AGGS BROS LTD M 50 Berkeley Square • London • W1J5BA AUSTRALIA & THE PACIFIC CATALOGUE 1441 TEL: 00 44 20 7493 7160 EMAIL: [email protected] FAX: 00 44 20 7499 2007 Item 32: Gould (John), The Mammals of Australia 1 [ABORIGINAL KING these plates often made the recipients New South Wales. They would, of PLATE] King Jury, Havilah, Bowen more amenable to colonial expan- course, later be adopted on the na- River. sion. In Australia they wwere issued tional coat of arms. Although, these by colonial authorities and pastoral- breastplates were often made locally, Heart shaped engraved pictorial brass ists as a way of recognising local tribal there are examples from Queensland plate showing a portrait of King Jury leaders and as such are a fascinating that were made as far away as Sydney framed by an emu & kangaroo regar- example of cross-cultural exchange. (for Billy Hippie, King of Minnon), dant & a xanthorrhoea. Measuring The earliest example was presented and even London (for Peter, King of approximately 180 by 245mm. Four to King Bungaree by Governor Tchanning). This last also bears im- small holes punched at the top left and Lachlan Macquarie in 1815 and the ages of the kangaroo and the emu. right hand sides to allow for necklace. practise continued across the country Queensland, c. 1890. £10000 for over a century. Havilah was a cattle station just north of Mackay, Queensland. It was A rare example of an Aboriginal King King Jury’s heart-shaped plate is close to Collinsville, where coal was Plate in excellent condition. particularly unusual as most of the mined as early as 1866. (see back king plates were crescent shape. The cover for illustration) King plates, or breast plates, were portrait in the centre of the plate is originally adapted from the ornamen- equally rare. The regardant emu and See Cleary, Tania; Poignant Regalia. tal gorgets worn by officers in the kangaroo were commonly used sym- (1993) No 64 illustrated; Troy’ Jakelin; British army in the eighteenth cen- bols on these breast plates. Indeed, King Plates: A History of Aboriginal tury. The king plates can be seen as a they appear on 19 of the 33 examples Gorgets. (1993). development of the long tradition of in the National Museum of Aus- gift giving to inhabitants of the New tralia’s collection. The use of these World, similar plates and medals were two animals as symbols of Australia used extensively in North America stretches back to 1806 when the especially during the War of Indepen- Bowman flag was flown at Richmond, dance. It was found that prestige of 1 2 [ANON] Great Britain tions between New South Wales and THE FIRST TO INCLUDE THE The Almanack opens with “Some and New South Wales: an appeal Great Britain in the mid-nineteenth SECOND MAP Account of the inhabitants of New on behalf of that colony, against century. On the back of increased im- Zealand collected from Dr. Hawkes- the oppressive charges for police and migration and the rapid advances in 3 [ANON] Hints on Emigra- worth’s compilation of the voyages gaols, to which, since 1835, it has been agricultural production, the colony’s tion to the new settlement on the in the Southern Hemisphere.” A full , subjected. confidence burgeoned. Faced with Swan and Canning Rivers on the page excerpt discussing the Maori, taxes on exports and convicts, this West Coast of Australia. their dress, carriage and conversa- 8vo. Original paper wrappers, with work presents a strident and detailed Fourth edition. Two folding coloured tion, comparing them to Tahitians. contemporary manuscript annotations. opposition and includes extracts 47pp. London, Harrison & Co., 1841. maps & a plate. 8vo. Stitched as issued The illustration is based on Parkin- from parliamentary debates. This in plain wrappers, in a modern red cloth £2250 pamphlet is a good example of New son’s “Two Natives of New Holland chemise. 96pp. London, 1830. advancing to combat; New Zealand South Wales beginning to define itself £3750 as separate entity from Great Britain. warrior in his proper dress & armour” Rare. The Fasque copy. Ferguson No doubt, the British government which appeared in his A Journal of states that “Only a few copies were Scarce. The Fasque copy. First pub- was aware that the Revolutionary lished in 1829, this is the first edition a Voyage to the South Seas in His printed for presentation to Members War in America also began with a Majesty’s ship Endeavour 1773. The of Parliament.” to include the extra folding map of disagreement over taxation. Ferguson, Australia. The introduction provides following year, the plate appeared as the frontispiece in volume two of the An interesting overview of rela- 3227; Kress, 32174. a brief historical overview of the new settlent, comparing it favourably to first American edition of Hawkes- worth, though it is not believed to New South Wales and Van Diemen’s at the