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"Catalogue of the Victorian Exhibition, 1861:With Prefatory Essays Indicating The Progress, Resources And Physical Characteristics Of The Colony..." [John Ferres, Melbourne, 1861], 300 pp; bound together with the Jurors' "Report on Class III. Indigenous Vegetable Substances." [John Ferres, Melbourne, 1862] 61 pp. With ownership signature of C.J.Latrobe on title page. [Ferguson 17,908].
Charles Latrobe had been Lieutenant Governor of Victoria in the early 1850s, during the height of the Gold Rush.
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