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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 #:
  196
• Lot Description:
  Wentworth, William Charles. A Statistical Account of the British Settlements in Australasia
  including the Colonies of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land: with an enumeration of the advantages which they offer to emigrants, as well with reference to each other as to the United States of America and the Canadas; and Directions and Advice to Emigrants. The Third Edition with an Appendix, containing the Acts of Parliament, and other Documents relating to these Settlements. Embellished with new Maps, and a View of Sydney... By W.C. Wentworth, Esq. A Native of New South Wales.
• Notes:
  Two volumes, octavo, with two folding maps and an engraved view of Sydney, bound in morocco of the period, rebacked retaining the original spines. London, Printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1824. The third, last, and much expanded and revised edition with an appendix of Acts of Parliament and other documents relating to the colonies, a map of Van Diemen’s Land, a new map of New South Wales (one of the earliest to show the discoveries to the westward of the Blue Mountains), and the engraved view of Sydney that was first included in the second edition of 1820. The frontispiece view was probably engraved after a drawing by John William Lewin. Ferguson, 990; McCormick, pl. 143 (view of Sydney); Perry and Prescott, 1824:18-19 (maps); Wantrup, p. 118.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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