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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historial
• Sale Date:
  09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 1: 10.30am (Lots 501 - 815)
  09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 2: 2pm (Lots 816 - 1105)
• Lot #:
  709
• Lot Description:
  Francis LOW [1788-1846]: “LOW’S DIRECTORY of the CITY AND DISTRICT of SYDNEY for MDCCCXLVII”
  [Sydney, 1847] FIRST EDITION, with coloured code of signals frontispiece, narrow 8vo, modern half leather; printed by Alonzo Grocott, Sydney. Ferguson 4579With pages of advertisements, listing 80 trade advertisements, plus the following inserted advertisements,- Andrew Lenehan, cabinet maker and W. Baker, lithographer (2 on 1 leaf); D. Wall, Columbian Press.; Henry Parkes Ivory and Bone Manufacturer. One of the advertisements records “Sir T.L. Mitchell Expedition. This Day is Published by Statham and Foster, a map of This Expedition, combined with the Travels of Dr. Leichhardt, and to be had with or without the descriptive type matter, price five shillings. This Map is of the highest importance to the Squatting Interests.” Parkes became Sir Henry Parkes, “Father of Australian Federation.”This work also contains a “Chronology of Remarkable Events” and a “City of Sydney Directory”, which are most useful and important records.
• Provenance:
  From the collection of Henry L. White with his bookplate. Ferguson 4597
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 2,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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