First edition of the Dutch translation of A narrative of the loss of the Grosvenor, East Indiaman, wrecked upon the coast of Caffraria ... (London, J. Murray & W. Lane, 1791). The Grosvenor, a three-masted East Indiaman, carrying a crew of 132 plus 18 passengers (12 adults and 6 children), and a cargo valued at £75,000, had left Madras in March 1782 under the command of Captain John Coxon, on her return voyage to England when she was wrecked on 4 August 1782 on the Pondoland coast of South Africa, north of the mouth of the Umzimvubu River.
The portrait painter George Carter (1737-1794), who wrote the present account, met one of the survivors, J. Hynes, and based his story on what Hynes told him as an eyewitness.
With the library label of Doctrina & Amicitia, Amsterdam, a reading society established in 1788 by the Patriotic (anti-Orangist) party, after the failure of their 1787 revolution. Some marginal foxing, including the plate, which also has a small tear. Otherwise in good condition. Huntress, Checklist 113C, cf. 95C.