date of publication and sub- ted act of leadership, Anson pursued be by Paul Revere. This is one of the Land. sequently became Prime Minister. his stated objectives as best he could first representations of the Aborigines It was later acquired by Archibald, and took small prizes. The Centurion and Maori to appear in America. Information on the early days of the 5th Earl of Rosebery, another British then limped across the Pacific to Swan River Colony was drawn pri- Prime Minister. Macau, where the ship was repaired marily from early explorers’ reports. and he was able to recruit more men. Beginning with notes on Australian “This account is the official one. It This coincided with the arrival of 6 BLIGH (Capt. William). A geography, it then includes “An Ex- is a model of what such literature the westbound galleon from Mexico, Narrative of the Mutiny on Board tract of a Report received from Capt. should be” (Cox I, p49). which Anson successfully intercepted His Majesty’s Ship Bounty: and Stirling” and Mr J. Fraser’s “Remarks and captured. This one act, heavy the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Anson’s voyage commenced at a time on the Botanical Productions of the in symbolism, redeemed the voyage Crew, in the Ship’s Boat from Tofoa, of crisis in Anglo-Spanish relations. Banks of the Swan River...” In light and Anson returned to England as one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor a The prospect of a short war seemed of the government directive to estab- the hero of the hour. Hill I, 317-318; Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. lish a colony on the Swan River, the unlikely and so Walpole and first lord Sabin, 1626; Cox I, p49. editor has further included extracts of the Admiralty, Sir Charles Wager, First edition. Engraved draught of the from Peron’s account of the Baudin adopted a strategy of harassing the Bounty’s launch and 3 folding charts. voyage relating to the area, and an Spanish colonies. A large fleet was 4to. Completely unrestored in original appendix comprised of correspon- sent to the Caribbean, while Anson’s 5 BICKERSTAFF. Bicker- boards, some minor, occasional spotting, dence by George Murray, Sir George smaller one was sent to the Pacific. staff ’s Boston Almanack for the original paper label to spine, in a modern Peel, Captain Stirling et al regarding He was to be ready to attack Panama Year of Our Redemption 1775; quarter morocco drop-back box. iv, the colony. Ferguson, 1365. should the larger force gain sufficient being the Third after Leap-Year, the 88pp. London, 1790. £8500 foothold on the other side. If the op- Fifteenth in the Reign of King George portunity arose, he was also charged III... A rare opportunity to acquire this with capturing the annual galleon, classic work in the original boards. AUTHOR’S PRESENTATION linking Mexico and the Philippines. 8vo. Stitched in pictorial wrappers, COPY faded. 32pp. Boston, Mills & Hicks, “Just before sun-rising, Mr. Christian, After long delays, a squadron of eight 1775. £1750 with the master-at-arms, gunner’s (George). 4 ANSON A Voy- ships departed in 1740. They man- mate and Thomas Burkett, seaman, age Round The World in the Years aged to elude the Spanish ships, who MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. had learned of their objectives, on First edition. Large paper copy , original the coast of Patagonia and rounded red morocco by Brindley, the special Cape Horn. Assembling at Mas-a- presentation binding. Inscribed on a Tierra in the Juan Fernández Islands preliminary blank “Given to me by in mid-June, they eventually learned Lord Anson 1748 George Grenville”. that only four ships remained - the 42 engraved maps, charts & plates. 4to. Wager being wrecked and two oth- Contemporary red morocco, gilt. [xxxii], ers forced back into the Atlantic. 417, [2]pp. London, Printed for the au- This was an unmitigated disaster, the thor, 1748. £20000 squadron emerged with insufficient men to man even the Centurion Presented to George Grenville, who properly and was very quickly re- was secretary of state for the Navy duced to just two ships. In a commit- 2 3 came into my cabin while I was understand more about one of the at great houses around England. it. Given the date of the water- first official British hydrographi- asleep, and seizing me, tied my hands most important exotic gardens of marks, it seems that in addition to cal survey of Japanese waters. with a cord behind my back, and England. Under the guidance of Lady Sir Abraham and Lady Hume were being a catalogue of the garden, it In addition, it is on Broughton’s threatened me with instant death if Amelia (1751-1809), Wormleybury renowned in the horticultural circles is perhaps also an homage to the documentation that Britain’s I spoke or made the least noise...”! became the nursery for any number of of their day.