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447472
  • Title
    Series 15: Ludwig Leichhardt papers, 1837-1844
  • Level of description
    series
  • Date

    1837 - 1844
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    447472
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : CY 1886, frames 1-312 (C 162)
    Microfilm : CY 1887, frames 1-345 (C 163)
  • Physical Description
    0.14 metres of textual material (2 volumes)
    Drawings
  • Scope and Content
    1837-1844; Papers, written in German, English and French, being mainly scientific writings on anthropology, botany, geology and zoology, with writings on economics, language and literature. Includes pen & ink and pencil drawings. (Call No.: C 162. Issue microfilm CY 1886)
    1837-1844; Papers, written in German, English and French, being mainly scientific writings on zoology, botany and geology. Also includes pen & ink and pencil drawings; excerpts in English from The Picture of Australia (1829) by Robert Mudie; journal of expedition to the Darling Downs in search of fossilised bones, 30 Mar.-17 July 1844, in German; 'Profils des Environs du Puy. pris de la montagne de Demise', being lithograph of topographical profiles, Date unknown; 'Alphabet des sourds muets', being lithograph of French sign language chart for deaf-mutes, Date unknown; and map showing the area from Orbetello (Tuscany) to Civitavecchia (Lazio), Date unknown. (Call No.: C 163. Issue microfilm CY 1887)
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  • General note

    The papers were bound by the Mitchell Library.
    Some of the drawings in the journal in C 163 were reproduced in Leichhardt's Beitrage zur Geologie von Australien, published in 1855.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    David Scott Mitchell bookplates inside front covers.
    L. Leichhardt signature on back of map in C 163.
    D. S. Mitchell signature in C 163.
    1836 watermark 'R. Allford' on several pages of C 162.
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