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17842022London: printed for G. Nicol bookseller to His Majesty in the Strand; and T. Cadell 1784. First edition. Three quarto volumes 11 7/16 x 9 inches; 290 x 230 mm. plus large folio atlas volume 21 3/4 x 15 15/16 inches; 552 x 405 mm. 8 xcvi 421 1 blank; 12 549 1 blank; 12 558 1 advertisement 1 blank pp. Volume III bound with the final leaf of advertisements for Cook's First and Second Voyages. Three text volumes with twenty-four engraved plates and charts thirteen of which are folding and appendix with 1 folding letterpress table facing p. 528 in Volume III. Sixty-three large plates and charts one folding one double-page in the folio atlas volume eighty-seven total. With tissue guards. The text volumes bound in contemporary tree calf. Spines each with two black leather spines labels lettered in gilt. Spines stamped and ruled in gilt. A bit of rubbing and flaking to leather. Volume one rebacked with the original spine laid down. Each volume with some minor offsetting. Trivial foxing generally to preliminary leaves. Charts occasionally causing some offsetting. Publisher's advertisement in volume three with lower corner torn but not affecting text. Overall text is extremely clean. Atlas in contemporary marbled paper boards. Rebacked and recornered with half polished calf. Spine tooled in gilt. Generally the plates are exceptionally clean. Overall a very good set with beautifully clean text and plates. <br/><br/>"Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return the islander Omai to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh James Burney James Colnett and George Vancouver. John Webber who was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island Tasmania New Zealand and the Cook Tonga and Society Islands the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice" Hill. printed for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand; and T. Cadell unknown books
1784310843Dublin: Chamberlaine W. Watson Potts Williams Cross Jackson Moncriefe et al. 1784. First Dublin edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece and folding appendix table. 8 xcviii 421; 14 549; 12 559 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Near contemporary straight grained black morocco over marbled boards. Some shelfwear to boards internally clean. First Dublin edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece and folding appendix table. 8 xcviii 421; 14 549; 12 559 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. First Dublin edition of the official account of Cook's final voyage the issue without plates and maps. Beddie 1546; Forbes 72; Howes C-729a; Sabin 16250 Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, Williams, Cross, Jackson, Moncriefe, et al. unknown books
17785440Paris: Hôtel de Thou 1778. Very Good/Attractive set of the French-language version of Cook's account of his second expedition A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World London 1777. This astonishing journey from 1772 to 1775 went around the globe as far south as possible to explore the existence or not of a postulated southern landmass. In the course of the voyage Cooks ships Resolution and Adventure crossed deeply into Antarctic waters ultimately turned back by ice barriers. Zig-zagging through the South Pacific Cooks ships also visited Easter Island the Marquesas Tahiti the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia Norfolk Island Palmerston Island South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia many of which Cook named in the process. This French edition of his report was published close on the heels of the English version in two distinct formats a five-volume quarto and a six-volume octavo with a quarto atlas containing the extraordinary set of 66 engraved plates after William Hodges. The French translator Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard incorporated into the text a great deal of material from the rival account of the voyage that Johann Reinhold Forster published under guise of his son Georg based on a draft of Cooks own journal. In English Forsters account was published separately. A fine set. Six volumes octavo 20 cm and atlas volume in quarto 27 cm. Text volumes bound in cat's paw calf; six-panel spines tooled in gilt with red leather title labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Minimal wear. Atlas volume bound separately in contemporary speckled calf with black leather title label. 65 copper-engraved plates including double-page folding "Carte de l'Hemisphere Austral" portraits scenes botanical representations plans and other maps. Excellent condition throughout. References: Mitchell Library p. 52; Sabin 16249 4to ed. Hôtel de Thou hardcover books
17706043241770. of Captain James Cook. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" hinged to a sheet 6" x 9 1/2". Light foxing very good. ca. 1770. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
