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17973807772Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume 1797. A few leaves a little foxed; a very good copy. Two volumes octavo six folding engraved plates after Parkinson a handsome set in contemporary French mottled calf flat spines gilt double red and tan morocco labels. <p><p>First French edition first issue: the artist's account of Cook's first voyage and the discovery of eastern Australia. Translated by C. Henri from the 1784 English edition it also contains material from later voyagers updating the account including the experiences of the Forsters on the second voyage. This is the octavo issue noted by Kroepelien as preceding the otherwise identical quarto of the same year.</p> <p>Parkinson had been employed in 1767 by Sir Joseph Banks who thought so highly of his work that he arranged for the young man to join him on Cook's first voyage. When the expedition's draughtsman Alexander Buchan died at Tahiti Parkinson was called on to take over all of the topographical work completing some 1300 sketches quite apart from compiling vocabularies in Tahiti and New Holland. At the end of the voyage en route from Batavia to the Cape of Good Hope he died of a fever and after the return of the Endeavour ownership of his manuscripts and drawings was disputed: Banks considered that they were his while Parkinson's brother Stanfield claimed them under the provisions of his brother's will. When Hawkesworth learned of the impending English publication of this work he got an injunction to delay its appearance until some time after his official account and despite having used Parkinson's work extensively retaliated by deliberately omitting Parkinson's name from the narrative: even the botanical illustrations in the official account have no credit to the artist.</p> <p>Some of the bibliographical history of this work is quite complex. An extended note by Rolf du Rietz in the Kroepelien catalogue explains that this octavo issue although textually identical to a quarto issue published the same year by the same publisher is actually the genuine first issue du Rietz demonstrates from an error in the signatures that the quarto was re-imposed. Du Rietz knew the octavo only from the copy in the University of Oslo although no complete census of the two issues has been attempted. A note in O'Reilly-Reitman suggests - as if we needed more complexity - that the number of plates is uncertain as they examined copies with any number between five and eight; nonetheless six plates is the standard collation.</p> </p> . De l'Imprimerie de Guillaume unknown
170261916Nürnberg, Joh. Ernst Adelbulner für Wolfgang Moritz Endter, 1702. 4°. Mit einem gest. Frontispiz von Cornelius Nicolaus Schurtz, 2 gefalt. Kupfertafeln, 15 gefalt. Tabellen u. zahlr. Holzschn.-Vignetten u. -Initialen. 6 Bll., 1098 S., 32 Bll., Pgmt. d. Zt. m. durchzogenen Bünden u. handschriftl. Rückentitel.
178615119London: Alex. Hogg at the Original King's Arms No. 16 Pater-noster-Row 1786. First Edition. Full Leather. Very good. The Anderson Edition of Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World published in 1784. Folio frontispiece title blank iii-iv preface map 5-650pp 651-653 tables 654-655 "Concluding Remarks by the Editor" and "Contents of this Work" Directions to the Bookbinder 2pp subscribers list. Modern full brown morocco new endpapers title in gilt on spine raised bands Folio measures 15.5" x 10". Housed in slipcase paste on marbled boards solid hinges. Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook engraved by "Mr. Thornton" dated Feb. 14 1779. This work is complete with 157 illustrated copper plate engravings 41 Maps/Elevations 109 Illustrations including large fold-out map and the plate depicting the "Death of Captain Cook." Plates in near fine condition with only occasional toning. Archival tissue repair through "Directions to Bookbinder" leaf now stable. Includes directions to bookbinder and 2-page list of subscribers. Beddie 19 From Forbes this work is State IV of the first edition with the publisher's imprint lacking reference to "booksellers and News Carriers" and is not dated. Forbes 61 Howgego I C176. This important work is a compilation of Captain Cook's three voyages. It also includes voyages by Carteret Anson Drake and others. An attractive copy of this rare folio. Alex. Hogg, at the Original King's Arms, No. 16, Pater-noster-Row unknown
