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A Brief Account of the Colony of Port-Jackson
2005réf. 0033588Melbourne: Edition Renard 2005. Eighth Edition. Softcover Paperback. Fine Condition. 22cm x 13cm. vi 42 pages. French fold wrappers paper label onlaid. in New South Wales; Its Native Inhabitants Productions &c. &c. By George Bond. First published by the Author at Southampton in 1803 and reprinted for Him at Oxford London Cork and Dublin in various Years to about 1810. Eighth Edition faithfully reprinted from the first incorporating the additions and corrections of the later editions. Edited with bibliographical notes by Julien Renard. Limited Edition of 100 copies within a total edition of 200 numbered copies and now first published since about 1810. All the original editions are of great rarity. No copies of the 2nd or 3rd editions have been recorded and the first Southampton 1803 edition is extremely rare while the 4th Oxford 1806 5th London 1809 5th i.e. 6th Cork undated and 6th i.e. 7th Dublin also undated editions are all very rare. The work is of considerable importance as one of the few accounts of Hunter's period as Governor. Hunter was dissatisfied with Bond's behaviour in the colony and complained of him in dispatches. Hunter was instructed to return him to England and Bond left the colony under a cloud in 1800 but his narrative was evidently very popular. He gives an account of the operation of the convict system and the economic corruption in the colony and describes early efforts to encourage free settlers. He includes also comments on the Aborigines and on the natural history of the colony including much from first-hand experience. See FERGUSON 480; WANTRUP pp. 91-3. Category: Travel & Exploration; AustraliaNew South Wales; 21st Century: 2000-2009; ISBN: 1920738118. ISBN/EAN: 9781920738112. Inventory No: 0033588. BZDB407 Travel & Exploration; AustraliaNew South Wales; 21st Century: 2000-2009; Unbranded ISBN: 1920738118 EAN: 9781920738112 George Bond; Julien Renard A Brief Account of the Colony of Port-Jackson Edition Renard paperback
