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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  154
• Lot Description:
  Fitton, William Henry. An Account of some Geological Specimens from the Coasts of Australia
  By William Henry Fitton, M.D., F.R.S., V.P.G.S, &c. From the Appendix to the “Narrative of a Survey of the Inter-tropical and Western Coasts of Australia,” &c., by Captain Phillip Parker King, R.N., vol. ii. p. 566, &c. Octavo, with folding frontispiece chart and two plates, bound in quarter morocco, with the neat stamp of the Geological Society on the blank verso of the plates. London, Printed by W. Clowes, 1826. F
• Notes:
  irst edition: rare. A separate and partly reset printing of Fitton’s appendix to King’s Narrative. It includes a frontispiece “Chart of the Inter-tropical and West Coasts of Australia by P.P. King, 1818 – 1822”, a sketch map and three other plates, all of which were published in King’s book. This copy, from the (London) Geological Society Library has a particularly apt provenance, presumably an author’s presentation. Clancy, 9.6; Ferguson, 1071; Perry and Prescott, 1826.09; Wantrup, 85.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 900
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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