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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 #:
  115
• Lot Description:
  Earle, Augustus. A Narrative of Nine Months Residence in New Zealand in 1827
  Together with a Journal of a Residence in Tristan d’Acunha, an Island situated between South America and the Cape of Good Hope. Octavo, with seven aquatint plates after Augustus Earle (two folding), with library stamps, bound in old half calf, rebacked retaining original spine. London, Longman, 1832.
• Notes:
  First edition of an important travel account by one of the first professional artists in the Pacific. Earle had become entranced with the Pacific while artist on Philip Parker King’s Beagle voyage of South American survey, leaving the ship at Sydney on their homeward journey. Although he spent a productive time here, Earle did not publish an account of his travels in Australia and this is the only literary production from his antipodean years. Bagnall 1757.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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