An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales: With Remarks on the Dispositions Customs Manners &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To which are added some particulars of New Zealand;

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compiled By Permission from the MSS. of Lieutenant-Governor King ... London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies 1798. Thick 4to. Modern full calf. Blind-stamped border. Spine with raised bands gilt and morocco labels. (xx xxxviii ii 618 iipp.). With engraved map 1 fold. map and 23 engraved plates depicting the earliest views of both the Colony and the Aboriginal inhabitants 18 of which full-page. New endpapers. Includes the half title-page and the list of engraved plates at rear. Some foxing and ageing of the paper but a complete copy of the very rare 1st edition (F.263). NOTE: The supplementary volume issued separately in 1802 is not included.