Rare Books

At Possum Creek / William Sylvester Walker (Coo-ee)

Summary

Examples include:

• 'History of Australasia' by David Blair printed in 1878. This large book was written with the intention of providing the first one-volume history of Australasia.

• 'A successful exploration through the interior of Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria'. This 1863 publication presents a collection of journal writings and letters of William John Wills.

• An illustrated 1892 edition of 'The last of the Bushrangers: An account of the capture of the Kelly gang' by Francis Augustus Hare.

• An account of the empire of China, historical, political, moral and religious (Vol 1) by Domingo Fernández Navarrete published in the 1700s. This account was supposedly suppressed by the Spanish Inquisition.

• The Mulfuzat Timury ; or Autobiographical memoirs of the Moghul Emperor Timur written in the Jagtay Turky language, turned into Persian by Abu Talib Hussyny / and translated into English by Major Charles Stewart.

• Letters from the North of Italy : addresssed to Henry Hallam Esq by William Stewart Rose published in 1819.

• An 1825 edition of Essays and treatises on several subjects by David Hume.

Guidelines for inclusion

• printed before 1850

• Australian imprints before 1920

• limited editions of 500 copies or fewer

• signed or association copies if the person has special historical or local significance

• auction catalogues for book and art Australiana

• books whose market value exceeds ten times the current average price per volume.

Little Mother Meg / Ethel Turner (1902)

Availability
Melbourne campus.

Access

·     Rare Books are mostly available for use in the Library only and must be read in the Special Collections reading area under "Special Collections Conditions of Use" rules.

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