Lot 155
Australia.- White (John) Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, first edition, for Debrett, 1790.
Hammer Price: £1,100
Description
Australia.- White (John) Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, first edition, list of subscribers, list of plates, 62 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 65), engraved title slightly trimmed and with vignette excised and repaired with paper, plate from another work bound in as frontispiece, one plate with ink correction to caption, one plate with a couple ink stains, a few repaired tears into text or plates, causing small loss of text (see A1-3), occasional light offsetting and light browning, occasional spotting, some staining and soiling, ex-library copy with bookplate, ink-stamp to title and plates, nineteenth-century half cloth, chipping to spine label, library sticker to foot of spine, joints split, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 4390] 4to, for Debrett, 1790.
Description
Australia.- White (John) Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, first edition, list of subscribers, list of plates, 62 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 65), engraved title slightly trimmed and with vignette excised and repaired with paper, plate from another work bound in as frontispiece, one plate with ink correction to caption, one plate with a couple ink stains, a few repaired tears into text or plates, causing small loss of text (see A1-3), occasional light offsetting and light browning, occasional spotting, some staining and soiling, ex-library copy with bookplate, ink-stamp to title and plates, nineteenth-century half cloth, chipping to spine label, library sticker to foot of spine, joints split, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 4390] 4to, for Debrett, 1790.