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Garden Palace Journal : a compendium of carefully compiled descriptive...

Garden Palace Journal : a compendium of carefully compiled descriptive notices of exhibits at the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879-80. Sydney International Exhibition (1879 : Sydney, N.S.W.)...

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Neighbours : writings of Lady Mary

Neighbours : writings of Lady Mary Montagu, Mary Wortley (Lady) [Created between 1700 and 1799?] .

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Catalogue of books of N.D. Stenhouse

Catalogue of books of N.D. Stenhouse Stenhouse, Nicol Drysdale Catalogue list of the books of Nicol Drysdale Stenhouse (1806-1873). 42 leaves. 8 vo, Sydney: [nd]. Includes index.

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Notes on Hobson-Jobson

Notes on Hobson-Jobson Hodivala, Shahpurshah Hormasji Reprinted from the Indian Antiquary. 30 p. ; 28 cm.

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[Gradual, proper of time]

[Gradual, proper of time] Handwritten Gregorian gradual on vellum(c 16--). 48 x 36 cm., writing template of 41.5 x 26.5 cm. 203 folios, with double numbering: period Roman and later Arabic. Lacking...

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Antiphonarium ordinis 1781

Antiphonarium ordinis 1781 "Soli Deo et sanctis eius exhlbeatur omnis laus et gloria" Ornamental t.p. with chronogram in red and black ink. Bound in contemporary full brown leather, with some wear....

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Antiphonarium ordinis

Antiphonarium ordinis Seven staves per page. The staves are in red ink, the notes and text in black ink. Bound in contemporary full brown leather with a raised gilt back. This antiphonary was compiled...

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Antiphonarium ordinis

Antiphonarium ordinis [Spain?,; 1781?]. Well preserved and carefully written late 18th century antiphonary with 7 staves per page. The staves, and initials and subtitles, are in red ink, the text in...

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Pro choro abbatissæ

Pro choro abbatissæ Handwritten antiphonary. Placebos are Vespers of the Dead. Named from the beginning of the first Antiphon (Ps. 116:9, after the Vulgate version: 114:9). Music noted with anthems...

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Werner Baer remembered

Werner Baer remembered Baer, Werner WERNER BAER REMEMBERED. PART 1. Werner Baer Compositions || 10. Salute to Australia; words by John Wheeler; Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Joseph Post with Stewart...

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The Four Passions [music] : Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

The Four Passions [music] : Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Medium size manuscript containing four Passions and at the end the Mandatum. In the colophon the scribe is identified as Petrus Colom...

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Spanish Antiphonal

Spanish Antiphonal Responses and antiphons 25th April-29th August. 174 vellum leaves numbered 1-346, misnumbered at leaves 270 and 317 but continuous (numbering probably post dates the manuscript). The...

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Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement, Federated Malay States

Sungei Buloh Leper Settlement, Federated Malay States Clements, Frederick W. 15 leaves, [10] leaves of plates : map, photos ; 26 cm.8 plates are mounted photos. Duplicated typescript. "File of papers,...

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Pulau Jerejak Leper Settlement, Penang, Straits Settlements

Pulau Jerejak Leper Settlement, Penang, Straits Settlements Clements, Frederick W. 7 leaves, [11] leaves of plates : photos ; 26 cm. The plates are mounted photos. Duplicated typescript. "File of...

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Gradual, ordinary and proper of time

Gradual, ordinary and proper of time Handwritten Gregorian gradual executed on vellum. 2 vols.: (1) 51.5 x 36 cm., writing template of 40 x 24 cm. 148 folios, numbered XVIII to CLXVI. (II) 51.5 x 36...

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Lives of Lady Anne Clifford : Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery...

Lives of Lady Anne Clifford : Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomery (1590-1676) and of her parents / summarized by herself with a portrait, and an introduction by J.P. Gilson. Pembroke, Anne...

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Ein Besuch auf der Missionstation Ramahnuck am Lake Wellington in Gippsland...

Ein Besuch auf der Missionstation Ramahnuck am Lake Wellington in Gippsland (Victoria, Australien). Barfus, Francis Supplement to Grenzbote des Nord-Westlichen Mährens no. 32, August 1882. Cover title:...

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Bungarribee

Bungarribee Berckelman, Colin B. [14] leaves : typescript, colour photographs.

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Practical rules for playing & teaching the piano forte & organ : with...

Practical rules for playing & teaching the piano forte & organ : with observation on the accompaniment & performance of vocal music, likewise usefull information to teachers and pupils,...

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[Diary of a voyage from England to Australia on the ship "Asia", 1871-1872]

[Diary of a voyage from England to Australia on the ship "Asia", 1871-1872] Jenner, Louisa Title supplied by cataloguer; description based on information supplied by bookseller. Caption title: Ship...

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Selected correspondence between Norman Haire and Magnus Hirschfeld, c. 1932-1935

Selected correspondence between Norman Haire and Magnus Hirschfeld, c. 1932-1935 Haire, Norman; Hirschfeld, Magnus

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Proposals for improvements to the city of Bombay : their nature, the...

Proposals for improvements to the city of Bombay : their nature, the necessity for them and the mode of providing their cost. Pedder, W.G. 64p. plans, tables.

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Introduction to the practice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales : with...

Introduction to the practice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales : with the rules of court, so far as they relate to an action at law ; and notes of some decided cases Stephen, Alfred, Sir,...

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A popular manual of banking : being a brief and concise exposition of the...

A popular manual of banking : being a brief and concise exposition of the law, principles, and practice of banking in the Australian colonies / by an Ex-Banker. Ex-Banker 96 pages ; 17 cm. Includes...

