journal of a voyage to new south wales with sixty five plates of non descript animals birds lizards serpents curious cones of trees and other natural productions de white john (10 resultados)

4to., (12 4/8 x 10 inches). Engraved title-page with a vignette view of Port Jackson (a bit spotted), one-page publisher's advertisement at beginning, list of subscribers, 4-page publisher's advertisement at end (page 157 with short closed tear affecting the text, one or two insignificant spots). 65 fine engraved plates after drawings by Sarah Stone, Mr. Catton, Mr. Nodder and others, all with original hand-colour. Uncut in a fine modern binding of calf, gilt, to an 18th-century style by Trevor Lloyd. Provenance: from the library of Michael Lerner, his sale, Bonhams, 16th April 2012, lot 5140 First edition, and an attractive copy of the deluxe edition with the fine plates hand-coloured, 2H4 and 2K4 are cancels. John white joined the navy in his twenties, and in 1786 "he became surgeon of the 'Irresistible', and four months later, on the recommendation of Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, he was appointed chief surgeon of the expedition to establish a convict settlement at Botany Bay. Of almost 1500 people in the eleven ships of the First Fleet 778 were convicts, many in poor health from long imprisonment. It is to the credit of White and his assistants that on the voyage of more than eight months there were only thirty-four deaths. Outbreaks of scurvy and dysentery and lack of accommodation for the sick were his first problems in the new colony. Within a year the incidence of sickness was greatly decreased, a hospital was built, and White, a keen amateur naturalist, found time to accompany Governor Arthur Phillip on two journeys of exploration. On joining the First Fleet White had begun to keep a journal, in which he made many notes of birds examined in the colony. In November 1788 he sent this to a London friend, Thomas Wilson; edited probably by Wilson it was published in 1790 as [here] "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales". Accompanying the text were sixty-five engravings illustrating the natural history and products of the colony, drawn in England from specimens sent by White, with descriptions by English specialists. He also sent drawings and possibly specimens for "The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay" (London, 1789). His own book was a big success. A German edition followed, and later there were translations into Swedish and French (Australian Dictionary of Biography online). Many artists were responsible for drawing the specimens that White sent back to England into the care of Sir Ashton Lever, including the celebrated Sarah Stone (ca 1760-1844). In addition to White's specimens Lever's Holophusikon contained a number of objects collected on Captain Cook's second and third voyages, which he commissioned Stone to paint in the 1770s, she continued to paint at the Leverian Museum throughout the 1780s and started painting the many ethnographical items in 1783. Abbey Travel 605: Ferguson 97; Hill 1858; Nissen ZBI 4390. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

Quarto,299 pp.,[iv] 65 handcoloured engraved plates, without advertisements. Later nineteenth century half calf and marbled boards, top edge gilt but other edges uncut, apart from some paper browning and a few spots all the plates well coloured, a handsome exceptionally large copy. White was chief surgeon of the First Fleet, and distinguished himself by overcoming serious medical problems in appalling conditions, both on the voyage out and when the settlement was founded. He was also a keen amateur naturalist and after arriving at Port Jackson found time to accompany Phillip on two journeys of exploration. Many important Australian animals are figured and described for the first time. Abbey 605; Ferguson 97; Ford 2495; Nissen ZBI 4390; Wantrup 17; Zimmer 672.

