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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 II).

2 2 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Abbott, J. H. M. OUT OF THE PAST. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 72; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. Sydney; The Currawong Publishing Company; N.D. [1944]. ***Brief accounts of various bits of early Australian history originally published in The Bulletin including voyages and explorations: Mendana, Torres, Dampier, Cook, Grant, Bass, etc. #15192 A$25.00

3 3 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Arago, Jacques. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the Uranie and Physicienne Corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820; on a Scientific Expedition undertaken by Order of the French Government. In a Series of Letters to a Friend, by J. Arago, Draughtsman to the Expedition. To which is prefixed, the Report made to the Academy of Sciences, on the General Results of the Expedition. London: Treuttel and Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. & Richter, 30, Soho-Square Parts in 1 vol., 4to, Facsimile Edition; Part I, pp. viii, xxxii, 286(last blank); Part II, pp. [ii], 302(last 3 blank); folding map, 25 plates, appendices; original imitation vellum; a fine copy. [Amsterdam; N. Israel; 1971]. ***Bibliotheca Australiana No. 45. Facsimile of the First and Best Edition in English - see Ferguson 885. #2138 A$220.00

4 4 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Austin, K. A. THE VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR : Commander Matthew Flinders, R.N. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 224(last blank); 1 double-page, 3 full-page & 7 other maps, col. portrait frontis., 16 b/w. plates, bibliog., index; original cloth (slightly flecked); a very good copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. Adelaide; Rigby Limited; (1954). #11296 A$135.00

5 5 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Bligh, William: A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA, undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty s Ship the Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board the said Ship, and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship s Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Demy 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [iv], [x], 264; 6 charts & plans (5 folding), 2 plates; original papered boards; (spine slightly faded; a little marginal foxing); a very good copy in faded d/w. (Melbourne; Hutchinson; 1979). ***Facsimile of the First Edition, London, George Nicol, M.DCC.XCII [1792] - see Ferguson 125. Although probably best known for the Bounty mutiny, Bligh was a superb seaman and made many discoveries and observations of value, both in the voyage of the Bounty s launch subsequent to the mutiny and in his second voyage with the ships Providence and Assistant. #98 A$135.00

6 6 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Bligh, William: THE BLIGH NOTEBOOK. Rough account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh s voyage in the Bounty s Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor 28 April to 14 June With a draft list of the Bounty Mutineers. Transcription and Facsimile Edited by by John Bach. Roy. 8vo; pp. [ii], xiv, 336; col. portrait frontis., double-page col. plate of Bligh & the others being set adrift from the colour engraving by Robert Dodd, folding draught of the Bounty s launch, folding chart, double-page view of Kupang, 1 double-page & 7 full-page plates (incl. 1 col.), 116-page facsimile of the notebook account, transcription, numerous other illusts., bibliog., list of mutineers, etc.; original cloth; a nice copy in d/w. (Sydney); Allen & Unwin, in association with National Library of Australia; (1987). #17168 A$65.00

7 7 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Callegari, Dennis. COOK S CANNON AND ANCHOR. The Recovery and Conservation of Relics from HMB Endeavour. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. 96; 8 col. plates, several b/w. illusts., bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in very slightly torn d/w. (Kenthurst, NSW); Kangaroo Press; (1994). #19030 A$65.00

8 8 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cameron, Hector Charles. SIR JOSEPH BANKS, K.B., P.R.S.: The Autocrat of the Philosophers. First Edition; pp. xx, 344(last 3 blank); 9 plates, 7 appendices, notes on Banks correspondence, chronology, refs., index; original cloth; (some minor soiling); a very good copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. London; The Batchworth Press; (1952). ***Beddie #13807 A$135.00

9 9 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cameron, Hector Charles. SIR JOSEPH BANKS. 2nd Edn.; pp. xx, 344(last 3 blank); 9 plates, 7 appendices, notes on Banks correspondence, chronology, refs., index; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w.; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1966). #34837 A$85.00

10 10 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cannon, Michael. THE EXPLORATION OF AUSTRALIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. 304; numerous col. illusts., & maps., chronology, bibliog., index; original pictorial boards; a very good copy. Sydney; Reader s Digest; [1987]. ***A useful overview of Australian exploration, well-illustrated, both from contemporary sources and with modern photographs of the localities. #43434 A$100.00

11 11 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cole, Harry and Cole, Valda. MR. BASS S WESTERN PORT. The Whaleboat Voyage. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xiv, 98; 13 maps & charts, 24 illusts., 2 appendices, refs., index; original boards, gilt; a fine copy. (Hastings); Hastings-Western Port Historical Society, Inc. in conjunction with the South Eastern Historical Association; (1997). ***Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. An attractive book, including some previously unpublished sketches and charts. #57226 A$75.00

12 12 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Collingridge, George. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans before the arrival of Lieut. James Cook, in the Endeavour, in the year With Illustrations, Charts, Maps, Diagrams, &c. Copious Notes, References, Geographical Index and Index to Names. Roy. 4to, First Edition; pp. xvi, 376; 100 maps & illusts., including 12 plates of which 5 are folding & 7 are full-page, the remainder being illustrations of various sizes up to full-page, appendix, notes, refs., geographical index & index to names; original cloth, gilt, with blind-stamped patterned ribbons on both boards; (joints very slightly rubbed); a nice copy; scarce. Sydney; Hayes Brothers; ***Ferguson 8465; Davidson, page 23; Not in Hill. An important historical survey, detailing much of the evidence for early discovery of Australia by the Spanish and Portuguese, including discussion of the Dauphin and related maps showing the East Coast - published , with many useful illustrations of old maps. W. Baldwin Spencer s copy, with his initials in pencil on title-page. #21572 A$650.00