1781310852Dublin: Price Whitestone Chamberlain et al. 1781. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling better than very good. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Dublin edition. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" Forbes. Howes R-276 "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al. unknown books
17723812970Paris: Saillant & Nyon 1772. Very slight rubbing to joints but a fine tall copy with good margin. Octavo blind-stamped ex-libris to half title; contemporary French marbled calf flat spine gilt in compartments red morocco label. <p><p>A fine copy of the first French account of Cook's Endeavour voyage and the first French book on the east coast of Australia. Fréville translates the text now considered to be by Magra which - published in English in 1771 - was the unauthorised and earliest account of the progress of the Endeavour voyage. This is one of two probably simultaneous issues this one having the "Supplément" title-page; in this form the publishers intended the book to complement the octavo edition of Bougainville's voyage. The work also includes some material that did not appear in the original London edition including a 'Lettre de M. de Commerson' the famed naturalist from Bougainville's circumnavigation who remained behind at Mauritius to continue his research. </p> <p>The second supplement is equally important: the 'Lettre de M. le B. de G.' is a learned treatise on the possibility of a northwest passage written at Königsberg modern Kaliningrad and quoting from experts on the region such as Gmelin Muller and Engel. Although the identity of this scholar remains hazy it is surprising that such an interesting - and relatively early - report on the northwest passage has been largely ignored. Continuing the parade of famous explorers included in this short work the Commerson letter is said to have been conveyed to France by none other than Kerguelen promoter of the "Terre Australe".</p> <p>Rolf du Rietz in the Kroepelien catalogue further notes that a letter from Sir Joseph Banks to the Académie des Sciences is also quoted in the introduction said to have first been published in the Journal des Savans. Despite his best efforts to distance himself from Magra's work including having the false dedication in the London edition removed it appears that his unwilling association with the work continued on the continent. Indeed one of the attractive aspects of this copy is not only the fine contemporary French binding but the spine label which reads 'Voyage de Solander': it was not unusual for Banks to be given top-billing in the excitement of the return of the Endeavour but there cannot be too many examples that plump for Solander.</p> </p> . Saillant & Nyon unknown
17844504227London: J.Webber June 4 1784. Very good. Stipple engraving oval 120 x 95 mm printed in sepia; a proof before letters; mounted. <p><p>Rare proof impression before letters of John Webber's and Francesco Bartolozzi's fine oval portrait of Captain Cook. This portrait has a very large margin unusual for this decorative oval shape which is perhaps more often seen clipped to fit an oval frame. </p> <p>The original portrait of Cook was painted by Webber in 1776 and has been in London's National Portrait Gallery since 1858. Webber had collaborated with Bartolozzi earlier in 1784 to execute his famous depiction of the death of Cook and the relationship was evidently a happy one as they also issued the rare oval version of the depiction of Cook's death as well as this portrait. It is fair to say that the original painting of Cook has not met with universal acclaim: Beaglehole claims that on first viewing Mrs Cook exclaimed 'Who is that low villain' Beaglehole On the Character of Captain James Cook p. 418.</p> <p>Born in Florence in 1728 Bartolozzi arrived in 1764 in England where he worked for the next three decades. He introduced the vogue of "stippled" engraving and this portrait is a particularly good example of his work.</p> </p> . J.Webber, June 4 unknown
177757073London, Lockyer Davis, 1777. 4to. In recent marbled paper wrappers. Extracted from ""Philosophical Transactions"". Including title-page of volume 61 and 66. Leaves reinforced/mounted in margin. Light offsetting from folded plates as usual. Pp. (2), 401-406, 447-450, (4), 397-436 pp. + 3 folded plates.
