Item #80222 Proposal to His Majesty's Government for Founding a Colony on the Southern Coast of Australia. South Australian Land Company.
Proposal to His Majesty's Government for Founding a Colony on the Southern Coast of Australia

Proposal to His Majesty's Government for Founding a Colony on the Southern Coast of Australia

Adelaide, Public Library of South Australia, 1962 (facsimile edition)/ 1831.

Octavo, [v], 40 pages .

Gilt-lettered synthetic cloth a little rubbed at the head and foot of the spine; endpapers tanned; an excellent copy.

Peade SA10: one of only 134 copies. This was one of the earliest facsimile editions published by the library, 'reproduced ... using the xerographic process', with the text bound from concertina-fold paper printed on one side only, uncut and unopened along the leading edges.

The appendix includes a report of a voyage from Sydney to Kangaroo Island and of observations made during a stay of seven months on, and near the island, by Captain Sutherland.

Item #80222

Price (AUD): $125.00