Lot #156 - Laing, Charles, Architect & Surveyor. Plan of North Melbourne
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:The Denis Joachim Collection
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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 #:156
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Lot Description:Laing, Charles, Architect & Surveyor. Plan of North Melbourne
Exhibiting its Subdivision into Wards, Blocks & Allotments. With the Names of the Original Purchasers of all Sold Lands, The position of Public Buildings & other valuable topographical information carefully compiled & arranged from the most authentic sources by Charles Laing, Architect & Surveyor. Decr. 8th 1847. Engraved map, 480 x 690 mm, with old folds, a little soiling, and minor repairs without loss. Melbourne, Thomas Ham Engravers, 1847. -
Notes:A very rare and early map of central Melbourne (then known as ‘north Melbourne’), bounded by La Trobe, Flinders, Spring, and Spencer Streets; also showing the Yarra River and parts of East Melbourne and Collingwood.
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Estimate:A$8,000 - 12,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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