An account of the English colony in New South Wales, . from its first settlement in January 1788, to August 1801: with remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners, &c. of the native inhabitants of that country. To which are added, some particulars of New Zealand; compiled, by permission, from the mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King: and an account of a voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr. Bass; by which the existence of a strait separating Van Diemen's Land from the continent of New Holland was ascertained. Abstracted from the journal of Mr. Bass. By Lieutenant-General Collins, ... Illustrated with numerous engravings.
David Collins
Category
Books
Date
1804
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Owletts, Kent
NT 3153301
Summary
Bibliographic description
xvii,[3],562p., plates . 4to.Newspaper picture of the ‘arrival of a new liner’ (P&O Strathnaver) at Sydney Harbour, January 13, 1932. Manuscript at foot of imprint relating to a printed statement above "...a wise State will direct that severity to the greatest moral and political good." "v. The splendid manhood who fought in the War. 1914-18". Provenance: inscribed in ink: Ex libris Edw. Burton / Brooklyn Bexley’, and in pencil: ‘Herbert Baker / Owletts Cobham Kent. Quarter calf, grey paper boards, red spine-label, gold-lettered.
Makers and roles
David Collins David Collins (1756-1810)