South Australia Illustrated
Sydney, Reed, 1967 (facsimile edition)/ 1847.
Imperial folio, 10 pages plus an extra colour pictorial title page, 60 colour plates each with (at least) one leaf of descriptive text, facsimile covers of the original ten parts and the certificate of limitation.
Half morocco and marbled papered boards; trifling external signs of handling; essentially a fine copy.
Number 535 of 1000 copies of this fine facsimile. The Indigenous Australian content is considerable and significant: 22 of the 60 plates (and the accompanying leaves of text) are devoted exclusively to the state's Aborigines, and they are depicted in a further five plates and on the pictorial title page. There are numerous portraits (usually four or more to a page), plus groups of artefacts and scenes of daily life from different areas of South Australia.
Item #83236
Price (AUD):
$750.00