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Lot 245
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Macgillivray, John

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 GBP
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Description

  • Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake... including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisade Archpelago, etc. London: T. & W. Boone, 1852
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (213 x 130mm.), folding map, 13 plates, 2 engraved, the remainder lithographed, including 7 tinted, illustrations, later half calf, occasional slight spotting

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.