Tracking A.B. Triggs and his collections - Arthur Bryant Triggs - Biography

MARGIN: Life & Letters in Early Australia, Nov, 2003 by Alan Ives

Lawson, James R., Auctioneers. 1945

(cover title) Catalogue/of/The A.B. Triggs Collections/of/Historical Documents and Autograph Letters/Old Master Drawings/Historic and Modern Laces/Coins, Tokens and Medals/to be sold by public auction/at/The Gallery Salerooms/236 Castlereagh Street, Sydney/on/Tuesday 27th, Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th/November, 1945/.... 20.9 cm. wide x 29.1 cm. long, yellow heavy paper covers with the cover printed in wine red ink, overlapping cover edges, 104 pages; no price list, but pages 5 to 15, 46-60 62 to 66 are annotated in pencil with the prices. James R. Lawson/Licensed Fine Art, Furniture and General Auctioneers/236 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

[McDonald, A.H., A.D. Trendall and G.R. Mauton]. 1945

Handbook to the Nicholson Museum. University of Sydney, Syney, New South Wales.

note: Dr. Samuel Angus, sometime curator of the Museum 'secured ... the A.B. Triggs collection of Greek and Roman coins' (page 2). In part three of the volume--'Aspects of Greek and Roman Daily Life'--section III is headed 'Coinage and Business'. "The Museum possesses a large number of Greek and Roman coins, some of which formed part of the original collection of Sir Charles Nicholson but the bulk of them, comprising the A.B. Triggs collection, were presented by Mrs. Triggs through the good offices of the late Professor S. Angus". The discussion about the Greek end Roman coins comprises pages 171-181 of the Handbook of which this is the first edition. 1500 copies were printed; note also: the names of the authors of the Handbook are taken from introduction by Professor A.D. Trendall who was Curator of the Museum at the time.

[Stewart, L.R., Dr.--.Eilers, A.D. Trendall, G.R. Manton, A.P. Treweek, L.F. Fitzhardinge]. 1948 Handbook to the Nicholson Museum; second edition. University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.

note: Dr. Samuel Angus, sometime curator of the Museum 'secured ... the A.B. Triggs collection of Greek and Roman coins' (page 2).In part four of the volume--Aspects of Greek and Roman Daily Life' section III is headed 'Coinage and Business'. "The Museum possesses a large number of Greek and Roman coins, some of which formed part of the original collection of Sir Charles Nicholson, but the bulk of them, comprising the A.B. Triggs collection, were presented by Mrs. Triggs through the good offices of the late Professor S. Angus". The discussion about the Greek and Roman coins comprises pages 355-365 of the Handbook of which this is the second, revised and expended edition. 2100 copies were printed; note also: the names of the authors of the Handbook am taken from introduction by Professor A.D. Trendall who was Curator of the Museum at the time.

Buttrose, Ian (compiled by). 1950

The Friends of the Public Library of South Australia. A short history of the Society with a brief description of the more important books presented by it to The Public Library of South Australia.

1945-1946: [item] I. Antiphonal--identified as being from the Triggs' collection by K.V.Sinclair (his item number 157) in his work of 1969 (see below)--with a coloured plate of one leaf on page 14 (of Buttrose); [item] 2. Biblia Latina Metrica--identified as being from the Triggs' collection by K.V. Sinclair (his item number 158). Neither item is identified as coming from the Triggs' collection by Buttrose.