Jung

1884 · rif. 40577 — London: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1884. Abridged 1st English ed. Hardback small octavo no jacket as issued good condition dark green leather boards gilt lettering & embossed decorations front board & spine black & white full-page drawings plates gilt edges moderate foxing endpapers minor foxing some pages pages lightly toned front & rear & inner hinge slightly split pages firm bottom corner front cover bumped spine ends little worn bottom edges boards little rubbed corners little creased some pages. 250 pp. An impressive description of Australia in the 1880s. Abridged from a larger work by Dr. K. E. Jung. Specifically an abridgement of his "Der Welttheil Australien" recently issued in Mr. Tempsky's new series of cheap publications. There are 16 full-page illustrations and an index. The illustrations were derived from the original work and supplied by the German publisher for use in this edition. Karl Emil Jung 1833 - 1902 was a German-born teacher explorer and geographer. He was former inspector of schools South Australia and later professor of classics Adelaide University. Translated from the German. W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co. hardcover