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Lot #379 - DEAKIN, Alfred [Second Prime Minister of Australia] IRRIGATED INDIA. An Australian view of India and Ceylon, their irrigation and agriculture




  • Auction House:
    Mossgreen
  • Sale Name:
    Australian History
  • Sale Date:
    30 May 2017 ~ 10am - Session 1: Lots 1 - 406
    30 May 2017 ~ 2.30pm - Session 2: Lots 407 - 715
  • Lot #:
    379
  • Lot Description:
    DEAKIN, Alfred [Second Prime Minister of Australia] IRRIGATED INDIA. An Australian view of India and Ceylon, their irrigation and agriculture
    pp322(complete)+[2](advertisements), folding coloured frontispiece map, endpaper advertisements; gilt lettered navy cloth; with presentation inscription from the author dated Nov.1894. [Thacker, 1893.] First edition in book form. Extremely rare.
  • Notes:
    The text is based on a series of newspaper articles Deakin wrote after a tour of India during 1890-91, ‘in order to afford to the Australian public, interested in irrigation, a sketch of what is being accomplished by its means in the peninsular empire of Southern Asia’.
  • GST:
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  • Estimate:
    A$300 - 500
  • Realised Price:
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  • Category:
    Unclassified

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