Hoffmann

Hoffmann, Jukius: The Settlers on Van Diemen's Land. A tale from Australian settler life by Charles Rowcroft. Edited for youth. Breslau, Trewendt & Granier 1855. With 4 color lithographic plates by Ferd. Koska. 2 leaves, 188 pages. Hardcover with spine gilding. Klotz 2781/1 (misdated 1854); Seebass., N. F. 1695; Thieme/B. XXI, 333; Wegeh. IV, 977. - First German edition of this "free adaptation" (preface), "one of the earliest adventure tales about Australia" (Seebass): From friends and foes (the "Buschrähndschern") to the bloom of the colony, nicely illustrated. - Slightly rubbed and worn, spine lightly damaged. Front inner hinge broken. Some browning."

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