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Auction 137, Lot 945
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"Terra Australis to Australia"

Subject: Reference Books

Period: 1988 (published)

Publication: Oxford University Press

Color: Printed Color

Size:
8 x 10.5 inches
20.3 x 26.7 cm
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This very comprehensive account reveals how Europeans developed the concept of a southern continent from ancient times to the beginning of the 1800's. The author describes in detail the various stages of discovery and the impact it had on European thought and imagination. 242 pp. with many illustrations, both color and B&W. Hardbound in cream cloth covers with gilt text on spine, with dust jacket.

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Condition: A+

Contents tight and clean. Covers and dust jacked show almost no wear.

Estimate: $50 - $70

Sold for: $45

Closed on 9/14/2011

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