Item #138332 Menge, the Mineralogist ... A Sketch of the Life of the Late Johann Menge, Linguist, Mineralogist &c. &c., an Early Colonist and Discoverer of Precious Stones in South Australia. Containing also his Eccentric Views on Demonology, Astronomy &c. W. A CAWTHORNE.
Menge, the Mineralogist ... A Sketch of the Life of the Late Johann Menge, Linguist, Mineralogist &c. &c., an Early Colonist and Discoverer of Precious Stones in South Australia. Containing also his Eccentric Views on Demonology, Astronomy &c.

Menge, the Mineralogist ... A Sketch of the Life of the Late Johann Menge, Linguist, Mineralogist &c. &c., an Early Colonist and Discoverer of Precious Stones in South Australia. Containing also his Eccentric Views on Demonology, Astronomy &c.

Adelaide, Public Library of South Australia, 1962 (facsimile edition)/ 1859.

Duodecimo, [v], 38 pages with a few illustrations.

Synthetic cloth; endpapers and adjacent leaves lightly tanned; an excellent copy.

Peade SA43: one of only 53 copies. This was one of the earliest facsimile editions published by the library, 'reproduced ... using the xerographic process', with the text bound from concertina-fold paper printed on one side only, uncut and unopened along the leading edges.

Item #138332

Price (AUD): $165.00

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