Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw ... The Figures by James Sowerby
by SHAW, George and James SOWERBY
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998 (facsimile edition)/ 1794. Quarto, [xvi, iv], 34 pages (a few blank) plus 12 full-page colour plates of 'Australian birds, mammals, snakes, fish, etc.' (Ferguson). Blind-pictorial cloth; spine lightly sunned and rubbed; an excellent copy. Introductions by Valmai Hankel and Ed McAlister. The first book on Australian animals, reprinted here for the first time. (Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 196). (Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 218. Limited to 600 copies).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 133192
- Title
- Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw ... The Figures by James Sowerby
- Author
- SHAW, George and James SOWERBY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Friends of the State Library of South Australia
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1998
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