London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835. First edition. 8vo. Complete with half-title and 16pp. publisher's catalogue at front. (i)-xv [1], (1)-303[1], (i)-xii. Illustrated with color frontispiece map. Publisher's original drab boards and printed paper spine label, untrimmed; spine rubbed and chipped to headcap, creasing and chipping to label with minor paper loss, light spotting to covers; some offsetting on title-page, light foxing at front and back. With the ink ownership signature of Erasmus Galton (brother of Francis Galton, cousin of Charles Darwin) on front pastedown. Housed in a custom green cloth clamshell box. Robert Torrens (1780-1864), was an Irish-born political economist, Member of British Parliament, and newspaper publisher, who played a prominent role in the colonization of South Australia.