Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales.

This is a rare or used book from the Berkelouw Rare Books Department.

London: Printed for J. Debrett 1790. 4to. Uncut large paper copy in orig. marble-paper boards with printed paper titling label to spine. (xviii 300 36 ivpp.). With engraved title-page and 65 full-page copper engrv. plates. With the Debrett's advertisement at end. Complete copy rare in this desirable condition. 1st ed. Scarce. NOTE: White was Surgeon-General to the Settlement and went out to Australia in 1787 with the convict Transports in charge of H.M.S. Sirius. He gives an extremely interesting account of the voyage and of early life in New South Wales. The work is of extreme importance as it is the first natural history book on Australia to be published after the arrival of the First Fleet.