Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw ... The Figures by James Sowerby
by SHAW, George and James SOWERBY
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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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. Fine. 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). Half calf and blind-pictorial cloth; a fine copy. See Ferguson 196: the first book on Australian animals, reprinted here for the first time. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 218; only 90 numbered copies of the deluxe issue (in a total edition of 600 copies). This is an unnumbered out-of-series copy; it is NOT accompanied by the separate suite of the twelve colour plates (which were housed in a blind-pictorial cloth portfolio when sold new).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 88046
- 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 - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Friends of the State Library of South Australia
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1998
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