177757073London Lockyer Davis 1777. 4to. In recent marbled paper wrappers. Extracted from "Philosophical Transactions". Including title-page of volume 61 and 66. Leaves reinforced/mounted in margin. Light offsetting from folded plates as usual. Pp. 2 401-406 447-450 4 397-436 pp. 3 folded plates. <br/><br/><em>Second appearance but first journal-edition of Cook's landmark paper on his successful measures taken against scurvy on his first two voyages. The paper was read to the Royal Society by its president Sir John Pringle in the absence of Cook himself on his final voyage. Cook was awarded the year's Copley medal award for the present paper. "No commander before had been so particular about the diet of his men . sour krout mustard vinegar wheat orange and lemon juice saloop and portable soup were used regularly and every chance of obtaining fresh vegetables and 'scurvy-grass' was eagerly seized" Beaglehole pp 256-57Cook's triumphs over scurvy soon proved to be one of the most important and influtial archievements in the general field of exploration.Withbound are four other papers by Cook all first editions.Beddie 1288 </em> unknown
17716000068London 1771. Quarto autograph manuscript in ink; single page on a bifolium with address panel; on paper watermarked "LVG" <p><p>Amusing original letter from Sandwich to John Hawkesworth ghostwriter of the official account of Cook's first voyage. Sandwich writes: "That I may be certain whether you are alive or dead I shall be obliged to you if you will either come yourself or send your ghost to dine with me tomorrow. I am most sincerely yours Sandwich." This witty communication dates from the period when Hawkesworth was preparing the Cook account during Sandwich's third term as First Lord of Admiralty 1771-82; of course it was during this appointment that James Cook discovered Hawaii on his third voyage and named them the Sandwich Islands in his honour. The letter probably dates from late 1771 while Hawkesworth was at work on the journal. He died in November 1773 not long after the book's publication. </p> <p>Hawkesworth was introduced to Sandwich by Charles Burney in September 1771 when "the First Lord was casting around for someone to 'write the voyage' - that is to take Cook's journal and put it into a form suitable for the reading of the polite world; and not only Cook's journal but those of the three other circumnavigators Byron Wallis and Carteret. Cook and Banks we remember were patriotically anxious that this should be done as soon as possible and it was all the more important to get something authentic on the market. Burney recommended his friend Dr John Hawkesworth who had time and could do with the money." Beaglehole. </p> <p>Fanny Burney recorded in her diary for 15 September 1771 that "My father has had a happy opportunity of extremely obliging Dr. Hawkesworth. During his stay in Norfolk he waited upon Lord Orford who had always been particularly friendly to him. He there among others met with Lord Sandwich. His Lordship was speaking of the late voyage round the world and mentioned his having the papers of it in his possession; for he is First Lord of the Admiralty; and said that they were not arranged but mere rough draughts and said that he should be much obliged to any one who could recommend a proper person to write the Voyage. My father directly named Dr. Hawkesworth and his Lordship did him the honour to accept his recommendation. I cannot but be amazed that a man of Lord Sandwich's power &ca. should be so in ignorance of men of learning and merit as to apply to an almost stranger.".</p> <p>The money was decent: Hawkesworth earned a substantial £6000 from the publishers Strahan and Cadell and completed the first two volumes in just four months. A landmark publication this would help to cement Cook's reputation in the eyes of the public serving Sandwich's official purpose.</p> </p> . unknown
178461031London: Alex. Hogg 1784. First collected edition of Cook's three voyages folio 2 volumes in 1; pp. iv 4 list of subscribers 5-398; 399-655 1; complete with the engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook and with the full complement of 155 engraved plates an charts but without the large folding world map; clean tear in D2 no loss; one plate with tear at the top causing partial loss to the imprint and border a half dozen or so other plates torn with old repairs on versos and no loss; portions of the text dampstained occasional spotting; many leaves trimmed close at the bottom with occasional loss or partial loss of a catchword including partial loss to the title page imprint; some plates also trimmed close; 20th-century red morocco-backed marbled boards by J. Mac Donald Co. Norwalk Ct. gilt lettering direct on gilt-paneled spine; the flaws aside a very good copy. "An important compilation of English voyages richly illustrated with engraved maps and plates. Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts others are edited or abridged versions and frequently additional materials from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives" Hill 2nd. ed. 18. Also included are narratives of voyages by Byron Wallis Carteret Lord Mulgrave Lord Anson Sir Francis Drake Parkinson Lutwidge Ives Middleton Smith More Hanway Hamilton Kalm Dalrymple Johnson Smollett Moore and others. The book was originally issued in 80 separate six-penny numbers. Two settings of the title page exist one dated 1784 and the other undated - unknown in this instance as the title is shaved. Of the undated title-page ESTC suggests that it was issued with the final of the six-penny numbers. Beddie 17; Forbes 61. Alex. Hogg unknown
1788166248London: printed for G. Nicol & G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. Pp. xvi528last advertisement engraved frontispiece portrait appendices; med. 4to; early calf boards with decorative gilt border neatly rebacked with later spine lettered and decorated in gilt & blind the boards slightly scuffed fore-corners lightly worn; all edges green; later endpapers a little light creasing just affecting a couple of words of text on page 407 two early paper repairs to a closed tear on page 522 not affecting text a couple of tiny edge chips or splits a few small marginal damp stains a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; printed for G. Nicol & G. G. J. and J. Robinson London 1788. First edition. Beddie 32; Hill 935. The first English biography of Cook. 'Intended to give a well-balanced account of his life from birth to death including his family and early years and the capacities in which he was engaged prior to the famous voyages. Cook discharged several important duties while aboard the Mercury on the St Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. The Newfoundland and Labrador surveys are discussed and the three voyages are dealt with in great narrative depth. Kippis includes most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death and gives accounts of various tributes to Cook' Hill page 331. printed for G. Nicol & G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
1781310852Dublin: Price Whitestone Chamberlain et al. 1781. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling better than very good. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" Forbes. Howes R-276 "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al. unknown
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Cook's first voyage. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
1777WRCAM54751London 1777. Two volumes. xviii26021; 4607pp. including errata leaf plus large folding map. Quarto. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked with original gilt leather labels preserved raised bands corners renewed. Minor shelf wear one contemporary and one modern bookplate on pastedowns institutional bookplates on verso of titlepages. Minor occasional foxing some penciled marginalia and underlining to text. Very good. Forster's important account of Cook's second voyage and an essential component of the record of that great expedition. Forster and his father John Reinhold served as official botanists during the expedition. When the Admiralty decided to prevent the elder Forster from contributing to the official report George produced his own publication preceding the official account by several weeks. <br> <br> The Admiralty commissioned Cook to undertake his second voyage in the wake of the great success of the first expedition. The purpose of the second voyage was to circumnavigate the globe as far to the south as possible searching for any southern land masses previously unknown. Cook proved that "Terra Australis" which was supposed to lie between South America and New Zealand was nonexistent; but the party became the first to traverse the Antarctic Circle and discovered and rediscovered islands in the Pacific. <br> <br> "For all the controversy A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD is an interesting and important account that complements the official one with facts and astute observations on the human side of the voyage" - Rosove. Davidson describes this account as "an important work and a necessary supplement to the official account." HILL 625. BEDDIE 1247. HOLMES 23. SABIN 25130. SPENCE 464. DAVIDSON pp.61-62. ROSOVE ANTARCTIC 132. hardcover books