13 13 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cook, Captain James: THE JOURNALS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK ON HIS VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY. Edited from the Original Manuscripts by J. C. Beaglehole with the Assistance of J. A. Williamson, J. W. Davidson and R. A. Skelton. Four Volumes and a Portfolio [series title]. 3 vols. in 4, thick med. 8vo, plus Portfolio of Charts; Vol. I. The Voyage of the Endeavour Pp. [ii], cclxxxiv, [ii], 686(last 4 blank). Portfolio, pp. viii, 58 charts & views. Vol. II. The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure Pp. [iv], clxx, 1024(last 2 blank). Vol. III [In Two Parts]. The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery Part I, pp. ccxxiv, [1]-718, [2](blank); Part II, pp. viii, [2], [723]-1648(last blank); in all 224 maps & illusts. including 2 coloured portraits, indices, appendices, bibliog., refs., etc. original buckram; a very good set; Volume III and the porfolio in worn d/ws. Cambridge; Published for the Hakluyt Society; ***All volumes are First Editions and the separate Addenda and Corrigenda to Volume II and the Portfolio are included. The work is an essential reference to Cook s voyages and it is certainly the most convenient edition to use. [with] Beaglehole, J. C. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Thick med. 8vo; pp. xii, 760; 1 folding & 4 full-page maps, 4 col. & 40 b/w. plates, bibliog., index; original buckram, gilt (slightly marked; name stamp on endpaper); a nice copy in very slightly defective d/w. London; The Hakluyt Society; ***Published collaterally with the First Edition of the same year by A. & C. Black. #38172 A$

14 14 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cook, Captain James: CAPTAIN COOK S JOURNAL DURING HIS FIRST VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD made in H.M. Bark Endeavour A Literal Transcription of the Original MSS. With Notes and Introduction. Edited by Captain W. J. L. Wharton, R.N., F.R.S. Hydrographer of the Admiralty. Illustrated by Maps and Facsimiles. Cr. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], lvi, 400; frontis., 2 folding charts (1 in 2 sheets) at end, 4 other folding charts, portrait of Cook, 4 plates, incl. 2 facsimiles of log entries, index; (small inscription on pastedown); a fine copy in original canvas. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***Originally published in Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 188 (1887 copies produced including a 1970 reprint). #5036 A$425.00

15 15 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Cook, Captain James: HISTORICAL RECORDS OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Vol. I, Part 1. - Cook Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xliv, 526; frontis., 7 plates (incl. 3 folding facsimiles of entries in the Endeavour log), appendices, index; original buckram; a nice copy in d/w. (Sydney; Lansdown Slattery & Co.; 1978). ***First published in Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer, 1893 [Holmes 127, see also Beddie 614, 707, 716, 1024, 2500, etc.]. This volume contains much useful first-hand background information concerning Cook s discovery of the eastern coast of Australia including extracts from the journals of several of the personnel on board H.M.S. Endeavour and including also documents relating to the second and third voyages. #36274 A$185.00

16 16 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number de Prado y Tovar, Captain Don Diego: NEW LIGHT ON THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA as revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado y Tovar. Edited by Henry M. Stevens, with Annotated Translations from the Spanish by G. F. Barwick. Demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 262, [2](adv.); 5 maps (4 folding, 2 in pocket of rear board), 2 facsimiles of the original MS. Journal, notes, appendices, index; top edge gilt; others uncut; original dark red cloth, gilt; (slight damage to spine; front board a little marked; some foxing); a very good copy; scarce. London; Henry Stevens, Son and Stiles; MDCCCCXXX [1930]. ***This work was simultaneously issued by the Hakluyt Society and was never before published in any language. One of the large folding charts contains reproductions of the four maps by DE PRADO Y TOVAR and the Journal reveals that after the departure of Quiros the office of Chief of the Expedition had devolved upon Prado under sealed orders opened at the Island of Espiritu Santo, and that Torres was thereafter merely acting as navigating Captain... #2268 A$225.00

17 17 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Drake-Brockman, H[enrietta]; and Drok, E. D. VOYAGE TO DISASTER. The Life of Francisco Pelsaert, covering his Indian Report to the Dutch East India Company and the wreck of the ship Batavia in 1629 off the coast of Western Australia together with the full text of his Journals concerning the Rescue Voyages, the mutiny on the Abrolhos Islands and the subsequent trials of the Mutineers. Translations from the Dutch and Old Dutch by E. D. Drok. First Edition; pp. xviii, 318; endpaper maps, 1 double-page map, & 3 full-page maps, 16 plates, 10 appendices, bibliog., index; original cloth; (slight foxing of edges); a very good copy in very slightly worn d/w.; scarce. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1963). ***The Batavia wreck was finally and positively located on Morning Reef on 4th June, 1963, 334 years to the day after her shipwreck. The complete Journals of Francisco Pelsaert are here published for the first time in any language. #93 A$320.00

18 18 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Drake-Brockman, Henrietta. VOYAGE TO DISASTER. [The Life of Francisco Pelsaert, covering his Indian Report to the Dutch East India Company and the wreck of the ship Batavia in 1629 off the coast of Western Australia together with the full text of his Journals concerning the Rescue Voyages, the mutiny on the Abrolhos Islands and the subsequent trials of the Mutineers. Translations from the Dutch and Old Dutch by E. D. Drok]. Med. 8vo, Third Edition, 3rd Impression; pp. xxviii, 304; several maps & illusts., 11 appendices, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. (Perth); University of Western Australia Press; (2006). ***The Batavia wreck was finally and positively located on Morning Reef on 4th June, 1963, 334 years to the day after her shipwreck. The complete Journals of Francisco Pelsaert were first published in this work in 1963 for the first time in any language. This new edition, in enlarged format, and first published in 1995, includes a new Introduction by Frank Broeze and an additional Appendix, making the book an essential inclusion in any library of Australian exploration. #50351 A$50.00

