- 645
Horn, William Austin--Spencer, William Baldwin, editor
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Report on the Work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. London: Dulau and Co., and Melbourne: Melville [&c.], 1896
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FIRST EDITION, 4 volumes, 4to (255 x 188mm.), (vol.1, Narrative) [6], v-xviii, 220pp., [2pp. colophon], large folding map, 17 photographic illustrations on 11 plates; (vol.2, Zoology) [4], iii-iv, errata slip, 432pp., 29 lithographed plates, 11 coloured by hand; (vol.3, Geology and Botany) [6], 204pp., 9 plates; (vol.4, Anthropology) [6], 200pp., 20 plates, 4 coloured, 11 photographic showing 29 illustrations, (total: folding map, 69 plates), original dark blue cloth
The most comprehensive scientific record of the natural history and geology of Australia published in the nineteenth century. Its sponsor, William Austin Horn, was a mining tycoon who accompanied the early part of the expedition.
The most comprehensive scientific record of the natural history and geology of Australia published in the nineteenth century. Its sponsor, William Austin Horn, was a mining tycoon who accompanied the early part of the expedition.
Provenance
Gregory Cumming, book label
Literature
Ferguson 16071