Banks, Sir Joseph: THE ENDEAVOUR JOURNAL OF JOSEPH BANKS 1768-1771. Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. 2 vols., med. 8vo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxviii, 476; 5 sketch maps, 10 coloured plates, 6 b/w. plates to Introduction, 40 b/w. plates at end; Vol. II, pp. xvi, [ii], 406; folding map & 3 sketch maps, 6 coloured plates & 40 b/w. plates at end, 5 appendices, index; original cloth; (name of former owner on endpapers); a fine set in slightly worn dustwrappers. (Sydney); The Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson; (1962).
***Beddie 705. Published from the original manuscript in the Mitchell Library, this is the first publication of BANKS' Complete Journal of COOK's First Voyage. Most of the illustrations are from paintings and drawings by SYDNEY PARKINSON, who accompanied BANKS as his draughtsman. #21897
