Lot 205
  • 205

Forrest, Captain Thomas.

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • A Voyage to New Guinea and the Moluccas, from Balambangan. London: G. Scott, 1779
first edition, 4to (286 x 225mm.), engraved portrait, 32 plates, maps and plans, some folding, directions to the binder at end, contemporary tree calf gilt, crowned monogram on upper cover, folding general map with clean tear (without loss), some light browning or offsetting, old ink signature of Gayling on verso of portrait showing through, binding rubbed, spine torn at foot and slightly worn

Provenance

Von Gayling, Ebnet, book label

Literature

Hill p.108

Catalogue Note

An early work on New Guinea, with extensive maps and coastal profiles.