The Catalogue Of The Public Library Of Victoria: Vol. II. - P To Z And Addenda
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: association copy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed, aged and tanned pages with significant foxing. Markings: Library stamp visible on title page (Royal Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne). Binding condition: Spine is entirely absent, leaving the spine area covered only with worn, exposed cream-coloured paper and remnants of old adhesive. Cover is heavily worn, with marbled endpapers (peacock pattern) showing significant wear and fading. Stickers/Labels: Presentation bookplate on front free endpaper; presidential signature present - "Presented to Baron Ferdinand von Mueller" by the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria, signed by the President David Charteris McArthur, dated January 21st, 1882. 2 fold-out maps/chart at rear, intact.
A rare and significant piece of Victorian-era Australian cultural history, this official catalogue chronicles the entire holdings of the Public Library of Victoria as they stood in 1880, covering entries from P through Z along with essential addenda. Compiled at the height of Melbourne's golden age of civic institution-building, the volume presents an invaluable snapshot of the literary, scientific, and intellectual resources available to the colony of Victoria in the late nineteenth century. As a reference work, it details thousands of titles across every discipline, serving as both a finding aid for contemporary readers and an irreplaceable primary source for historians and bibliographers today. The catalogue illustrates the ambitions of a young colonial society to establish itself as a centre of learning and culture, making it an essential document in the history of Australian libraries and public institutions.
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Format: Hardback
Published: 1880, Government Printer (Ferres, Government Printer)
Genre: Australian history
Edition: association copy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Fair/Poor. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed, aged and tanned pages with significant foxing. Markings: Library stamp visible on title page (Royal Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne). Binding condition: Spine is entirely absent, leaving the spine area covered only with worn, exposed cream-coloured paper and remnants of old adhesive. Cover is heavily worn, with marbled endpapers (peacock pattern) showing significant wear and fading. Stickers/Labels: Presentation bookplate on front free endpaper; presidential signature present - "Presented to Baron Ferdinand von Mueller" by the Trustees of the Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery of Victoria, signed by the President David Charteris McArthur, dated January 21st, 1882. 2 fold-out maps/chart at rear, intact.
A rare and significant piece of Victorian-era Australian cultural history, this official catalogue chronicles the entire holdings of the Public Library of Victoria as they stood in 1880, covering entries from P through Z along with essential addenda. Compiled at the height of Melbourne's golden age of civic institution-building, the volume presents an invaluable snapshot of the literary, scientific, and intellectual resources available to the colony of Victoria in the late nineteenth century. As a reference work, it details thousands of titles across every discipline, serving as both a finding aid for contemporary readers and an irreplaceable primary source for historians and bibliographers today. The catalogue illustrates the ambitions of a young colonial society to establish itself as a centre of learning and culture, making it an essential document in the history of Australian libraries and public institutions.