Original mezzotint engraved panoramic view of Melbourne from Alexandra Gardens depicting Princes Bridge across the Yarra with trams and horse drawn

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

carriages showing the boat sheds in the foreground as well as what appears to be a brewery where to-day stands the Arts Centre & Concert Hall. Looking north towards the City of Melbourne before the erection of Flinders Street Station. Printed in Vienna the mount bears a printed caption "Melbourne 1906" and mounted there on in sepia "A.N.A. Prize Best Improved School Ground in this Inspectorial District 1909". The illustrated image neasures 90 x 27cm. Behind glass in contemp. patterned wood frame. Fine and highly decorative.