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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Martin Copley AM
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2017 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  20
• Lot Description:
  DALE, Lieutenant Robert. Descriptive account of the panoramic view of King George’s Sound and the adjacent country
  London, 1834. Small octavo, pp 20 with hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece ‘Portrait of Yagan, King of the Swan River’, after George Cruikshank; original lilac wrappers (oxidized), stab-sewn as issued.
• Notes:
  Very rare pamphlet published to accompany Dale’s aquatint panorama. The severed head of Yagan, the Aboriginal warrior, was sent to England and displayed in a museum.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 6,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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