1784168453London: Alexander Hogg 1784-86. An important collection of English voyages First edition of this omnibus of Cook's voyages. Printed in double columns in "large new Types constructed on Purpose to comprise much Matter in a little Compass" and issued in 80 sixpenny parts with avowedly philanthropic intentions Hogg's popular edition helped disseminate knowledge of Cook's discoveries. "An important collection of English voyages. which sometimes gives the original accounts others are edited or abridged versions and frequently additional material from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives" Hill. The splendidly verbose title page notes the addition of the expeditions of Byron Wallis Carteret Mulgrave Anson and Drake. The first three were included in Hawkesworth's edition of Cook's first voyage while the accounts of Phipps Anson and Drake are reprinted from David Henry's An Historical Account of All the Voyages Round the World Performed by English Navigators 1773-74. The book is often referred to as "Anderson's Cook" though George William Anderson is most likely a pseudonym calculated to evoke vague identification with William Anderson the surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Cook on his second and third voyages. The publisher Alexander Hogg a specialist in "Paternoster Row numbers" had a penchant for tripartite pseudonyms. Provenance: with the ownership inscription of Captain Thomas Jellis Northampton Fencibles on the head of the first page of text dated 1799. The Northampton Fencibles were raised in 1794. Jellis appears to have moved to America with his family in 1812 settling in Cartersville Virginia. His grandson Captain Thomas Jellis Kirkpatrick served in the Confederate Army and was appointed captain of the Amherst Artillery in July 1861 becoming a major in 1865 commanding the Nelson's Battalion. Folio 376 x 246 mm. Engraved portrait frontispiece and 156 other plates maps and charts including large folding map showing the track of Cook's voyages. Recent sprinkled half calf marbled boards to style red morocco label bands framed by reeded gilt rolls foliate lozenge gilt in the compartments. Two additional engraved plates laid in one of the Queen's Hotel London the other hand-coloured of a pair of shells. Prelims and endmatter professionally restored a number of short closed marginal tears some with archival tissue repairs "A General Chart" repaired and reinserted occasional marginal loss "Cook's Strait in New Zealand" with some loss of border and text some foxing. A good copy. Beddie 18; Hill 18; Howgego I C176; Spence p. 26; Parks Collection 104. hardcover
1785B571<p>London E. Newbury 1785 Second and enlarged edition Contemporary calf gilt with a folding engraved map and 10 engraved plates one folding which is the first representation of Hawaii.</p><p>This work is attributed to Lieutenant John Rickman who served as second lieutenant on the 'Discovery' Charles Clerk Commander. This is the first full account in English of Cook's third voyage and has an important description of the death of Cook in Hawaii.It was first published in 1781 three years before the official account.</p><p> "This anonymous journal of Captain Cook's third voyage was once believed to have been written by John Ledyard who had actually made liberal use of Lieutenant Rickman's account; hence the confusion. This narrative anticipated the government's authorized account by two years. All the journals kept on board were claimed by the Admiralty thus the author remained strictly anonymous. The text especially as regards details of Cook's death differs considerably from other accounts." Hill</p><p>Hill p.253; Holmes 53; Howes R276; Streeter 3474.</p><p>Please go to www.marshallrarebooks.com for many more books on this subject.<br /></p><br /> E. Newbury
173011248, , [1730 ca]. In-folio de (4) ff. de table, 112 ff. mal paginés, veau granité, dos orné à nerfs, pièce de titre en maroquin rouge « Airs à boire », tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
17990046331799 Paris, Didot jeune, an septième [1799]. Sept volumes in-8 (140 X 220 mm) et un atlas in-folio (272 X 440 mm) maroquin bleu-vert à grain long, encadrement de large dentelle dorée et roulette à froid sur les plats, dos cinq nerfs plats ornés et sertis de filets dorés, fleurons à froid et dorés dans les compartiments, guirlandes en queue et tête, coupes et coiffes ornées, bordure intérieure à froid dans un encadrement de filets dorés, tranches dorées (Simier, relieur du roi). Tome I : VIII pages, portrait frontispice, CLII pages, 367 pages - Tome II : (1) f. blanc et (2) ff. de titre et table des chapitres, 517 pages - Tome III : (1) f. blanc et (2) ff. de titre et table des chapitres, 496 pages - Tome IV : VIII pages, 507 pages, (1) f. blanc - Tome V : VIII pages, 495 pages, (1) f. blanc - Tome VI : VIII pages, 454 pages, (1) f. blanc - Tome VII : VIII pages, 552 pages, (1) f. blanc - ATLAS : portrait, 56 pages, IV pages, (1) f. d'explication des médailles, 1 planche de médaille au format grand in-octavo (206 X 280 mm), 36 planches. Ex-libris non identifié : cachet héraldique encré sur les faux-titre des volumes de texte et de l'atlas. Décolorations et quelques frottements et défauts d'usage aux reliures, coiffes de l'atlas habilement restaurées et ses gardes renouvelées, les tomes II et III ont été reliés sans les faux-titre, le tome I sans le premier feuillet blanc.
