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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 #:
  137
• Lot Description:
  Griffith, Charles. The Present State and Prospects of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales. Duodecimo
  with woodcut frontispiece, integral leaf of terminal advertisements, original cloth. Dublin, William Curry, Jun., and Company, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London, and Fraser and Co., Edinburgh, 1845.
• Notes:
  First edition: a useful account, and one of the scarcest, of the Port Phillip settlement since 1840 by a squatter – description of Melbourne, the Aborigines (two chapters), climate, squatting life, etc., with a focus on the encouragement of emigration. Billot, 464; Ferguson, 4055.
• Estimate:
  A$300 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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