Tasmanian Friends and Foes Feathered, Furred and Finned | Louisa Anne Meredith | 1880 Edition [ANTIQUARIAN – HC]

An 1880 edition of one of Louisa Anne Meredith's best-known works on Tasmanian natural history and colonial life. Meredith — who lived at Cambria near Swansea on the East Coast for much of her life — was one of the most prolific writers and illustrators of colonial Tasmania, and her natural history books are among the most vivid first-hand accounts of the island's wildlife and rural life in the 19th century.

This volume includes eight coloured plates drawn by Meredith herself, along with other illustrations. The text covers the birds, animals and fish she encountered in and around her property, written in the personal, observational style that made her books popular in both Australia and Britain.

This copy has an 1889 prize presentation plate pasted to the inside front cover — adding a small piece of provenance to an already historically interesting book.

CONDITION — PLEASE READ CAREFULLY

This is an antiquarian book in used and quite worn condition, reasonable for its age. Specific issues to note: — Cover worn — Page signatures are loosening — the book would benefit from a bookbinder's attention before heavy use — 1889 prize presentation plate pasted inside front cover — Gilt edges present .

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BOOK DETAILS

• Hardcover.
• 256 pages plus index.
• Gilt edges.
• Eight coloured plates.
• Published 1880. Antiquarian — no ISBN.

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