Nature’s investigator : the diary of Robert Brown in Australia, 1801-1805

Compiled by T.G. Vallance, D.T. Moore & E.W. Groves. Canberra, ACT : Australian Biological Resources Study (Flora), [2001]. Octavo, laminated pictorial boards, maps to endpapers, previous owner’s name to front free endpaper, pp. xii; 666, illustrations, a fine copy. Scarce.

The diary of Robert Brown, naturalist on the ‘Investigator’ voyage of Matthew Flinders, with much content on contact with indigenous Australians, the flora and fauna, and hydrography.