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Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaDouglas Stewart Fine Books
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Cover title: Catalogue of the Third Annual Sale of Sir Samuel Wilson's . . Ballarat, Vic. : James Curtis, printer [for Fisken & Gibson], 1880. Small octavo (170 mm), original limp red morocco covers (a few stains) with gilt-stamped pictorial device and lettering to front, and a second pictorial device to rear; original marbled e…ndpapers, pp 67, with [6] mounted albumen prints by William Bardwell, all illustrating Wilson's prize merinos, and a folding plan of the sale pens at rear; all text set within red borders; occasional pencilled annotations of James Sloane, of Mulwala and Savernake Stations, southern New South Wales (one of the oldest merino studs in that colony), who attended the sale with his father, Alexander Sloane; contents clean and bright, a near fine example. Rare, lavishly produced auction catalogue for the October 1880 sale of merinos bred by wealthy Western District pastoralist Sir Samuel Wilson (1832-1895). The sale was held at his magnificent homestead, Ercildoune, situated northwest of Ballarat. Not in Ferguson. Holden, Robert. Photography in colonial Australia : the mechanical eye and the illustrated book, 20 Trove locates a single copy of this sale catalogue (NLA).
More imagesCatalogue of Sir Samuel Wilson's pure merino ewes and rams for sale at Ercildoune, by Fisken, Gibson, & Co., on Thursday, November 1, 1883. To commence at 1 o'clock precisely.
FISKEN, GIBSON & Co., AGENTS; [BARDWELL, William, photographer]
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Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaDouglas Stewart Fine Books
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Cover title: Catalogue of the Sixth Annual Sale of Sir Samuel Wilson's . . Ballarat, Vic. : James Curtis, printer [for Fiske, Gibson & Co.], 1883. Duodecimo (170 mm), original limp red morocco covers with gilt-stamped pictorial device and lettering to front, and a second pictorial device to rear; marbled edges, original olive en…dpapers, pp 67, with [5] mounted albumen prints by William Bardwell (the frontispiece being a view of Ercildoune and the others showing Wilson's prize merinos), and a folding plan of the sale pens at rear; all text set within red borders; contents clean and bright, a fine example. Rare, lavishly produced auction catalogue for the November 1883 sale of merinos bred by wealthy Western District pastoralist Sir Samuel Wilson (1832-1895). Like his previous annual sales, this sale was held at Wilson's magnificent homestead, Ercildoune, situated northwest of Ballarat. Not in Ferguson; Ingleton V 14084 Holden, Robert. Photography in colonial Australia : the mechanical eye and the illustrated book, 23 Trove locates only two copies of this sale catalogue (SLNSW; SLV) Provenance: Alexander Sloane, of Mulwala and Savernake Stations, southern New South Wales (one of the oldest merino studs in that colony), who attended the sale.
More imagesCatalogue of Sir Samuel Wilson's pure merino ewes and rams for sale at Ercildoune, by Fisken, Gibson, & Co., on Thursday, October 27, 1881. To commence at 1 o'clock precisely.
FISKEN, GIBSON & Co., AGENTS; [BARDWELL, William, photographer]
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Seller: Douglas Stewart Fine Books, Armadale, VIC, AustraliaDouglas Stewart Fine Books
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used
US$ 792.47
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Cover title: Catalogue of the Fourth Annual Sale of Sir Samuel Wilson's . . Ballarat, Vic. : James Curtis, printer [for Fiske, Gibson & Co.], 1881. Duodecimo (170 mm), original limp red morocco covers with gilt-stamped pictorial device and lettering to front, and a second pictorial device to rear; marbled edges, original salmon-…coloured endpapers, pp 66 (last blank), with [6] mounted albumen prints by William Bardwell (one a view of Ercildoune, the others showing Wilson's prize merinos), and a folding plan of the sale pens at rear; all text set within red borders; bottom corner of front cover and first few leaves bent, butcontents clean and bright, a fine example. Rare, lavishly produced auction catalogue for the October 1881 sale of merinos bred by wealthy Western District pastoralist Sir Samuel Wilson (1832-1895). Like his previous annual sales, this sale was held at Wilson's magnificent homestead, Ercildoune, situated northwest of Ballarat. Not in Ferguson Holden, Robert. Photography in colonial Australia : the mechanical eye and the illustrated book, 21 Trove locates only two copies of this sale catalogue (NLA; SLNSW) Provenance: Alexander Sloane, of Mulwala and Savernake Stations, southern New South Wales (one of the oldest merino studs in that colony), who attended the sale.
