Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed 27 February 1857. Sydney : Government printer 1857. Foolscap folio string bound pp 1 15; marginal water damage at top edges else fine. 'Return to an Address from the Honorable the Legislative Assembly dated 10 February 1857 requesting that His Excellency the Governor General would be pleased to cause to be laid upon the Table - ""Copies of all Correspondence between the Government and all other persons with reference to the massacre of the crew and passengers of the brig ""Gazelle"" at Woodlark Island."" In late August 1855 the Gazelle under Captain W. T. Parkin had sailed from Sydney bound for Woodlark Island in the Trobriands having on board a quantity of stores for the Roman Catholic mission station there and a new missionary for the island the Italian clergyman Fr. Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi who was martyred in the massacre. In response to petitioning by the relatives of the victims the New South Wales government authorised a punitive expedition to Woodlark some two years after the event. unknown
Sydney: 1888. narrow folio 86 pp library markings last leaf chipped with no loss later side sewing into self wrappers good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Sydney: unknown
New York: William Bradford 1726. Folio. 12 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches. 10 124 i.e. 128 121-252 261-319 1 blank pp. mispaginated as issued. Woodcut arms of King George I on the title. Head of title clipped without loss of text and expertly repaired. Expertly bound to style in half calf over period marbled paper covered boards spine with raised bands in six compartments ruled in gilt on either side of each band red morocco lettering piece<br/> <br/>Provenance: Richard Price early owner's signature on title and manuscript additions to the final page of the table<br/> <br/>An early New York imprint from the press of William Bradford the "pioneering printer of the English middle colonies" DAB and first printer of New York.<br/> <br/>Bradford 1663-1752 originally settled in Pennsylvania where he began operating a printing press in 1685 and a bookstore in 1688. Controversies within the Quaker community with Bradford supporting the dissident George Keith led to the temporary seizure of his type and paper in 1692 and in 1693 he moved to New York. The present acts of Assembly cover the legislation passed between 1691 and 1725. Laws here include acts "for quieting and settling the Disorders that have lately happened within this Province" 1691 "for restraining and punishing Privateers and Pyrates" 1693 and 1698 and "against Jesuites and Popish Priests" 1700 as well as numerous acts "for Regulating Slaves" and one for "Baptizing them" 1706. Other Acts include those relating to Queen Anne's War as well as the continuing conflicts with the French and Indians. A major early New York imprint from the press of its first printer.<br/> <br/>Evans 2785; Tower 613. William Bradford unknown books
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