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Author Collins, David, 1756-1810.
Title An account of the English colony in New South Wales : 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 by David Collins, Esquire, late judge advocate and secretary of the colony ; illustrated by engravings ; [Five lines of quotation].
Publication Info. London : Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand, 1798-1802.
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 Rare Books Large  Z-L C7121 A2  v.1    IN LIBRARY
 Rare Books Large  Z-L C7121 A2  v.2    IN LIBRARY
Description 2 v : ill. (3 col.), maps (1 folded) ; 29 cm. (4⁰)
Note Pagination, v. 1: xx, xxxviii, [2], 617, [3] p., [23] leaves of plates; v. 2: xvi, 335, [1] p., [9] leaves of plates.
Printer statement, v. 2: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street.
List of engravings: p. [619], v. 1; p. [336], v. 2.
Indexed In: Ferguson, 263, 350
ESTC T145091
Local Note Library copy imperfect, lacking half-title and frontispiece in v. 2. Binding: tree calf, rolls on edges.
Subject Bass, George, 1771-1803.
Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.
New Zealand -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.
Maori (New Zealand people) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.
New South Wales -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800.
Genre or Form Engravings -- England -- London -- 1798.
Added Author Lowry, Wilson, 1762-1824, engraver.
Lowry, Wm., engraver.
Neele, Samuel John, 1758-1824, engraver.
Heath, James, 1757-1834, engraver.
Neagle, John B., ca. 1796-1866, engraver.
Strahan, Andrew, d. 1831, printer.
Cadell, Thomas, 1773-1836, bookseller.
Davies, William, d. 1820, bookseller.
King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808.
Bass, George, d. 1812?
Note Vol. 2 has title: An account of the English colony in New South Wales, from its first settlement, in January 1788, to August 1801 ... and an account of a voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr. Bass ... Abstracted from the journal of Mr. Bass


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