A Banquet of BooksNational Library Australia, 2007 - 80 pages A Banquet of Books serves up a feast for all tastes. Here's the 'smallest book in the world' and the first edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary. Here, too, are some of the first accounts published about the proposed colony of Australia, plus some of the earliest publications in our history, along with beautiful bindings, recent limited edition printings, and a selection of stunning books with breathtaking illustrations. Sample the breadth and range of the National Library's collections through the beautifully illustrated and informative gift books of the Collection Highlights series. |
Contents
A Catalogue of the Different Specimens of Cloth | 6 |
Dürers Little Passion | 42 |
Teutsch Astronomei | 48 |
Admonition to the Publick on | 54 |
Coast of New South Wales | 60 |
John Goulds The Mammals of Australia | 66 |
Charlotte Bartons A Mothers Offering | 72 |
Masterpieces from Abroad | 78 |
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