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Auction: 13017 - Bonds and Share Certificates of the World
Lot: 783

WESTGARTH, William. Victoria and the Australian Gold Mines in 1857; with notes on the overland route from Australia, via Suez. Smith, Elder & Co., London, 1857. Octavo, 482 pages plus 16 pages of advert and 2 folding maps. Original blind-stamped decorative green cloth, gilt title on spine with minimal wear. Ex-library presentation copy from the author to Torquay Natural History Society. Title-page trimmed at top with part of inscription missing only.

An important work on the colony of Victoria by an early settler and a prominent figure in the social and political development of Victoria.

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Estimate
£350 to £450