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Hardback. New. Commissioned by Governor Macquarie in the early 1800s, the Macquarie and Dixson collectors' chests hold tales of ambition, friendship and intrigue played out against the Australian frontier landscape. This title tells the story of the chests and reveals much about the fledgling colony, and the natural landscape and history of colonial Australia.
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- Title Rare & Curious: The Secret History of Governor Macquarie's Collectors' Chest
- Author Elizabeth Ellis
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 2nd edition
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Melbourne University, Melbourne
- Date 2011
- ISBN 9780522861174 / 0522861172
- Dewey Decimal Code 994
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Melbourne / Sydney: Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP) / State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW), 2011. Reprint ed.. Hardback oblong quarto, pictorial covers, very good condition, colour & black & white & a few sepia (brown-tinted) photos, minimal edgewear. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 275 pp. This fascinating book is about the secret histories of the Macquarie and Dixson Galleries collectors chests. The Macquarie collectors' chest is an enigmatic wooden cabinet filled with painted panels and exotic treasures, created in Australia for Governor Lachlan Macquarie around 1818. It was taken to the United Kingdom, and left forgotten and unnoticed in a Scottish castle until it was rediscovered in the late 1970s. The Mitchell Library of New South Wales acquired the chest, and its remarkable similarity to the Dixson Galleries collectors chest, acquired by the Library in 1937, raised questions about the cabinets creators, owners and…
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Melbourne Univ Pr, 2011. Hardcover. New. 288 pages. 9.45x7.17x0.94 inches.
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Carlton, Victoria: The Miegunyah Press : State Library New South Wales, 2011. Pictorial Boards. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Oblong format, 275 pages, indexed and profusely illustrated. The book is almost as new. "The Macquarie's collectors' chest, also known as the Strathallan cabinet, displays layers of preserved butterflies, insects and birds, as well as painted panels by some of Australia's best early colonial painters. Rare & Curious uncovers the secret histories of the Macquarie and Dixson Galleries' collectors' chests. The Macquarie collectors' chest, an enigmatic wooden cabinet filled with painted panels and exotic treasures, was created in Australia for Governor Lachlan Macquarie in around 1818. It was taken to the United Kingdom, and languished forgotten and unnoticed at Strathallan castle in Scotland until it was rediscovered in the late 1970s. The Mitchell Library of New South Wales acquired the chest, and its remarkable similarity to the Dixson Galleries' collectors' chest,…
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