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‎La Nouvelle-Galles Du Sud, la Colonie-Mere Des Australies ‎

‎ 1896 Sydney: Charles Potter, 1896 - Pleine Percaline rouge editeur. Bon etat Général hormis qques rousseurs. GRAND In-8. XIV+337 pp, traduit de l'anglais par M. Albin Villeval. Articles de H.C. Russel, Pitt Cobbett, Harris A.G. Curry, R.L.Nash, W.G.Randall, Henry W. Wright, Fred. Turner, etc. Frontispice. 2 cartes dépliantes ( un plan et une carte couleur ) in-fine, une vue panoramique en couleur dépliante en début de volume, nombreuses illustrations N&B hors-texte, tableaux et graphiques. 1er plat et dos estampés à chaud, Offert par le gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Galles du sud; Photo et description sur demande.Picture and description upon request.First edition. Publisher’s lavish pictorial gilt tan bevelled cloth. Profusely illustrated with scores of photographic illustrations of all aspects of the Colony’s life, history, commerce, industry, public buildings, etc. Also a 3’ Panoramic View of Sydney and Harbour from the North Shore, a 30” x 27” Map of N.S.W Railways and a 20” x 30” plan of Sydney. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, VI, 10713. ‎

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‎Publie par Autorite. Frontispiece with 10 portraits of the ministers of the province, a large folding tinted panoramic view (23,5 x 96 cm) of Sydney Harbour, a map of New South Wales, a folding temperature map of N. S. W., a map of Port Jackson, large folding maps of the City of Sydney (52 x 72 cm) and the State Railways (67 x 76 cm), 52 plates and views, almost all full-page, a folding diagram, and many tables in the text. XIV, 338 (last blank) pp. Sydney, Charles Potter, 1896. First and only edition of the French translation by Albin Villeval of this richly illustrated work on New South Wales, edited by Frank Hutchingson. The original English edition had appeared in Sydney the same year. The work contains information on a wide variety of subjects, amongst others the geography of New South Wales, its law system, commerce, industry, education and social conditions, as well as descriptions of its main cities, transport systems and arts. In the appendix (pp. 323-37) a historical time table concerning New South Wales can be found. That this official publication was ment to stimulate immigration is confirmed by a vignette with the text "Offert gratis par le gouvernement de la Nouvelle Galles du Sud" pasted to the back of the front cover. Good copy in its attractive original fin-de-siecle binding. Ferguson 10713.HUTCHINGSON, Frank.BON ETAT,fente sans manque a une carte, ‎