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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 #:
  182
• Lot Description:
  Shoberl, Frederic. The World in Miniature... South Sea Islands
  being a Description of the Manners, Customs, Character, Religion, and State of Society among the various tribes scattered over the Great Ocean, called the Pacific, or the South Sea… [together with] The World in Miniature... The Asiatic Islands and New Holland: being a description of the manners, customs, character, religion and state of society. Two works in four volumes, duodecimo, with 52 fine handcoloured aquatint plates in total, uncut in original bindings of boards and cloth, with paper spine labels. London, Rudolph Ackermann, [1824]. First edition: the South Sea volumes includes Hawaii (vol. I, pp. 1883 – 266); Pitcairn, the Bounty and the Pandora (vol. II, pp. 294 – 325); New Zealand, (vol. II, pp. 128 – 203).
• Notes:
  Many of the attractive coloured plates are based on views by Arago and Choris. The New Holland volumes include six fine coloured plates of Aborigines, some based on illustrations to the Baudin voyage and Freycinet voyage accounts. Abbey, Travel, 6 (part); Bagnall, 5157; Ferguson, 985-4; Forbes, 589; Hill 2, 1566 (part); Sabin, 80556 (part); Tooley English Books, 515 (part).
• Estimate:
  A$500 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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