Josef Lebovic Gallery

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Josef Lebovic Gallery have been dealers for over 47 years in Australian and International art and works on paper; books from the 15th to 21st centuries, and photography from the 1850s to 2000s. In association with Kasz Books for the Sydney Rare Book Fair 2025.


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"Les Illuminations" [Poems by Rimbaud], 1949.
$5500
Author: Léger, Fernand. Rimbaud, Arthur. Publisher: Grosclaude, Editions des Gaules, Lausanne. Format: French bound [looseleaf] letterpress book on handmade paper, with paper wrappers, 134pp, 33 x 25cm. Comprising 15 original lithographs, 13 with pochoir, all initialled “F.R” in image lower right. Stamped number “342” from an edition of 395 and signed in pencil and in ink by Léger and editor Louis Grosclaude on colophon. Lithographed preface by Henry Miller. Text in French. Held in MoMA. See more at link.
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Ballynascreen School Needlework Specimen Book, 1853.
$3500
Format: Hardcover octavo in quarter-leather and buckram binding, gilt title with date on leather label attached to front cover, 24 x 15cm. This book contains 62 examples of needlework, including crochet, knitting, quilting, tatting, and embroidery. The samples are in the form of doilies, swatches, collars, buttonholes, bookmarks and buttons. Fabrics include wool, velvet and cotton. Ballinascreen is a parish in the Northern Irish district of Mid-Ulster. The village of Draperstown is “part of the Church of Ireland parish of Ballynascreen and the Catholic parish of Ballinascreen.” Ref: Wiki.
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Native Flora of New South Wales, 1911.
$440
Author: Maiden, J.H. Publisher: William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney. Format: Hardcover folio with original board wrappers in letterpress, 18 plates, each captioned below image, 35.8 x 28.5cm. Cover includes “Department of Public Instruction, New South Wales. Photographed from selected specimens. Brief botanical description of each specimen by J.H. Maiden, FLS. Sydney, William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1911.” Contains 18 crisp illustrations of Australian flora including flannel flowers, banksia, and waratah, with index inside front cover.
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Native Legends, 1929.
$550
Author: Unaipon, David. Publisher: Hunkin, Ellis & King, Ltd, Adelaide. Format: Letterpress booklet with process screen illustrations, 15pp, 21.6 x 13.8cm. David Unaipon (Ngarrindjeri/Australian, 1872–1967) was a preacher, inventor and the first Indigenous-Australian writer to be published. Unaipon’s contribution to Australian society helped to break many stereotypes for Aboriginal Australians, and he is depicted on the fifty dollar note as recognition for his work. Native Legends was Unaipon’s third book. Ref: NLA; Wiki.
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