Britain's Austral Empire: Portraits of the Statesmen and Officials Concerned in the Work of Establishing the Commonwealth of Australia. ...

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: Sampson Low Marston and Company 1901. Folio. Two parts (text & plates) in orig. parchment-backed gilt-dec. portfolio (slightly shelf-soiled). Orig. printed wrappers (spine of "plates" volume cracked). Uncut. Title-page printed in red/black ink. Complete with 41 full-page plates drawn by Percy F. S. Spence title-vignette and dec. initials. Each plate is mounted and has an interleaved page of descriptive letterpress printed in red. Slight foxing and bookplate on front endpaper of portfolio otherwise fine and complete. Rare. NOTE: Portrait subjects include Edmund Barton Joseph Chamberlain and Henry Parkes.