19 19 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Dumont d Urville, Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C. An account in two volumes of TWO VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS. To Australia, New Zealand, Oceania in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East Asia, Australia, Antarctica, New Zealand and Torres Strait in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee. Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman. 2 vols., approx. cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. liv, 312, [2](blank); Vol. II, pp. xii, , [2](blank); 29 maps (2 doublepage & 11 full-page), frontis. to each vol., 12 col. & 32 b/w. plates, 17 appendices, notes, bibliog., biographical & general indices; original full canvas binding in cloth slipcase (the slipcase slightly marked); a fine set. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; ***A very important work of very wide interest giving for the first time a full account in English of these major French voyages to the Australasian, Pacific and Antarctic regions. Volume I includes detailed accounts of King George Sound in Western Australia, New South Wales, New Britain, New Ireland, and the north coast of New Guinea, Van Diemen s Land including a stay in Hobart Town; Vanikoro & many other islands in the Pacific. Volume II includes accounts of the Straits of Magellan, again many parts of the Pacific including New Zealand, two visits to the Antarctic regions including the discovery and exploration of Adelie Land and a further stay in Hobart Town. The natural history, anthropology and history of the places visited is described in great detail. Not in Renard; Rosove 108.A1. #18047 A$450.00

20 20 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number [Dunn, F. M.; Compiler]. QUIROS MEMORIALS. A Catalogue of Memorials by Pedro Fernandez de Quiros in the Dixson and Mitchell Libraries, Sydney. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. vi, 54(last blank); original cloth-backed stiff wrappers; scarce. Sydney; Published by the Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales; #36858 A$75.00

21 21 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Flinders, Matthew: MATTHEW FLINDERS NARRATIVE OF HIS VOYAGE IN THE SCHOONER FRANCIS: Preceded and followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney [sic] Cove, by Geoffrey Rawson, with engravings by John Buckland Wright. F cap folio; pp. [iv](blank), 102, [8](blank); map & 8 engravings; original buckram, gilt (slightly flecked); top edge gilt; a very good copy. [London]; printed in Great Britain at The Golden Cockerel Press; ***Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Included are the following - Bass s Journal of the Whaleboat Voyage; The Voyage of the Sidney Cove ; The Shipwreck of the Sidney Cove ; Flinders Account of the Wreck of the Porpoise and Cato ; etc. #30393 A$650.00

22 22 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Flinders, Matthew. OBSERVATIONS ON THE COASTS OF VAN DIEMEN S LAND, on Bass s Strait and its Islands, and on Part of the Coasts of New South Wales; intended to accompany the Charts of the Late Discoveries in those Countries. By Matthew Flinders, Second Lieutenat [sic] of His Majesty s Ship Reliance. London: Printed by John Nichols, Earl s Court, Little Newport- Street, Soho Roy. 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [vi], 36; original vinyl; a nice copy; scarce. [Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia]; (1965). ***Australiana Facsimile Editions No copies only were printed. The original edition is extremely rare: a copy was sold for $489,300 in #22041 A$250.00

23 23 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Hill, Ernestine. MY LOVE MUST WAIT. The Story of Matthew Flinders. 6th Impr.; pp. [vi], 464, [4](Addenda & acknowledgments); original cloth; a very good copy. Sydney; Angus and Robertson Ltd; ***A fictionalized account based on the facts by a consummate writer. #15742 A$25.00

24 24 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Hordern, Marsden. MARINERS ARE WARNED! John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia Med. 8vo, 2nd Impr., pp. xxiv, 360; 7 folding maps (in pocket), 9 other maps, 24 plates (4 col.), 9 figs., notes, 3 appendices, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; ***An important and long overdue study of the man who charted much of Australia s coast, adding detail to the work of Matthew Flinders, and whose charts were still in use a century later. Number 4 in the Miegunyah Press series. #28091 A$125.00

25 25 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Hordern, Marsden. KING OF THE AUSTRALIAN COAST. The Works of Phillip Parker King in the Mermaid and Bathurst Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 446(last 3 blank); 9 folding maps in rear pocket, 7 full-page maps & 36 plates (17 col.), 6 text illusts., 3 appendices, notes, bibliog., conversion scales, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in slightly faded d/w. (Carlton South); The Miegunyah Press; (1997). ***Phillip Parker King was responsible for charting most of the north-west coast of Australia, including Exmouth Gulf, Port Essington and the Alligator, Liverpool and Prince Regent rivers. He was also responsible for surveying Macquarie Harbour in Van Diemen s Land, and the dangerous waters inside the Great Barrier Reef as far as Torres Strait. Yet despite these achievements, he has never achieved the fame or credit undoubtedly due him. Number 16 in the second Miegunyah series and a fine addition to this excellent series. Edition of 1500 copies. #49820 A$250.00

