The Melbourne Advertiser, Port Phillip, Australia

A$175 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Written for and published by Jn. P. Fawkner. Monday, January the 8th. 1838. Melbourne. Vol. 1, No. 2. [Melbourne : s. n., circa 1860]. Foolscap folio, pp. [4], photolithographic facsimile, edges chipped, old folds and tape stains to a tear, edges chipped and brittle. Early facsimile of Melbourne s first newspaper, originally circulated in manuscript form only. As noted by Ferguson, a number of photolithographic facsimiles were produced in the nineteenth century, of which this is an example without imprint. Ferguson, 2547

• Binding: Hardcover

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