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JOHN HEAVISIDE CLARK. Field Sports, of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, 1813. John Heaviside Clarke. Field Sports, of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, first edition, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary calf-backed boards, morocco label on upper board, 4to, London: Edward Orme, 1813
RARE. The first work published on the Australian Aborigines. The title-page bears the signature of H. W. Wheelwright, the Swedish naturalist. The free-endpaper is inscribed 'This book was the property of the late Louis Phillip, Emperor of France.'. John Heaviside Clarke. Field Sports, of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, first edition, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary calf-backed boards, morocco label on upper board, 4to, London: Edward Orme, 1813
RARE. The first work published on the Australian Aborigines. The title-page bears the signature of H. W. Wheelwright, the Swedish naturalist. The free-endpaper is inscribed 'This book was the property of the late Louis Phillip, Emperor of France.'.
Margins lightly soiled, title with library stamps 'Duc d'Orelans', boards soiled, spine with evidence of light worming, extremities worn.
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