26 26 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Jukes, J. Beete; M.A. F.G.S., Naturalist to the Expedition, [etc.]. NARRATIVE OF THE SURVEYING VOYAGE OF H.M.S. FLY, commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R.N., in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the Years : Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java. 2 vols., First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xiv(last blank), 424(last blank); folding map, 10 plates & 15 text illusts.; Vol. II, pp. viii(last blank), 362; folding map, 9 plates & 3 text illusts., 10 appendices (incl. 2 on linguistics); contemporary half navy roan (slightly rubbed), with cloth sides; a very nice, clean and crisp set; scarce. London; T. & W. Boone; ***Ferguson 4549; Hill, p. 159; Wantrup 92a; Not in Abbey, though it clearly qualifies. Of the plates, 4 are lithographs of natural history subjects, 3 are wood engravings and the remaining 12 are fine aquatints by Harden S. Melville. This was an important voyage, undertaken to survey the northeastern parts of Australia, Torres Strait and New Guinea. The Great Barrier Reef was surveyed in considerable detail and Jukes s observations on its natural history and geology are of great importance and were strongly supportive of Darwin s theory of coral reef formation. The Fly River in New Guinea was discovered on this expedition and there are important accounts of Timor, Dutch Java, Bali, Singapore & Malacca. The appendices include, inter alia - Abstract of the Voyage; Comparative Vocabulary of the Languages of some Parts of Torres Strait; On the General Affinities of the Languages of the Oceanic Blacks, by R. C. LATHAM, N.D.; natural history descriptions by Professor OWEN, J. E. GRAY, and ADAM WHITE. #4997 A$

27 27 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Kenihan, G. H. THE JOURNAL OF ABEL JANSZ TASMAN, With Documents relating to his Exploration of Australia in Edited by G. H. Kenihan. 4to, First Edition in this Form; pp. [vi], ii, 120(last blank); 6 full-page plates; original cloth; (rear endpaper a little silverfished); a very good copy in worn d/w.; very scarce. Adelaide; Australian Heritage Press; N.D. [c. 1965]. ***Edition limited to 500 copies. This copy is inscribed and signed [Geoff ] by the Author on front endpaper. #41464 A$225.00

28 28 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Kippis, Andrew. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Totque maris vastaeque exhausta Pericula Terrae. Virg. By Andrew Kippis, D.D. F.R.S. and S.A. London: Printed for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in Pall-Mall; and G. G. J. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row. M.DCC.LXXVIII. 4to, First Edition; pp. xvi, 528(last advert.); portrait frontis.; half calf, with raised bands in contemporary style, with marbled sides; (tooth marks to upper right-hand corner of front board only; faint marks from pressed leaf to a couple of leaves; a light waterstain to upper & inner margins only of a few leaves at end); notwithstanding these slight blemishes a very nice, generally clean & crisp copy, complete with half-title; scarce. London; Printed for G. Nicol [etc.]; ***Holmes 69; Beddie 32; Forbes 149. #43312 A$

29 29 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number La Perouse, J. F. G. de. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by J. F. G. de la Perouse: Published conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau, Brigadier-General in the Corps of Engineers, Director of Fortifications, Ex-constituent, and Member of Several Literary Societies at Paris. In Three Volumes. Translated from the French. Vol. I [II, III]. Second Edition. London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul s Church-Yard vols., demy 8vo; Vol. I, pp. x, [ii](list of plates and charts in the three volumes), 532; portrait as frontis., 2 folding charts & 2 folding plates; Vol. II, pp. x, 498; 4 folding charts, 15 folding & 9 full-page plates including natural history subjects, coastal views, etc.; Vol. III, pp. viii, 446, 60(navigation tables); 2 folding & 2 full-page charts, 6 folding plates & 2 fullpage plates; full contemporary tree calf, gilt panelled backs & marbled endpapers; some foxing of most plates, o/wise very clean; bookplates of George Owen Smith Collection 1892, Port Elizabeth Public Library in each volume, with a very small neat stamp on verso of plates and at foot of a few leaves; contemporary signature of C. C. Chisteman at head of titles to Vols. II & III, but clipped from Vol. I, with head of title-page & following couple of leaves to Vol. II a little stained from an early attempt at removal of the signature; a very good, sound and handsome set. London; J. Johnson; ***Ferguson 289; Hill 2, 974; Sabin One of four translations (one being an abridgement in one volume, 8vo only) published in London in 1798, here reprinted in Ferguson calls for an atlas of 44 plates, but it is doubtful that this was issued with this edition-- his entry for the first edition (1798) of this version (F. 270) makes no mention of an atlas -- probably it was only a binding variation with the plates in a separate atlas rather than bound up in the text volumes as directed by the publisher (one of the charts in Vol. III is in two sheets, which would account for the discrepancy in numbers). The voyage aroused intense interest but the ships were not heard of after leaving Botany Bay in 1788 and their fate was not positively determined until Peter Dillon discovered the wrecks at Vanikoro over 30 years later. #12603 A$

30 30 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Lubbock, Adelaide. OWEN STANLEY R.N Captain of the Rattlesnake. First Edition; pp. [xiv], 298; 1 folding map, 4 other maps, 16 plates, 4 text illusts., appendices, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. Melbourne; Heinemann; (1968). ***Stanley charted a large part of the Louisiade Archipelago and carried out much valuable survey work in the New Guinea - Northern Australia region. #2221 A$120.00

31 31 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Macknight, C. C.; Editor. THE FARTHEST COAST. A Selection of Writings relating to the History of the Northern Coast of Australia. First Edition; pp. xiv, 218, endpaper & 8 other maps (2 double-page), 8 plates, bibliog., index; original cloth; a very good copy in d/w. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; (1969). ***Col. Lawrence FitzGerald s copy with bookplate on half-title. Includes the voyages of Flinders, King, Dumont D Urville, Stokes, Stow, Searcy, etc. #542 A$65.00

