Nicholas, John Liddiard

Estimate

350 - 500 GBP

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Description

Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand. London: James Black and Son, 1817
Paper

FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (231 x 140mm.), (vol.1) xx, 432pp.; (vol.2) xii, 398pp., [ii pp. adverts], half-titles, 2 folding maps, 4 plates, original grey papered boards and spines, printed labels, uncut, red morocco-backed cloth box, binding slightly worn

Provenance

Lord FitzHardinge, Berkeley Castle, ownership inscription

Literature

Bagnall 4268; Ferguson 690

Catalogue Note

Nicholas accompanied Samuel Marsden on his historic mission to the Bay of Islands in December 1814 and was his close companion for the duration of the stay at the end of February 1815. "Nicholas's description, of the crowded days, the meetings with the leading chiefs, the short journeys, with his first impressions of the Maori culture are of the greatest value" (Bagnall).