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. Gilt. Spine gilt. (xx, xxxviii,ii,618,iipp.). With engraved map, and 23 full-page engraved plates depicting the earliest views of both the Colony and the Aboriginal inhabitants. Previous owners bookplate on front end-paper. New end-papers. 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.