties and with the original seal. 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