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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Colonial
• Sale Date:
  15 Jul 2018 ~ 12noon (AEST)
• Lot #:
  302
• Lot Description:
  PARKER, Mary Ann; Fry, Gavin (commentary) A Voyage Round the World, in the Gorgon Man of War: Captain John Parker
  Performed and Written by his Widow; For the Advantage of a Numerous Family [Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, 1991] Hardback octavo, quarter-bound, hand-bound maroon Scottish calf with gilt bands & title on spine & marbled paper boards, black & white drawings (commentary section & frontispiece). 181 pp. (Originally published in 1795, this facsimile is a limited edition of 675 copies.) Number One in the Australian Maritime Series.
• Notes:
  Accompanied by The Voyage of the Batavia by Francois Pelsaert (Number Two in the series), An Account of the Discoveries made in the South Pacifick Ocean by Alexander Dalrymple (Number Three) & A Voyage Round the World in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora by George Hamilton (Number Four]; all limited editions and published between 1991 - 1998. (4 vols.).
• Estimate:
  A$600 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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