From McCarron, Bird & Co. to Ferdinand von Mueller   1 Apr 1891

proprietors of the australasian insurance and banking record1

Memo. from

McCarron, Bird & Co.

Printers, Lithographers & Stationers,

479 collins street.

j. f. mccarron.

h. w. puttmann.

a. stewart.

Melbourne, 1 April 1891

To Baron Ferd: Von Mueller K.C.M.G. &c.

Melbourne.

the australian trade review

Dear Sir,

We have the honor to forward the sub-joined quotations for printing the work

"Select Extra-Tropical Plants"

1000

Copies, 560 pp. at

£8:8/.

Per sheet of 16 pp

=35 sheets

£294

2000

"

£10.5/

"

"

£358:15/.

3000

"

£12

"

"

£420

The above prices including Cover & Binding

The work to be executed in same style and size of type as the 1888 Edition. A sample sheet of paper is enclosed.

Every attention will be given to the correct production of the work.2

We have the honor to be, Dear Sir

Yours obediently

McCarron Bird & Co

MS is on decorative letterhead.

See M to T. Wilson, 4 April 1891.

Please cite as “FVM-91-04-01a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/91-04-01a