Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of his Voyage in the Schooner Francis : 1798. Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders, Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c.,

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SCARCE & DESIRABLE. First Edition. 100 p. : ill., 1 map ; 32 cm. #260 of the Limited Edition of 750 copies. #010823

“Matthew Flinders’ Narrative has been designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, on Arnold’s mould-made paper in 16 pt. Aldine ‘Bembo” type, with ‘Centaur’ initials, designed by Bruce Rogers, and ‘Lyons’ capitals, designed by Louis Perrin, upon the model of Latin inscriptions, in 1846. Composition and presswork … at the Chiswick Press, has been finished on the 30th day of October, 1946 … The Edition is limited to 750 copies.

• Copied from the original manuscript in the Public Library of Victoria which is entitled : Narrative of an expedition to Furneaux Islands on the coast of New South Wales, in the Port Jackson colonial schooner Francis / by Mattw. Flinders.
• Rex Nan Kivell Collection
• Hallstrom Pacific Collection

• Bass, George, 1771-1803
• Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814
• Francis (Ship)
• Sydney Cove (Ship)
• Australia — Discovery and exploration

(Note: Some age mottling to cloth covers.)