The Southern Cottus. The Flying Fish John White, c1790

$175.00

Antique Print of The Southern Cottus and The Flying-Fish from Australia.

Rare original copperplate engraving for keen amateur naturalist and Surgeon-General of the First Fleet and Settlement in Australia, John White's "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales" published in London by J. Debrett circa 1790. The Journal was published in black and white, this finely hand-coloured engraving was tinted at a later date.

Size of page: 28 x 22cm (11 x 8.5 inches)