Three Colonial Adventures by John Lingwood Stuart – EDITION RENARD 2018

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Three Colonial Adventures by John Lingwood Stuart – EDITION RENARD 2018

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Edited: Aug 11, 2024, 5:37 pm

Three Colonial Adventures Special edition by John Lingwood Stuart – EDITION RENARD 2018

A PICTORIAL REVIEW


EDITION RENARD
Melbourne, Australia
SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION No. 16 of 30 copies.

BOOK ONE: Journal of a Voyage from England to Australia 1849
53 pages Mid-brown binding.
BOOK TWO: Sailing Voyage in Australia 1851
81 pages fold-out map, table. Red binding.
BOOK THREE: Overland Journey in Australia 1853
54 pages, fold-out map, colour frontispiece. Blue binding.
BOOK FOUR: John Lingwood Stuart, His Life and Journals 2017
by Robert M. Warneke 64 pages. Maroon binding

Typeset with sparing use of colour to enhance the text and capture the flavour of the manuscript originals.
Coloured frontispiece to the Overland Journal comprising a contemporary view of the Bendigo diggings.
Page marker ribbon in each volume.
Mid-grey endpapers.
Bound in full semi-limp goatskin with gilt cover title, each volume a different colour.
Four volumes in a blue buckram folding box with gilt spine titling and magnetic clasp.
Printed on pale Mohawk Strathmore Wove grey paper.
24x15.7cm.
A$850

Edition Renard is a specialty fine press publisher based in Melbourne, Australia, who concentrate on books of Australian historical interest. They have only published nine books, and most are available in more than one level of binding. The pictures below depict the most opulent binding for this edition. Further information available on their website http://www.gastonrenard.com.au/EditionRenard.htm











































































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2grifgon
May 16, 2020, 1:12 pm

Amazing! Thank you for sharing as always.