London, printed for M. Jones by W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey, London,1802.. TITLE CONTINUED: and an account of the English colony from its foundation, to the present time. Enriched with beautiful coloured prints. FIRST EDITION 1802. 8vo, approximately 210 x 130 mm, 8¼ x 5 inches, engraved title page with hand coloured vignette of a black swan, hand coloured frontispiece of Sydney, plus 13 hand coloured plates, engraved by V. Woodthorpe, originally issued in parts, some stab holes visible in inner margins. Pages: (48 - title and contents table, dedication and introduction), 7-505, last page blank, W. Flint, Printer, Old Bailey, London at foot of last printed page, lacking half-title and Directions to the Binder, the latter were not always included in this edition, bound in modern quarter burgundy morocco over marbled sides, raised bands, gilt rules and gilt ship motif in compartments, 2 gilt lettered labels, new endpapers. Pale age-browning to text, occasional pale foxing to a few margins, occasional small stain, most of the fore-edge margin of page 265 torn off at sometime, and repaired, with loss of 3 first letters on verso, now inked in, plus1 word to recto, small light brown stain in margin of page 267, repairs to top corners of pages 301- 304, no loss of text, 1 plate (Manhood) has some small light creases, as though crumpled slightly at some time, another has a tiny closed tear to the margin neatly repaired. A good copy only. A second edition was issued the same year with several colour plates of Sydney that were also issued in the "An Account of a Voyage to New South Wales by Barrington". See: J. R. Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860, Volume II, No. 565 (with plate list); R. V. Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860 page 92-93; Plates: Town and Cove of Sydney, Black Swan on title, Male and Female Native, Manhood, Burning the Dead, Courtship, A Native Dog, Kangaroo, Bird of Paradise, Black Cockatoo, Horn Bill, Mountain Eagle, Emu, Blue Snake and Black and White Snake on the same plate, Botany plate with 5 images plus a full page woodcut of Church at Paramatta. George Barrington (1755-1804) was a notorious criminal known as 'The Prince of Pickpockets'. He served several sentences on board the prison hulks at Woolwich before being transported to Australia, where he later became Superintendent of Convicts and High Constable in New South Wales. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST
