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Australia - Trancontinental Railway. South Australia, Plan of Country North of Herrgott Springs.
Adelaide: Surveyor General's Office [1887], litho map with two colours, depicting the north of South Australia from Palmerston to Hergott with route of the Transcontinental Railway and with key, tables and inset map of 'the Australian Colonies' to left side, printed signature dated 25.10.87 to lower part of main map, visible area 857mm x 553mm, vertical and horizontal folds, mounted, framed and glazed.
Issued with the Final Report of Commission of Transcontinental Railway, November 1887 (photocopied notes and report will be made available to the purchaser)
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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