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The Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen's Land: Comprising a Description of That Colony During a Six Months Residence [Prinsep's Journal: Tasmaniana Facsimile Editions].
Prinsep, Mrs A. (Elizabeth); Princep, Augustus; Brown, George Deas (introduction).
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Facsimile ed. Hardback small square quarto, no jacket as issued, very good plus condition, half leather binding (leather binding along spine and cover corners, raised bands & gilt decoration spine), marbled boards, full-page colour drawings (plates), blue-coloured paper, large foldout colour drawing at rear, tiny bookshop sticke…r bottom corner front pastedown. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 117 pp. Mrs A. Prinsep describes her sea voyage from Calcutta to Hobart Town in 1829 via various ships and Batavia, and her residence in Hobart Town. A private press (Melanie Press) facsimile of a book originally published in 1833 (Smith, Elder & Co., London). From original letters selected by Mrs Prinsep from Augustus Princep's journal. With biographical details of Augustus and Elizabeth Prinsep, plus index, by George Deas Brown. The original sketches were drawn during the years 1829 and 1830. The illustrations for this facsimile edition were produced by Jim Borham of Craftsman Press, Melbourne, from colour transparencies filmed by the Tasmanian Film Corporation. (Large colour foldout panoramic view of Hobart Town. Eleven colour plates. Morocco leather binding: no slipcase as this is the standard edition, rather than the additional deluxe edition of 25 copies. The text paper is Glastonbury Antique Blue. The endpapers are Lineweave Colonial Bass Strait blue. No. 51 of a limited edition of 300 copies, 1981. No. 3 in the 'Tasmaniana Facsimile Editions' series from Melanie Publications, a private press.).
