History and description of the skeleton of a new sperm whale lately set up in the Australian Museum - together with some account of a new genus of sperm whale called euphysetes

Title: b'History and description of the skeleton of a new sperm whale lately set up in the Australian Museum - together with some account of a new genus of sperm whale called euphysetes' | Date: 1851 | Technique: b'lithographs, printed in black ink, each from one stone; letter-press text'
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Title

History and description of the skeleton of a new sperm whale lately set up in the Australian Museum - together with some account of a new genus of sperm whale called euphysetes

Physical description

Signed with a salutation by the author. Also bookplate of Dr. George Mackaness. With two gate-fold stone lithographs of the sperm whale in question. Green morocco covers. 66pp.

Source

History and description of the skeleton of a new sperm whale lately set up in the Australian Museum, by William Wall. Sydney: W.R. Piddington, 1851

Page or Plate number

collection record

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1851

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map

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Category

Illustrated book

Print types

planographic | relief

Technique

lithographs, printed in black ink, each from one stone; letter-press text

Matrix size

22.2 x 14.4 cm (book (closed))

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

23470

Accession method

Proposed Purchase

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from All at Sea Books, Sydney, 2007.

Subject category

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book

Creators

W.R. PIDDINGTON | Organisation | publisher

Wall, William S. | Male | author

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013