Captn. Thos Forrest, 1779 / J.K. Sherwin del. , Sharp sculpt.

P1/2111

series

1779

Graphic Materials, Prints

918054

Digitised

1 print - etching - 27 x 20.9 cm

Out of copyright: created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Frontispiece to: A voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan : including an account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other islands... performed in the Tartar galley, belonging to the honourable East India Company, during the years, 1774, 1775, and 1776 / by Captain Thomas Forrest . To which is added, a vocabulary of the Magindano tongue. Dublin : Printed for Messrs. Price, W. and H. Whitestone, Sleater, Potts, Williams, Moncrieffe, Walker, Jenkin, Hallhead, Beatty, Exshaw, and White, 1779.¶¶"Published by the Author as the Act directs, Jany. 30th 1779" and "Aetat 50, Midn. in the Navy in 1745" -- printed on the lower edge¶¶The Library holds several copies of the complete first edition and access to an online edition is available through the printed books catalog

Transferred from P1/Forrest, Thomas (BM), February 2011

Published details on the lower edge include title, coat-of-arms, artist and engraver