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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 #:
  179
• Lot Description:
  Reid, Thomas. Two Voyages to New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land
  with a Description of the Present Condition of that Interesting Colony, including Facts and Observations relative to the State and Management of Convicts of Both Sexes. Also Reflections on Seduction and its general consequences. Octavo, bound in half calf and marbled boards of the period. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822.
• Notes:
  First edition of a very scarce Australian voyage, and “a valuable account of the treatment of transported convicts” (Ferguson). Reid gives an account of two voyages to Australia on convict transports, in 1818 (Neptune, to Sydney) and in 1820 (Morley, to Hobart), on each of which he was Surgeon-Superintendent. Both Macquarie in Sydney and Sorell in Hobart spoke very highly of his performance, but Reid, whose feelings about transportation are made very clear in this book, refused any further appointment. Reid also gives a detailed account of the duties of Surgeons-Superintendent, which included devising measures during the voyage for the reformation of convicts. It was at the suggestion of social reformer Elizabeth Fry that he made the voyages, and the book is dedicated to her. Ferguson, 876; Ford, 1790.
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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