Item #22299 The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout. An Australian Journalist, J S. Prout.
The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.
The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.
The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.
The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.
The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.
The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.

The Emigrant in Australia, or, Gleanings from the Gold-fields by an Australian journalist; with illustrations, taken on the spot, by J. S. Prout.

London: Addey & Co, 1852. A defective copy of a scarce early Australian gold field guide illustrated by J.S. Prout, with all four maps and 3 (of 4) illustrations.

Contents include general notices on Australia, Gold deposits & Gold Washing, Gold Fields of New South Wales, Gold Fields of Victoria, and Practical Hints to Emigrants. The author gets right to the seductive point, in the first sentence of General Notices: "Arrived on the other side of the globe ... after a voyage of about 16,000 miles, the British emigrant touches the shores of the great southern land of gold" (p1).

The illustrations by John Skinner Prout (1806 - 1876) include: The Blue Mountains - Road to the Diggings; Summerhill Creek; and Mount Alexander. The four folding maps, with hand colored highlights in bright yellow, include New South Wales (North, Central and South) and Victoria, or Port Phillip. The Victoria map with three bright yellow highlights in the region of Ballarat, at Warraneep M., M. Blackwood, and east of Orr.

The contents page with a small bookplate of Anne Renier and F. G. Renier, noted British book collectors whose children's literature collection was donated to the Victoria and Albert.

8vo, 92pp. Lacking the front wrapper (as is often the case), the frontispiece, title page, first few pages & spine. Ferguson 6374 states 8vo, Pp [iv] (advertisements), [iv], 92pp, last blank. Four illustrations and four maps. " This copy has 2pp of ads, 1 contents page, all 4 maps and 3 (of 4) illustrations. First 3 leaves detached and upper corner chipped, not affecting text. Contents dusty along top edge; this looks like a copy taken to the diggings! The four maps with a bit of toning along upper edge, otherwise in very good condition.

Trove records copies at National Library of Australia, State Library of New South Wales, and State Library of Victoria. F6374. OCLC: 315681101 records only one copy at the National Library of Scotland; other copies recorded are digital. Item #22299

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