Lot #695 - James ROSS: “The HOBART TOWN Almanack for the Year MDCCCXXIX”
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historial
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Sale Date:09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 1: 10.30am (Lots 501 - 815)
09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 2: 2pm (Lots 816 - 1105) -
Lot #:695
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Lot Description:James ROSS: “The HOBART TOWN Almanack for the Year MDCCCXXIX”
[Hobart Town, 1829]. 165pp with six copper plate engravings including “Macquarie Street Hobart Town”; the plate of ship’s signals being hand coloured. The first issue of the almanacs by James Ross. A presentation copy from Thomas Scott, the Deputy Surveyor General (appointed by Lachlan Macquarie) to his father in Scotland. From the collection of Henry L. White, with his bookplate. Ferguson 1272. -
Estimate:A$1,000 - 2,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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