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THB[AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, FRENCH] Charles Rowcroft: Le Colon de Van Diemen
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LiveJul 14, 2023
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Charles Rowcroft
Le Colon de Van Diemen ou Aventures d'un Emigrant. Contes des Colonies. (3 Volumes)
Paris: Jules Renouard, 1847.
First French Edition
18cm x 11.5cm. xxv, vii, 273, 280, 256 pages. Quarter leather, marbled papered boards, gilt lettering. Text is in French.Tales of a Tasmanian colonial settler. First published in London in 1843. "The first Australian novel of the emigrant genre of any stature and a lengthy preface Rowcroft explains the advantages of taking up land in the colonies. The most valuable parts of the novel are those which are descriptive of the typical experiences of a new settler. On this has been superimposed a sensational and melodramatic tale of blacks, bushrangers and white settlers in Van Diemen's Land in the 1820s." (Cecil Hadgraft and J. C. Horner, ANDB)
Gilt lettering worn. Some rubbing to leather. Minor foxing. Very Good Condition.
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