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1804 English Colony in New South Wales by David Collins

Sold for A$800 at Sydney Rare Book Auctions on Sep 7, 2025.

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COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales… London, Cadell and Davies 1804, second edition. Quarto, xx, 562 pages, with the integral leaf of advertisements bound in. With a map and the folding chart of New Zealand, and a total of 24 uncoloured plates (including the portrait frontispiece of the author). Collated and complete. Some foxing, heavier at the plates and preliminaries, marginal stain affecting the title page and frontispiece, otherwise a very good copy in old boards, spine skilfully renewed in period style. Wantrup 21, Ferguson 390.

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