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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Dayes, Edward, after sketches by Thomas Watling (illustratore). 1st Edition. COLLINS, David. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales: with Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, &c. of the Native Inhabitants of that Country. To which are added, some Particulars of New Zealand; compiled, by permission, from the MSS. of Lieutenant-Governor King. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1798. Together with: COLLINS, Lieutenant-Colonel David. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801. with an Account of a Voyage performed by Captain Flinders and Mr. Bass. London: Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1804. First edition of 1798 paired with the revised and expanded second edition of 1804. Ferguson 263 and 390; Wantrup 19 and 21. Complete with all maps and plates called for in the respective editions. Two quarto volumes. Finely bound as a uniform set in full tree calf, the mottled boards enclosed within elaborate gilt foliate borders; spines densely gilt in compartments with red morocco title labels and dark green morocco edition labels; marbled endpapers and speckled edges. An exceptional pairing of David Collins's foundational account of New South Wales, the earliest substantial historical account of Australian settlement. Collins sailed with the First Fleet and served as Judge-Advocate and Secretary to Governor Arthur Phillip, placing him at the centre of the colony's administration and giving him unusual access to its earliest development, hardships and encounters with Aboriginal communities. His 1798 account was the most detailed history of the new colony published up to that date. The importance of this set lies in the combination of two complementary forms of Collins's work. The 1798 first edition preserves his earliest published account of the colony during its formative First Fleet years. The accompanying 1804 second edition is not the original continuation volume of 1802, but a revised and expanded single-volume treatment of the history through August 1801, with later material and a richer suite of illustration. The 1798 volume records the establishment and administration of the settlement, the natural environment, and Collins's observations of Aboriginal people, customs and ceremonies. Its engraved material includes early views of the colony and significant representations of Indigenous Australian subjects, prepared by Edward Dayes after sketches associated with Thomas Watling. This copy is complete with all maps and plates required for the edition, including the portrait of Collins and the view of the Governor's House at Rose Hill, Parramatta. The 1804 expanded second edition considerably enriches the pairing. It includes the account of the voyage undertaken by Matthew Flinders and George Bass, by which the strait separating Van Diemen's Land from mainland Australia was established. It is particularly desirable for its natural history illustration, including three hand-coloured plates, among them the celebrated Menura, or lyrebird. This volume is likewise complete with all maps and plates called for. Together, the books present both the origin and development of Collins's history: the immediate 1798 account beside its revised form, enhanced with Bass and Flinders exploration material and coloured natural history illustration not present in the earlier volume in this form. Uniformly bound, they form a handsome and historically revealing set. Internally with scattered foxing, browning and light offsetting in places, commensurate with an illustrated work of this date. The maps and engraved plates retain good clarity, while the hand-coloured plates in the 1804 edition are particularly attractive. A superbly bound and complete pairing of the first edition of Collins's earliest substantial historical account of Australian settlement with its expanded and illustrated second edition of 1804.

Condizione: Good. 4to. 26.2 x 25 cm.Contemporary straight-grain morocco blind-stamped decorative gilt border, extremities rubbed. 64 leaves, LXIII leaves of plates : ill. .,.additional engraved title and 63 engraved views by Angus after Sandby, Turner, Nattes & others, each with explanatory leaf of text, spotting and foxing throughout,.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:22224907.Engraved title page.First issued 1787-[1797] with 48 plates. Reissued in 1815 with an additional 15 plates; these 63 plates are dated 1787-1815Some leaves have printing on verso.

Aquatint and etching, small abrasion mark in sky, Showing Queen Square in Bloomsbury which at this period was open on one side to see the vista towards Hampstead.

Hand-coloured aquatint, printed on wove paper. The plate is inscribed: "To the Right Honble. Earl of Radnor." Very good condition apart from some minor foxing, a skillfully repaired tear in the left margin, and slight yellowing of the paper due to age. One of a pair of views of the historic town of Salisbury by Francis Jukes, one of the greatest English exponents of the art of aquatint, after a work by the landscape painter Edward Dayes. Francis Jukes was a prolific engraver, who was chiefly known for his topographical prints, the bulk of which he executed in aquatint. He contributed numerous plates to various publications including Walmsley's Views in North Wales (1792-4) and Campbell's A Journey in Scotland (1802) and collaborated on several projects with the engraver and publisher Robert Pollard. Cf. Dictionary of National Biography.

A pair of mezzotints with added hand colour. Both in good condition (Child Bird-nesting) has some worm damage in the margins, and (Children Nutting) has a few tears in margins one of which extends into the image. Image size: 17 1/4 x 21 5/8 inches. A pair of beautiful images after Morland, the master of English genre painting. George Morland was one of the most successful genre painters of his time, creating, during his industrious career, some of England's most cherished paintings. At an early age Morland displayed his artistic genius, he learned to paint at three and exhibited his first work at the Royal Academy at the mere age of ten. He was a prodigious painter, producing more than 4000 paintings during the entirety of his career, and sometimes painting two or three works in a day. His beautiful idealistic scenes were a favorite source of inspiration for contemporary engravers, and as many as 250 separate engravings were done of his paintings during his lifetime. His brother-in-law, William Ward, engraved a great number of his paintings reproducing in print his endearing paintings of English country life. Ward's engravings after Morland are some of the most beautiful prints of the period; they combine fine technical skill and inspired artistic imagination to create enduring images that speak of the taste and beauty of the age.