1785146565Florence: for Gaetano Cambiagi 1785. An uncommon and intriguing work First and only edition of "the first of the complete eulogies to Cook" Smith p. 228. A fascinating highly appealing example of Cook's rapid European apotheosis printed six years after his death and noted as a fine example of 18th-century Italian printing. An uncommon book with only a handful of copies traced in auction records. Gianetti was a dilettante poet and professor of anatomy at the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence. His rhapsodic account includes "what were fast becoming common features of tributes to Cook such as his humble beginnings and his introduction of the fruits of European civilisation - new plants breeds of cattle technology and commercial skills - to the peoples of the Pacific" Williams p. 71. Kippis Cook's biographer noted that "greater honour is paid to Cook's name abroad than at home. A remarkable proof of it occurs in the eulogy of our navigator by Michael Angelo Gianetti which was read at the Royal Florentine Academy on the ninth of June 1785 and published at Florence in the same year" Kippis p. 505. The dedication is to Sir Horace Mann British ambassador in Florence. The translation signed "R. M." is by English poet Robert Merry who arrived in Florence in 1784 and entered the city's circle of expatriate English writers and dissident Italians returning to England in 1787 following an affair with the mistress of the grand duke; it is Merry's extravagant style which William Gifford later characterised as "Truth sacrificed to letters sense to sound" ODNB which is responsible for some of the more high-flown elements in the English text most famously the claim that Cook who in fact never learnt to swim could swim so well as to "cleave the waves of the Ocean with the facility of its inhabitants". This copy has the ownership inscription of Auguste Ponsot 1846-1924 dated 1878 across the title pages. Ponsot was a French chemist responsible for the invention of papier d'Arménie a paper which when burnt releases a benzoin and vanilla smell. It was immensely popular in the 1880s and 1890s as a supposed air purifier. Quarto 304 x 220 mm. With title pages in Italian and English each with an engraved vignette of the Royal Society Cook Medal Italian and English text in parallel framed throughout. Contemporary marbled half calf recent red morocco spine label single flower in gilt to compartments between raised bands Turkish pattern marbled sides edges speckled blue. Housed in a custom grey cloth solander box. Contemporary ex libris inscription and various shelf marks to front endpapers library stamps of the Lega degli insegnanti Bolognese to first few leaves marginal pencil annotation to p. 55. Binding neatly refurbished leather built up at spine ends and tips evidence of prior label removed from lower compartment. Spots of wear to leather sides rubbed hint of worming to rear pastedown outer leaves faintly soiled a couple of marginal marks light dampstain to fore edge margin of pp. 49-56 contents largely bright; a wide-margined copy in very good condition. Beddie 1957; Forbes 99; not in Hill; Holmes 51; Kroepelien 486; Parks Cook 116; Sabin 27267; Spence 226. Andrew Kippis The Life of Captain James Cook 1788; Bernard Smith Imagining the Pacific: In the Wake of the Cook Voyage 1992; Glyndwr Williams The Death of Captain Cook: A Hero Made and Unmade 2008. hardcover
1777316491London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1777. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook 48 engraved plates including 25 folding 14 engraved maps including 6 folding and 1 folding letterpress table after drawings made by W. Hodges during the voyage. xl 378; 8 396 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf rebacked to style. Front hinge of volume 1 starting minor wear to edges and corners margins of a few plates trimmed close as usual occasional foxing but a clean and attractive set overall. Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook 48 engraved plates including 25 folding 14 engraved maps including 6 folding and 1 folding letterpress table after drawings made by W. Hodges during the voyage. xl 378; 8 396 pp. 2 vols. 4to. The account of Cook's first voyage was edited by John Hawkesworth and his third was entrusted to John King. As such this second voyage was the only work which Cook had total control over and is the only one to appear in Printing and the Mind of Man: "The world was given for the first time an essentially complete knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and Australia and Cook proved once and for all that there was no great southern continent as had always been believed. He also suggested the existence of Antarctic land in the southern ice ring a fact which was not proved until the explorations of the 19th century."<br /> <br /> Hill explains in greater detail: "The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island the Marquesas Tahiti and the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia and Norfolk Island . This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands proved the value of the chronometer as an aid in finding longitude and improved techniques for preventing scurvy in addition to the aforementioned discoveries." Hill 358; Spence 314; Holmes 24; Mendelssohn I p. 377; PMM 223 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown
