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New York: Arno Press & The New York Times., 1971. Facsimile edition. Quarto. Publisher's original red-brown cloth. Patterned endpapers. Illustrated with numerous black and white plates depicting the fauna of New South Wales. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little bumping to the corners. The contents with light foxing to the endpapers and to the edges of the textblock are otherwise in very good order. A facsimile edition of the original 1790 edition of White's account - the first work concerning the natural history of Australia to published after the arrival of the First Fleet.

[Original manuscript]., [1865]. Oblong (41.5 x 27.5cm). Early twentieth-century half brown morocco over brown linen; the boards ruled in gilt; the spine with five raised bands, ruled in gilt. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Engraved armorial bookplate for William Henry Willatt of Reighton Hall, East Yorkshire, to the front pastedown. Manuscript introductory note in ink by W. H. Willatt (the creator, Isaac Willatt's, son) dated 1934, affixed to the front free endpaper, and with additional presentation note to his grandaughter verso. The contents comprising 22 sheets of thick paper, each with a fine pen and ink drawing by Isaac Willatt to the recto (versos blank), numbered and captioned beneath. Condition is very good, the binding square and tight with a couple of minor marks to the upper board and a little rubbing to the extremities. The contents with a diagonal crease to the blank front endpaper, some light scattered foxing and occasional finger-marking to page margins are otherwise in very good… Read More