{"product_id":"2026100006038-secondhand-the-catalogue-of-the-public-library-of-victoria-vol-ii-p-to-z-and-addenda","title":"The Catalogue Of The Public Library Of Victoria: Vol. II. - P To Z And Addenda","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: association copy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: 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. \n \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956175712475,"sku":"2026100006038-SECONDHAND","price":400.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2f413494-e0fd-44c0-a1a9-ed70b85acde8.png?v=1783498694","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100006038-secondhand-the-catalogue-of-the-public-library-of-victoria-vol-ii-p-to-z-and-addenda","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}