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..., first edition, Quarto, engraved portrait frontispiece of Bligh, three plates and four charts (all folding), a fine copy in full tan polished calf, spine richly decorated in gilt, early ownership inscription on title, London, George Nicol, 1792
Sold for
AU$ 6,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Ferguson 125; Hill 135; Sabin 5910; Wantrup 62a
Provenance:
The Owston Collection
Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana
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James Hendy
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2021
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Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana
Dalia Stanley
Bonhams
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2021
Australia
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Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana
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