A Poetical Essay on the "Dolphin" Sailing Round the World in the Years 1766 1767 1768. ...With Introd. by Phyllis Mander Jones.

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Paris: Bibliophiles de la Soci?t? des Oceanistes 1965. Roy. 8vo. Orig. wrappers with Japanese style sewn binding. Printed paper titling-label. (68pp.). With an orig. sepia toned woodcut fully signed by the artist Rene Dessirier. Ed. lim. to 125 numbered copies only. Printed from the orig. manuscript held by the Mitchell Library Sydney and transl. with introd. by D.J. Simon. With parallel English & French text. In slip-case. Fine. NOTE: The Author was the Surgeon (Barber) of the said ship.