Live auction - Lot 997

[Australia]

[CLARK, John Heaviside]

Field sports, &c. &c. of the native inhabitants of New South Wales; with ten plates, by the author [...].

London, published and sold by E. Orme, printed by J.F. Dove, 1813

€ 400 / 500

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4to: [18] pp.

In ff.

First edition of this "slight Sketch of the Manners of the Natives of New Wales" (cfr dedication), complete with the 10 hand-coloured aquatints by M. Dubourg after Clark depicting scenes of hunting (kangaroo, "smoking out of the oppossum", throwing the spear), fishing, warriors, a trial, a dance and repose. Accompanied by explanatory descriptions. In 1814, it was published as supplement to "Foreign field sports, fisheries, sporting anecdotes, &c. &c. [...]".
Ref. Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, 551 & 577.

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Lot 997

Field sports, &c. &c. of the native inhabitants of New South Wales; with ten plates, by the author [...].

[CLARK, John Heaviside]

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