A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the Purpose of completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and prosecuted in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the 'Investigator', and subsequently in the Armed Vessel 'Porpoise' and 'Cumberland' Schooner. With an Account of the Shipwreck of the 'Porpoise', Arrival of the 'Cumberland' at Mauritius, and Imprisonment of the Commander during six years and a half in that Island
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814.
Large quarto, two volumes of text plus the elephant folio atlas (containing 18 charts and 10 plates).
Half dark blue calf and cream cloth; essentially a fine set in the custom-made base of the dark red felt-covered wooden storage box and fitted perspex lid (the base a little sunned and lightly worn around the extremities, the lid a little scuffed). The publisher's printed cardboard box is also present.
A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets (this is number 261. The storage box was designed with a matching two-door lid opening at the centre, and attached to the base with piano hinges. About a third of the edition was issued in these boxes as advertised. Apparently the successful tender was paid in full soon after the job began, and the box-maker was last seen heading for the hills (overseas) with the money and a big smile! The problem was 'solved' by securing clear perspex lids which fitted snugly over the custom-made bases.
Item #147425
Price (AUD):
$1,200.00