![BLIGH, William (1754-1817) -- [BARNEY, Stephen and Edward CHRISTIAN]. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On ten persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty. With an appendix containing a full account of the real causes and circumstances of that unhappy transaction. London: J. Deighton, 1794. 4° (272 x 205 mm). (Minor repairs to gutter of title, last leaf with minor marginal crease, occasional very faint browning and spotting.) Modern straight-grained red morocco. Provenance: erratum to p.1, line 2, corrected in ink in an early hand – minor modern pencil annotation to crew lists on pp.4-5.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05841_0066_000(bligh_william_--_barney_stephen_and_edward_christian_minutes_of_the_pr081105).jpg?w=1)
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BLIGH, William (1754-1817) -- [BARNEY, Stephen and Edward CHRISTIAN]. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court-Martial held at Portsmouth, August 12, 1792. On ten persons charged with Mutiny on Board His Majesty's Ship the Bounty. With an appendix containing a full account of the real causes and circumstances of that unhappy transaction. London: J. Deighton, 1794. 4° (272 x 205 mm). (Minor repairs to gutter of title, last leaf with minor marginal crease, occasional very faint browning and spotting.) Modern straight-grained red morocco. Provenance: erratum to p.1, line 2, corrected in ink in an early hand – minor modern pencil annotation to crew lists on pp.4-5.
FIRST EDITION OF 'AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PUBLICATION' (Ferguson). Hill notes that 'Only a few copies [of the Minutes...] were printed for distribution among interested parties and the ministers of state at the time. The appendix was the work of Edward Christian, brother of the mutineer Fletcher Christian. This section contains a considerable [amount] of information not found elsewhere concerning the events preceding and subsequent to the mutiny.' Ferguson I, 175; Hill 1162.
FIRST EDITION OF 'AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PUBLICATION' (Ferguson). Hill notes that 'Only a few copies [of the Minutes...] were printed for distribution among interested parties and the ministers of state at the time. The appendix was the work of Edward Christian, brother of the mutineer Fletcher Christian. This section contains a considerable [amount] of information not found elsewhere concerning the events preceding and subsequent to the mutiny.' Ferguson I, 175; Hill 1162.
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