Author: CANNON, MICHAEL; Editor.
Title: Historical Records Of Victoria. Foundation Series. 6 volumes, 7 parts. Volumes. 1, 2A, 2B, 3, 4, 5, 6.
Description: De Luxe leather bound first editions; 4to's; pp. xv, 570; xviii, 361; xii, 365 to 803; xix, 670; xx, 633; xx, 450; xvii, 464; illustrated endpapers, illustrations and map illustrations, some colour illustrations and some folding illustrations to Vol. 3., index; deluxe full leather bindings, blind stamped decoration to front boards, titles lettered in gilt on spines, bookplates on each volume, fine set. Melbourne, Victorian Government Printing Office, 1981-1991. This series was an epoch-making venture of the Public Record Office of Victoria. The Series edited by Michael Cannon, comprises documents from the Public Record Office and other sources in Australia and Britain. They have been thematically linked to form a continuous story which throws new light on the origins of the State. Many of the records are being published for the first time.

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