Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)
Author:
GARRAN, Hon ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B (Illus Superviser)
Title:
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)
Publisher:
Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
Description:
3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
Keywords:
antiquarian books Australia Australasia New Zealand pacific exploration maps atlases atlas history historical voyages
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