The British Colonies; their history, extent, condition, and resources

A$5,500 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

By Montgomery Martin, Esq., late Treasurer to the Queen at Hong-Kong; and member of Her Majesty s Legislative Council in China. London and New York : The London Printing and Publishing Company [J. F. Tallis], circa 1851. Six volumes bound in twelve (which are labelled as Divisions ), quarto, publisher s original gilt-lettered and decorated red cloth (each volume skilfully rebacked some loss to the cloth on the spines), the title pages to the six volumes (i. British North America; II. Australia; III. New Zealand, Tasmania etc.; IV. Africa and the West Indies; V. British India; VI. Ceylon, East India, and Mediterranean Settlements) bound at the rear of Division XII, so that the owner can bind the set into six volumes to their style, publishers printed advertisement on the pastedown of Division I announcing that the set would be completed in eight Divisions (in fact there were twelve), publisher s advertisements; paginated as follows: Division I : [ii publisher s advertisements]; engraved frontispiece portrait of Queen Elizabeth; engraved title page; engraved portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh and Francis Bacon; tissue guards, pp. xxiv; 168; with four fine steel engraved double page maps of The World; British America; East Canada and New Brunswick; and West Canada, each with outline hand colouring, light scattered foxing. Division II : [iv publisher s advertisements]; engraved portraits of Queen Anne, Prince Rupert, William Pitt, Sir Francis Drake; tissue guards, pp.169 360; with t

• Binding: Hardcover

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