- 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.