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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  106
• Lot Description:
  Carmichael, John. Select Views of Sydney, New South Wales. Drawn and Engraved by John Carmichael
  Quarto, pp. [iv] (engraved title-leaf with vignette, blank leaf) + [2] (dedication, dated May 1829, verso blank), [3] – 6 (letterpress descriptions) + six finely engraved plates, sewn without wrappers, careful paper restoration throughout, preserved in a bookform box. Sydney, A. Hill, 1829.
• Notes:
  First edition of this very rare series of engraved views by the colonial artist, John Carmichael, and one of a mere handful of topographical plate books produced in Australia before the gold rushes. Ferguson, 1250; Wantrup, 223.
• Estimate:
  A$15,000 - 20,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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