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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Autumn Auction Series
• Sale Date:
  16 Jun 2014 ~ 11am (Lots 1 -357)
  17 Jun 2014 ~ 11am (Lots 358 - 728)
  17 Jun 2014 ~ 6pm (Lots 729 - 860)
• Lot #:
  486
• Lot Description:
  A supposed description of Terra Australis
  HALL, Joseph [1574-1656] Pseudonym: Mercurio Britannico: 'Mundus alter et idem sive Terra Australis ante hac semper incognita longis itineribus peregrini academici nuperrime lustrata' [Gulielmus Antonius, Hanau, 1607]; duodecimo, with five folding maps in contemporary stamped vellum.
• Notes:
  A supposed description of Terra Australis, with a highly fanciful cartography of the continent in five eccentric maps; this is'one of the earliest, if not the earliest of the fictitious voyages set in Australia....an extremely rare work and seldom offered for sale' (Davidson).
• Estimate:
  A$3,000 - 5,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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