Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 vol. set, 1886)

used

Atlases | Secondhand | Rare or Scarce

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : CIR1651284317
  • : The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company
  • : 01 January 1886
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Hardcover
  • : 800 total