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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 #:
  189
• Lot Description:
  Sturt, Charles. Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia, performed under the authority
  of Her Majesty’s Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6. Together with a notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847. Two volumes, octavo, with 16 plates (two chromolithographed and four handcoloured), and a folding handcoloured map, half green morocco of the period, rubbed. London, T. & W. Boone, 1849.
• Notes:
  First edition: family presentation copy of the narrative of Sturt’s last expedition, into the harsh interior of the continent, inscribed by his brother Henry Charles Sturt. “The geographical results of Sturt’s last expedition, the first into the heart of the continent, were significant. He determined the confluence of the Darling and the Murray, settled speculation about a vast inland sea, found no evidence of a large central river, and determined that there was no central dividing range. The expedition was also responsible for major discoveries, especially the discovery and exploration of Coopers Creek, the Stony Desert, and the Simpson Desert” (Wantrup). This one of the earliest copies distributed, at the time of publication in December 1848. Presentation copies of this book are extremely rare on the market. Those that have been seen are from members of Sturt’s immediate family owing to his extremely poor health and temporary blindness at the time of publication. Ferguson, 5202; Wantrup, 119.
• Estimate:
  A$1,000 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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