PHILLIP, Arthur. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, Dublin: for P. Byrne [and others], 1790, 8°, engraved portrait and 7 plates (occasional mainly marginal staining and spotting, sometimes heavy), contemporary calf gilt (rubbed, corners worn).

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PHILLIP, Arthur. The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, Dublin: for P. Byrne [and others], 1790, 8°, engraved portrait and 7 plates (occasional mainly marginal staining and spotting, sometimes heavy), contemporary calf gilt (rubbed, corners worn).

Provenance

Edward Terrell, library label and later explanatory note on A2; stamp of the Jones Memorial Library, Lynchburg, Virginia (cancelled).

Lot Essay

The List of Plates calls for a frontispiece and 6 plates only. In the present copy, "Plan of Port Jackson" is lacking, but 2 extra plates not on the list are included, "A View in New South Wales" and "A Conoe and Natives of Mulgraves Range." The first edition was issued in parts by John Stockdale between July and November/December 1789, and is described by Wantrup (p. 64) as "a key work and essential to any serious collection of Australian books."

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