DUMARESQ, COLONEL HENRY.

The Dumaresq Letters, The letters of Colonel Henry Dumaresq 1815 -1835. With Introductory Notes by Duncan Waterson and Illustrations by Roderick Shaw.

First Limited Signed Edition; Cr. 8vo; pp. [viii], xxx, 57,[2]; engraved frontispiece, two illustrations in text, original quarter cloth with hand made decorative papered board, title label on spine title lettered in gilt on spine, bookplate, fine copy. Sydney; The St. Mark's Press; 1990. The Fourth book printed at St. Mark's Press this edition of 104 numbered and signed copies, finished on 20th May, 1990 hand-set in Bembo and Caslon types and printed on hand-made all rag Cambewarra Foxground paper. Copy No. 34. Dumaresq was brother-in-law to Governor Darling, and was a member of his staff. His letters to family and friends are a valuable and informative chronicle of his times.

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DUMARESQ, HENRY. Waterson, Duncan.

The Dumaresq Letters. The Letters of Colonel Henry Dumaresq 1815-1835. With an introdoctory notes by Duncan Waterson [..]. [First edition].

Sydney, The St. Mark's Press, 1990. [VIII],XXX,57 pp. B./w. frontispiece & 2 b./w. ills by Roderick Shaw. Orig. hardcover (quarter cloth with marbled paper covers). 8vo. Fourt book printed at the St. Mark's Press, published in a limited edition of 104 numbered copies (nr. 71). Printed on hand-made rag-paper and signed in ink by the publisher / printer/ binder Charles Fitzhardinghe-Bailey. - - Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Dumaresq (1792 - 1838) was a military officer of the era of the Napoleonic Wars, colonial government official, and early colonial settler of New South Wales.

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