Lot 1283 , Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone - Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present Colony of New South Wales. 1st edition

° Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone - Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present Colony of New South Wales. 1st edition, 2 vols, 8vo, with 2 engraved maps, lithographed pictorial titles and 49 lithographed plates, some coloured, with adverts, London, T. & W. Boone, 1838.
£500-800
Three expeditions of the greatest importance, both for the discoveries made and for the precision with which Mitchell was capable of surveying. The first expedition (1831-2) surveyed the area between the Castlereagh and the Gwydir Rivers; the second (1835) set out to trace and chart sections of the Murray and Darling rivers; the third and most important (1836) was intended to complete the survey of the Darling but culminated in the discovery of Australia Felix in 1836. Billot, 129; Ferguson, 2553; Wantrup, 124a.

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Purchased from Bloomsbury Auctions, Sept 2009, £732.

Sold for £480