The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay ...
Melbourne, Georgian House, 1950 (facsimile edition)/ 1789.
Quarto, [ii] (first blank), [ii], [vi], viii, [viii], x, 298, lxxiv, [2] pages plus 55 plates including charts (some folding) and the explanatory note (concerning the Aboriginal design on the spine) by Norman Tindale tipped-in to the front flyleaf.
Full morocco, decorated in gilt on the spine; covers slightly indented; spine lightly scuffed; ownership inscription; an excellent copy.
The first volume in the publisher's Australiana Facsimiles series; number 257 of 1000 copies. At first, the books in this edition were bound in full morocco, but this soon gave way to much less expensive papered boards. Provenance: R.B. Lewis, with his signature and ownership details. Robert Brook Lewis (1918-2009), the son of industrialist Essington Lewis, was Master of St Mark's College, University of Adelaide from 1957 to 1968.
Item #69754
Price (AUD):
$200.00