32 32 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Maiden, J. H. SIR JOSEPH BANKS: The Father of Australia. First Edition; pp. xxiv, 244; 2 very large folding charts (a couple of small neat repairs), 2 smaller folding charts, facsimile letter on two folding sheets, 60 illusts. (several full-page); original cloth, elaborately gilt, with bevelled edges; a very nice, bright copy; scarce. Sydney; William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer; ***Includes chapters on the botanical proteges of Banks - artists, botanist-librarians and botanical collectors. Beddie #5278 A$350.00

33 33 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Major, R. H.; Editor. EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS to the time of Captain Cook as told in original documents. 4to; pp. [x], lxxii, 140; 5 folding maps (loosely inserted), 1 full-page map, 2 appendices; processed; original cloth; a very good copy; scarce. Adelaide; Australian Heritage Press; [1963]. ***First published in Some or all of the five larger maps are commonly missing from this Heritage Press edition which varies considerably in its exact make-up and dimensions. The complete complement of maps is present here, but some are later printings. #14620 A$350.00

34 34 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Megaw, J. V. S.; Editor. EMPLOY D AS A DISCOVERER. Papers Presented at the Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Symposium, Sutherland Shire, 1-3 May, First Edition; pp. 144(last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 8 plates, illust., notes, index; (Errata leaf loosely inserted); original papered boards; a nice copy in d/w. Sydney; A. H. & A. W. Reed, for the Sutherland Shire Council; (1971). #19406 A$35.00

35 35 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Moresby, Captn. John. New Guinea & Polynesia. DISCOVERIES & SURVEYS IN NEW GUINEA AND THE D ENTRECASTEAUX ISLANDS. A Cruise in Polynesia and Visits to the Pearl-Shelling Stations in Torres Straits of H.M.S. Basilisk. First Edition; pp. xx, 328, 32(adv. dated January, 1875); folding col. map (a couple of short tears without loss), 1 full-page tinted map (not included in list, but present in most copies), 2 full-page b/w. maps, 4 plates, appendix; original cloth, gilt; (front hinge a little weak; bookplate removed from front endpaper; a little foxing, but a very copy); scarce. London; John Murray; ***Ferguson #5496 A$

36 36 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Newby, Eric. THE WORLD ATLAS OF EXPLORATION. [A 4,000 Year Journey in the Company of Heroes]. Introduction by Sir Vivian Fuchs. Med. 4to, First Edition, Australian Issue; pp. 288; very numerous col. & b/w. maps, photos., illusts., etc. (many full & double-page), bibliog., index; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w. (South Melbourne); Macmillan in association with Mitchell Beazley Publishers Limited London; (1975). #33865 A$85.00

37 37 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Paget, Hugh. TO THE SOUTH THERE IS A GREAT LAND: Captain Cook, Sir Joseph Banks and Australia. 4to, First Edition; pp. 48; a few maps, 8 col. plates, several b/w. illusts., notes, index; original stiff wrappers; a nice copy. Sydney; The Australian; #42561 A$35.00

38 38 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Parkin, Ray. H. M. BARK ENDEAVOUR. Her place in Australian History. With an Account of her Construction, Crew and Equipment and a Narrative of her Voyage on the East Coast of New Holland in the Year With Plans, Charts and Illustrations by the Author. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. xii, 468; 25 maps, 31 full- & half-page ship drawings and 12 smaller, several sourced from original drawings by Sidney Parkinson, 2 reproductions of original drawings by Parkinson, 15 other illustrations by Ray Parkin (mostly views), notes, bibliog., index; original cloth, gilt; together with, in cloth folding case, 15 detailed ship drawings and plans by Ray Parkin, each 800 by 580 mm., and sourced from original Admiralty drawings supplemented by sketches of Sidney Parkinson, artist on the Endeavour ; a fine set in cloth slipcase. (Melbourne); The Miegunyah Press; (1997). ***Edition limited to 1000 copies for sale. Number Thirteen in the second Miegunyah Press series. A magnificent production; a longoverdue detailed analysis of Captain James Cook s ship, fully placed in the context of her time. The Endeavour is one of the most famous ships in maritime history, yet surprisingly few details of her were known to any but a small number of maritime historians. More than forty years ago Ray Parkin, seaman, author and artist was amazed to find how little was known and recorded of this ship, and set out to document everything he could discover. His researches were encouraged by that renowned scholar and chronicler of James Cook, Professor J. C. Beaglehole. The result is the most painstaking study of the Endeavour yet undertaken and a unique account of a great voyage of discovery: the passage of the Endeavour up the east coast of Australia (then called New Holland) in the year Written for the scholar, mariner and layperson alike, Ray Parkin has recreated for the reader the very experience of being on board H. M. Bark Endeavour. With meticulous research, he reveals what she looked like, how she sailed, how she smelled; all aspects of daily life on board. No part of the ship or her functioning is too insignificant for

