Australia.- Stoney (Capt. Henry Butler) A Residence in Tasmania, first English and first illustrated edition, , tinted lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, engraved title vignette, double-page lithographed map, engraved vignettes, original cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Ferguson 16295], 1856 § Therry (R. ) Reminiscences of Thirty Years' Residence in New South Wales and Victoria, first edition, later half morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1863; 8vo (2)
⁂ The first mentioned is an important account of the island, including early settlement, penal stations, and a list of Tasmanian birds. Stoney served with the 99th Regiment and arrived in Tasmania in 1853. The work was first published without illustrations in 1854 in Hobart Town.
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