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Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions
Title
Journal of a voyage to New South Wales : with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions / by John White, esqre., surgeon general to the settlement.
Publication
London : Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly, MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description
[16], 299, [37] pages, [66] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Local Notes
BEIN: Beinecke copy has hand-colored plates. (1987 +120)
BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. A later issue. Page number for no. 3 in the List of plates given correctly as 237. Lacks two final advertisement leaves. Bound in 19th century brown morocco, gilt panel and border; signed: J. Jones, Bookbinder. Armorial book-plate of the Earl of Derby.
Notes
Engravings after Sarah Stone, Frederick Polydore Nodder, E. Kennion, Charles Catton, and Mortimer.
The final 20 leaves contain "A diary of the winds, weather, temperature of the air, &c. .. in a voyage to Port Jackson, New South Wales" with a divisional title page, separate register, and two final leaves of advertisements
Engraved title page, with vignette.
With a list of subscribers.
Variant and related titles
A diary of the winds, weather, temperature of the air, &c. with the different latitutes and longtiudes, in a voyage to Port Jackson, New South Wales.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 605
English short title catalogue, T113529
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Engravings - Hand-colored - 1790.
Engravings - 1790.
Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Subscriber's lists - England - London - 1790.
Hand-colored illustrations.
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