39 39 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number his enquiries. How many strands of yarn were there in the ships cable? (954) Did the ship have a lightning conductor? (Yes) What was the diameter of the main mast? (21 inches). The work is divided into two sections: Part I, The World of the Ship, details the sailor and his environment, the Captain, the ship herself, scurvy and provisioning, the ship s company, and remarks on individuals come to notice through misfortune or by their sins and adventures. The text is accompanied by a series of plans and figures depicting the ship s architecture and construction, her deck plan, rigging, sails, armament, boats, cables, anchors and accommodation. Fifteen of these are reproduced as large folding full-size sketches in the accompanying folding case. Part II, The Voyage (up the east coast of Australia), is a masterly synthesis of the Ships Log and the journals of James Cook, Sidney Parkinson and Joseph Banks, supplemented where illuminating and appropriate, by extracts from the journals of other members of the ship s complement, and with an interpretive commentary and clearly drawn explanatory charts. The Author, Ray Parkin, was born in Melbourne and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1928, spending eighteen years in the service. He was on board HMAS Perth in 1942 when the cruiser was sunk in Sunda Strait, killing two thirds of her complement. After the sinking Mr Parkin spent three and a half years as a Japanese prisoner of war in Java, on the Burma- Siam railway and in coal mines in Japan. His vivid accounts of these experiences in World War II were published by the Hogarth Press: Out of the Smoke (1960), Into the Smother (1963), and The Sword and the Blossom (1967). At the end of the war Mr Parkin completed a fine arts course. He worked on the Melbourne waterfront until his retirement in 1975 when he went to London to continue his research on the Endeavour. H. M. Bark Endeavour, is an absorbing book: discursive, erudite, at times poetic; full of wisdom, insight and information. It is an ESSENTIAL companion and supplement to the standard works on Cook s voyages. #49819 A$450.00

40 40 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Parkinson, Sydney: A JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, in His Majesty s Ship, The Endeavour. Faithfully transcribed from the Papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late Expedition, with Dr. Solander, round the World. Embellished with Views and Designs delineated by the Author, and engraved by capital Artists. Large 4to, Facsimile Edition; pp. [ii], xxiv, 212, [2](Errata & Directions to the Binder); portrait, map & 26 plates; original buckram; a fine copy; scarce. Adelaide; Libraries Board of South Australia; ***Australiana Facsimile Editions Number A34. Only 635 copies were printed. Facsimile of the First Edition, London, Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, the Editor, The work includes several native vocabularies. See HOLMES 7 and 49 for the interesting history of this work. #2234 A$550.00

41 41 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Pateshall, Nicholas. A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE IN H.M.S. CALCUTTA Edited with an Introduction by Marjorie Tipping. First Edition; pp. 96(last blank); frontis. (H.M.S. Calcutta), full-page plan of Port Phillip (Acting Lieut. Murray s chart), sketch of Sullivan Bay camp by G. P. Harris, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a nice copy in slightly faded d/w. (Melbourne); Queensberry Hill Press; ***The work includes an account (here published for the first time) of the abortive first settlement in what is now Victoria. #5181 A$50.00

42 42 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Peron, Francois, & Freycinet, Louis de: VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES, fait par Ordre du Gouvernement, sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les Annees 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, et 1804; Historique. Redige par Peron, et continue par M. Louis de Freycinet. Seconde Edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee par M. Louis de Freycinet, Capitaine de vaisseau, chevalier de S.-Louis et de la Legion-d Honneur, correspondant de l Academie royale des sciences de l Institut de France, et membre de plusieurs autres societes savantes; commandant du Casuarina pendant l expedition. Ouvrage enrichi d un superbe atlas compose de 68 planches, dont 27 coloriees. Tome Premier. [Second, Troisieme, Quatrieme]. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, rue Hautefeuille, No vols., post 8vo, text, & 1 vol., impl. 4to, Atlas; Second Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv](half-title, verso colophon, title, verso blank), [v]-xviii(preface by de Freycinet, dated June, 1824), [xix]-xxiv(names of officers, cadet-officers, scientists and artists of the expedition), 400; portrait of Peron as frontis.; Vol. II, pp. [iv](half title, verso colophon, title, verso blank), 532; Vol. III, pp. [iv], 432; Vol. IV, pp. [iv], 356(last blank, Page 355 misnumbered 356), [2](Errata, verso blank); contemporary French quarter calf with marbled sides (spine ends a little worn; some mild foxing here & there); a very good set. Paris; Arthus Bertrand; [with] VOYAGE DE DECOUVERTES AUX TERRES AUSTRALES. HISTORIQUE, Atlas par Mm. Lesueur et Petit. Seconde edition. Paris, Chez Arthus Bertrand, Libraire, rue Haute-Feuille. 2 parts, roy. 4to; [Part I], engraved title, with illustration within circle, 34 fine plates (numbered 2-7, 8-10, 12-14, 19, 21-24, 26, 28-31, 38-39, 41, 43-44, 48-55); [Part II], pp. [x](explanatory Table of Contents); double-page map (numbered 1) and 33 fine plates (numbered 8, 11, 15-18, 20, 25, 27, 32-34, 37, 40, 42, 45-47, and 56-68); in all comprising the double-page map of Australia from the surveys made on the voyage, but with Flinders names substituted for the French ones used for the first edition chart, 7 full-page charts, 2 fine double-page views (one of Sydney by Lesueur, & one of Timor), 27 fine hand-coloured engraved plates & 31 uncoloured plates including 2 of native music, 1 of native drawings and a plan of Sydney; the two parts as issued in contemporary French quarter calf, with green papered sides (the spine to the first part very worn and partly defective; some occasional foxing to margins and tissue interleaves but a fine set); very rare. Paris; Arthus Bertrand; ***The two parts of this atlas once belonged to Franklin H. Delano, the grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and carry his bookplate in the front of each part. The somewhat unusual arrangement of plates is clearly original, and not unprecedented. We have inspected a number of copies of this atlas with unusual plate arrangements and have had reports of various hybrid issues with a mix of plates from the two editions. The present copy is however quite complete with the full complement of second edition plates. It seems likely that these publisher s bindings were intended as temporary clothing only and would usually have been rebound, with the plates numerically ordered in a single volume of the purchaser s choice: this was the usual outcome, nearly all copies encountered today having been rebound either early and/or late in their history. See Ferguson 978 & 979; Wantrup 82; NMM cat. 640; Sabin 60999; this edition not in Hill. The superb plates in the atlas (25 more than in the first edition) include 12 portraits (5 coloured) of NAMED Aborigines by Nicholas Petit, 11 fine zoological plates (8 coloured), 17 of native weapons, artefacts including musical instruments, canoes, habitations, etc., 6 fine coloured plates of Timor & Solor natives, & 3 of Africans (2 coloured) and 11 fine zoological plates (8 coloured). The

