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Livres anciens et modernes

Wantrup, Jonathan

Australian Rare Books 1788-1900

1987

151,34 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1987
Lieu d'édition
Sydney. Hordern House
Auteur
Wantrup, Jonathan
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Travel - Pacific & Australia Reference
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [25.5 x 18 cm]; x, 468 pp, mounted colored frontis plate, numerous illustrations from early sources including many title-pages reprinted, endpaper maps, index, special index of artists and engravers. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine, clean, unmarked, as new condition. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The standard reference book, includes an extensive bibliographic checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text together with a glossary of terms used in book collecting. Excellent chapters from the Founding Fathers to later explorations with an impressive chapter on the Wild Scenery of Australia: Fine Early Plate Books. The checklist includes a collation of each book with plate and map counts, plus good descriptive material.