The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay : with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island / compiled from authentic papers which have been obtained from the several departments. To which are added, the journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball & Capt. Marshall with an account of their new discoveries
- Bib ID:
- 88934
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. Selected plates from GMMq 994.4 PHI copy
- Description:
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- London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1789
- 6, viii, x, 298, lxxiv pages, 55 leaves of plates : illustrations, charts, maps, portraits ; 29 cm.
- Series:
- Hallstrom Pacific Collection.
- Notes:
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- "... some copies with the plates of natural history hand coloured."--Ferguson.
- Port. of Phillip as frontispiece.
- National Library of Australia's MS7887 copy fully bound in leather with gilt decorations; signed and inscribed by Frederick Watson, 'This copy possesses the rare first impression of the Vulpine Opossum facing page 150 with the misprint Wulpine'.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (FC1) copy - labelled FCq F47 (FC1) - is half bound in calf with faded marbled boards; stamped 'B.J.W. Sampson, "Springfield", Kurrajong Heights, New South Wales' and bears bookplate of the Ferguson Collection National Library of Australia; lacks errata.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (FC2) copy is fully bound in calf with gilt decorations; bears bookplates Ex Libris John A. Ferguson and the Ferguson Collection National Library of Australia; incl. errata.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (N, NL) copy is fully bound in brown leather with gilt decorations, marbled endpapers and edges; incl. errata; Petherick stamp.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (N2, NL) copy is half bound in brown leather with marbled boards with some col. plates; bears bookplate of Lord Henry Cholmondeley.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (N3, NL) copy is fully bound in leather with gilt decorations; annotated in pencil throughout, especially the appended list of convicts (e.g. re character, dates of death) with references to Collins; copy of a manuscript document headed 'Botany Bay', showing numbers of cultivated acres and live stock as at 23rd August, 1798, tipped in after p.iv; bound with: Extracts of letters from Arthur Phillip, Esq., Governor of New South Wales, to Lord Sydney (Ferguson, 116).
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (N4, NL) copy is half re-bound in brown leather with marbled boards, incl. col. plates.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (N5, NL, GE6908) copy is fully re-bound in brown leather.
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (N6, NL, 1078) copy is fully bound in leather with gilt decorations; inscribed in ink on t.p. [unable to read], and in pencil, Julian Thomas Feb. 1884; wants plate facing p.82.
- National Library of Australia's GMMq 994.4 PHI copy is fully bound in calf with gilt decorations and marbled endpapers; booksellers advertisements tipped in and loosely inserted; bears the bookplates of Rev. J.C. Gape and Ex Libris Gregory M. Mathews; incl. col. plates.
- National Library of Australia's NK654 copy is quarter bound in cream paper with marbled boards, in half leather bound solander box with blue cloth, gilt decorations and five raised bands; bears bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1789/5); broken spine.
- National Library of Australia's NK1425 copy is fully bound in calf, in half leather bound solander box with green cloth, gilt decorations and five raised bands; box bears bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1789/6) and volume bears the armorial bookplate of Charles Barnett (x2).
- National Library of Australia's NK3799 copy fully bound in brown leather with gilt decorations, five raised-bands, marbled boards and yellow dyed edges; with 14 col. plates from: White, John. Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (Ferguson, 97); bears the bookplates of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1789/11).
- National Library of Australia's
- National Library of Australia's SRq 528 copy is from the Hallstrom Pacific Collection.
- Selected plates from GMMq 994.4 PHI copy also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-32720671
- Cited In:
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- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 47
- Wantrup, J. Australian rare books, 1788-1900, 5
- Subject:
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- Convict ships -- Early works to 1800
- First Fleet, 1787-1788 -- Early works to 1800
- Voyages and travels -- Early works to 1800
- New South Wales -- Description and travel -- To 1850 -- Early works to 1800
- New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Early works to 1800
- Norfolk Island -- History -- Early works to 1800
- Other authors/contributors:
- Exhibited:
- National Library of Australia's FRM F47 (FC1) copy exhibited: "Treasures Gallery", National Library of Australia, May-November 2019.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1945
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1789
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