JOSEPH LYCETT
circa 1775- 1828
Estimate $30,000 – $40,000
Views in Australia, or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. London : J. Souter, 1824
first edition, oblong folio, lithographed pictorial title and 48 finely hand coloured aquatint plates after drawings by Lycett, 2 engraved maps by and after J. Tyrer (one folding), advertisement leaf, in modern crimson calf and marbled boards, gilt, slipcase
28.5 x 37.6 cm
Provenance
Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 54
Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above
Literature
John Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1941-1969, pl. 974
Ronald Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860, Batsford, London, 1954, pl. 310
John Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860, from the Library of J.R. Abbey: A Bibliographical Catalogue, Curwen Press, London, 1954, pl. 570
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