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.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for J. Debrett, Piccadilly, MDCCXC [1790]
Physical Description:
[16], 299, [37] pages, [66] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 30 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsQH197 .S45 1790+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Travel in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 605BEIN: Beinecke copy has hand-colored plates. (1987 +120)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 advertisementsEngraved title page, with vignette.English short title catalogue, T113529With a list of subscribers.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.
Subject Terms:
Voyages and travels. | Natural history -- Australia -- New South Wales. | New South Wales -- Discovery and exploration. | Scientific expeditions -- Australia -- New South Wales. | Ornithological illustration -- Australia. | Zoological illustration -- Australia. | Women artists -- England. | Derby, Earl of -- Bookplate. | Jones, J. -- Bookbinder. | Goldsmid, Benjamin, 1753?-1808.
