Australia The First Hundred Years: Illustrated With Seven Hundred Engravings On Steel And Wood
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: facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: torn dj repaired with tape
A monumental record of a young nation's formative century, Australia the First Hundred Years stands as one of the most ambitious pictorial histories ever produced about the Australian continent, originally published in 1888 as The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. Edited by the Hon. Andrew Garran, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C. — one of colonial Australia's most distinguished statesmen and journalists — this magnificent facsimile reproduction chronicles the dramatic arc of European settlement, from the first precarious footholds on an unknown shore to the bustling ports, gold fields, and pastoral empires that defined a continent's first century. Illustrated with an extraordinary seven hundred engravings on steel and wood, it presents colonial life in breathtaking visual detail, capturing landscapes, cities, Indigenous peoples, and pioneering figures with a richness unmatched by any contemporary publication. Beyond its role as a historical document, this volume stands as a landmark of nineteenth-century publishing, representing the collaborative achievement of some of Australia's finest artists, writers, and engravers at a moment of immense national confidence. Garran's editorial vision unified an expansive geographic and cultural sweep into a cohesive narrative, arguing implicitly for the grandeur and destiny of a society on the cusp of federation. For collectors, historians, and anyone drawn to the visual culture of the Victorian era, this facsimile edition offers an unparalleled window into a world that was both raw and rapidly transforming — leaving the reader to wonder at just how much a single century could contain.
Author: Andrew Garran
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974
Genre: Australian history
Edition: facsimile ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: torn dj repaired with tape
A monumental record of a young nation's formative century, Australia the First Hundred Years stands as one of the most ambitious pictorial histories ever produced about the Australian continent, originally published in 1888 as The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia. Edited by the Hon. Andrew Garran, M.A., LL.D., M.L.C. — one of colonial Australia's most distinguished statesmen and journalists — this magnificent facsimile reproduction chronicles the dramatic arc of European settlement, from the first precarious footholds on an unknown shore to the bustling ports, gold fields, and pastoral empires that defined a continent's first century. Illustrated with an extraordinary seven hundred engravings on steel and wood, it presents colonial life in breathtaking visual detail, capturing landscapes, cities, Indigenous peoples, and pioneering figures with a richness unmatched by any contemporary publication. Beyond its role as a historical document, this volume stands as a landmark of nineteenth-century publishing, representing the collaborative achievement of some of Australia's finest artists, writers, and engravers at a moment of immense national confidence. Garran's editorial vision unified an expansive geographic and cultural sweep into a cohesive narrative, arguing implicitly for the grandeur and destiny of a society on the cusp of federation. For collectors, historians, and anyone drawn to the visual culture of the Victorian era, this facsimile edition offers an unparalleled window into a world that was both raw and rapidly transforming — leaving the reader to wonder at just how much a single century could contain.