Life in Victoria, 2 volumes (First Edition, Fine Binding)

A first-hand account of the Victorian gold rush by one of the rare few observers who had already lived through the Californian rush before it, giving this colonial reportage a comparative perspective unavailable to most contemporary chroniclers.

Life in Victoria: Or, Victoria in 1853, and Victoria in 1858. Showing the March of Improvement Made by the Colony Within Those Periods, in Town and Country, Cities and Diggings. First edition. 2 vols., octavo. Vol.I: xvi, 381pp.; vol.II: x, 360pp. Folding map to rear of vol.II. Rebound in full navy Morocco. Covers and spine decorated in gilt and blind. Elaborate gilt inner dentelles. Modern rebinding, professionally done with excellent work (no binder's marks in either volume). Contents generally very good, some spotting throughout. Folding map good, some foxing. Has been repaired and backed with paper, likely during rebinding. Backing paper and map remain strong. Library stampings present. 

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Catalogue Number: HH000815