1785291039Paris 1785. Engraving. 9 x 18 1/4 inches. Margin trimmed to neat line on left folded as issued.<br/><br/> Lively scene with groups of people at work in front of a village on the Hawaiian Village on the Island of Kauai. The island is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest of the archipelago. From the French edition of the Official Report of Cook's 3rd voyage.<br/><br/> unknown books
172419972London: Eliz. Bell John Darby Arthur Bettesworth et al. 1724. Third Edition Corrected. leather-bound. Contemporary cambridge style full morocco with rectangular cover panels decorated in blind modern reback with raised bands and red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine. 273 3 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Copper engraved frontispiece four copper engraved folding plates at rear -- illustrations for avenues walks and lawns. First published 1676. the author was gardener to the Earl of Essex. Also included are "Rules and Tables shewing how the Ingenious Planter may measure superficial Figures divide Woods or Land and measure Timber and other solid Bodies either by Arithmetick or Geometry: With the Uses of that excellent Line the "Line of Numbers" by several new Examples and many other rules useful for most Men." Modest scattered toning armorial bookplate. Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al. unknown books
1788310845London: Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. xvi 527 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf boards with later morocco spine. Light foxing and offsetting to frontispiece some toning and scattered foxing but a clean copy overall. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. xvi 527 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF COOK. The first edition of this highly influential first English biography of Cook by the Anglican clergyman Kippis one of the leading biographers of his day. In addition to describing the three great voyages in depth Kippis also deals with Cook's earlier experiences including his duties aboard the Mercury during the siege of Quebec and his Newfoundland and Labrador surveys. Most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death is included as well.<br/>While Kippis did not appear to be entirely insensitive to the long-term effects of European contact with Pacific peoples he championed Cook's humanitarian cultural and intellectual mission in the circumnavigation of the globe. In a study of European exploration of the Pacific Lynne Withey concluded that this volume by Kippis became a prominent justification for the involvement of Europeans in the Pacific islands for years after Cook's death Withey 406-407. <br/>The second appendix includes "The Moral an Ode" by the British poet novelist and religious dissenter Helen Maria Williams an old family friend of Kippis. Hill 935; Sabin 37954; Beddie 32; Holmes 69; Kroepelien 647; Lada-Mocarski 40; Howes K179 "aa."; Forbes 149. Provenance: John Thornhill armorial bookplate; The Beaufoy Library bookplate Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown books
179919378Lonbdon: T. Chapman 1799. Map. Very good. Single page engraved12 by 16 inches the image being 11 by 15 inches and matter in a 16 by 20 inch mat. Engraved by T. Foot. Later hand-coloring. Several flattened folds as published closed marginal tear affecting the outside border but stopping short of the image of the island else a very good copy. T. Chapman unknown books
1774WRCAM15266Paris 1774. Four volumes. ivxvi2xxxii388pp. plus sixteen folding maps and plates; 2536pp. plus sixteen maps and plates mostly folding; 2394pp. plus seventeen maps and plates mostly folding; viii367pp. plus three maps and plates two folding. Quarto. Modern half mottled calf and marbled boards spines gilt leather labels. Some scattered foxing and tanning. Overall very good. The first French edition after the original English edition of the previous year. Hawkesworth was commissioned by the Admiralty to edit this collection of voyages which includes Cook's first voyage to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus across the sun determine the distance between the sun and the earth and continue Byron's explorations. During this voyage Cook visited Tahiti and made the necessary calculations named and charted the Society Islands explored and surveyed New Zealand and charted the eastern coast of Australia naming it New South Wales finally returning to England in 1771. Other narratives are of Byron's voyage to the Gilbert and Tuamoto Islands Wallace's discovery of Tahiti and Moorea and Carteret's discovery of Pitcairn Island after his separation from Capt. Wallis in a storm. The handsome plates depict the natives landscapes and seascapes and the maps show the routes of the ships and areas charted. An early and important compilation. This French edition is not listed in Hill. Sabin calls for only 361 pages in the fourth volume and states that the French editions "should be accompanied by an Atlas entitled: CARTES ET FIGURES a Paris Chez Saillant et Nyon. M.DCC.LXXIV. 4to." The NUC makes no mention of an atlas but the set cited there is imperfect lacking the third volume. SABIN 30940. hardcover books
