| Author |
Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 |
| Title |
Matthew Flinders' narrative of his voyage in the schooner Francis, 1798 : preceded and followed by notes on Flinders, Bass, the wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c. / by Geoffrey Rawson ; with engravings by John Buckland Wright. |
| Spine title |
Flinders' Narrative |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
London : Golden Cockerel Press, 1946. |
| Description |
100 p. : ill., 1 map ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
Copied from the original manuscript in the Public Library of Victoria which is entitled : Narrative of an expedition to Furneaux Islands on the coast of New South Wales, in the Port Jackson colonial schooner Francis / by Mattw. Flinders. |
| "Matthew Flinders' Narrative has been designed, produced, and published by Christopher Sandford at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, on Arnold's mould-made paper in 16 pt. Aldine 'Bembo" type, with 'Centaur' initials, designed by Bruce Rogers, and 'Lyons' capitals, designed by Louis Perrin, upon the model of Latin inscriptions, in 1846. Composition and presswork ... at the Chiswick Press, has been finished on the 30th day of October, 1946 ... The Edition is limited to 750 copies. Nos: 1-100 are bound in full green morocco" -- Colophon. |
| Local note |
Edwards copy is no. 321. |
| Subjects |
Flinders, Matthew, -- 1774-1814 |
| Bass, George, -- 1771-1803 |
| Sydney Cove (Ship) |
| Francis (Ship) |
| Australia -- Discovery and exploration |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Sandford, Christopher |
| Rawson, Geoffrey |
| Buckland Wright, John, 1897-1954 |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
Chiswick Press |
| Golden Cockerel Press |
| Call number |
EDWARDS 910.45 FLI |
