Lot 1290 , Lang, John Dunmore - Phillipsland; Or The Country Hitherto Designated Port Phillip. Its Present Condition and Prospects, as a Highly Eligible Field for Emigration., 1st edition

° Lang, John Dunmore - Phillipsland; Or The Country Hitherto Designated Port Phillip. Its Present Condition and Prospects, as a Highly Eligible Field for Emigration., 1st edition, two folding lithographed maps. Four tinted lithographed plates. original cloth, gilt. Ferguson 4562, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847
£100-150
Lang emigrated to Australia in 1822 and was the first Presbyterian minister who regularly officiated in New South Wales. A leading promoter of emigration to Australia, he persuaded the British Government in 1836 to finance the passage of four thousand emigrants to the colony over the next three years.

Sold for £90