LABILLIERE (Francis Peter).

Early History of the Colony of Victoria, from its discovery to its establishment as a self-governing province of the British Empire.

2 vols. 8vo. Original brown pictorial cloth with gilt titles to spines. Pages largely unopened. Kimbolton Castle shelfmark tickets to front pastedowns. Inscribed by the author on the title of vol 1. One corner bumped, cloth a little worn, else a very good plus copy, 1878.

£500.00

Presentation inscription in ink to the titlepage: “His Grace the Duke of Manchester with the author’s compliments.” Kimbolton Castle was the ancestral seat of the Dukes of Manchester, a title held in 1878 by George Montagu, the 8th Duke.

Francis Labilliere was an Anglo-Australian historian, and this important work revisits documents pertaining to the colony’s early history, and the establishment of Victoria.

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