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BARRINGTON, George. The History of New South Wales, including Botany Bay, Port Jackson, Parramatta, Sydney, and all its Dependencies... London: W. Flint for M. Jones, 1802.
8o (205 x 125mm). Engraved title with hand-colored vignette, 20 hand-colored engraved plates, one hand-colored engraved folding map, full-page wood-engraved illustration. (Scattered light spotting.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (some rubbing, light wear to spine ends and corners). Provenance: Walter Kerr Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury (bookplate dated 1854).
FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the additional plates: "A Native Family," "Town Cove of Sydney," "Garden Island," "Entrance of Paramatta River," "South View of Sydney," "East View of Sydney," "Pinchgut Island." The History of New South Wales includes the first colored views of Sydney and is an important early account of the colony. The frontispiece and the two extra views of Sydney are the first color-plate Australian views, and are also among the earliest engravings to show proper settlement. Abbey Travel 565; Ferguson 345; Whittell 39; Wood p.222. See Tooley 80.
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FIRST EDITION, second issue, with the additional plates: "A Native Family," "Town Cove of Sydney," "Garden Island," "Entrance of Paramatta River," "South View of Sydney," "East View of Sydney," "Pinchgut Island." The History of New South Wales includes the first colored views of Sydney and is an important early account of the colony. The frontispiece and the two extra views of Sydney are the first color-plate Australian views, and are also among the earliest engravings to show proper settlement. Abbey Travel 565; Ferguson 345; Whittell 39; Wood p.222. See Tooley 80.