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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Collection of Martin Copley AM
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2017 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  103
• Lot Description:
  STOKES, John Lort Stokes. Discoveries in Australia, with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle
  in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. London, 1846. Two volumes thick octavo, with 8 folding engraved maps (7 in endpocket) and 26 engraved or lithographed plates, errata leaf; original cloth (spines faded and slightly worn, hinges neatly strengthened). A little foxing, some leaves carelessly opened in the first volume.
• Notes:
  Lengthy and important series of surveying voyages, principally along the northern and north-west coasts, where much was added to the existing charts, including several major rivers.
• Estimate:
  A$2,500 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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