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44 44 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number coloured plates are some of the finest ever done in an account of a voyage to Australia. The expedition, with two vessels, le Geographe and le Naturaliste, under the command of Nicolas Baudin, was sent in 1800 to conduct a cartographic survey of the Australian continent, and although at the time it was thought to be politically inspired, it was a purely scientific voyage. Louis-Claude de Freycinet was cartographer to the expedition, and was later to lead his own world voyage in the ships l Uranie and la Physicienne; while Francois Peron was naturalist. Unfortunately Baudin was not a particularly competent leader and his authority was constantly undermined by the scheming and politically motivated Peron. The voyage was also plagued by ill-health and at Mauritius on the voyage out, over 40 of the scientists and crew deserted. The expedition met with the Australian coast at Cape Leeuwin, and the two vessels becoming separated, sailed to Timor, where they were re-united. When eventually, after re-surveying parts of Van Diemen s Land, Baudin followed his original orders and commenced a survey of the south coast of Australia from the East, he met Flinders at Encounter Bay. After this meeting Baudin took the expedition to Sydney where the Geographe was refitted and the crew rested, and where it was decided to send the Naturaliste back to France with the specimens already collected (see below). To replace this vessel, the Casuarina was purchased from Governor King and Freycinet was put in command. While in Sydney, the aggressive Peron took advantage of his host s hospitality by preparing a report on the defences of the settlement which he later submitted to General Decaen with the recommendation that Sydney be destroyed at the earliest opportunity as it later might not be so readily achieved. After the stay in Sydney, the expedition returned to surveying the South Coast and discovered and charted the south coast of Kangaroo Island. After some further surveying along the west and north-west coast including a second visit to Timor, the expedition returned to France via Mauritius, where unhappily Baudin died. In spite of 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! Baudin s death meant that the official account of the expedition, was left in the hands of his arch enemy Peron and the barely more sympathetic Freycinet, and in the first edition of , Baudin s name is not even mentioned except to accuse him of causing all the misfortunes which befel the expedition. The first edition was complete in two parts: 1. The Partie Historique, 2 vols., 4to, text and 1 vol., 4to, atlas; and 2. The Partie Navigation et Geographie, 1 vol., 4to, text & 1 vol., folio, atlas. The very rare second part was not re-published but was available from the publisher of the present second edition, as indicated by the note on the verso of the half-title of vol. I: On trouve chez le meme libraire la partie Nautique et Geographique du Voyage aux Terres australes, par M. Louis de Freycinet; 1 vol. in-4, et atlas gr. in-fol. This second edition of the Partie Historique prepared by Freycinet was extensively revised from the first edition, and the maps of the Australian coastline with the French names which had preceded the publication of Flinders account, owing to his long imprisonment on Mauritius, were dropped from the atlas to be replaced by 25 new plates. Many of these new plates are of great importance to Australia, including 5 more portraits of aborigines to complement those which had also appeared in the first edition, the plate of aboriginal drawings and another of aboriginal music. The three plates of Africans also are new to this edition, as are 14 of the Timor plates, several of these in exquisite colour. #9759 A$55,000.00

45 45 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Peron, Francois. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, performed by Order of the Emperor Napoleon, during the Years 1801, 1802, 1803 and Prepared for the Press by M. F. Peron, one of the Naturalists appointed for the Expedition, & Member of the National Institute, &c., &c. And published in consequence of an Imperial Decree. Translated from the French. [Vol. I, all published]. 2nd Edn.; pp. 316; folding frontis. (Natives of New South Wales) & folding plate (view of Sydney); original full calf; a fine copy; scarce. (Melbourne; Marsh Walsh Publishing; 1975). ***Limited Edition of 350 numbered copies. Originally published by Richard Phillips, London, [Ferguson 485]. Only Volume I of the original French account of Baudin s Voyage was translated and published in book form. The second volume, by de Freycinet, was translated and published in the New Monthly Magazine in #22034 A$450.00

46 46 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Plomley, N. J. B. THE BAUDIN EXPEDITION AND THE TASMANIAN ABORIGINES Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. [xii], 248(last 3 blank); illustrated endpapers, full-page text map, col. frontis., 16 col. & 11 b/w. plates (incl. 4 maps), 4 b/w. text illusts., refs., notes, appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. Sandy Bay, Tasmania; Blubber Head Press; ***Edition limited to 1000 copies, numbered and signed by the Author. One of the finest books produced in Australia at the time and still one of the best: a book of which the author, the publisher and the printer can justly feel proud. With the bookplate of John Chapman. #99 A$750.00

47 47 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Price, A. Grenfell; Editor. THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK in the Pacific, as told by selections of his own journals Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 292; endpaper maps, mounted col. frontis., 10 full-page & 32 text drawings; original cloth; a fine copy in d/w. (Sydney); Angus and Robertson; (1969). ***Adapted from The Heritage Press edition, New York, #62774 A$75.00

