White (John). Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, 1st edition, for J. Debrett, 1790, engraved title-page with inset view of Port Jackson, 65 engraved plates of natural history subjects, most with old tissue-guards (some loose or renewed), dedication leaf, list of plates, list of subscribers, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, spotting to title-page and few plates, small stain to foot of title-page and fore margin of preliminaries, hole in 2C4 obscuring pagination, plate 7 (Wattled Bee-eater, Female), misbound to face p. 240 (not p. 145), modern green morocco gilt, 4to (29.5 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon. Borba de Moraes II p. 376 ('a sumptuous edition ... magnificent plates'); Cox II p. 315 ('an extremely interesting account'); ESTC T113529; Ferguson 97; Nissen ZBI 4390; Zimmer pp. 672-3. A tall, wide-margined copy of this important First Fleet narrative. John White was chief surgeon on the expedition and describes the first ten months of the settlement under Governor Arthur Phillip. His account contains omissions from Phillips, and is a valuable source of early descriptions of the natural history of the new colony.
White (John). Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, 1st edition, for J. Debrett, 1790, engraved title-page with inset view of Port Jackson, 65 engraved plates of natural history subjects, most with old tissue-guards (some loose or renewed), dedication leaf, list of plates, list of subscribers, 4 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear, spotting to title-page and few plates, small stain to foot of title-page and fore margin of preliminaries, hole in 2C4 obscuring pagination, plate 7 (Wattled Bee-eater, Female), misbound to face p. 240 (not p. 145), modern green morocco gilt, 4to (29.5 x 22.2 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Library of Colin and Joan Deacon. Borba de Moraes II p. 376 ('a sumptuous edition ... magnificent plates'); Cox II p. 315 ('an extremely interesting account'); ESTC T113529; Ferguson 97; Nissen ZBI 4390; Zimmer pp. 672-3. A tall, wide-margined copy of this important First Fleet narrative. John White was chief surgeon on the expedition and describes the first ten months of the settlement under Governor Arthur Phillip. His account contains omissions from Phillips, and is a valuable source of early descriptions of the natural history of the new colony.
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