Blair, David

Cyclopaedia of Australasia; or, Dictionary of Facts, Events, Dates, Persons, and Places connected with the Discovery, Exploration, and Progress of the British Dominions in the South from the earliest dawn of discovery in the Southern Ocean [...]

Melbourne: Fergusson and Moore, 1881. 1st ed., quarto, original cloth boards blindstamped and decorated in gilt, pp xii, 780, xv. Ex-library, cnrs bumped, worn at edges, title page and introduction section loose. Good condition.

Reference guide, "the first attempt that has yet been made to systematise the entire range of facts bearing on the past history and present condition of the British possessions in the Southern Ocean." David Blair (1820-1899) was a journalist and a politician. Item #101568

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