REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE HORN SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. Vol 1 NARRATIVE, large folding map, 17 photographic illustrations on 11 plates. Vol 2 ZOOLOGY, 29 plates. Vol 3 GEOLOGY AND BOTANY, 9 plates. Vol 4 ANTHROPOLOGY, 20 plates (4 coloured, 11 photographic).

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FIRST EDITION, 4 vols, quarto, original blue cloth, a little rubbed at extremities, ex Library with number on spines. The most comprehensive scientific record of the natural history and geology of Australia published in the nineteenth century. Its sponsor, William Austin Horn was a mining tycoon who accompanied the early part of the expedition. Ferguson 16071. N° de ref. del artículo 10667

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