Advance Australia. Album of Sydney Views.

[Sydney]: Ca. 1890. Hardcover. Accordion fold lithograph view book of German-printed photogravures, containing a large 7 panel "Panorama of Sydney Harbour from North Shore", along with views of George Street, Pitt Street, Town Hall, General Post Office, Circular Quay, Farm Cove, 8 municipal buildings, the Botanic Gardens, Lane Cove, Parramatta River, the Spit Middle Harbour, Darling Pint, Coogee Bay, Manly, the Gap, Zig Zag Railway Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury Bridge, Hotel Metropole, St. Mary's and St. Andrew's Cathedral.

12mo. Bound in the original pale blue glazed papered boards stamped elaborately in gilt with "Advance Australia" crest and Captain Cook's Statue, Hyde Park on the front board. Front board slightly marked, gilt a bit oxidized, corners rubbed; the photogravures bright and clean. Trove 10976875 records 3 copies, at Monash, State Library New South Wales and Newcastle University. Good + condition. Item #25589

Price: $75.00

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