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Australia. Notes on the colony of Victoria. Melbourne and Adelaide, 1865-1866. 5 pieces in one vol. in-8, blond half calf, smooth spine (pastiche binding). Stamp (cancelled). A good copy. Interesting collection of very uncommon pieces printed for the 1866 Intercolonial Exhibition, the first in the series, held precisely in the city of Melbourne, or for the 1867 International Exhibition (Paris). The colony of Victoria, in this form, dated only from 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales. I. Statistical summary of the progress of the colony of Victoria to the year 1865; compiled from official records in the registrar-general's office, Melbourne, for the Dublin international exhibition of 1865. Melbourne, John Ferres, 1865, 24 pp. Only one copy in the CCF (Strasbourg). - II. SELWYN (Alfred Richard Cecil); ULRICH (George): Notes of the physical geography, geology, and mineralogy of Victoria. Melbourne, Blundell & Ford, 1866, 92 pp. with 5 plates, including a large folding map. Only two copies in the CCF (Muséum and Quai Branly). - III. ARCHER (William Henry): Progress of Victoria, from 1835, to 1866. Translated from the English by E. Lissignol. Melbourne, Masterman, 1866, title, 149 pp. - IV. Catalog of contributions to the Paris universal exhibition held in Paris, 1867. Adelaide, W. C. Cox, 1866, 31 pp. - V. Exposition universelle de 1867, à Paris. Royal Commissioners of the Colony of Victoria (Australia). Melbourne-London, s.d. [1866], xvi pp. 26 pp. No copy in the CCF.

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Australia. Notes on the colony of Victoria. Melbourne and Adelaide, 1865-1866. 5 pieces in one vol. in-8, blond half calf, smooth spine (pastiche binding). Stamp (cancelled). A good copy. Interesting collection of very uncommon pieces printed for the 1866 Intercolonial Exhibition, the first in the series, held precisely in the city of Melbourne, or for the 1867 International Exhibition (Paris). The colony of Victoria, in this form, dated only from 1851, when it was separated from New South Wales. I. Statistical summary of the progress of the colony of Victoria to the year 1865; compiled from official records in the registrar-general's office, Melbourne, for the Dublin international exhibition of 1865. Melbourne, John Ferres, 1865, 24 pp. Only one copy in the CCF (Strasbourg). - II. SELWYN (Alfred Richard Cecil); ULRICH (George): Notes of the physical geography, geology, and mineralogy of Victoria. Melbourne, Blundell & Ford, 1866, 92 pp. with 5 plates, including a large folding map. Only two copies in the CCF (Muséum and Quai Branly). - III. ARCHER (William Henry): Progress of Victoria, from 1835, to 1866. Translated from the English by E. Lissignol. Melbourne, Masterman, 1866, title, 149 pp. - IV. Catalog of contributions to the Paris universal exhibition held in Paris, 1867. Adelaide, W. C. Cox, 1866, 31 pp. - V. Exposition universelle de 1867, à Paris. Royal Commissioners of the Colony of Victoria (Australia). Melbourne-London, s.d. [1866], xvi pp. 26 pp. No copy in the CCF.

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