Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land. Vol II. Part I. January 1852 by Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land: - 1852

Hobart Town: Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land. 1852. 200pp, two folding tables. Papers I-XII, Proceedings, Miscellanea. Stab-sewn with the original printed wrappers drawn on, as issued. A few pages have had their top corners folded over (as place-markers it seems). A very good copy. ***Papers include: 'On the Introduction of Salmon into the Rivers of Tasmania: correspondence' (pp40-7), 'On the Strength and Durability, and Value of the Blue Gum of Tasmania...', by Jas. Mitchell (pp121-37, two tables, one folding);papers on the cultivation of turnips, potatoes, flax and rye grass; and R.C. Gunn's 'A List of the Mammals indigenous to Tasmania' (pp77-90). .