178513730Paris: Hotel de Thou 1785. First French Edition. Map. Very Good. Map 10.5x8.25in on 12.375x9.75in Sheet; Plate No. 37 uncolored copper engraving; Mild soiling with age toning at fore edge horizontal fold crease. Beddie 1543 and 1714-37 London 1556 Paris. This plan of the entrance to Nootka Sound was surveyed by Roberts and drawn in 1778. It is an important chart of a disputed area between the Great Britain France and Spain and published in the London 1784-85 and Paris editions in 1785. However there is some controversy on the survey sources of the original draft. The 22 year old William Bligh 1754-1817 was the Master on the 'Resolution' and argues that Roberts copied Bligh's surveys and took credit with the Admiralty. Lieutenant Henry Roberts 1756-1796 accompanied Captain Cook on the third voyage of the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' 1776-1780. This voyage was to the islands of the Pacific Australia the Pacific Northwest America Alaska Kamchatka and Hawaii. In Hawaii Cook was killed in a misunderstanding with the natives at Kealakekua Bay. Hotel de Thou unknown books
17831851Hartford CT: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten 1783. First edition. Octavo in fours 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches; 169 x 111 mm. 1-208 pp. Map absent as is almost always the case see note. Contemporary full brown sheep. Red morocco spine label lettered in blind. Original stab holes present indicating that this copy was once in original wrappers with seemingly original endpapers. Boards with some rubbing and edges bumped. Inner hinges with some minor professional repairs. Date "1783" in blue ink on title-page. Front free endpaper with old ink notes. A bit of toning and staining however considerably clean and bright unusual for an American book of this period. In a custom oatmeal cloth clamshell. Overall a very good copy. <br/><br/>The first American book on the Northwest Coast and likely the first American book on Hawaii written by a significant figure in the history of American contact narratives in the South Seas. This edition "preceded publication of the official London narrative by more than a year. The author a corporal of the marines aboard the Resolution was one of several Americans on the voyage but the only one to publish an account. As all hands were ordered at Macao to ‘deliver up their journals and every writing remark or memorandum on pain of the severest punishment in case of concealment' for forwarding to the Admiralty. Ledyard relied in great part on a copy of the Rickman narrative in drawing up this account. He however includes details of the voyage not available elsewhere. The account of his stay at Hawaii including his inland expedition and the death of Captain Cook at Kealakekua Bay occupies 64 pages of the text" Forbes. An enthusiastic and detailed account of Cook's voyage.<br/><br/>Concerning the absence of the map we read in the Hawaiian National Bibliography: "The map is particularly rare and is almost always lacking even in otherwise very good copies. Due to the erratic nature of American printing of the period it may well be that the map was not produced until the work was well under way or that it cost extra to purchasers as some copes show no evidence that it was ever present as is the case with this copy. In the American Antiquarian Society copy the map is bound on a stub at page 161 the beginning of Part III. This appears to be added evidence that the map did not appear until the last part of the publication was issued" 44. <br/><br/>Evans 17998. Hawaiian National Bibliography 52. Hill I pp. 176-177. Sabin 39691. Lada-Mocarski 36. Kroepelin 717. Howes L-178. Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten unknown books
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
1781Embry 151275Printed for E. Newbery London: 1781. Second edition. Occasional light foxing throughout short tear to folding map overall near fine in fine but simple modern binding. Five plates including two folding and one supplied in facsimile. Folding map. Rebound in modern brown morocco spine simple gilt. Folding frontis depicts Cook's death. Printed for E. Newbery, London: 1781. Second edition. unknown books
