The Hunter Sketchbook. Birds & Flowers of New South Wales drawn on the Spot in 1788, 89 & 90 by Captain John Hunter RN of the First Fleet
Canberra, National Library of Australia, 1989 (first softcover edition)/ 1989.
Quarto, [viii], 251 pages with 13 illustrations (4 in colour) and 100 colour plates.
Colour-pictorial card covers; a fine copy.
An extensively annotated facsimile edition of John Hunter's original sketchbook compiled between 1788 and 1790, containing 100 watercolour drawings of 'many of the birds, flowers, fishes and people found in and around Sydney and on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands.... The facing page for each sketch carries a thoroughly researched commentary by one of six distinguished scientists covering the historical background to the discovery and identification of the new species' (from the original prospectus).
Item #142090
Price (AUD):
$75.00