An Excursion to Jersey, by Professors Grubdust and Buffelskopf.
[London?]: 1860. Hardcover. Amusing illustrated satire of an imaginary visit by two professors to the isle of Jersey, with only one copy located, at the British Library. The text and illustrations are by the author, who completed the work during his appointment as lieutenant-governor of Jersey. The whole workis lithographed including the text; complete with the 24 plates, lacking the title page, as is the BL copy.
Mundy was commissioned as a lieutenant in the British Army in 1821, serving in India. He was appointed Deputy Adjutant General of military forces in Australia in 1826, and is noted for the book, 'Our Antipodes: or, Residence and Rambles in the Australasian Colonies' which he illustrated with landscapes and scenes engraved from his own sketches. He was appointed Lt. Governor of Jersey in 1857 and died in office.
Restored into the original papered boards binding. Two previous owner signatures at the front end paper, L. B. A. Craven and an inscription "Edith Smith from Alice, Jan. 25th 1880". Oblong 4to, the 24 plates complete, lacking the title page, which is consistent with the British Library copy. Quarter red cloth and pictorial boards. Boards rubbed; edges of some plates ruffled. OCLC 561100014 records only one copy, at the British Library, copy is without a title page, as is this one (UIN: BLL01001526203). Good + overall. Item #25170
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