1798247299London: G. C. & J. Robinson 1798. Engraving and etching. Image measures 13 3/8 x 15 7/8". Sheet measures 16 1/4 x 21".<br/><br/> Often referred to as the French and Indian War 1756-1763 the otherwise known Seven Years War reignited British concerns of a French invasion as well as a culturally-ingrained anti-French feeling among the populace. With his usual skill for satirical detail Hogarth allows us to gain the British perspective of a war so often only considered an American conflict. This print and its companion piece "England" illustrate the stark contrasts between the French and their significantly better-off adversaries the English. For example one of the most prominent threats that France represented was religious as well as political in the form of Catholicism and its implications of superstition inquisition and tyranny. Therefore Hogarth portrays a monk as a leader of the invasion preparing a boat filled with various torture devices. Hogarth also plays upon the perceived physical differences between France and Britain. In France most of the inhabitants are emaciated and forced to roast frogs for food while in Britain the people are stout from a steady diet of beer and roast beef. This print is additionally fascinating because it serves as an early example of the comedic connection between France and frogs. This particular print was published in the 1798 edition of "Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth" by G. C. & J. Robinson. The plates of this edition were engraved after Hogarth's plates by Thomas Cook and thus this is usually referred to as the Cook edition. The original plate by Hogarth is part of a set entitled "The Invasion" first published in 1756 of which this is the first plate. The print is in good condition with some scuffs to the margin. William Hogarth 1697-1764 is considered by many scholars and print enthusiasts as the grandfather of English graphic satire but he was also an accomplished oil painter portraitist engraver and draughtsman. Hogarth mastered the art of depicting human nature and all of its hypocrisies in society with graphic satire. The universality of his humor and the all-too-human characters featured in his works make Hogarth's satires remarkable. This print represents the epitome of Hogarth's skills as an artist and as a conscientious observer of humanity.<br/><br/> G. C. & J. Robinson unknown books
1784318236London: Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley 1784. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. Modern brown buckram. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. SIGNED. Signed "Anna Seward" at the bottom of the last page. Seward wasknbown as the Swan of Litchfield. She remained single and recently scholars have argued she was a lesbian. ESTC T95493 Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley unknown books
1773112342London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773 1777 1784. Rare first edition set of the official accounts of Captain James Cook's voyages "the foundation of modern knowledge of the Pacific and a cornerstone of the literature of travel and exploration" Beddie 648 1216 1543; Hill 782 358 361. Nine volumes altogether. Quarto bound in full calf with morocco spine labels elaborate gilt titles to the spine front and rear panels raised bands. Large folio atlas bound in the same manner. The First Voyage is comprised of three volumes edited by John Hawkesworth. "An Account of the Voyages. for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. In the Dolphin the Swallow and the Endeavour." The Second Voyage includes two volumes published in 1777: "A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Adventure In the Years 1772 1773 1774 and 1775". First edition. Portrait frontispiece and 63 plates and charts several folding or double-page. The Third Voyage was published in 1784: "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the command of His Majesty for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine The Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe." Four volumes first edition. The text with 24 plates and charts as called for with two large folding maps and 61 plates. An exceptional set. Captain Cooks Voyages are an iconic symbol of discovery and served not only to contribute to many diverse fields of knowledge but also to inspire many who followed after him. "He was really the first scientific navigator" Hill and the only explorer during this time to lead three circumnavigations. The knowledge accumulated during these explorations greatly expanded the awareness of the worlds geography and his writings maps and drawings significantly aided in future navigations making sea travel much more certain and educating the general public. Cooks first voyage sailed from England in 1768 rounded Cape Horn and continued westward to arrive in Tahiiti in April of 1769 where the Royal Society had engaged Cook to observe the transit of Venus across the Sun. He then sailed to New Zealand mapping the complete coastline and then travelling to Australia where his expedition became the first recorded Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline. The voyage was fraught with many perils including being