John Ferres, Melbourne, 1869.

4to, 644pp. Black & white illustrations with fold-out maps and tables. A very good hardback copy which has been rebound with new spine and endpapers, preserving the original cloth. Gilt spine and front board. Boards marked with wear to edges. Corners rubbed.

Scarce first edition. "What is of value to the engineer in the colony is, to know what has really been written about the veins; and this he can learn with ease and satisfaction from Mr. Smyth's pages." - Geikie, A. Nature 1, 233-234 (1869).