Exploration and Discovery, 1576-1939, The Library of Franklin Brooke- Hitching, Part 3, K-P

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Lot 819
  • 819

Macgillivray, John

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake... including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archpelago, etc. To which is added Mr. E.B. Kennedy's expedition for the exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. London: T. & W. Boone, 1852
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (220 x 137mm.), (vol.1) x, [ii], advert slip, 402pp., 8pp. adverts; (vol.2) iv, [ii], advert slip, 396pp., 12pp. adverts, folding map, 13 plates [2 engraved, the remainder lithographed, including 7 tinted], illustrations, original blindstamped light blue ribbed cloth, yellow endpapers, slipcase, covers somewhat faded

Provenance

Library of Matthew Boulton, pencil note (his sale, Christie's London, 12 December 1986, lot 137) 

Literature

Bagnall 3260; Ferguson 11972; Hill (2004) 1060; Wantrup 145

Catalogue Note

Macgillivray held the position of chief naturalist on this voyage of the Rattlesnake, which also included visits to Rio de Janeiro, Simon Bay, Sydney, Bay of Islands, and the Falkland Islands.