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Rose growing in New Zealand
James Young (1862-1934) was Curator of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens from 1908-1933, having trained in England and worked in Victoria, Australia. As an expert on roses—the Christchurch Botanic Gardens rosery was probably the largest in…
Rosalind.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: M.D.S. 70; label on front of mount: 284
Romae antiquae notitia: or, the antiquities of Rome
First published in 1696, this short history by the Anglican churchman and scholar, Basil Kennett, recounts the rise, progress, and decay of Ancient Rome eighty years before Gibbon's Decline and fall …. A popular publication, it was reprinted no…
Roma al tempo di Guilio III : la pianta di Roma di Leonardo Bufalini del 1551
1 map in 24 sections + explanatory book (61 p.) ; in case.
Roma aeterna Petri Schenkii
This publication by Amsterdam publisher and engraver Peter Schenk is typical of those that were appearing at the turn of the 18th century. The page shown depicts the ruins of the aqueduct the Aqua Marcia. It conveyed water to both the baths of…
Rodney Kennedy with “Vicarage Bed”, painting by Anne Hamblett (circa 1937).
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: D. Lusk 1979; verso mount in ink: Rodney Kennedy with “Vicarage Bed”, painting by Anne Hamblett (circa 1937) McCahon. Doris Lusk. June 1979. w/colour pencil; in pencil unknown hand: Please leave attached. Holland;…
Rockyside, Dunedin, 1870.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T.T. 1877; on mount in pencil: Rockyside, Dunedin. 1870
Rockyside, Caversham.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.T. Thomson 1868; on canvas verso: Rockyside Caversham 1868
Rock face, Weka Pass.
Lower right (l.r.) with brush: D. Lusk 1961; label: Victoria Gallery
Robertus Holkot, d. 1349
Half bound leather over buckram. Boards detached. Spine cracked. Spine title reads: Roberti/ Holkot/ Quaestione/ Lugduni/ 1497.