452. Sturt ( Captain Charles) Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia [with the separately issued Arrowsmith map], 3 vol. including folding map, first edition , text vol. with frontispieces, 1 tinted, folding map, dissected and linen-backed, 14 engraved and lithographed plates, including 1 tinted and 4 hand-coloured Natural History plates after Gould and Richter, advertisement slip in each vol., wood-engraved illustrations, 12pp. and 14 pp. advertisements at end of each vol. respectively, occasional spotting or foxing, original cloth, joints of text vol. reinforced, [Ferguson 5202], 1849.
est. £4000 – £6000
The last of Sturt's expeditions resulting in the important discoveries of the confluence of the Darling and Murray; Cooper's Creek; and the Stony and Simpson deserts.
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