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Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw .. The Figures by James Sowerby by SHAW, George and James SOWERBY - 1998

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Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw .. The Figures by James Sowerby by SHAW, George and James SOWERBY - 1998

Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw .. The Figures by James Sowerby

by SHAW, George and James SOWERBY

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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 morocco and blind-pictorial cloth; a fine copy. Ferguson 196; the first book on Australian animals, reprinted here for the first time. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 218. This is Number 85 of the deluxe edition, limited to just 90 numbered copies (in the overall total of 600 copies). It is accompanied, as issued, by a separate suite of the twelve colour plates, housed in a blind-pictorial cloth portfolio (very lightly rubbed at the extremities). This deluxe version has been long out of print.
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  • Publisher Friends of the State Library of South Australia
  • Place of Publication Adelaide
  • Date Published 1998
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Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw ... The Figures by James Sowerby

by SHAW, George and James SOWERBY

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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). Blind-pictorial cloth; a fine copy. Ferguson 196; the first book on Australian animals, reprinted here for the first time. One of 510 copies of the trade edition (in the overall total of 600 copies).
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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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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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Zoology of New Holland by George Shaw ... The Figures by James Sowerby

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Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998. Hardcover. 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 (very lightly marked); a near-fine copy. See Ferguson 196: the first book on Australian animals, reprinted here for the first time. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 218: number 10 of only 90 copies of the deluxe issue (in a total edition of 600 copies). It is accompanied, as issued, by a separate suite of the twelve colour plates, housed in a blind-pictorial cloth portfolio (in fine condition, albeit the loosely inserted sheets of interleaved tissue have a few creases). Each plate is hand-numbered 10/200. [2 items].
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