| Description |
6 pages, xi, 216 pages ; 19 cm |
| Series |
Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK613 ANL
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| Notes |
This work is a reissue, in a slightly altered form, of The Van Diemen's Land Almanack for the year 1833 (Ferguson, 1719) |
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First edition fo the enlarged "Hobart Town Almanac" with 17 pages of interesting advertisements at end. In his preface, the author states of Tasmania that "it is the worse place in the world ... for the idler, the spendthrift, or the lounger; whilst, on the other hand, it decidedly presents ample encouragement to the man of sober and industrious habits" |
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National Library of Australia's NK613 copy is quarter bound in cloth with paper label on spine, in custom made box by Bayntum (Riviere), Bath which is half bound in brown leather and cloth with five raised bands and gilt decorations; bookplate of Arthur N. Young pasted inside front cover, with that of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1833/7) inside the lid of the box. ANL |
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National Library of Australia's FC F1676 copy half bound in leather with four raised bands, gilt decorations and mottled marbled boards; bears bookplates of Arthur Kingson Moore, under that of the Ferguson Collection, National Library Canberra. ANL |
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National Library of Australia's FRM F1676 (NL) copyquarter bound in cloth with paper label on spine; stamped Parliament of the Commonwealth Library and accessioned 7720, 14 Dec 1904. ANL |
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National Library of Australia's FRM F1676 (N) copy fully bound with paper lable on spine; pencil annotations and marginal notes throughout. ANL |
| SUBJECT |
Tasmania -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88006700
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| Author |
Melville, Henry, 1799-1873
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