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O Monumento! Regia e bolgia dogale
Baritone. With Orchestra
Tales of a fairy court
The fairy book series
-cm Capricornia in abruptionis mo
2 columns. Number of Lines: 37. Written Area: 205 x 152mm. Width of Columns: 75mm. Line Height: 5mm. Ruled Column Lines. Pages numbered in Arabic numerals, in pencil, on every verso at bottom right. Rubricated initials, chapter titles and paragraph…
... свергли могучей рукою ...
English title from vendor's catalogue: 'We dethroned them with a mighty hand! / V.B. Korestsky'
...bat precipue tamen ob
2 columns. Written Area: recto 102 x 111mm, verso 89 x 114mm. Column Width: recto 45mm, verso 47mm + 45mm. Number of Lines: 15. Gothic Minuscule (main text), 4? other hands for annotations. Rubricated.
First Lines: (recto) ...bat precipue tamen…
First Lines: (recto) ...bat precipue tamen…
...bit nos vias suas et ambula...
1 column. Written Area: 107 x 76mm. Number of Lines: recto 19, verso 21. Line Height: about 5mm. Rubrication. Small amount of bookworm damage. No line/column rulings. Littera Gothica Hybrida.
Content: Prayers and Little Chapters (Capitula) for…
Content: Prayers and Little Chapters (Capitula) for…
...derunt ihesum qui co....en...
2 columns. Written Area: recto 170 x 123mm, verso 152 x 150mm. Column Width: recto 53mm + 57mm, verso 54mm + 56mm. Column Height: recto 158mm, verso 152mm. Number of Lines: recto 34, verso 33. Line Height: 5mm. Column rulings in lead (rubbed out from…
'neither here nor there' Paul Hirsch-Hatvani (1892-1975): Life and work between two continents. An exhibition: Monash University Library, 17th October - 28th November 1990
The exhibition was held in the Rare Books Exhibition space, Sir Louis Matheson Library, Monash University from 17 October - 28 November 1990
The cover photograph of Paul Hirsch-Hatvani was kindly lent by Mr Frank Pam
The cover photograph of Paul Hirsch-Hatvani was kindly lent by Mr Frank Pam
" 'Twas messy, that bit of a fight" - Dead Germans amidst wire entanglements
The painstaking care of the Germans is evidenced in this stone and steel defense which they erected to ward off the attacks of the Allies. Those horizontal lines on the sides of the wall are the marks of the boards with which the Germans built the…
"Ah, Miss Flyty! Spring draws on!" "Oh! You naughty boy! How do you know?"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"All change!" "I've changed everything but my chemise, guard. Have I to change that an' all?"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"And they did not pass" - Main entrance and gate into city of Verdun, France
For generations Verdun (ver'dun’) will be to the French nation a synonym for the most heroic courage, the most devoted patriotism. For five months, under a deluge of shot and shell, poison gas and liquid fire, impossible of adequate description by…
"Australian Buildings" 411 Melbourne (The Tallest Building in Australia)
From an album of photographs of Australian buildings and places by Charles Bristow Walker and unknown artists.
"Bert! The lady wants a nice breast - but not too fat"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Bill's tattooed all over, you should see the bird of paradise 'e's got on 'is arm!" "I know, I seen 'er last night"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"But surely, Darling, you're not going to bed in that thing on our honeymoon?" "Well, Dearest, Mother told me that if I were a sensible girl I should take precautions!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Carry on" carnival: Sports Ground, Glenferrie, 16th to 23rd Feb., 1918
Advertisement card for a morale boosting carnical. Five lines of patriotic verse on the back of the card reads
"On! On! You've got to carry on -
For the sake of every one of us who's gone
For the flag that flies above
And the country that we love,…
"On! On! You've got to carry on -
For the sake of every one of us who's gone
For the flag that flies above
And the country that we love,…
"Chocolates Cigarettes -- Matches Balloons."
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Could I have an enlargement, Miss?" "Looks to me as if you've already got one, Madam!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Disgraceful! Those girls are bathing without any costumes!" "Disgusting! Gimme the glasses quick, Maria!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Do you catch many with worms?" "Just as many as Johnny summers, and he's never had worms!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Do you expect me to sit on that behind?" "No! Sit on the seat!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Does your boy ever use endearing terms on you?" "Oh yes - only last night he called me a little witch - at least, that's what it sounded like!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Don't go out too far, Mary." "Well, Mummie is out a long way." "That's different - your mother is insured!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Down in a shell crater. We fought like Kilkenny Cats" -Battle of Cambrai
This terrible war, started by Germany in her mad lust for empire, abounded in situations which tried men's souls to the limit and called for the exertion of every ounce of courage and resolution they possessed. This was one of those occasions. In the…
"Eagle Album" : Japanese lacquer-bound photographic album
A selection of commercial photographs, showing Japanese scenic views, gardens, costumes, traditions and everyday life. Includes ceremonies, priests, samurais, actors, people of various professions, unnamed persons, dancers, rituals like hara-kiri,…
"Enemy airmen successfully bombed one of our supply trains" Official report
A scene such as this helps us to realize how disease and pestilence would naturally follow in the wake of an army unless the sanitary corps is sufficiently strong to clear the ground from day to day. Where this could not be done whole regions would…
"Engaged miss!" "Not just yet, but one never knows!!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Farewell Australia" / by Ella Denmead ; arranged by Tony Hall
"Sung by Pte. Frank Burns"--Cover.
"Fisherman Album" : Japanese lacquer-bound photographic album
A selection of commercial photographs, showing Japanese scenic views, gardens, costumes, traditions and everyday life. Includes ceremonies, priests, samurais, actors, people of various professions, unnamed persons, dancers, rituals like hara-kiri,…
"Flamingoes & Herons" Melbourne Zoo 217
From an album of photographs of Australian buildings and places by Charles Bristow Walker and unknown artists.
"George dear, don't tickle me so low down!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Gosh, here comes old ICY-FINGERS!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Grand place" of devastated Arras, section visited by peace conference delegates, France
This picture shows part of the most interesting section of Arras (a’ras’). Arras before the recent war was a city of about twenty thousand inhabitants. It had two spacious squares known as the Grande Place and the Petite Place. The houses facing…
"Have any big men been born here, at any time?" "No, never… only babies, Sir!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Have you been confirmed?" "Only once, Sir, but it died!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"Here, what's all that noise going on downstairs?" "They're holding an Oddfellows' Ball, Sir." "Well, if he makes all that row about it, why the devil don't they let him have it back?"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person
"How do you like that for a swanky wedding photograph?" "Quite a good photo, but I don't like the pose!" "Don't be silly, man… those are flower pots!"
Postcard from a bound album of an unidentified person