An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island; Including the Journals of Governors Phillip and King Since the Publication of Phillip's Voyage. With an Abridged Account of the New Discoveries in the South Seas. ...

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London: Printed for John Stockdale Jany 1 1793. 8vo. Cloth (edges lightly flecked; corners bumped; top and bottom of spine worn). Gilt titling on spine. Uncut. (ii xxiv 17-526pp.). With engrv. portr. dec. title-page with vignette re-engraved too large for the volume fold. engrv. map and 1 fold. engrv. plate. Complete copy collating faithfully to F.153 including the publishers' advertisement on the final leaf of text stating "The following sheets contain but a small portion of the larger work of Captain Hunter from which they are abridged.... yet it is hoped the selection is such as will sufficiently gratify the curiosity of those who may not have leisure to peruse or are not desirous of purchasing the quarto edition". Sympathetic repair to fold. map. Slight soiling and water staining throughout including on frontisp. and title-page otherwise a good copy of the smaller version being first edition 2nd issue. This 8vo. issue is probably rarer than the 4to. issue (see F.152).