The History of New South Wales, from its First Discovery to the Present Time
Author:
A LITERARY GENTLEMAN [PATERSON, GEORGE]
Title:
The History of New South Wales, from its First Discovery to the Present Time
Subtitle:
Comprising An Accurate and Interesting Description of the Vast and Remarkable Country; and of the Persons, Manners, and Customs, of the Natives; with a Succint Detail of the Establishment and Progress of the English Colony; Including Every Important
Publisher:
Mackenzie and Dent 1811
Description:
First edition first issue (lacks author's name), professionally rebacked in leather, octavo, full leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, folding map, chart at p41, plate at p109 (lacks one plate), 624pp, VG (library stickers to spine & front pastedown, small library stamps throughout, moderately heavy scuffing & scratching to boards & spine, pale green line across spine (paint?), tastefully reinforced gutters, slight surface loss to board corners & edges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, light foxing & creasing & faint library stamp to flding map, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy creasing to rear ep. Binding firm)
Keywords:
New South Wales Australia history Van Dieman's Land Norfolk Island
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