nearly ship-wrecked on the Great Barrier Reef and losing many of the crew to malaria in modern day Indonesia but they were able to finally sail past the Cape of Good Hope and return to England in 1771. Cooks second voyage took place between 1772-1775 with a mission to search for the hypothetical Terra Australis. Cook crossed the Antarctic Circle for the first time in history and thought he disproved the existence of the "Great Southern Continent." He actually almost reached Antarctica on one occasion but then turned towards Tahiti for supplies. In Cooks third voyage 1776-79 his aim was to search for the North-West Passage through the American continent. He charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Straight. "Cook was the first navigator to accurately map the coast and by carrying away a collection of furs he introduced the fur trade to the English and American traders whose subsequent expeditions were based upon his discoveries no other contemporaneously printed source narrative is of comparable importance" Eberstadt. On this voyage he also discovered the Hawaiian Islands which he named the Sandwich Islands. Cook died during this third voyage on the Hawaiian islands. With the publication of the first two voyages and his dramatic death in Hawaii James Cook became a national hero. So eagerly awaited was his account of the third voyage that it was sold out a few days after publication. Among his accomplishments Cook discovered New Caledonia Norfolk Island the Isle of Pines Sandwich Land Hawaii and rediscovered and charted numerous other lands. He was the first to survey New Zealand where he spent six months. He was also a pioneer in regard to the health of his men. On his second voyage Cook lost only one man out of 118 in a voyage of more than 1000 days one of the first to conquer scurvy. As a commander an observer and a practical physician his merits were equally great. He won the affection of those who served under him by sympathy kindness and unselfish care of others which were as noteworthy as his gifts of discovery and intellect. W. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover books
17853329London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Second edition First edition Second edition. Second edition of the 1773 Hawkesworth edition complete with the "directions for placing the cuts" and The Chart of the Strait of Magellan which are sometimes lacking. This edition includes the Preface to the Second edition with Hawkesworth's famous rebuttal to Alexander Dalrymple. Three quarto volumes 284 x 227 mm bound in uniform contemporary calf expertly rebacked; collating: xx xxxvi iv directions for cuts 456; xiv 410; 395. Complete with 21 plates and charts in volume 1 22 in volume 2 and 9 in volume 3 most of which are folding. A Very Good set. Internal contents are generally in excellent shape; a few repairs the folding plates minor foxing but on the whole an attractive set.<br/><br/>First edition of A Voyage Towards the South Pole. Two quarto volumes 291 x 230 mm bound in contemporary calf expertly rebacked; collating: xl 378; viii 396. Complete with 37 plates and charts in volume 1 including the frontis portrait of Cook and 27 in volume 2 including frontis plus the folding table at p. 364. Internal contents are generally in excellent condition although with some minor browning to plates or adjacent leaves. <br/><br/>Second edition of A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean with the medallion on the title page of each volume. Three quarto volumes 296 x 234 bound in contemporary calf expertly rebacked; collating: x xcvi 421; xiv 548; xiv 556. Complete with 11 plates and charts in volume 1 including frontis 10 in volume 2 and 6 in volume 3 plus a folding table at p. 528. Volume one has two plates not called for apparently proof plates of "A Man of Van Diemen's Land" and "A Woman of Van Diemen's Land." Internal contents generally in excellent shape. On the whole a lovely set. With the Atlas volume 527 x 400 mm: containing 63 plates complete but for the "Death of Cook" plate which is only bound into some sets. Atlas volume uniformly bound to style with leather spine over marbled paper boards. Internally the plates are generally clean with only a bit of marginal foxing much nicer than typically found. <br/><br/>"In his three voyages to the Pacific Cook disproved the existence of a great southern continent completed the outlines of Australia and New Zealand charted the Society Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia and the Hawaiian Islands and depicted accurately for the first time the north-west coast of America leaving no major discoveries for his successors. In addition the scientific discoveries in the fields of natural history and ethnology were considerable and the drawings made by the artists were of great significance" ODNB. On the heels of exploration came imperial exploitation. The Cook expeditions' mapping efforts enabled the British Empire to move safely and efficiently through the oceans in order to establish a world-wide system of economic and cultural control. <br/><br/>Beddie 648 1216 1553. PMM 223. W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
