Journal of the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1894 . Together with Maps and Plans; and Report of the Physical Geography of Central Australia, by Professor R. Tate and J.A. Watt

Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1995 (deluxe facsimile edition)/ 1897. Octavo, two volumes, [iv], 86 pages with a frontispiece plus 23 plates (many reproduced from original negatives or prints, and three of them are here reproduced the correct way round for the first time), plus a folding chart, 2 folding maps and a very large folding map (1210 × 1210 mm) loosely housed in a matching portfolio. Half calf and marbled papered boards; spines lightly sunned; a near-fine set. Number 15 of only 30 sets of the deluxe issue (from a total edition of 300, out of print soon after publication). Winnecke was the leader of the expedition, and in 'the natural order of things these (journals and maps) should have been published in connection with the scientific and other records of the Horn Expedition, as both supplementary and complementary to them'; after a financial disagreement with W.A. Horn (the organiser and backer of the venture) this did not occur. The first edition appeared as South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 19 of 1896; it was reissued in this octavo format the following year. [2 items].…