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Previous|1...707172737475...132|Next Lot #710 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: almost complete May to August run (between Numb.258 and 291, excl. 273, duplicate 271): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, details of ships wrecked & religious news including Papal activities; issue 271 (Jun.18) reports that Sir William Temple, the King's ambassador for the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle (May 7) had arrived at Whitehall to relay his account of proceedings to the king; View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #711 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1668 issues: largely complete September to December run (between #292 and 326, ex 301, 303 & 320): content mostly concerns news from various European cities, plus fleet movements, ship arrivals, and religious news including Papal activities; many issues with reports of the Turkish siege of Venetian-ruled Candia (Crete); issue 292 (Sep.3) stating that the Turks had gathered 12,000 men in Morea to assist in the siege of Canea (Chania) and issue 304 with reports on an as View details Estimate$600 - $800Price Realized$460StatusSold Lot #712 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1675-1678: large group of issues between numb.1079 and 1337: some notable reports include issue 1083 (Apr.3.1676) with news of arrival in Spain of Spanish galleons carrying 25 million pieces of eight, the same issue also carries reports of the trial for treason of Danish statesman Peder Griffenfeld; issue 1093 (May 8, 1676) with reports from Constantinople that the Grand Siegnior is constructing a seraglio (harem) for the women of Adrianople; issue 1134 (Oct 2, 1676) r View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Price Realized$600StatusSold Lot #713 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1679-1684: large group of issues between numb.1449 and 1980: with many articles of interest including issue 1507 (Apr.26, 1680) reports of a "false and dangerous rumour spread abroad" that Charles II is to marry the mother of the Duke of Monmouth; issue 1694 (Feb. 9, 1682) with a report that a "most curious and excellent way of preserving dead bodies from putrefication" had been presented to the King; View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #714 LONDON GAZETTE - ENGLAND - 1687-1688: large selection of issues between #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 2226 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #715 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$800 - $1,200Price Realized$500StatusSold Lot #716 THE HOBART TOWN GAZETTE Friday, July 12, 1839 No.1206. A fascinating early news paper showing land grants of the day, there size and location and whom they were granted, Ticket Of Leave listings, court listings and the general administration of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land. 28 x 22.5cm overall View details Estimate$120 - $200Price Realized$280StatusSold Lot #717 "THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION" - ENGLAND - 1842 - BUSH RANGERS IN TASMANIA: 16 July 1842 (No.3) edition of a monthly magazine with lengthy article entitled "An encounter with Bush-Rangers in Van Diemen's Land" by "An Officer" with a detailed 5-page account of his pursuit and capture of three ex-convict bushrangers Palmer, Regan & Atterall in the late 1830s; other articles of interest include "A Cure for Hydrophobia"& "On the Growth of Plant in Cities"; minor aging. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #718 PROVIDENCE DAILY JOURNAL - UNITED STATES - 1842: (Nov.6) edition with hoax story gleaned from French newspaper "L'Etoile" of an Englishman Rodger Dodsworth who had fallen into a coma during an avalanche in the Alps in the late 17th century, was subsequently found in 1826, thawed out and brought back to life, (becoming the foundation for Mary Shelley's 1863 short story "The Reanimated Englishman"); View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #719 NEW SOUTH WALES - PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT. LAND and EMMIGRATION RECEIPT No.45, issued to Mr. W.G. Brodie of Moonie Ponds on 1st December 1849 for the payment of £135. The payment is in the nature of a deposit so that Brodie could participate in the purchase of Crown Lands. The receipt is signed by Charles Latrobe, Superintendent and Robert Hoddle, Surveyor in Charge. An extremely rare document and the first example we have offered. 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