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D.D. Fauna Novae Hollandiae..
by HUSS, John Axel and Carl Peter THUNBERG
- Used
- Condition
- Very fine.
- Seller
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Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Uppsala: Royal Academy Press, 1822. Very fine.. Small quarto, [ii], 8 pp.; uncut and unbound, as issued.
A scarce and significant academic paper, this was the first serious attempt at compiling a formal fauna of Australia, in the form of a dissertation presented by Huss before Carl Thunberg, Linnaeus's great disciple and successor. Thunberg, using the traditional method of publishing his own work through the medium of his students' dissertations, "mapped" much of the flora and fauna of South Africa, China, Japan, and, in this instance, Australia. His prolific output included especially important work on both the botany and zoology of South Africa and the far east, but this is his only work that deals specifically with Australia. This is an especially fine copy of this rare and important piece.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hordern House Rare Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2901028
- Title
- D.D. Fauna Novae Hollandiae..
- Author
- HUSS, John Axel and Carl Peter THUNBERG
- Book Condition
- Used - Very fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Royal Academy Press
- Place of Publication
- Uppsala
- Date Published
- 1822
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About Hordern House Rare Books
Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.
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- Fine
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- Quarto
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