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JOHN WHITE (C. 1756-1832)
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. London: J. Debrett, 1790. 4° (300 x 230mm). Engraved title with vignette of Port Jackson and 65 plates on paper with 'R.G.' watermark. Plate list in the third state, Hh4 and Kk4 cancels, as usual with the first state of the final issue. (Occasional light offsetting, faint marginal soiling and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf, flat spine with six compartments ruled in gilt, red morocco gilt lettering-piece to second, yellow edges (worn and scraped, covers detached, red lettering-piece slightly defective, tiny remains of black lettering-piece in fourth compartment). Provenance: Edward, Lord Harewood (engraved armorial bookplate).
'ONE OF THE FINEST FIRST FLEET JOURNALS' (Nelson). 'Dr. White produced an extremely interesting account of the voyage of the First Fleet and of early life in New South Wales', comments Hill, 'containing many circumstances omitted by Governor Arthur Phillip ... and other contemporary authors'. White's position as chief surgeon led him to take a strong interest in the natural history of the new colony. In November 1788 he sent manuscripts and natural history specimens back to London. Five artists - Sarah Stone (49 plates), Frederick Polydor Nodder (7 botanical plates), Charles Catton jr (3 plates), Edward Kennion (3 plates) and someone called Mortimer (2 plates) - executed drawings from these specimens. Although White did send drawings from the new colony, only one plate appears here after his work, albeit redrawn by Miss Stone ('Cassowary of New South Wales', opp. p.129). Abbey Travel 605; Anker 527; Ferguson 97; Hill 1858; E. Charles Nelson 'John White's Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (London 1790): bibliographic notes' in Archives of Natural History (1998) 25 (1): 109-130; Nissen ZBI 4390; Wantrup 17; Zimmer 672.
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. London: J. Debrett, 1790. 4° (300 x 230mm). Engraved title with vignette of Port Jackson and 65 plates on paper with 'R.G.' watermark. Plate list in the third state, Hh4 and Kk4 cancels, as usual with the first state of the final issue. (Occasional light offsetting, faint marginal soiling and spotting.) Contemporary tree calf, flat spine with six compartments ruled in gilt, red morocco gilt lettering-piece to second, yellow edges (worn and scraped, covers detached, red lettering-piece slightly defective, tiny remains of black lettering-piece in fourth compartment). Provenance: Edward, Lord Harewood (engraved armorial bookplate).
'ONE OF THE FINEST FIRST FLEET JOURNALS' (Nelson). 'Dr. White produced an extremely interesting account of the voyage of the First Fleet and of early life in New South Wales', comments Hill, 'containing many circumstances omitted by Governor Arthur Phillip ... and other contemporary authors'. White's position as chief surgeon led him to take a strong interest in the natural history of the new colony. In November 1788 he sent manuscripts and natural history specimens back to London. Five artists - Sarah Stone (49 plates), Frederick Polydor Nodder (7 botanical plates), Charles Catton jr (3 plates), Edward Kennion (3 plates) and someone called Mortimer (2 plates) - executed drawings from these specimens. Although White did send drawings from the new colony, only one plate appears here after his work, albeit redrawn by Miss Stone ('Cassowary of New South Wales', opp. p.129). Abbey Travel 605; Anker 527; Ferguson 97; Hill 1858; E. Charles Nelson 'John White's Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (London 1790): bibliographic notes' in Archives of Natural History (1998) 25 (1): 109-130; Nissen ZBI 4390; Wantrup 17; Zimmer 672.