Picturesque Atlas Of Australasia (3 Vol. Set, 1886)

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Price : $600.00 NZD
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ISBN : CIR1651284317
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Well illustrated three-volume set.

First two volumes, VG, cover Australia, and are half-bound brown leather boards, with gilt-tooled brown buckram sides. Some wear to the edges and corners, with some water damage to cover. Foxing throughout. 4 maps of rail and telegram lines in Australia included.

Third volume covers New Zealand, with brief sketches of various Pacific Islands, and of the indigenous inhabitants. Half bound in blue-green leather with blue-green textured boards. Heavily worn on corners, creases, and edges. Foxing throughout. Numerous pages ripped towards lower portion, some quite substantially. Mostly closed tears.

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