17739900042259London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773. 1st edition. Hardcover. charts and engravings. 4to. Leatherbound. This is the first printing first state of the famous account of what is now described as 'Cook's First Voyage' although primary credit for the creation of this account is given to John Hawkesworth who had been commissioned by the Admiralty to edit Capt. Cook's papers. Volume I of our offering ends at page 676 and shows page 139 as numbered 139-360 as called for in Beddie 648. It contains 18 of the 21 charts and plates called for in this volume lacking two charts and one plate. Volume II has a tide mark across the top of the first thirdof the text block. Page 189 is misnumbered 191. Old worm hole to margins of pages 119-161. Contains 16 of 22 charts and plates five folding charts seven folding plates and four single page plates. The text is complete in 410 numbered pages. Volume III text commences at page 411 and concludes at page 795. All nine plates and charts are present including the very large folding chart of New Zealand Cook was the first to confirm that New Zealand was in fact an island. Lack of nine plates/ charts. The text shows foxing severe on a few pages but on the whole the text is perfectly readable and if professionally restored the plates and charts would be magnificent. The leather has deteriorated and the boards are loose. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1773024773London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773 Cook's First Voyage. 3 vols. 4to. modern full black leather gilt blindstamped raised bands new endpapers some toning and marking bound without half-titles leaf edges a little thumbed occ. misfolding to plans and charts marginal tear to final leaf with only slight loss occ. pencil marginalia else generally clean and neat; pp. xii last blank xxxvi iv 'Directions for Placing the Cuts and Charts' last blank 1-39 360-676 with folding frontispiece 19 other views charts and plates many folding lacks 'Chart of the Streight of Magellan' as is usual in the first edition; xvi last errata 1-410 last blank with 21 views charts and plates lacks 'Chart of Cook's Streight in New Zealand'; vi last errata 411-800 last blank with 9 views charts and plates; Very heavy set 7 kg additional postage may be required for international and domestic delivery. A very good copy in a new binding. Holmes 3. Ex-libris Charles Scobie ANARE Macquarie Island 1948 with his ownership signature dated 19-9-41 to first volume and his occasional pencil marginalia. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
17843603426London: Sold in Spur Street Leicester Square 1784. Small crease in lower corner in good condition. Oval engraving 350 x 265 mm. image size; mounted. <p><p>Rare variant of the famous engraving of Cook's death showing as the caption notes "Part of the Original Plate after Webber" and presumably quite literally printed from an oval cut from the fuller engraved copper. This is only very rarely seen: the single example noted by Joppien and Smith was in the British Museum. </p> <p>The full-size engraving was first issued early in 1784. Based on the oil painting executed by Webber soon after he returned to London in 1780 the figures were engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi and the landscape by William Byrne. Quickly becoming the most famous of all eighteenth-century depictions of the massacre the view appeared at about the same time as the official third voyage account was published. This was no coincidence: although lavishly illustrated by Webber the official account did not include any depiction of the most famous scene of the entire voyage the death of Captain Cook. As a result the iconic engraving is often seen bound into extra-illustrated editions of the third voyage account.</p> <p>Reflecting the general opinion prevailing in published accounts of the voyage the original image as Joppien and Smith argue appeared to show Cook as 'an innocent victim killed in the act of pleading for peace'. This is here heightened by the changed composition as the oval shape dictates a radically different impact to that of the original engraving omitting the dramatic conflict between the British sailors and the Hawaiians and thus implying a scene in which Cook his arm raised in supplication to his men offstage stands alone and is overwhelmed by a seething crowd.</p> <p>The only copy noted among Australian holdings appears to be the heavily clipped copy in the National Library of Australia part of the Nan Kivell collection.</p> </p> . Sold in Spur Street, Leicester Square unknown
1782310848London: G. Robinson J. Sewell and J. Debrett 1782. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. Modern morocco. Faint foxing occasional toning neat repair to bound edge of title and half title a few small neat repairs to folding map with small tape ghost to bottom edge of same some mostly marginal worming at middle of vol 2 very good. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. First edition of this account of Cook's final voyage. "Ellis was a surgeon's mate during Cook's third voyage first on the Discovery and later on the Resoultion and gives quite a good history of this expedition. This account was published two years before the official narrative . It appears that needing money Ellis sold his narrative to a bookseller for fifty guineas. The fine plates are among the earliest published on the Hawaiian Islands Alaska and the Northwest" Hill. The plates include eight of Hawaii two of Alaska and three of the Northwest Coast. Beddie 1599; Forbes 41; Hill 555; Howes E-122; Sabin 22333 G. Robinson, J. Sewell, and J. Debrett unknown
