Ludwig Becker. Artist and Naturalist with the Burke and Wills Expedition
Carlton, Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria, 1979. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press on behalf of the Library Council of Victoria, 1979. More
When compared with all other examples of portrait photographs of either explorer in the public domain, this matching pair - delicately hand-coloured and skilfully vignetted to the head and shoulders - has little if any competition. And significantly, they are fresh to the market ... However, when it came to..... More
Melbourne, Clarson, Shallard & Co., Printers & Publishers, 1863. The only edition and rare (and one can imagine the attrition rate of the pictorial wrappers among extant copies is significant). 'Although Foster's 16-page pamphlet glances at the work of earlier explorers it is principally of interest for its connection with..... More
Melbourne, Printed at the Herald Office, 1862. 'The "Firefly", chartered by the Government of Victoria to convey stores, &c., for the exploration party sent in search of the ill-fated explorers, Burke and Wills, left Melbourne on July 29th, 1861, under orders to proceed to Brisbane, to take those who undertook..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. With the small ownership label of pioneering desert field archaeologist Professor Mike Smith AM. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has..... More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1996 (facsimile edition)/ 1863. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 208; one of 500 copies (and only 425 thus). A few sheets of related ephemera are loosely inserted. Surprisingly, this is the first time this important work has been reprinted. More