New Holland Goatsucker or Crested Owlet-Nightjar. Phillip's Journal c1789

by Mazell, Peter

Antique Print of Australian Goatsucker, Aegotheles cristatus or Crested Owlet-nightjar engraving for the journal of Governor Phillip's voyage to Australia.

Original hand-coloured copperplate engraving by by Peter Mazell after English ornithologist John Latham (1740-1837). for “Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island” printed in London circa 1789 by John Stockdale.

Page size: 295mm x 220mm (11.5/8 x 8.7/8 inches). To plate mark: 260 x 190 (10.1/4 x 7.1/2 inches).