48 48 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Renard, Julien. A MAJOR COLLECTION OF RARE AUSTRALIANA, PACIFIC VOYAGES AND OTHER BOOKS. To be sold at Auction by Leonard Joel. 29th, 30th and 31st August, Roy. 8vo (approx.); pp. xvi, 224; 8 full-page col. plates, 22 b/w. illusts. (mostly full-page), explanatory notes, table of book sizes, supplementary index, references; list of prices realised loosely inserted; stiff wrappers. Collingwood; Gaston Renard; ***921 lots including many great rarities and major & important works. All items are fully described, with detailed bibliographical notes and explanatory footnotes. In addition to the many items of rare Australiana and Pacific Voyages, there are sections of Australian Art Exhibition Catalogues, Australian Designer Bindings, Australian Art Photographs; and many books on Australian Art. This was the most important book auction to be held in Australia since the landmark sale of the F. G. Coles collection in 1965, and realised a total just over 2.4 million dollars, tripling the previous record, and many new records were set for individual items. #22160 A$85.00

49 49 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Rienits, Rex and Thea. THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK. Demy 4to, First Edition; pp. 160(incl. endpapers); 4 maps (1 double-page); numerous col. & b/w. photos; (some fullpage & double-page), index; original papered boards, gilt; a nice copy in d/w. London; Paul Hamlyn; (1968). ***Beddie 324. #5034 A$35.00

50 50 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Robson, John; Written and Edited by. THE CAPTAIN COOK ENCYCLOPAEDIA. 4to, First Edition; pp. 288; 8 col. plates, numerous b/w. illusts. & maps, 6 appendices, bibliog., index; original papered boards; a fine copy in d/w. London; Chatham Publishing; (2004). ***The treatment of bibliographical matters leaves much to be desired. #45887 A$60.00

51 51 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Schilder, Gunter. AUSTRALIA UNVEILED. The Share of the Dutch navigators in the discovery of Australia. Translated from the German by Olaf Richter. [Part One -- History. Part Two -- The Maps]. Cr. 4to, First Edition in English; pp. xii, 424; 44 plates (mostly maps), 61 text illusts. incl. many maps; plus 88 full-page maps in second part of work; bibliog., 3 indices; original cloth; a very good copy in worn d/w. Amsterdam; Theatrum Orbis Terrarum; ***From the library of Brigadier Lawrence Fitzgerald, author of Java La Grande, with his pencilled notes and lines in margins. #57615 A$350.00

52 52 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Scott, Ernest. LAPEROUSE. Small 4to, First Edition; pp. 104; 13 plates (incl. 1 folding & 2 full-page maps), 1 text illust.; original cloth; a nice copy. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1912). #41068 A$85.00

53 53 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Scott, Ernest. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MATTHEW FLINDERS, R.N. Thick demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xx, 492; 4 double-page & 6 full-page maps, 2 folding, 3 double-page & 2 full-page facsimile documents, 22 plates, chronology, 3 appendices, bibliog., index; original gilt decorated blue cloth of the primary issue (50 mm split at top of front joint; cancelled stamp of The Royal Historical Society of Victoria on front endpaper, but no other markings); a very good, clean copy; scarce. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; #5109 A$375.00

54 54 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Sharp, Andrew. THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA. First Edition; pp. xii, 340(last blank); 2 maps (1 folding) & 17 full-page map-plates, bibliog., extensive index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly worn d/w.; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; ***An important and useful reference history of Australian coastal discovery to #43366 A$250.00

55 55 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Tuckey, J. H. AN ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO ESTABLISH A COLONY AT PORT PHILIP IN BASS S STRAIT, on the South Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty s Ship Calcutta, in the Years By J. H. Tuckey, Esq., First Lieutenant of the Calcutta. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row; and J. C. Mottley, Portsmouth Demy 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi(last Errata), 212(last blank), [2](title to addenda, verso blank), 215-[240](Addenda, last advert.); old half calf, with marbled sides; a fine, clean copy, complete with the half-title; rare. London; Longman; ***Ferguson 418; Hill 1723; Wantrup, page 83; Borba de Moraes, page 870. With the signature of A. C. Arnold, Jan. 6th, 1806 on the title-page. Tuckey was First Lieutenant of the Calcutta, commanded by Captain Daniel Woodriff. This account describes the expedition, led by David Collins, which was to found a settlement at Port Phillip, but the attempt at settlement was soon abandoned in favour of the Derwent River in Tasmania. Tuckey, however, surveyed and charted the bay and its environs before the expedition left, and his account is the only contemporary published account of the abortive settlement. The Calcutta was accompanied on the voyage from England by the Ocean, a merchant vessel chartered to carry stores for the colonisation scheme. En route to Port Phillip the Calcutta visited Teneriffe and the Cape Verde Islands, Rio de Janeiro (of which a long account is given, including the slavery), Tristan d Acunha, Cape Town and Simon s Town, and the Island of St. Paul. Appendices include a List of Plants found at Port Philip (sic), Meteorological Journal for October-December at Port Philip, observations on the Timbers of New South Wales, and observations respecting selection of Convicts for transportation, and on the means of preserving health on the voyage. Tuckey later published an account of the first scientific expedition to the Congo or Zaire River. #5023 A$

56 56 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number Villiers, Alan. CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. Med. 8vo, First U.S. Edition; pp. xii, 308(last blank); 8 maps (incl. endpapers), 43 illusts. [incl. drawings by Adrian Small], appendix, bibliog., index; original cloth; a fine copy in slightly torn d/w.; scarce. New York; Charles Scribner s Sons; (1967). ***Beddie 321. #18352 A$110.00