Early Australian Almanack - 1832 - R.Mansfield - With interesting Gardening, convict and shipping signal information.

"Australian Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1832; being bissextile, or leap year; and the second of the reign of His Most Gracious Majesty William The Fourth. Published under the sanction and patronage of His Excellency Major-General Richard Bourke.

-Printed in Sydney : edited, printed and published by Ralph Mansfield for the executors of R. Howe, 1832. 

-Octavo format. Bound in contemporary marbled boards which has been rebacked. modern endpapers, Housed in a smiple folding clamshell box.

-Condition: Complete. Some foxing (especially to calendar). Otherwise very good.

This is an early Sydney Almanack which contains a fascinating insight into early Sydney. Highlights include some early attempts at poetry (which is rather jingoistic!), gardening and horticulture advice, and details of ships coming and going from Port. Alongside this is included a calendar, a list of important officials, and detailed land regulations. There are quite a few regulations on convicts and migrant workers.

The almanack includes a hand coloured plate of shipping signals for Sydney harbour.

Provenance: F.R.Francis