CAMPBELL F A; et al A Year in the New Hebrides 1873 Inscribe

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CAMPBELL, F. A.; et al. A Year in the New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, and New Caledonia. With . . . an Appendix containing a Contribution to the Phytography of the New Hebrides, by Baron [Ferdinand] von Mueller. 9 tinted lithographed plates; folding lithographed map. Small 8vo, original cloth by T. C. Mercer of Geelong, with ticket, binding somewhat spotted, extremities rubbed; contents clean. Geelong & Melbourne, [1873]

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first edition. inscribed by baron von mueller on the half-title. Mueller (1825-96) was a German emigré botanist with a notable career of research and exploration in Australia and the Western Pacific; he founded the Royal Herbarium of Victoria and later directed the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. Ferguson 7884.