1784271442London: James Cook 1784. unbound. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 27.25".<br/><br/> This important and scarce 1784 map of the North Pacific covers the northwest coast of America including Alaska east as far as the Hudson Bay and the northeast coast of Asia including Kamchatka. The map is from the first edition of the official account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and 1779. The route of his journey is depicted in detail with depth soundings noted along the route. Several Capes islands and bays are labeled. This map is among the first to accurately map the coastlines of the region.<br><br>It was during this voyage that Cook encountered an 'impenetrable wall of ice' in the Arctic as he searched for the Northwest Passage thus putting to rest the hopes for the discovery of an Arctic Northwest Passage. Map was engraved by T. Harmer for the official account of Cook's voyages. The map is in fair condition. Right margin is extended and filled in. Minor loss near bottom margin not affecting printed area. Shows wear along original fold lines. Minor foxing. Verso repair near top left. Lined with archival paper.<br><BR>Captain Cook 1728 -1779 was among the most famous and important explorer navigator cartographer and captain of his time whose scientific and geographical knowledge influenced his successors well into the 20th century. He started sailing as a teenager and went on to join the Royal Navy in 1755. In 1766 he was commissioned to explore the Pacific and went on the sail thousands of miles across largely uncharted regions of the world. These three historic voyages led him to some of the first sightings of Antarctica his discovery of many Polynesian islands including the Hawaiian Islands first European contact with east Australia the circumnavigation of New Zealand and the first correct mapping of the Pacific Northwest.<br/><br/> James Cook unknown books
1784204041Paris: Marechal de Castries 1784. unbound. very good. Sea Chart. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 33.75" x 23.75".<br/><br/> French edition based on the maps of James Cook from his third voyage 1776-9. Michael Lane was marine surveyor who was trained by Cook. Includes rhumb lines and depths as well as a table of landmarks and their coordinates. Minor staining along right margin.<br/><br/> Marechal de Castries unknown books
1785WRCAM29328Paris 1785. Map 18 x 12 inches. Single vertical fold through center four- inch tape repair near bottom edge. Minor browning at edges. Very good. Archival matting and protected with Mylar sheet. This is the general map of the Northwest Coast from the atlas volume of the first French edition of Cook's third and final voyage. The Aleutian Islands are shown in particular detail while the entrance to the natural harbor of Nootka is displayed in an inset. FORBES 90 ref. unknown books
1796WRCAM46432Philadelphia: W. Woodward for B. Johnson 1796. 252pp. 12mo. Modern pink paper boards printed paper label. Light dampstaining and soiling to text heavier in some places. Good plus. "Faithfully abridged from the quarto edition." An abridged children's version of Captain James Cook's third and final voyage on which he was murdered by natives. The third voyage was undertaken to continue the British survey of the Pacific but most particularly to search for a northwest passage from the western side. Sailing in 1776 the expedition called at Kerguelen Island Tasmania New Zealand and the Cook Tonga and Society islands then sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands. They then thoroughly explored and charted the Northwest Coast from the Bering Straits along the coast of Alaska and Canada as far south as present northern California. Returning to Hawaii in 1778 the expedition was at first received warmly; but after departing and being forced to return to repair a mast trouble developed which led to a tragic series of events in which the great navigator was killed. Relatively scarce with fewer than ten copies listed in ESTC. EVANS 30276. ESTC W37314. FORBES 257. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 14 ref. W. Woodward, for B. Johnson hardcover books
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. Cook's Third Voyage. 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 books
