Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
Author:
GARRAN, Hon. ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B. (Illus)
Title:
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
Publisher:
Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
Description:
BEAUTIFUL 3 VOLUME SET IN ORIGINAL BINDING, folio, half bound leather boards, gitl lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus prelims to vol 1, viii-xii + 800pp total, illus, VG- (age appropriate scuffing to spines & boards/corners with some surface loss, light fading & soiling to boards, 11cm crack to front hinge of vol 2, moderate tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout, Railway, Postal and Telegraph Map... of vol 3 missing). Weighing over 16kgs, this is a beautiful set despite the VG- rating. The South Island of NZ is still referred to in this atlas as the Middle Island!
Keywords:
Australasia Australia New Zealand Pacific islands exploration travel illustrated 3 volume set