Quarto, engraved title and 65 hand coloured plates, bound with the list of subscribers, with the 4pp. advertisements and pp. 239/240 (describing the female wattle bird) and 255/256 (the superb warblers) present as cancels; en excellent copy in old half dark brown roan and marbled sides. A very good copy of the rare coloured issue, the deluxe version of the first edition of this famous First Fleet book in which the plates, by Sarah Stone, Frederick Nodder, and others, were coloured by hand. Especially in this form, White's Journal is one of the most beautiful of Australian colour-plate books, and one of the most attractive, as well as one of the earliest, Australian bird books. With Governor Phillip's Voyage to Botany Bay. - the two books produced by rival publishers - it paints a remarkable picture of the earliest days of the colonial settlement. The book was an immediate success on publication, with subscribers alone accounting for seven hundred copies, mostly of course for the issue with the engraved plates in black-and-white. It is a travel and ornithological classic by a medical voyager: John White was chief surgeon of the First Fleet, and overcame serious medical problems in appalling conditions both on the voyage out and when the settlement was founded. He was also a keen amateur naturalist and after arriving at Port Jackson found time to accompany Phillip on two journeys of exploration. On joining the First Fleet he had begun to keep a journal in which he made notes about birds in the new colony. It was this manuscript which formed the nucleus of his journal. The natural history content makes White's particularly noteworthy amongst the First Fleet journals. Many of the plates were drawn in England by leading natural history artists of the day, such as Sarah Stone and Frederick Nodder, from original sketches done in the colony. White's interest in natural history continued until he left New South Wales in December 1794. When the convict artist Thomas Watling arrived in the colony in October 1792 he was assigned to White and in the next two years made many drawings of birds for him. It is possible that White himself had some skill as an artist and that he was responsible for the original sketches of some of the engravings here. White's journal also contains a good description of the voyage from London, with long, detailed accounts of the stops at Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and of the colonial voyages to Norfolk Island. . Light spotting to title and dedication leaves; an excellent copy with very good original colouring.

4to. (11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches). First edition, deluxe issue. A2 a6 B-Pp4 Qq2 a-e4. 128 ff. [18] [1]-299 [39]. 356 pp. 65 finely hand-colored engraved plates. Engraved title-page vignette of the view in Port Jackson. Title, Dedication, Advertisement, List of Subscribers, List of Plates, White's Journal, Appendix, Diary of the Winds, Books Printed for J. Debrett, New Publications. Contemporary full calf with neat repairs to joints, spine ruled gilt into six compartments with gilt ornamental devices, second compartment with gilt-lettered red morocco titling-piece, with gilt-patterned board edges and armorial bookplate on front pastedown The rare hand-colored deluxe issue of White's beautifully illustrated First Fleet Journal with engravings after Sarah Stone: among the earliest and most desirable works of Australian exploration and natural history. The most important early work of Australian natural history. It is one of the first and most beautiful of Australian color-plate books. White served as surgeon general to the settlement of New South Wales and sailed with the First Fleet. His account is the best of the early descriptions of the natural history of the colony. "White's journal is of key importance to any collection of Australiana and is essential to a collection of Foundation books." [Wantrup] Hill adds that "the long appendix is very important as it describes the natural history of the new colony; the first major work of this sort." The volume includes a lengthy list of subscribers containing some seven hundred names, mostly for the uncoloured issue, which speaks to the contemporary interest in the South Pacific in the wake of Cook's voyages. The present copy is the elusive deluxe hand-colored issue. The magnificent plates are largely after drawings by Sarah Stone and Frederick Nodder, based on the natural history specimens sent by White back to London. A prolific and highly accomplished painter of natural history subjects in London between 1777 and 1806, Stone worked for Sir Ashton Lever, documenting Lever's vast private collection of ornithological, zoological, and ethnographical specimens. Access to specimens collected by Cook's early voyages inspired Stone to create the most significant portfolio of paintings and published engravings of Australian birds, amply demonstrated by this volume. When the artist Thomas Watling, a convict, arrived in the colony in October 1792, he was assigned to White and over the next two years made numerous drawings of birds for him. It's possible White also was responsible for some of the original sketches for the engravings herein. White's journal also contains a description of the voyage from London, with long, detailed accounts of his sojourns at Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town, and Norfolk Island. Abbey Travel, 605. Ayer/Zimmer, 672. Casey Wood 626. Crittenden, A Bibliography of the First Fleet 248. Davidson, pp.81-86. Ferguson, 97. Ford 2495. Hill 1858. Nissen ZBI 4390. Wantrup 17. Zimmer 672.

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1790. 4to. Contemporary calf with gilt spine and morocco label (rebacked). (xviii, 300, 36, ivpp.). With title-page vignette and 65 hand-coloured plates. Original marbled end-papers bound in. Foxing on title-page, dedication, front advertisement and back end-papers. Some off-setting present and archival tape repair on pp. 1 of the dedication, otherwise a fine copy of the first edition. 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.

hardcover. Condición: very good(-). First. Engraved title and 65 hand-colored engraved plates. (18), 299, (35)pp. Thick 4to, contemporary 1/2 calf (quite worn and both hinges broken; title detached and chipped at edges; light foxing to plates, mostly to the margins, and with about 1/3 totally clean). London: J. Debrett, 1790. First edition. Ferguson 97.

