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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
9-Nov-2015
Lot No.
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Description:
Walch's Tasmanian Almanack and Guide to Tasmania for 1863' (J. Walch & Sons, Hobart Town, 1862) with a folding map and many pages of advertisements. The first year of publication. Endorsed by the publisher to R.C.Gunn, Esq. From the Adb: Gunn was a first-rate botanist whose contribution was commemorated in Sir Joseph Hooker's introduction to his Flora Tasmaniae: 'There are few Tasmanian plants that Mr. Gunn has not seen alive, noted their habits in a living state, and collected large suites of specimens with singular tact and judgment. These have all been transmitted to England ' accompanied with notes that display a remarkable power of observation, and a facility for seizing important characters in their physiognomy'
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified