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1 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N ) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, Telephone: +61 (0) Ivanhoe, Melbourne, ABN: FAX: +61 (0) Victoria, 3079, Australia. Short List No The Discovery and Coastal Exploration of Australia. (Part I).

2 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number [Arnot, J. F.; & Holmes, M. M. G.]. ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN: A Bibliography. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 80; mounted col. frontis., 3 b/w. plates, incl. reproduction of the famous Tasman map, 248 entries, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. Sydney; The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales; #15775 A$75.00

3 3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Austin, K. A. THE VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR : Commander Matthew Flinders, R.N. F cap 8vo, First Paperback Edn.; pp. 224(last blank); 1 double-page, 3 full-page & 7 other maps, portrait frontis. & 16 plates, bibliog., index; original stiff wrappers; ( perfect binding a little crudely repaired; one leaf heavily soiled). (Adelaide); Seal Books, Rigby Limited; (1968). #9082 A$20.00

4 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Badger, G. M.; Editor. CAPTAIN COOK: NAVIGATOR AND SCIENTIST. Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Australian Academy of Science, Canberra, 1 May, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 144; endpaper maps, 2 fullpage & 6 text maps, col. mounted portrait frontis. & 4 other col. full-page illusts., several b/w. illusts, refs.; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***With substantial sections on the Great Barrier Reef, South Pacific botany and astronomical observations. #2139 A$70.00

5 5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Bassett, Marnie. REALMS AND ISLANDS. The World Voyage of Rose de Freycinet in the Corvette Uranie From her Journal and Letters and the Report of Louis de Saulces de Freycinet, Capitaine de Corvette. First Edition; pp. xii, 276(last blank); endpaper & 2 other maps, 24 plates (incl. map), appendices; bibliog., index; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly worn d/w. London; Oxford University Press; ***Signed by the Author on title-page. #36899 A$165.00

6 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Bowden, Keith Macrae. GEORGE BASS : His Discoveries, Romantic Life and Tragic Disappearance. First Edition; pp. xii, 172(last blank); 1 double-page, 1 full-page & 1 text charts, 13 plates (of which 5 are charts), 3 appendices, index; original cloth (a little-marked; some minor discolouration to frontis.); a very good copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1952). ***The manuscript of this work was awarded first prize in the Biography Section of the Victorian State Government Centenary Literary and Historical Competition. This copy from the library of Brigadier Fitzgerald, with soft pencilled notes in some margins. #43367 (Illustrated opposite). A$ Bowden, Keith Macrae. GEORGE BASS : His Discoveries, Romantic Life and Tragic Disappearance. First Edition; as above, a nice copy in d/w.; scarce. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1952). #5022 A$195.00

7 7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number [Callander, John]. TERRA AUSTRALIS COGNITA: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing an Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great Continent, and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], [vi], viii, 516; Vol. II, pp. [iv], ii, [3]-692; Vol. III, pp. [iv], iv, 748(last 3 blank); 3 folding charts by Robert de Vaugondy (in front of each volume); original vinyl; a fine set. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1967). ***Bibliotheca Australiana Nos First published at Edinburgh, Printed by A. Donaldson, CALLANDER based his work on the notable French work by DE BROSSES (Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, 2 vols., Paris, Durand, 1756, and the maps are taken directly from it. Included are accounts of the navigations of Amerigo Vespucci, de Gonneville, Magellan, de Saavedra, Francisco de Ulloa, Gaetan, de Mendoza, Drake, da Silva, Pedro Sarmiento, Fenton, Cavendish, de Quiros, Spilbergen, Le Maire, Schouten, Jacques l Hermite, Pelsaert, Pool, Tasman, Narborough, Sharp, Cowley, Dampier, Vlaming, Funnell, Woodes Rogers, Frezier, Clipperton, Shelvocke, Roggewein, Lozier Bouvet, Anson, Byron, and many others. The work includes FULLER S notes to Cavendish s voyage, and the final part of Volume III consists of - Of the method of forming colonies in the Terra Australis, and the Advantages that may be expected to result to Great Britain, from such Establishments in that Hemisphere. This, no doubt, was inspired by the proposal for the colonisation of New Holland put forward by DE BROSSES in his work. #4980 A$550.00

8 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERY BEFORE COOK 8 Calvert, Albert F. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. [ii], vi, [5]-92 (but intact); 24 full-page maps (reproductions of early charts of Australia & parts thereof ), 5 plates; list of circumnavigators before Cook; appendix; original cloth; top edge gilt, others uncut; (covers a little bumped & marked; internally fine); scarce. London; George Philip & Son; ***Ferguson The maps are reproductions of early maps and charts, including several of the Dieppe maps showing Portuguese discoveries of the 16th century, and there is of course much on Cook (nearly half the book). #6488 A$325.00

9 9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number AUSTRALIAN DISCOVERY BEFORE COOK 9 Calvert, Albert F.; F.R.G.S. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. Cr. 4to, Second & Best Edition; pp. xii, 184, [8] (reviews of Calvert s works); 60 plates (almost all reproductions of early maps), list of list of circumnavigators before Cook, index; original cloth, with buckram spine, gilt, all edges gilt; (spine darkened & a little worn at top); a very good copy; scarce. London; Dean & Son, Limited; ***The maps are reproductions of early maps and charts, including several of the Dieppe maps showing Portuguese discoveries of the 16th century. Greatly expanded from the first edition and including much on Captain Cook as well as the earlier voyages. This copy of this work has two additional illustrations inserted: a fine portrait of Dampier, reproduced from the original in the National Portrait Gallery, and a copy of Dampier s World Map; these are both taken from the original Argonaut Press edition of Dampier s A New Voyage Round the World (1927). #21648 A$550.00

10 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Campbell, E. M. J. [and others]; Editors. IMAGO MUNDI. The Journal of the International Society for the History of Cartography. Volumes complete, 4to; No. 27, pp. 120, [8] (adv.); 11 illusts., bibliog.; No. 28, pp. 160(last 11 adv.); 48 illusts., 2 tables, bibliog.; No. 29, pp. 128(last 10 adv.); 3 maps, 27 illusts., bibliog.; No. 30, pp. 144(last 12 adv.); col. frontis., 38 plates & illusts., bibliog., index; No. 31, pp. 144(last 11 adv.); 41 maps & illusts., bibliog., index; No. 32, pp. 144(last 11 adv.); 31 illusts., 6 tables, bibliog., index; (a few light pencilled lines & annotations in a couple of volumes); original cloth; scarce. Lympne Castle, Kent; Imago Mundi Ltd.; ***The journal contains a wealth of interesting and useful information on the history of cartography by many illustrious authors. #18287 A$185.00

11 11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Collingridge, George. THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA: Being the Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years , with Descriptions of their Old Charts. By George Collingridge de Tourcey, M.C.R.G.S., of Australasia; [etc.]. First Edition; pp. [xx], 136, [4](adv.); 5 full-page & 5 double-page col. maps, 1 double-page & 2 full-page b/w. maps, 13 text maps, 1 col. plate, 5 b/w. plates, 29 text illusts.; original cloth; a very good copy; very scarce. Sydney; William Brooks and Company, Limited; #15951 A$495.00

12 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Collingridge, Vanessa. CAPTAIN COOK. Obsession and Betrayal in the New World. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. viii, 376; endpaper map, several illusts., select bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (London); Ebury Press; (2002). ***The Author is a distant cousin, and revisits the conclusions of George Collingridge with respect to the early discovery of Australia. #18394 A$65.00

13 13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Colwell, Max. THE VOYAGES OF MATTHEW FLINDERS. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 152(last blank); numerous maps (some double-page & full-page), lavishly illustrated with full-page col. & b/w. plates & other illusts., index; original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w. Sydney; Paul Hamlyn; (1970). #5253 A$75.00

14 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number COOK S THREE VOYAGES 14 Cook, Captain James: THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS OF COOK S THREE VOYAGES ROUND THE WORLD. A fine collection of the First Editions, comprising:- First Voyage: AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with Cuts, and a great Variety of Charts and Maps relative to Countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: Printed for W. Strahan; & T. Cadell in the Strand. M DCC LXXIII. 3 vols., med. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [xii], xxxvi, 140(last blank), [361]- 676; 21 charts & plates (mostly folding); Vol. II, pp. xvi, 410; 22 charts & plates (mostly folding); Vol. III, pp. [vi], (last blank); 9 charts & plates, mostly folding; contemporary full calf (neatly rebacked, see below); some occasional spotting and offsetting from plates, but a very good, generally clean set. Printed for W. Strahan; & T. Cadell, ***One of the earliest issues, without the Directions for Placing the Cuts as noted by Holmes (No. 5), but complete with the chart of the Streights of Magellan (this possibly supplied from another copy, but we have seen other sets in a similar configuration). Second Voyage: A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD. Performed in His Majesty s Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain

15 15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Furneaux s Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. In two volumes. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, and a Variety of Portraits of Persons and Views of Places, drawn during the Voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent Masters. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand. MDCCLXXVII. 2 vols., med. 4to., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xl, 378; portrait frontis. & 36 charts & plates; Vol. II, pp. [viii], 396; 27 charts and plates; 8 plates with imprints cropped or shaved by the binder (as often, owing to the plates being engraved too large for the size of the text), 2 folding charts in Vol. II with neatly repaired tears); contemporary full speckled calf (neatly rebacked, see below); a very good, clean set. Printed for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, Third Voyage: A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practibility of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty s Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, from the Original Drawings made by Lieut Henry Roberts, under the Direction of Captain Cook; and with a great Variety of Portraits of Persons, Views of Places, and Historical Representations of Remarkable Incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the Voyage, and engraved by the most eminent Artists. Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan: For G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell, in the

16 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Strand. MDCCLXXXIV. 3 vols., med. 4to, & atlas, large folio, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. [viii](title, verso blank, & Contents), xcvi(introduction & List of Plates), 422(last blank); 7 charts & views (5 folding); Vol. II, pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [x](contents), 550(last blank); 12 charts & plates (7 folding); Vol. III, pp. [ii](title, verso blank), [x](contents, last blank), [ii](appendix & Erratum, verso blank), 558+[2](advertisement for complete sets of Cook s voyages, verso blank); 6 charts (2 folding), folding comparative table of languages, 7 appendices (Pp ); contemporary full calf, neatly rebacked (see below); some offsetting of plates to text, but generally very fine and clean; Atlas, 2 large folding charts & 61 plates; in a splendid unsophisticated contemporary German binding of full calf, with red oval title label on front board: Kupfer zu Cook s Reisen, and attractive block-printed rose paste-paper endpapers; (top & bottom of spine expertly & unobtrusively repaired; some foxing of tissues and consequent mild marginal foxing to some of the plates, but generally very clean, with excellent impressions); a fine set. London; Printed by W. and A. Strahan; Together 8 vols. text, med. 4to, & folio atlas; in all 202 fine, engraved maps, charts, portraits, costume plates, views, etc.; the text volumes uniformly rebacked in contemporary style, the atlas in near-matching contemporary full calf as described above; a very attractive set. London; W. Strahan [etc.]; ***See Holmes 5, 24 & 47; Beddie 648, 1216, 1543; Hill I, Pp , 61-62; Hill 2, Nos. 782, 358 & 361. A complete collection of First Editions of the three voyages, of which the long-delayed official account of the third voyage was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on the third day after publication... (Holmes). The third voyage is the first issue of the first edition of which Forbes (No. 62) says: It is in fact one of the most important English books published in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. #36600 A$62,500.00

17 17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cook, James: THE THREE FAMOUS VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ROUND THE WORLD, narrating his discoveries and adventures in Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, New Zealand, Van Diemen s Land, Australia, The Friendly Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia, The Sandwich Islands, Western North America, etc., Together with the Account of his Murder at Hawaii, and the subsequent Voyage of Captain King to Kamschatka, Japan and China. With Numerous Full-page Illustrations and Engravings in the Text. Ward, Lock, and Co, London: Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E.C. New York: Bond Street. Thick med. 8vo; pp. [iv], xx, 1176, [10](adv.); 1 folding & 1 full-page maps, 24 plates, numerous text illusts., appendix, vocabulary; original lime-green colour-illustrated cloth (a little worn; hinges cracked, but tapes firm; some foxing & mild soiling); a very good copy. London; Ward, Lock, and Co.; N.D. [c. 1890]. ***Not corresponding exactly to any of the entries in Beddie, but generally similar to 189 (cf. publisher s imprint). The text appears to conform to the official accounts, i.e. Hawkesworth s edition of the first voyage and the original editions of the second and third voyages, with the omission of the introduction to the third voyage and an abridgement of the appendix. These voyage accounts are preceded by a brief life of Cook, and there are numerous footnotes by the unnamed editor. The presence of stab-holes in the inner margins suggests this work was originally issued in serial parts. #64875 A$450.00

18 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cook, Captain James: A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in His Majesty s Ship Endeavour, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; Undertaken in Pursuit of Natural Knowledge, at the Desire of the Royal Society: Containing all the various Occurrences of the Voyage, with Descriptions of several new discovered Countries in the Southern Hemisphere; and Accounts of their Soil and Productions; and of many Singularities in the Structure, Apparel, Customs, Manners, Policy, Manufactures, &c. of their Inhabitants. To which is added A Concise Vocabulary of the Language of Otahitee. London, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, in the Strand. MDCCLXXI. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii](modern title), [ii](original title-page), 130, [4](vocabulary of Otaheite, last blank), [2](blank); (slight mark to top edge, o/wise a fine copy); scarce. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 14. This edition Beddie 701; see Holmes 3, Beddie 694, for original edition. The first issue contained a Dedication to Banks and Solander, which was suppressed after a small number of copies had been circulated, following the publication of an advertisement by Banks and Solander, disclaiming any responsibility for its publication. The dedication is not reproduced in this facsimile. This rare surreptitious account of Cook s First Voyage preceded Hawkesworth s official account by two years. It is the first published account of Cook s First Voyage and of his discovery of the Eastern Coast of Australia, which led to the Foundation of Australia eighteen years later. The authorship of the work is a matter of conjecture - it has been ascribed to JAMES MAGRA (or MATRA) and others, but the evidence is inconclusive. #26437 A$500.00

19 19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Dalrymple, Alexander. AN HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE SEVERAL VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN. Vol. I. Being chiefly a Literal Translation from the Spanish Writers. [Vol. II. Containing the Dutch Voyages]. 2 vols. in 1, 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxx, [2], 24, 24, 204, [4](Errata, last blank); iv, 224, 20( Conduct of the Discoverers ), [60](8-page Vocabulary of Languages; 12-page Chronological table of Discoveries; 40-page index), [2](blank); 4 folding charts, 4 folding & 8 full-page plates, appendices, index; original vinyl; a fine copy; scarce. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1967]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 11. Facsimile of the First Edition, London, Printed for the Author, MDCCLXX (1770). The original edition is of considerable rarity and this facsimile has been out-of-print for many years. #2171 A$550.00

20 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Duyker, Edward. AN OFFICER OF THE BLUE. Marc- Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer, Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xviii, 230(last blank); 13 maps, 28 plates (11 col.), glossary, 4 appendices, extensive notes, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w.; scarce. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; ***Number 16 in the fine series of books published under the Miegunyah Press imprint and a superb and interesting production. The French explorer, Marion Dufresne has been largely neglected by French, English and Australian writers alike, but he reached Tasmania before the English and his expedition was the first to encounter the Tasmanian Aborigines and amongst the earliest of the European visitors to New Zealand. His life is remarkable for its high adventure and the parallels with the life of the great English navigator, James Cook. He played a part in the rescue from Scotland of Bonnie Prince Charlie, made numerous voyages to the East, including amongst his discoveries the most westerly islands of the Indian Ocean. Like Cook, he was a brilliant mariner who learned his craft in merchant shipping before joining the French Royal Navy, was involved in scientific efforts to observe the transit of Venus, and perished (in New Zealand) at the hands of Polynesian natives. This excellent and well-produced biography fills a glaring gap in the exploration literature and we recommend it highly. Only 1000 copies were printed and it was soon out-of-print. #42680 A$295.00

21 21 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Feeken, Erwin H. J. & Gerda E. E.; & Spate, O. H. K. THE DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. [viii], 318, [2](blank); double-page col. reproduction of Ortelius s map of the Pacific Ocean (Maris Pacifici, Amsterdam, 1570), 24 full-page col. maps, with 11-page key, 170 illusts. (some full-page), including 11 in colour, & several text maps, 45-page gazetteer of Australian place names, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Nelson; (1970). ***A useful and informative book; the Gazetteer includes details of who bestowed the place names and after whom or what they were named. Brigadier Fitzgerald s copy with bookplate on half-title and a few spots on preliminary pages. #40825 A$165.00

22 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Fisher, Robin, & Johnston, Hugh; Editors. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK AND HIS TIMES. Med. 8vo, First Australian Edition; pp. [x], 278; 12 maps, 31 illusts., 4 tables, notes, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly rubbed d/w. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***Printed in Canada; the authors were associate professors at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. This valuable work contains much useful information on obscure publications relating to Cook s voyages and their legacy. #2192 A$85.00

23 23 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Fitzgerald, Brigadier L. POINT HICKS TO CAPE HOWE. Cook s Landfall April First Separate Edition; pp. [ii], [579]-596, [2](blank); 4 illusts., 2 tables; stapled, as issued; a very good copy. [Melbourne]; Reprinted from the Victorian Historical Magazine, Vol. 42, No. 3; August, #18333 A$25.00

24 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Fitzgerald, Lawrence. JAVA LA GRANDE. The Story of the Portuguese Discovery of Australia Circa Impl. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 140; 81 maps, illusts. & figs., biography, index; original pictorial boards; a fine copy in slightly torn d/w. (Hobart; The Publishers Pty. Ltd.); [1984]. ***Inscribed and signed by the Author. #4943 A$175.00

25 25 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Flinders, Matthew. A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS; undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty s Ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With an Account of the Shipwreck of the Porpoise, Arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and Imprisonment of the Commander during Six Years and a Half in that Island. By Matthew Flinders, Commander of the Investigator. In two volumes with an Atlas. 3 vols., super roy. 4to; First Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], xx, cciv(introduction), 270(last blank); 4 plates; Vol. II, pp. [iv], 614(last blank); 5 plates; [Vol. III] Atlas of charts & plates (loose in folding box, as issued); 16 folding charts, 2 double (i.e., in 2 sheets) folding plates of coastal views, 10 folding botanical plates, several tables, appendices; original cloth (partly faded; some foxing of edges only); a very good set. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***Australiana Facsimile Editions, No sets were printed. The nine plates in the text volumes were drawn by WILLIAM WESTALL, landscape draughtsman on the Investigator. The ten botanical plates in the atlas were drawn by FERDINAND BAUER, botanical draughtsman under ROBERT BROWN, naturalist to the voyage; these plates illustrate BROWN s General Remarks, Geographical and Systematic, on the Botany of Terra Australis, 1814, and also the botanical Appendix to the Voyage to Terra Australis. The Introduction contains a summary of earlier voyages to the Australasian Region, including an account of BLIGH s second voyage in the Providence, in which FLINDERS served. The charts of the Australian Coast produced by Flinders were of high accuracy and were put to practical use for a long period. #14996 A$750.00

26 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Flinders, Matthew. A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS; undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, [Etc.]. ATLAS. [ONLY]. Super roy. 4to; Facsimile Edition; folding box of charts & plates, containing 16 folding charts, 2 double (i.e., each in 2 sheets) folding plates of coastal views, 10 folding botanical plates; original cloth; a fine copy. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; 1966]. ***Australiana Facsimile Editions, No. 37 [Charts and Botanical Plates ONLY]. The ten botanical plates in this atlas were drawn by FERDINAND BAUER, botanical draughtsman under ROBERT BROWN, naturalist to the voyage; these plates illustrate BROWN s General Remarks, Geographical and Systematic, on the Botany of Terra Australis, 1814, and also the botanical Appendix to the Voyage to Terra Australis. The charts of the Australian Coast produced by Flinders were of high accuracy and were put to practical use for a long period. #25978 A$275.00

27 27 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Giblin, R. W. THE EARLY HISTORY OF TASMANIA. 2 vols. thick demy 8vo, First Editions; [Vol. I] The Geographical Era Pp. xiv, 342; 10 folding & 2 full-page charts, 3 plates, chronological table, 3 appendices, notes, bibliog., index; original cloth; (some foxing, but very bright and crisp). London; Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1928). Vol. II: The Penal Settlement Era, [actually per Errata slip]: Collins, Sorell and Arthur. Edited, with additions from the Author s Notes, by J. D. A. Collier. Pp. xxx, 710; Errata slip, notes, 2 appendices, bibliog., index, List of Subscribers; original cloth (very slightly flecked). Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, Together; 2 vols., a fine set in d/ws.; scarce. London & Melbourne; Methuen & Melbourne University Press; ***An important and useful work covering the early voyages, including, as well as the obvious ones such as Tasman, Cook, D Entrecasteaux, Flinders & Bass, Baudin, etc., those of Marion du Fresne, Bligh (Bounty and second voyages), Captain John Henry Cox, Lieut. John Hayes, and others. Volume I is inscribed by the author to R. S. Garnett and a covering holograph letter, signed, is loosely enclosed. #22146 A$650.00

28 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Grant, James. THE NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY, performed in His Majesty s Vessel the Lady Nelson, of Sixty Tons Burthen, with Sliding Keels, in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. [Etc.] To which is prefixed an Account of the Origin of Sliding Keels, and the Advantages resulting from their Use. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [viii], xxvi, [2](blank), [2](list of encouragers), 200(last 5 blank); large folding plan of the sliding keels, folding chart, 1 col. & 5 b/w. plates, appendix; original cloth; a nice copy in slightly faded d/w. (Melbourne; Heritage Publications); N.D. [c. 1970]. #22372 A$275.00

29 29 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Herve, Roger: CHANCE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND by Portuguese and Spanish Navigators between 1521 and Translated by John Dunmore. First Edition in English; pp. 70, [2](blank); 3 maps; a very good copy in original stiff wrappers; very scarce. (Palmerston North); Dunmore Press; (1983). #4932 A$65.00

30 30 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Hilder, Brett. THE VOYAGE OF TORRES. The Discovery of the Southern Coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baez de Torres in Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxxiv, 194; endpaper col. map, 5 other col. maps (3 double-page), 64 b/w. maps & illusts., 5 appendices, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (St. Lucia); University of Queensland Press; (1980). #41 A$110.00

31 31 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Ingleton, Geoffrey C. CHARTING A CONTINENT. A Brief Memoir on the History of Marine Exploration and Hydrographical Surveying in Australian Waters from the Discoveries of Captain James Cook to the War Activities of the Royal Australian Navy Surveying Service. First Edition; pp. [ii], xiv, [ii](blank), 146; 2 endpaper maps, 32 plates incl. map, 3 appendices, Errata slip tipped in at pp. xiii, index; original cloth (marked; foxed throughout); very scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; #52966 A$295.00

32 32 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Jack, Robert Logan. NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA. Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a Study of the Narratives of All Explorers by Sea and Land in the Light of Modern Charting, many Original or Hitherto Unpublished Documents, Thirty-Nine Illustrations, and Sixteen [actually 17] Specially Prepared maps. 2 vols., thick roy. 8vo, First Edition (Australian Issue); Vol. I, pp. xvi, 366, [2](blank); portrait of the author as frontis. & 20 portraits of explorers; 9 folding maps in pocket (incl. index map); Vol. II, pp. xiv, [367]-768; 18 portraits of explorers, 8 folding maps in pocket, 3 indices (Persons, Places & Subjects); a very good, ex-library set in the dark green cloth of the original issue, with cancelled stamps of the Department of Defence on endpapers & title-pages, but no other markings apart from numbers on spines; scarce. Melbourne; George Robertson & Co. (Proprietary Limited); ***An important work which contains, among numerous other narratives, accounts of explorations which are virtually unprocurable in original form, e.g., those by WILLIAM CARRON, WILLIAM HANN, JAMES MULLIGAN, GEORGE DALRYMPLE, DONALD LAING, J. T. EMBLEY, and others, including the not unimportant explorations of the Author. The early voyagers, Quiros, Cook, Bligh, the Pandora, Flinders, etc. are also included. #18337 A$550.00

33 33 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Jack, Robert Logan. NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA. Three Centuries of Exploration, Discovery, and Adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. With a Study of the Narratives of All Explorers by Sea and Land in the Light of Modern Charting, many Original or Hitherto Unpublished Documents, Thirty-Nine Illustrations, and Sixteen [actually 17] Specially Prepared maps. 2 vols. in 3, roy. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], xvi, 366; 21 portrait plates; Vol. II, pp. [iv], xiv, [367]-768, [2](blank); 18 portrait plates, 3 indices (Persons, Places & Subjects); Vol. III, folder of 16 folding maps (plus index map on front endpaper); original green imitation leather, gilt; a fine set. [Perth; Hesperian Press; 1998]. ***Originally published in 1922 and very scarce, this facsimile is limited to 1000 sets. It is an important work which contains, among numerous other narratives, accounts of explorations which are virtually unprocurable in original form, e.g., those by William Carron, William Hann, James Mulligan, George Dalrymple, Donald Laing, J. T. Embley, and others. #63258 A$350.00

34 34 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Kunz, Egon & Elsie. A CONTINENT TAKES SHAPE. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. 176; numerous col. & b/w. maps, sources, index; original decorated cloth; a nice copy in d/w. Sydney; Collins; (1971). ***The mapping of Australia as built up by the early explorers & navigators. #4958 A$145.00

35 35 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Lee, Ida (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott). COMMODORE SIR JOHN HAYES: His Voyage and Life ( ). With Some Account of Admiral D Entrecasteaux s Voyage of First Edition; pp. xviii, 340; 1 folding & 9 full-page maps, 24 plates incl. photogravure portrait as frontis., Errata slip; original cloth; (spine worn; small stain in lower margin of Page 13); a very good copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; ***Complete with the 28 pages of index at end (as in some, possibly most, copies and as mentioned in Contents). There is another, curious, issue, without the index (although mentioned), but with an extra plate at end not shown in the list of illustrations. #34153 A$450.00

36 36 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Lee, Ida. THE LOGBOOKS OF THE LADY NELSON, with the Journal of her First Commander Lieutenant James Grant, R.N. By Ida Lee, F.R.G.S. (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott)... With Sixteen Charts and Illustrations from the Originals in the Admiralty Library. First Edition; pp. [ii](blank), xiv, 328; 14 charts (2 folding & 1 double-page), 3 plates, facsimile copy of H.M.S. Buffalo Ship s Muster, appendix, index; original cloth (spine a little dull, but a nice copy); scarce. London; Grafton & Co.; (1915). #4993 A$625.00

37 37 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Lee, Ida (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott). EARLY EXPLORERS IN AUSTRALIA: From the Log-Books and Journals, including the Diary of Allan Cunningham, Botanist, from March 1, 1817, to November 19, Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 652; large folding map, 9 double-page & 13 full-page maps, 17 plates, 1 text illust., Errata slip tipped in at. p. 618; general index & botanical index; original cloth; (a very little occasional pale foxing); a fine, clean copy in torn d/w.; scarce. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1925). ***The Cunningham Diary is here published for the first time. Includes explorers from Dampier onward, including Cook, Flinders, etc. #57119 A$650.00

38 38 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Lee, Ida (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott). EARLY EXPLORERS IN AUSTRALIA: From the Log-Books and Journals, including the Diary of Allan Cunningham, Botanist, from March 1, 1817, to November 19, Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 652; large folding map, 9 double-page & 13 full-page maps, 17 plates, 1 text illust., Errata slip tipped in at. p. 618; general index & botanical index; original cloth (slightly mottled, as often; slight partial split to cloth of front joint; some very minor foxing, but internally fine & crisp); scarce. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.; (1925). ***The Cunningham Diary is here published for the first time. From Dampier onward, including Cook, Flinders, etc. #5271 A$425.00

39 39 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number McIntyre, Kenneth Gordon. THE SECRET DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. Portuguese Ventures 200 Years before Captain Cook. First Edition; pp. xxii, 430(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, many sketch maps & figs., appendix, notes, bibliog., 2 indices; original papered boards; a very good copy in d/w.; scarce. London; Souvenir Press; (1977). ***From the library of Brigadier Fitzgerald, with extensive marginal markings and occasional notes in soft pencil. #15605 A$165.00

40 40 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Mack, James D. MATTHEW FLINDERS First Edition; pp. xiv, 270; 5 maps, 13 illusts. on 12 plates, 3 appendices, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Nelson; #5177 A$85.00

41 41 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Major, R. H.; Editor. EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS, now called Australia: A collection of documents, and extracts from early manuscript maps, illustrative of the history of discovery on the coasts of that vast island, from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the time of Captain Cook. Edited, with an Introduction, by R. H. Major, Esq., F.S.A. Facsimile Edition; pp. xii, cxx(last blank), 200, [4](blank); 6 maps (5 folding); original cloth; a fine copy; very scarce. New York; Burt Franklin, Publisher; N.D. [c. 1960]. ***Originally published by the Hakluyt Society, in 1859, First Series No. 25 and very rare. Containing translations and transcriptions of several documents of prime importance in Australian geographical history, with learned commentary. The first document is Arias memorial to King Philip of Spain (see under Dalrymple for an early edition of the original Spanish text of this important document). Also included are Torres relation of Quiros discoveries; Pelsart s voyage and shipwreck translated from Thevenot; extracts from documents relating to Vlamingh s voyage; printed and manuscript sources for Dampier s voyages; and others. The maps include reproductions of the Dieppe maps, Tasman s track, etc. #62821 A$550.00

42 42 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Moorehead, Alan. THE FATAL IMPACT. An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific, First U.K. Edition; pp. xiv, 230; endpaper & 4 other maps, portrait frontis. (of Capt. Cook) & 30 other plates, appendix, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a very good ex-library copy in d/w. with the usual markings. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1966). #33906 A$20.00

43 43 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number

44 44 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Peron, F[rancois], & Freycinet, Louis. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. A complete set of the First Edition of this work, including the very rare text and atlas volumes of Navigation and Geography, as detailed hereunder: VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute par Ordre da Sa Majeste l Empereur et Roi, sur les Corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; Publie par Decret Imperial, sous le Ministere de M. de Champagny, et redige par M. F. Peron, Naturaliste de l Expedition, Correspondant de l Institut de France; de la Societe de l Ecole de medecine de Paris, des Societes philomatique et medicale de la meme ville. Tome Premier. A Paris, de l Imprimerie Imperiale. M. DCCC. VII. Med. 4to, pp. [iv], xvi, 496, [2](Errata du Tome Premier et Atlas), iv(contents to Tome Second, last blank); these last two leaves being the projected list of contents for Volume II (which was not, in the event, published until 9 years later) are very rarely found and comprise, in effect, a Prospectus for the second volume; very fine and clean; contemporary full marbled calf, gilt. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute sur les Corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; Publie par ordre de son Excellence le Ministre Secretaire d Etat de l Interieur. Historique: Tome Second. Redige par feu F. Peron, et continue Par M. Louis Freycinet, Capitaine de fregate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et de la Legion d honneur, Correspondant de l Academie royale des Sciences de Paris, de la Societe des Sciences, Belles- Lettres et Arts de Rochefort, de la Societe philomatique, &c.; Commandant du Casuarina pendant l expedition. A Paris, de l Imprimerie Royale Med. 4to, pp. xxxii, 472(last blank); frontis. portrait of Peron, 2 folding tables (pp. 342bis and 346bis); pages comprise corrections and additions to Vol. I, pages corrections to Vol. II, page 467 corrections to the Atlas (see below), page 468 a Supplement to the errata to the Navigation and Geography (see also below) and pages is a table of contents to this Volume II, these differing from those in Volume I (see above); fine and clean; matching contemporary full marbled calf. VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES execute par ordre de S. M. l Empereur et Roi. Partie Historique redigee par M. F. Peron. ATLAS par MM. Lesueur et Petit. Dirige par J. Milbert. [Engraved title-page]. Super roy. 4to, pp. [vi](engraved title, verso blank & Contents, 4pp.); 40 very fine engraved plates numbered II to XLI (2 folding), including a plan of Sydney, and 23 of which are finely hand-coloured; (but for very slight occasional foxing and a little dust-soiling of last plate, fine and clean); [bound with] VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. Historique. ATLAS deuxieme partie. Redigee par Mr. L. Freycinet, Capitaine de Fregate, Commandant le Casuarina pendant l Expedition. Paris [Engraved title-page]. Super roy. 4to; pp. [vi](engraved title, verso blank & Contents, 4pp., last blank); 2 large folding charts (numbered 1 & 2), 24 other maps & plans (on 12 plates, numbered

45 45 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number ); fine and clean; contemporary quarter calf, with marbled paste-papered sides to match the text volumes (above). VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute sur les Corvettes Le Geographe, Le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; sous le Commandement du Capitaine de vaisseau N. Baudin. NAVIGATION ET GEOGRAPHIE. Publie par ordre de son Excellence le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies; et redigee Par M. Louis Freycinet, Capitaine de fregate, Chevalier de Saint-Louis et de la Legion d honneur, Correspondant de l Institut de France, et de la Societe des Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts de Rochefort, &c.; Commandant du Casuarina pendant l expedition. [3 line part quotation from the Aeneid]. (Avec un Atlas.) A Paris, de l Imprimerie Royale Med. 4to, pp. xvi, 576, [2](Errata et Additions); 90 pages of tables; (some occasional minor foxing & browning); recently bound in full leather; uncut; very rare. Paris; Imprimerie Royale, VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, execute Par Ordre de S. M. L Empereur et Roi Sur les Corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la Goelette Le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, & Publie par Decret Imperial sous le Ministere de son Excellence le Vice-Amiral Comte Decres, Grand Officier de l Empire Inspecteur General des Cotes debla Mediterannee, Grand Aigle, chef de la Xeme Cohorte de la Legion d Honneur, ayant le Departement de la Marine et des Colonies. PARTIE NAVIGATION ET GEOGRAPHIE. Redigee Par Louis Freycinet, Capitaine de Fregate, Commandant le Casuarina pendant l Expedition. ATLAS. A Paris, Folio, First Edition; pp. [iv](title-page & Table of Charts, versos blank); 25 double-page & 7 full-page charts, finely engraved; modern half morocco, with marbled sides; (some foxing of several charts, but not severe; No. 29 with a little surface damage near upper edge from drops of candle-wax and its subsequent removal, with only the slightest loss of printed image to upper frame and a tiny portion of the representation of the River Hawkesbury; otherwise generally fine and clean); very rare. Together 3 vols. text, 4to, 2-part atlas in 1 vol., royal 4to, and Navigation atlas 1 vol. folio. Paris; Imprimerie Imperiale [et] Royale; ***See Ferguson 449 (Historique), 536 (navigation atlas) and 603 (navigation text). Both the text and atlas of the Navigation and Geography are very rare and complete sets of the entire work are seldom encountered. The charts in the Atlases (both to the Navigation and to the Partie Historique) are mainly by de Freycinet, and the fine illustrations are by Lesueur and Petit. The plates consist of 5 coloured coastal views, natural history subjects (9 coloured), topographical views, native weapons, canoes, habitations, etc. (some coloured), and 10 portraits (4 coloured) of NAMED Aborigines by NICHOLAS PETIT. One of the folding topographical views is a fine plate of Sydney by Lesueur. Francois Peron ( ), naturalist and historian, was first intended for the priesthood, but with the Revolution joined the army. He served on the Rhine, was wounded (losing an eye), captured, and on repatriation in 1794 was invalided out of the army. He studied natural

46 46 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number history and gained an appointment in Baudin s expedition to the South Seas. He worked tirelessly in amassing specimens and information relative to the animal life of Australia and its environs, thus making a significant contribution to Australian zoology. On the return of the expedition Peron undertook the compilation of the history of the voyage; but ill-health forced him to abandon it half-way through, and it was completed by de Freycinet. Louis de Freycinet ( ) was an hydrographer and cartographer in the French Navy. As a result of his highly creditable work in the Baudin expedition he was appointed to the command of a circumnavigatory expedition (in L Uranie and La Physicienne) from 1816 to 1820, during which voyage he again visited the Australian coasts. The expedition was commanded by Nicolas Baudin, who died at Batavia on the way home. The purpose of the voyage was the thorough examination of the western and southern coasts of Australia, and especially to investigate a belief that a strait existed linking the southern sea with the Gulf of Carpentaria, thus dividing New Holland into two large islands. A six months stay at Sydney is fully described by Peron, embodying a valuable account of life in the early years of the settlement. Despite the failure of the expedition to complete its allotted tasks and the untimely death of its commander the scientific achievements were outstanding and many hundreds of plants were illustrated and described and in addition a collection of over eighteen thousand Zoological specimens was amassed, together with observations on numerous subjects - all this with a complement greatly reduced (both in scientific staff & crew) by desertion and illness! #13976 A$110,000.00

47 47 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number THE ARTWORK FROM FLINDERS VOYAGE AROUND AUSTRALIA 42 Perry, T. M. and Simpson, Donald H.; Editors. DRAWINGS BY WILLIAM WESTALL, Landscape Artist on board H.M.S. Investigator during the circumnavigation of Australia by Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N., in Super roy. folio, First Edition; pp. viii, 72; portrait frontis. (Westall), facsimile signature, portrait of Flinders, large folding map (in pocket) & 8 other maps (1 folding), 153 plates (mostly half-page & full-page, incl. 4 in colour); original blue cloth (a little faded & marked as now usual; slight foxing of first few leaves); a fine copy; scarce. London; The Royal Commonwealth Society; ***A beautifully produced work, with attractive letterpress and fine plates, some printed by collotype. The edition was of 1000 copies. The text includes an essay on The Charting of Australia by Flinders, by R. A. Skelton and another by Bernard Smith on Westall s drawings, as well as essays by the editors, an annotated catalogue of drawings, and a list of books containing plates by or after Westall. The original drawings reproduced in the book are now in the National Library of Australia, Canberra. #5811 A$550.00

48 48 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Reed, A. W.; Editor. CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA. Extracts from the journals of Captain James Cook, giving a full account in his own words of his adventures and discoveries in Australia. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 192; folding map, 5 full-page maps, 16 plates, several text illusts., index; original cloth; a fine copy in torn d/w. Wellington, A. H. & A. W. Reed, (1969). ***Beddie 692. [with] Reed, A. H. & A. W.; Editors. CAPTAIN COOK IN NEW ZEALAND. Extracts from the journals of Captain James Cook, giving a full account in his own words of his adventures and discoveries in New Zealand. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. 264(last 2 blank); folding map, 3 full-page maps, 16 plates, several text illusts., notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in rubbed d/w. Wellington, A. H. & A. W. Reed, (1969). ***Beddie 238. Together, 2 vols., as issued. #49348 A$125.00

49 49 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Ritchie, G. S.; Rear Admiral, Hydrographer of the Navy. THE ADMIRALTY CHART. British Naval Hydrography in the Nineteenth Century. First Edition; pp. xii, 388; 13 maps (1 double-page), 8 plates, bibliog., index; original papered boards; (spine bumped); a very good copy in torn & taped d/w.; very scarce. London; Hollis & Carter; (1967). ***Including Dalrymple, Flinders circumnavigation of Australia, Arctic and Antarctic exploration, the Beagle voyage, etc. #18052 A$175.00

50 50 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Roberts, Lynette. THE ENDEAVOUR. Captain Cook s First Voyage to Australia. First Edition; pp. 280; 9 plates, bibliog.; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w. London; Peter Owen; (MCMLIV) [1954]. ***Beddie 739. #36123 A$65.00

51 51 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Sharp, Andrew. THE VOYAGES OF ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN. First Edition; pp. xii, 376; 27 maps (1 folding), 2 double-page, 44 full-page & 6 other illusts. in text, mostly from Tasman s journal, index; original cloth; (a little foxing of edges, but a nice copy in rubbed d/w.); very scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; #8533 A$425.00

52 52 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Spate, O. H. K. The Pacific since Magellan, Volume 1. THE SPANISH LAKE. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 376(last 3 blank); endpaper & 24 other maps, 20 illusts., notes, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in torn d/w. Canberra; Australian National University Press; ***Including the voyages of Magellan, Drake and others. #20875 A$85.00

53 53 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Tasman, Abel Janszoon: ABEL JANSZOON TASMAN S JOURNAL of his Discovery of Van Diemen s Land and New Zealand in 1642, with Documents relating to his Exploration of Australia in Being Photo-lithographic Facsimiles of the Original Manuscript in the Colonial Archives at the Hague, with an English Translation and Facsimiles of Original Maps, to which are added, Life and Labours of Abel Janszoon Tasman, by J. E. Heeres, LL.D., Professor at the Dutch Colonial Institute, Delft, and Observations made with the Compass on Tasman s Voyage, by Dr. W. van Bemmelen, Assistant-Director of the Royal Meteorological Institute, Utrecht. Thick demy folio, Facsimile Edition; pp. [xii], [196](photo-lithographic facsimile of Tasman s original Journal; last blank); [2], 60(translation into English of Tasman s Journal; last blank); [2], 164 (text of Heeres Life of Tasman, & Appendices, last blank); [2], 22(Bemmelen s Observations; last blank), [2](Errata, verso blank); 5 folding charts (in pocket), including a representation of the famous TASMAN MAP OF 1644, but with names translated into English; also 53 pages of maps & illusts. reproduced from Tasman s original drawings in the Manuscript Journal; 22 appendices in English & Dutch parallel texts; original full buckram, gilt; a fine copy in slightly browned d/w.; scarce. Los Angeles; N. A. Kovach; ***Hill, page 288. Originally published in Amsterdam, 1898 by Frederick Muller (see Ferguson 16722; Hocken, page 1; Bagnall T107) this facsimile, limited to 225 copies is a fine production in its own right. As is well-known, Tasman sailed on an exploratory voyage for the discovery of the unknown South-land on behalf of the Dutch East India Company, resulting in the discovery of both Tasmania and New Zealand. It is perhaps less well-known that the expedition also sailed through the Fiji islands and north of the Solomon Islands and made a coastal survey of the north coast of New Guinea. #21864 A$950.00

54 54 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Vancouver, George. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN, AND ROUND THE WORLD; in which the Coast of North-West America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty s Command, principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham, under the Command of Captain George Vancouver. 3 vols., 4to, & 4to case of charts, Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [ii], [vi], xxx(last blank), [ii](advertisement), [vi](contents & List of Plates), 432; 7 plates; Vol. II, pp. [ii], [viii](contents & List of Plates, last blank), 504; chart & 4 plates; Vol. III, pp. [ii], [viii](contents & List of Plates), [5](Errata to all vols., last 2 blank); 6 plates; Atlas, 16 folding charts in printed wrapper; original vinyl; a fine set. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1967). ***Bibliotheca Australiana Nos Facsimile of the First Edition, London, G. G. & J. Robinson, refer Ferguson 281. One of the plates is - A deserted Indian Village in King George the Third s Sound, New Holland. #2276 A$

55 55 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Villiers, Alan. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Med. 8vo, U.S. Edition; pp. x, 310(last 3 blank); 7 maps, 43 illusts., appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w.; scarce. New York; Charles Scribner s Sons; (1967) [but later c. 1980?]. ***Hudson River Editions. This edition not in Beddie. #15909 A$95.00

56 56 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Williams, Glyndwr & Frost, Alan; Editors. TERRA AUSTRALIS TO AUSTRALIA. Post 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 242; endpaper maps, b/w. frontis. (showing Matthew Flinders first recorded use of the term Australia 1804), 36 col. & 107 b/w. illusts. (including numerous maps), chapter notes, index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Melbourne; Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities; (1988). ***The scholarly competence of the text and the extensive illustration make this work the most comprehensive recent account available of the European discovery of Australia. This copy signed by both authors. #22675 A$165.00