First edition. 8vo. Contemporary red morocco, gilt, black label to spine, a.e.g., rubbed, former owner's signature on title-page, opposite blank leaf with scratched out note, ms. pencil annotations. [4], 160pp. [London], 1788.
This handsome compilation was printed at an important time in the British Empire. Among others, it includes the discoverer of Pitcairn Island, Philip Carteret; George Byron; Skeffington Lutwidge; Horatio Nelson; Cook veterans Alexander Hood and James Burney; and Governors of New South Wales, Arthur Phillip, John Hunter plus the notorious William Bligh.
