Eucalyptographia. A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the Adjoining Islands. First Decade [to] Tenth Decade [the complete set]

MUELLER, Baron Ferdinand von

Edité par John Ferres, Government Printer (and others), Melbourne, 1879

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Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer (and others), 1879 to 1884. Large quarto, ten fascicles, each containing a separate title leaf and 11 full-page lithographic plates, each with a leaf (sometimes more) of descriptive text. The first fascicle also contains a four-page introduction; the last one contains a general title page, dedication, retrospective remarks and assorted indices at the rear (in all, 14 leaves). A 'Directions for Binding' slip is tipped in at the title page of this fascicle. Original flush-cut quarter cloth and stiffened printed wrappers; slight loss to the cloth at the head of one decade and the foot of another; occasional light foxing and trifling signs of age and use internally; overall, a very presentable set, with a few cover blemishes as noted here. First Decade: front cover moderately marked, foxed and lightly chipped, with the top corner expertly stabilised. Second Decade: slight loss to the cloth at the foot of spine; wrappers a little marked; ownership details ('Croskell and Sons') on the front cover. Third Decade: wrappers marked; rear one creased with minor loss to the bottom corner; one rear blank page slightly soiled. Fourth Decade: 'Croskell and Sons' on the front cover. Fifth Decade: wrappers slightly marked and creased. Sixth Decade: rear cover a little soiled near the leading edge, with minor loss to insects (and trifling marginal loss to the last three leaves). Seventh Decade: cloth at the head of the spine slightly worn. Eighth Decade: front cover slightly marked. Ninth and Tenth Decades: in excellent condition. The First Decade carries a presentation inscription 'To the Honorable David Wilkie, M.D., | a generous and enlightened | supporter of the author's researches'. David Elliot Wilkie (1815-1885), Scottish-born physician, 'arrived in Adelaide late in 1838 as surgeon-superintendent of the "Lloyds". Disappointed by the state of the colony, he moved to Melbourne in March 1839 . Soon successful, Wilkie specialized in diseases of women and children . He had been prominent in 1839 in founding the Melbourne Mechanics' Institute (from 1873 the Melbourne Athenaeum) of which he was treasurer in 1856-78. An inveterate collector and classifier of specimens of natural history, he and his friends Sir Ferdinand Mueller and John Macadam helped Andrew Clarke to form a national collection initially under the charge of the Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854). He was later a council member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (Royal Society from 1860), and was a leading executive member and treasurer of the Exploration Committee which sponsored the Burke and Wills expedition; with Mueller and Macadam he jointly published seven reports between 1857 and 1863' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). [10 items].

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Eucalyptographia. A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the Adjoining Islands. First Decade [to] Tenth Decade [the complete set]
• Éditeur: John Ferres, Government Printer (and others), Melbourne
• Date de parution: 1879
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Signé: Signé par l'auteur
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Botany & Gardening
  • Natural History
  • Signed
  • Australia