Antique "MELBA'S GIFT BOOK OF AUSTRALIAN ART AND LITERATURE" edited by Franklin Peterson hardcover Nellie Melba Australian art and literature book 1915, published by George Robinson And Co in Australia. With colour plates. First Edition. Sourced within the Mornington Peninsula.

"Melba's Gift Book Of Australian Art And Literature" was published in 1915 to raise money for the Belgian Relief Fund. It contains colour plate illustrations by well-known Australian artists including Norman Lindsay, George Lambert, Hans Heysen, Edward Phillips Fox, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Charles Nuttall and Arthur Streeton and also entries by various Australian writers including Ethel Turner, Henry Lawson, C.J. Dennis, Bernard O'Dowd, Mrs Aeneas Gunn and Louis Esson. There is also a colour reproduction of a portrait of Melba by Florence Rodway. Melba was an avid supporter and collector of Australian art and some of these artists were represented in her own private collection.

Acceptable Antique Condition, considerable wear and tear.

Approx measurements:
19cm W X 25.5m H X 2.5cm D, 782g.

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