Bligh (William). A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West-Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board said Ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ships's boat, from Topoa, one of the Friendly Islands to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies, 1st Dublin edition, Dublin: R. Fitzpatrick for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. M'Kenzie and others, 1792, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of Willliam Bligh, engraved plate of breadfruit, occasional marginal bio-predation and some light spotting, press cutting regarding the Mutiny, 1815 folded and contained in additional rear pocket, armorial bookplate of Owen Wynne, contemporary tree calf, rebacked and repaired with old label relaid, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Ferguson 127; Sabin 5910. With a cut and pasted inscription of William Bligh: '- most obedt. servant William Bligh' mounted on stiff paper, with neat note in a contemporary hand beneath, inserted at front. The first Dublin edition of Bligh's official account of the voyage and subsequent mutiny. The text was written and prepared by James Burney and Sir Joseph Banks from Bligh's journal, while the latter was on his second Breadfruit voyage.
Bligh (William). A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West-Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an Account of the Mutiny on Board said Ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in the ships's boat, from Topoa, one of the Friendly Islands to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies, 1st Dublin edition, Dublin: R. Fitzpatrick for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, W. M'Kenzie and others, 1792, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of Willliam Bligh, engraved plate of breadfruit, occasional marginal bio-predation and some light spotting, press cutting regarding the Mutiny, 1815 folded and contained in additional rear pocket, armorial bookplate of Owen Wynne, contemporary tree calf, rebacked and repaired with old label relaid, 8vo (Quantity: 1) Ferguson 127; Sabin 5910. With a cut and pasted inscription of William Bligh: '- most obedt. servant William Bligh' mounted on stiff paper, with neat note in a contemporary hand beneath, inserted at front. The first Dublin edition of Bligh's official account of the voyage and subsequent mutiny. The text was written and prepared by James Burney and Sir Joseph Banks from Bligh's journal, while the latter was on his second Breadfruit voyage.
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