Collins, D

An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement, in January 1788 to August 1801.....to which are added some particulars of New Zealand...

London: Cadell, 1798. 1st Edition. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. 1798, 1802. Vol. 1,18 plates, 2 charts, one folding, 4 vignettes. Vol.2, frontispiece,4 of 5 plates plates, lacking emu, 3 vignettes. Contemporary half-calf, decorated spines, marbled boards, two hinges worn and two boards detached. The hand-coloured natural history plates are in good condition and the text remarkably clean in both volumes. worth recasing. Collins seminal work, covering the years January 1788 to August 1801. Good. Item #020942

Price: $14,500.00 NZD