177325577London: printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773. 3 volumes quarto. 11 x 8 5/8 inches. 51 engraved plates maps and charts 41 folding. Some small repaired tears. Contemporary calf gilt border to covers expertly rebacked to style spine with raised bands in six compartments red and green morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth compartments the others with a repeat decoration in gilt period marbled endpapers<br/> <br/>Provenance: Earl Fitzwilliam Milton House Cambridgeshire book label armorial bookplate<br/> <br/>The Fitzwilliam set of the first edition first issue of Hawkesworth's account of the most important mid-18th century English voyages of exploration to the southern hemisphere including the official account of Cook's first voyage. A fascinating narrative intended to "embellish England's prestige as a maritime power" Hill and describing events that were to be major factors in the shaping of Pacific exploration.<br/> <br/>The first volume contains accounts edited by Hawkesworth of the voyages of Byron Wallis and Carteret with the remaining volumes dedicated wholly to Cook's first voyage. "The first voyage under . Captain Cook's command on the Endeavour was primarily of a scientific nature. The expedition was to sail to Tahiti in order to observe the transit of Venus across the disk of the sun to determine the earth's distance from the sun and also to carry on the geographical discovery that John Byron had started. Entering the Pacific around Cape Horn Cook reached Tahiti in 1769 and carried out the necessary astronomical observations . Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel C. Solander carried out extensive ethnological and botanical research. Leaving Tahiti in July Cook discovered named and charted the Society Islands and then heading southwest explored New Zealand which resulted in . a detailed survey of the country. Cook then headed toward Australia and discovered and charted the eastern coast for 2000 miles naming the area New South Wales . Both Australia and New Zealand were annexed by the British as a result of this voyage which began in 1768 and ended in 1771. Cook had charted upwards of 5000 miles of coastline under great difficulties. Cook's discoveries won him prominence promotion and the opportunity to sail again. They also ensured John Hawkesworth's position in maritime literary history as the official chronicler of Cook's first voyage. Hawkesworth an eminent London author was chosen by Lord Sandwich and commissioned by the Admiralty to prepare these narratives for publication . He was expected to add polish to the rough narratives of sea men and to present the accounts in a style befitting the status of the voyages as official government expeditions intended to embellish England's prestige as a maritime power" Hill. This copy is bound without the "Directions for placing the cuts" or the "Chart of the Strait of Magellan" in vol. I both not required in the earliest issues.<br/> <br/>Beddie 648; Hill p.139; Holmes 5; Sabin 30934. printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell unknown books
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
1773WRCAM18891London 1773. with: Cook James: A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE AND ROUND THE WORLD.IN THE YEARS 1772 1773 1774 AND 1775. London. 1784. with: Cook James: A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. London. 1784-85. with: Kippis Andrew: THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. London. 1788. Ten volumes all together including atlas volume. Text volumes: Large quarto. Contemporary calf expertly rebacked. Atlas: Large folio. Modern three-quarter calf and contemporary boards expertly rebacked in a complementary manner. Boards slightly worn particularly at edges. Upper right corner of upper board of second volume of third voyage chipped. Light foxing and dampstaining in some volumes particularly in margins. Some paper restoration on some plates in the atlas particularly in corners. Armorial bookplates. Overall very good. A complete set of Cook's three voyages being the second and best edition of the first voyage the first edition of the second voyage and a mixed set of the third voyage volumes one and two are from the second edition volume three from the first edition with the plates of the third voyage bound in an atlas lacks the rare "Death of Cook" plate as usual and with Kippis' biography of Cook. The first voyage describes Cook's explorations of New Zealand Australia Tahiti and other islands. The second voyage describes his southern voyages in search of a southern continent. The third is his north Pacific explorations of Alaska the Northwest Coast and Hawaii where the great navigator met his death. Of equal importance as a text of exploration a cartographic source for the numerous maps and charts included in the work and a visual source of the engravings of fauna flora and inhabitants of the Pacific. In all the entire set contains more than 200 maps and plates. HILL 782 783. HOWES C729a 3rd voyage. HOLMES 5 24 47. BEDDIE 650 1216 1552. LADA-MOCARSKI 37 3rd voyage. MITCHELL LIBRARY COOK BIBLIOGRAPHY passim. FORBES 62 3rd voyage. ROSOVE ANTARCTIC 77 2nd voyage. hardcover books