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Colonial law reform

Colonial law reform Fisher, T.J. (Thomas John) iv, 27 p. Most of p.27 is missing. Digitised version of original volume held in Rare Books & Special collections (RB 1569.21)

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Handguide to the land, mining, and mineral laws

Handguide to the land, mining, and mineral laws Western Australia 35 p. : fold. map. Digital version of original held in Rare Books & Special Collections (RB 1593.37)

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Australian divorce bills : the objections raised to them, religious and...

Australian divorce bills : the objections raised to them, religious and social, considered Stephen, Alfred, Sir, 1802-1894 xix, 36 pages ; 22 cm. Ferguson no. 16203. Digital copy of original volume...

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Narrative of the steps taken in promoting the separation of Queensland from...

Narrative of the steps taken in promoting the separation of Queensland from New South Wales : with notices of the early history of the colony Lang, John Dunmore, 1799-1878 18p. Digital copy of original...

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New South Wales land laws : the Central Division : land legislation and the...

New South Wales land laws : the Central Division : land legislation and the leases Black, Reginald J. (Reginald James), 1845-1928. 32 p. ; 18 cm. Ferguson, no. 7065. Digital copy of original volume...

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Notes on federal finance

Notes on federal finance Walker, James Thomas 26 p. ; 22 cm. Ferguson, 18080. Digital copy of original volume held in Rare Books & Special Collections.

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On the evidence of accomplices : containing references to all the reports on...

On the evidence of accomplices : containing references to all the reports on the subject, from the time of Lord Holt in 1696, down to the present time Plunkett, John Hubert, 1802-1869. viii, 51 p. ; 22...

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Antiphonal on vellum

Antiphonal on vellum Title supplied by cataloguer. Large folio manuscript antiphonary on vellum, containing the text of numerous psalms, with requiem mass. Original wooden boards with studs, very worn....

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Account book for household expenses and private purse

Account book for household expenses and private purse Clifford, Anne, Countess of Dorset, Pembroke and Montgomerey, 1590-1676. Original: RB Supp. Ms.074. Holograph Ms. Signed (17 February 1676). On...

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Women's contribution to music in Australia

Women's contribution to music in Australia Rich Schalit, Ruby

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[Gradual, proper of time].

[Gradual, proper of time]. Mediaeval manuscript choirbook on vellum. Binding of wooden boards covered with leather binding with brass bosses and clasps; 7 lines of text in a rounded Gothic hand and of...

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Regla de las Monjas de Santa Clara, comunmente llamadas Urbanistas :...

Regla de las Monjas de Santa Clara, comunmente llamadas Urbanistas : constituciones generales de las dichas, hechas en el Capitulo g[ene]ral celebrado en Roma à 1 de Juno de 1638 : i publicadas por el...

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Interview with composer, arranger and conductor Werner Baer

Interview with composer, arranger and conductor Werner Baer Rutland, Suzanne

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Interview with Charles Berg

Interview with Charles Berg Rutland, Suzanne Charles Berg interviewed by Suzanne Rutland.

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Antiphonarium

Antiphonarium Latin text written in Iberian gothic, black square music natation on red five-line staves. Six staves and six lines of text each page. Decorated initials in red and blue. Based on the...

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Antiphonal Augustinian

Antiphonal Augustinian This is an antiphonal for the day offices copied for Augustinian use. It is decorated with seventeen illuminations which were individually cut out from earlier manuscripts of...

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Processional Cistercian

Processional Cistercian This processional consists of three sections, in the first it has the characteristic of Cistercian processionals for brothers of an abbey, however the other two mention sisters...

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RB Add.Ms. 339

RB Add.Ms. 339 This leaf from the Office of the Dead begins with the last two lessons and the final responsory 'Libera me domine de viis inferni' for Matins followed by Lauds and Vespers. Collects...

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Florilegium

Florilegium Anthology of quotations from Cicero, Seneca, Apuleius, Macrobius and later Christian authors.Manuscript written on vellum in littera prae-gothica textualis. Sinclair 100. Ownership: Frater...

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RB Add.Ms. 40

RB Add.Ms. 40 Orthodox Eastern Church. Variant title:"Codex Angus". Provenance: Greek Church in Bulgaria; Professor Diessman, Berlin University, 1935; Professor Samuel Angus, St. Andrew's College,...

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Processional (without musical notation), with prayers and responsories for...

Processional (without musical notation), with prayers and responsories for the dead. Contents of the responsories focus on liturgical processions for the dead. The book is designed for personal use,...

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Processional and responsorial.

Processional and responsorial. This is a comprehensive Processional includes the processions for the Sundays throughout the liturgical year and for special feast days and Rogation days. Technical...

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[Officium tenebrae]

[Officium tenebrae] An entirely handwritten psalter which seems to be of Spanish origin. This book of plainsong was used to celebrate the Office of Darkness during Triduum Pascal (Feria V in Coena...

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[Officium de septem dolorium Hebdomade]

[Officium de septem dolorium Hebdomade] A manuscript on paper with 12 lines per page. To p. 168 it is by the same hand. The last gathering of 10 leaves is from an older manuscript, also on paper, with...

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[Spanish antiphonal]

[Spanish antiphonal] Written in red and black on 18 leaves of vellum with rubricated initials, with a mid 16th century full calf binding with gilt rules and decorations. Light worming on last 2 leaves....

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Poissy processional

Poissy processional Catholic Church A written and illuminated book of plainchant music that contains the liturgical processions used by nuns at the Dominican convent of Saint-Louis de Poissy at the...

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