Flindersland and Sturtland; or, The Inside and Outside of Australia

JESSOP, William R.H.

Verlag: Richard Bentley, London, 1862

Beschreibung

Two volumes, octavo; in a fine contemporary binding of salmon-pink calf, spines ornately gilt in compartments between rasied bands, double labels, marbled endpapers and edges, by Zaehnsdorf with his stamp. Jessop gives an account of an adventurous tourist's travels in Australia in the late 1850s and early 1860s ('A detailed description of the South Eastern part of Australia, including station properties, social conditions, travel, aborigines, etc.' according to Ferguson). Importantly Jessup records (vol. 2, pp. 233-50) meeting two men at Wilpena 'on their way back to Adelaide, with the results of a private exploration…. The leader, or scout, was named Giles, who was engaged by Mole, a man of more energy than money, to assist him in opening up some new part … [They] finally left the known country at Angipena, and entered upon the unknown in the direction of north-west … They were absent about a month from Angipena, and altogether, going and coming, passed over 1,200 miles'. Wantrup notes that this expedition 'does not appear to be elsewhere recorded and dates at least ten years before Giles's career became a matter of public record… From the context it is clear that the expedition took place in the first half of 1859'. Among other good detail on Giles's contacts with First Nations people, Jessup quotes Giles's claim that he was the first person in the Colony to have vaccinated an Aboriginal person. This most attractive copy was bound by Joseph Zaehnsdorf, who had started his famous business in 1844. Starting out as a school-leaving present to Joshua Fielden, a future industrialist, it was ultimately presented to the Australian High Commissioner in London. . Provenance: Joshua Fielden (presented to him on leaving Eton in 1865); by descent to Patricia Nemon-Stuart; by presentation to Sir Alick Downer, Australian High Commissioner in London (presentation slip dated 1969). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4504355

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Flindersland and Sturtland; or, The Inside ...

Verlag: Richard Bentley, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1862