General Map of Australia and Tasmania, or Van Diemen’s Land shewing the British Colonies as divided into Counties.

A$1,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Edinburgh : A. and C. Black ( Drawn by E. Ravenstein Lith. and printed in Colours by Schenk McFarlane, Edinburgh ), 1857 (second edition). Map lithographed in colour, measures 960 x 1200 mm (printed surface), dissected and mounted on linen, a number of pen annotations, folded to approximately 253 x 312 mm, housed in a cloth case lettered in gilt, some edge wear, bookplate from the Ingleton Collection inside front panel. With ten inset maps, including New Zealand, Tasmania, Norfolk Island, the Colony of Victoria, the Mount Alexander gold region, Port Phillip Bay and Melbourne, and Port Jackson, Botany Bay and Sydney.

• Binding: Hardcover

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