[18],299,[40]pp., including [4]pp. publisher's advertisements, plus sixty-five engraved plates. Engraved titlepage. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter calf and paper-covered boards, spine decoratively gilt in panels, with red morocco label. Small label at foot of spine, red ink stamp (Röttger Graf von Veltheim) on verso of titlepage. Moderate wear to boards and extremities, hinges a bit loose but still holding strong. Light scattered foxing, occasional light offsetting from plates, but interior very clean overall. Very good. John White, chief surgeon to the settlement in New South Wales, was also an accomplished naturalist and herein describes the animals he discovered during his exploratory journeys in the new colony. The fine colored ornithological and other natural history plates are most attractive. The journal includes an important account of a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro, to Cape Town, and of other colonial voyages to Norfolk Island. Includes a subscribers list containing some seven hundred names, which speaks to the contemporary interest in the South Pacific in the wake of Cook's voyages. "White's account contains many circumstances omitted by Governor Arthur Phillip and others. The long appendix is very important as it describes the natural history of the new colony; the first major work of this sort" - Hill. Some copies, unlike this example, were issued with the plates colored. FERGUSON 97. WANTRUP 17. HILL 1858. NISSEN ZBI 4390.

London: Printed for J. Debrett Piccadilly 1790. Quarto bound in contemporary calf-backed rubbed marbled-paper boards with vellum-tipped corners. Morocco titling-label to spine. 18 300 36 4 pp. With engraved title-page title-vignette and 65 magnificent full-page copper engraved plates. Complete with the List of Subscribers and the 4pp. of advertisements for Debrett's New Publications at the end. The Appendices consist of Natural History illustrations and accompanying scientific descriptions; a record of the Deaths between December 1786 and July 1788; and the 36-page 'A Diary of the Winds Weather Temperature of the Air &c. with the different Latitudes and Longitudes in a Voyage to Port Jackson New South Wales' comprising full-page tables dated May 1787 to January 1788 with the last entry being made on 25 January. Some light foxing.1st edition. John White circa 1757-1832 was Surgeon-General to the First Fleet and the Settlement at Port Jackson from 1787 to 1794 when he returned to England. A keen amateur naturalist he accompanied Governor Arthur Phillip on two journeys of exploration adding notes and records to the journal which he had begun on his journey south in 1787. The journal together with specimens of the flora fauna and artefacts he had collected on his travels was sent to England to be edited by White's friend Thomas Wilson. Interest in the new colony was so great that in the lead-up to its publication on 29 December 1789 White's book generated 700 subscribers one of whom was the celebrated botanist Sir Joseph Banks. The book proved to be a huge success and in the next few years was translated into French German and Swedish. White's Journal provides one of the earliest accounts of the settlement in New South Wales. Perhaps even more importantly it is also Australia's first book of natural history. NOTE: Whilst there has been a plethora of analysis and discussion by Australian bibliophiles regarding the variant points of Debrett's first edition of White's Journal in so far as coloured versus black/white copies are concerned there can be no question that more coloured copies than the original b/w copies appear on the market. One can only assume that this is the result of subsequent colouring making copies in their as issued b/w state increasingly scarce.

facsimile).Folio,299 pp.65 plates in two states, coloured and uncoloured, and vignette view from the original title-page; handsome green morocco (in a trial binding, similar to that ultimately adopted but the green morocco a darker shade), gilt edges, enlarged format, with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard. Edition limited to 212 copies, of which this is number 204, with the plates in two states. John White was chief surgeon of the First Fleet, and was particularly successful in overcoming serious medical problems in appalling conditions, both on the voyage out and when the settlement was founded. He was also a keen amateur naturalist and after arriving at Port Jackson found time to accompany Phillip on two journeys of exploration. On joining the First Fleet he had begun to keep a journal in which he made notes about the birds in the new colony. Abbey 605; Ferguson 97; Ford 2495; Nissen ZBI 4390; Wantrup 17; Zimmer 672.

4to, 300pp. Black & white illustrations. A near fine hardback copy bound in canvas. . "Physician Travelers" Series.