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Parkinson Sydney - A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas
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In His Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour. Faithfull 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. Printed for Stanfield Parkinson, the Editor: And Sold by Messrs Richardson and Urquart, at the Royal-Exchange, Evans, in Pater-Noster Row; Hooper, on Ludgate-Hill; Murray, in Fleet-Street; Leacroft, at Charing-Cross; and Riley, in Curzon-Street, May-Fair, first edition, 1773. Frontis portrait of Sydney Parkinson, xxiii (1) 212pp, 2 page Errata, complete with all plates and map of the coast of New Zealand, ex libris BP of Sir Henry Fitz Herbert, Bart, (3rd Baronet of Tissington and Archdeacon of Derby) and signature in pencil, finely bound in full red morocco with ornate gilt-tooled border, 6 raised spine bands, title and author in gilt and gilt fore-edges, marbled endpapers. A few pencil annotations, some offsetting from the plates and light foxing, otherwise a very good, clean, tight and complete copy of this scarce volume.
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