BOOK
An epistle from Mr. Banks, voyager, monster-hunter, and amoroso, to Oberea, Queen of Otaheite. Transfused by A. B. C. Esq. ... Enriched with the finest passages of the Queen's letter to Mr. Banks.
- Date
- 1773
- Notes
A parody of Major John Scott's (afterwards Scott-Waring) 'An epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esq. Translated by T. Q. Z. Esq.'.
The author of this lampoon on Banks has never been discovered.
Listed in: Bibliography of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator. 2nd ed. Sydney : Library of New South Wales, 1970. No. 3913.
Introduction dated: "Dec.20, 1773".
The imprint is false; printed in London.
English short title catalogue, T75700
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 1541, no. 03).
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Frontispiece, copy 1 Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.
Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 1. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing. Binding: ..1/2 calf, marbled paper boards, spine gold tooled. Provenance: bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Acc. 12365.
Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2 lacks plate. Copy specific details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing. Binding: grey paper boards. Provenance: bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Accompanied by a slip with bibliographical information about Scott's 'An epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esq. Translated by T. Q. Z. Esq.'. Acc. 12364.
Digital image available: frontispiece, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 1. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.
The second edition.
- Source URL
- Frontispiece, copy 1 https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24672608
- Related to
- Digital Collection = Kohinga Matihiko 81268192800002836 Alma Collection
- Publisher
- [Batavia, i.e. London] : Printed at Batavia, for Jacobus Opano; and sold in London by John Swan, and Thomas Axtell, [1773]
- Format
- 16p.,plate ; 27 (4⁰)
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