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BLIGH, William (1754-1817). A Voyage to the South Sea ... for the purpose of conveying the Bread-fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty ... including an account of the Mutiny on Board said Ship . Dublin: Printed by E. Fitzpatrick, 1792. 8° (203 x 130mm). Half-title, engraved portrait and one plate. Contemporary calf, gilt-ruled spine, black calf label, (short tear at upper hinge). FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. Ferguson 127. Relation de L'Enlevement du Navire Le Bounty . Paris: Firmin Didot and Amsterdam: Gabriel Dufour 1790. 8° (204 x 136mm). 3 folding engraved maps. Uncut in modern red morocco gilt. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Ferguson 73. Voyage a La Mer Sud ,... Paris: Garnery, Buisson, et al, 1792. 8° (215 x 135mm). Folding engraved plate, 2 folding maps. Uncut in original lavender wrappers, ms. spine label. First French edition. Ferguson 128. William Bligh's... Reise in das Sudmeer,... nebst Jean Francois de Surville, Reise in das Sudmeer , Berlin: Bossischen, 1793. 8° (210 x 134mm). Folding engraved route map and 3 plates, 1 folding. Contemporary quarter calf and boards, (early library stamp on title). FIRST GERMAN EDITION. Ferguson 147. Reise til Sydhavet . Copenhagen, 1800. 8° (164 x 113mm). Contemporary calf and boards, (spine rubbed). FIRST DANISH EDITION. Ferguson 304. [and:] [E.J.J.] A Letter to a Gentleman in New-England. Worcester: Daniel Greenleaf, 1803. 8°, disbound. Description of the house built for Bligh at Matavai Bay by the Tahitians who expected his return to the islands. together with a copy of The Annual Register for the Year 1790 with "Account of the miraculous escape of Captain Bligh, of the Bounty Sloop." (7)