5/6/91.1
Would you be so kind, dear Dr Bride, to let me have a bound volume or the loose parts of the Eucalyptography, as I can no longer purchase a complete copy at the Gov Printing Office, the work being "out of print".2
In reciprocity for this I beg to forward a large lot of the publications of the anthropol. Society of Berlin, this being probably the only copy of this important serial in Australia.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller
Some more parts will come next week. Have you a set of the iconography of the Acacias to spare?
For reply see T. Bride to M, 19 June 1891 (in this edition as 91-06-19a), and T. Bride to M, 5 April 1892 (in this edition as 92-04-05a).
An annotation on the file reveals that the following numbers of each of the Decades were 'in stock': 7 of 1-3, 6 of 4, 7 of 5-7, 30 of 8-9 and 37 of 10. The following numbers of each of the Decades of the Acacias were 'in stock': 18 of 1, none of 2, 18 of 3-4 and 21 of 5-13. A further note, evidently referring to M to T. Bride, 20 June 1891, says M 'asked that his request might be allowed to be withdrawn'. On 6 April 1892, the trustees asked the library assistant Alfred Neville if he had ever received any copies of Decade 2 of Acacias, to which he replied the next day, 'No'. On 8 April 1892, the trustees asked the Government Printer 'for the number usually placed at the disposal of the Trustees'.
Please cite as “FVM-91-06-05a,” 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