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COLLINS (DAVID) An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801: with remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that country... some particulars of New Zealand, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804
1 February 2017, 13:00 GMT
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COLLINS (DAVID)
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801: with remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that country... some particulars of New Zealand, second edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, 23 engraved plates (3 hand-coloured), 2 engraved maps (one folding, misbound), engraved illustrations, modern half calf, gilt morocco spine label [Ferguson 390], 4to, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804
Footnotes
David Collins accompanied Governor Arthur Phillip on the expedition to establish a convict settlement in Botany Bay. The work "apart from its singular, almost painful interest as a narrative, is of especial value as the first account of the infant colony" (DNB).
Provenance: Adrian Bullock, Norfolk, bookplate.