Lazarus of Bethany. The Story of His Life in Both Worlds
Melbourne, George Robertson, 1872.
Small octavo, iv, 211 pages.
Gilt-lettered brown cloth decorated in black; light wear to the corners and joints; scattered light foxing and trifling signs of use; contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper; a very good copy.
The author, a medical practitioner, records a discussion on the preservation of human bodies in the six-page preface to this 'quaint novel'; the only other publications attributed to him are two 1871 works printed in phonography (Morris Miller).
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