Les Convicts en Australie 1851 - 1852.
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette, 1853. 'Fictional in character'. Covers the life of convicts, supposedly by one of the guards transporting them up to Sydney. Even though the work is fictional, Merruau lists the works he consulted, including Report of the Commissioner of inquiry into the state of the colony of New South Wales, and Tales of the Colonies, by Charles Rowcroft. In French. Bibliotheque des Chemins de Fer, Deuxieme Serie, Histoire et Voyages. 12mo, (4) +236pp, appendix (ii), table des chapitres (ii), ads (viii). Green paper wraps, title in black on front cover. Chipped spine & covers a bit marked o/w good+. Steam train on back cover, title in black on spine. Private library stamp on title page. Ferguson 12528. Trove 4119620. Item #11557
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