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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

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