Lot 314
New Guinea - Forrest, Captain Thomas.
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 4 September 2013 at 12:00 BST
£625
Description
A voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan. London: J. Robson, J. Donaldson [&c.], 1779. First edition, 4to, [24], 388, 13, [1], engraved frontispiece portrait and 32 engraved plates and maps, some folding, contemporary calf, occasional light spotting, rebacked, corners rubbed
Footnote
Provenance: Col. John VIncent Forrest, C.B., C.M.G., bookplate