Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bligh, William, 1754-1817
Title:
The log of the Bounty : being Lieutenant William Bligh's log of the proceedings of His Majesty's armed vessel Bounty in a voyage to the South Seas, to take the breadfruit from the Society Islands to the West Indies : now published for the first time from the manuscript in the Admiralty records / with an introduction and notes by Owen Rutter ; comments on Bligh's navigation by Rear-Admiral J.A. Edgell, O.B.E., hydrographer of the Navy ; and four engravings on wood by Lynton Lamb.
Published / Created:
London : Printed in Great Britain at the Golden Cockerel Press, Ten Staple Inn, 1937.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Title on two leaves. Title vignettes.
Subject Terms:
Bounty (Ship) | Voyages and travels. | Oceania -- Description and travel. | Discoveries in geography. | Bounty Mutiny, 1789. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Private press books (Publishing) -- England -- London. | Wood engravings -- 1937.
Contributors:
Edgell, John Augustine, Sir, 1880–1962, writer of added commentary. | Golden Cockerel Press, publisher. | Lamb, Lynton, engraver. | Sandford, Anthony, printer. | Sandford, Christopher, printer. | Rutter, Owen, 1889–1944, writer of introduction.