Oblong 4to, lithographed title vignette, printed title, preface, dedication, original printed wrapper serving as the title to this work. 25 tinted lithographic plates, all unsigned and without imprint. Contemporary green half calf, label in gilt to upper board and flat spine. Corners rubbed. Melville was the draughtsman of this expedition. This work covers Hobart, Papua New Guinea, Sandy Cape, Gould Island, Malaya, and Java. (Two unrelated watercolours of a seascape and a Lion loose within the work). Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. On the Derwent. Hobarton. 3. Fern Tree Valley near Hobarton. 4. Wombyan Cave. 5. Bush scene. Port Stephens. 6. Beach at Sandy Cape. 7. Part of the encampment at Cape Upstart. 8. Watering Gully. 9. Ravine at Gould Island. 10. Reef at low water, Bird Island. 11. Wood scene at Cape York. 12. Natives at Port Essington. 13. Natives in a canoe on an inlet. 14. Ant Hills, on Wallis Island, Cape York. 15. Bush scene - Swan River. 16. Natives of Port Philip. 17. Natives of near Mount Ernest. 18. Village at Darnley Island. 19. Hut, and natives of Darnley Island. 20. Canoe of Darnley Island. 21. A native dance at Darnley Island. 22. Houses in New Guinea. 23. Malay Village near Coepany. 24. View of Timor-Coepany. 25. Scene near Sourabaya. 26. Street in China Camp, Sourabaya.