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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Denis Joachim Collection
• Sale Date:
  19 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 1: Lots 1 - 321
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 10am - Session 2: Lots 322 - 480
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 2pm - Session 3: Lot 481 - 688
  20 Jun 2016 ~ 6pm - Session 4: Lots 689 - 818
• Lot #:
  13
• Lot Description:
  Shillibeer, John. A Narrative of the Briton’s Voyage to Pitcairn’s Island
  Octavo, with a frontispiece and 15 illustrations on eleven etched plates (two folding and one in sepia) by the author, uncut in the original boards, the spine label renewed. London, Law and Whittaker, 1817.
• Notes:
  Extremely scarce: the second – first London – edition. Shillibeer’s account of the voyage of the Briton records what was only the second visit (in September 1814) to Pitcairn Island since it had been settled by the mutineers. This London edition followed quickly. There was a further London edition in 1818. Shillibeer’s is an “engaging account” that includes “noteworthy details about the mutiny of the Bounty, gleaned from a meeting with the last survivor, John Adams, when the ship called at Pitcairn Island. The Briton first visited Rio de Janeiro. From Brazil the vessel was ordered into the Pacific to search for the American frigate Essex, then threatening British whalers in those waters. Interesting information regarding Captain David Porter, of the Essex, and his proceedings in the Marquesas is included” (Hill). A delightfully idiosyncratic work, Shillibeer’s book is illustrated with charming “etched plates – all after his own drawings – which have an appealing naïveté. One can only admire the eccentricity of his view of Juan Fernandez being printed in ochre – as it is ‘the native colour of that island’…” (Ellis catalogue). Another of the plates is a portrait of Friday Christian, while another gives a view of Pitcairn Island. Ferguson, 697; Hill 2, 1563 (Taunton edition); Kroepelien, 1186 (Taunton edition); Sabin, 80484.
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 900
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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