The hermit in Van Diemen's Land : from the Colonial times
- Bib ID:
- 2279446
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Savery, Henry, 1791-1842
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. FRM F1290 (FC) copy
- Description:
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- Hobart Town : Printed by Andrew Bent, 1829
- 154 pages ; 17 cm.
- Notes:
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- Authorship uncertain. Generally attributed to Henry Savery but sometimes attributed to Thomas Wells.
- A Key to the Persons appears in the 1964 edition published by the University of Queensland Press.
- The work consists of a series, in letter form, contributed originally to the Colonial Times throughout 1829 under the pen name Simon Stukeley. Mainly descriptive of conditions in Hobart and thereabouts.
- National Library of Australia's Library's F1290 (FC) copy bound in limp vellum; carries the bookplates of Henry L. White and the Ferguson collection; and bookseller's labels of W. Westcott (Hobart Town) and A.H. Spencer (Melbourne); includes manuscript annotations on front flyleaf regarding the British Museum copy of this work and Henry Melville's commentary on Henry Savery (Sept. 1899) and a newspaper clipping from 'The Colonial' - V.D.L. 18/6/33 reporting the death of Mr Thomas Wells on back flyleaf.
- FRM F1290 (FC) copy also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-115925908
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 1290
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1927
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1829
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