Item #4132 The Cruise of the Beacon: A Narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass's Straits. Francis Russell Nixon.
The Cruise of the Beacon: A Narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass's Straits.

The Cruise of the Beacon: A Narrative of a Visit to the Islands in Bass's Straits.

London: Bell & Daldy, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. The account of the visit by the first Bishop of Tasmania, Francis Russell Nixon (1803 - 1879) to the islands in Bass's Straits, part of his large diocese which included King Island, the Furneaux group and Norfolk Island. Nixon is noted for his outspoken opposition to transportation and for his testimony before a House of Lords committee on the miserable state of the convicts in Tasmania. With a catalogue of publications for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at the rear.

Small 8vo, vi, 114pp and 24 pages of ads. Illustrated half title, frontispiece, 8pp wood engraved illustrations each with protective sheet . Original blue buckram, color heightened, causing the gilt title to be faint, light foxing on prelims, otherwise good copy. Ferguson 13424; Libraries Australia ID 27789324; OCLC: 225642088. Good +. Item #4132

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