The 49th Australian Antiquarian Book Fair
The Melbourne Rare Book Fair
6pm Thursday 7 July to 4pm Saturday 9 July 2022
FREE ENTRY
presented by ANZAAB with the support of the University of Melbourne.
About the Fair, History of the Fair
Featured Highlights
[BURTON,Robert] The Anatomy Of Melancholy. A new edition to which is prefixed the life of the author. 2 volumes
$495
London, M'Lean et al, 1826.
Frontispiece to volume 1 reproduces the allegorical engraving from the 1628 edition. There were 6 revised editions during Burton's lifetime, 1576-1639, but the book was not in print between 1676 and 1800. This is probably the 8th edition. Fans of the book have included Samuel Johnson, Samuel Beckett, and Nick Cave
FISCHEL, Dr Oskar, & Max Von Boehn. Modes and Manners of the Nineteenth Century as represented in the pictures and engravings of the time
$295
London, J. M. Dent, 1927 (revised and enlarged edition).
A very detailed and scholarly account of the fashion and modes of living in the years 1819 to 1914. 4 volumes
Kookaburra - Dacelo Gigas, limited edition lithograph, c1915
$350
Limited edition lithograph with original hand-colouring after Roland Green (1890-1972) from Mathews 'The Birds of Australia'.
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The Clipper Blue Jacket at Sea 1869 by Hugh Hughes
$3500
Pencil and coloured crayon drawing on prepared board
32.5 x 46.3 cm
Signed and dated; also titled below the image under the mount.
Provenance: Private collection, UK until 2011.
The Blue Jacket was an American clipper built in Boston in 1858 and well known for the lavish decoration of the staterooms and saloon. She served in the Liverpool and Australia trades between 1860-1864. The ship was named after The Blue Jackets, a traditional name for sailors in the US and British navies.
Hugh Hughes was an Able Seaman aboard the Blue Jacket in 1867.
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