Peter Parley's Method of Telling About Geography to Children. With Nine Maps and Seventy-Five Engravings, Principally for the Use of Schools.
New York: F. J. Huntington, 1838. Hardcover. Children's geography primer with woodblock illustration of a kangaroo, and a short history of Australia (p104 - 106): "About 40 years ago, the English made a settlement near Botany Bay. To this place the English government sent thieves, and other bad people from England. It is a very vast distance from England, and being sent to Botany Bay is esteemed a very severe punishment. ... It has many interesting animals, among which is the kangaroo, a creature as large as a sheep, that jumps fifty feet at a bound". (p105)
12mo, vi, [7]-120 pp. Cloth spine and yellow printed paper covered boards. The original cloth spine with some period restoration stitching. Some chipping to paper covered boards; internally scattered fox spotting. OCLC: 2164694. Good + condition. Item #24836
Price: $75.00