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Leiden, Elie Luzac jun., 1750. 8vo. In contemporary half calf with five raised bands and richly gilt spine. Light wear to extremities, top of spine with small tear, otherwise a fine copy. XXXII, 440 pp. + 9 plates, primarily folded.
Stockholm, Anders J. Nordström, 1783. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf. A very small nick at top of spine. Spine blindtooled and with titlelabel. Spine slightly rubbed. XV,766 pp., 9 folded engraved plates and 1 map (the map in facsimile). The first 8 leaves with a faint dampstain. A few scattered marginal brownspots.
London, Sampson Low, 1878. 8vo. 2 volumes, both in publisher’s original dark brown pictorially decorated cloth, with an elaborate pattern depicting the continent of Africa in black with the Nile crossing it in gilt. Below, also in black, a scene depicting natives roving on a river. Title and author in gilt lettering to front boards and spines. Light wear to extremities, mainly to upper and lower part of capitals. 3 cm tear to lower part of front hindge on vol. 2, otherwise fine and clean. XIV, (2), 522" " IX, 566, 32 (publisher's booklist, dated April 1878) pp. + 2 frontispiece portraits, 10 maps including 2 large folding maps in pockets at rear, 33 wood-engraved plates and many illustrations in the text.
Paris, Claude Jean-Bapt. Bouche, 1757. 4to. Cont. full calf. Gilt boders on covers. Old professional rebacking to style. Back gilt. A few nicks to leather at edges. (8),190 XCVI,275 pp., 1 large folded engraved map (Carte Generale du Senegal) and 19 fine engraved plates, each with many figs of conchs (M.T. Reboul del.et sc.). Broad margins, printed on good paper. Light scattered brownspotting.
Rouen, Chez Jean-Baptiste Machuel, rue Etoupee, 1723. 12mo. In five uniformly sprinkled full calf bindings with red leather title-label with gilt lettering to spines. Richly gilt ornamentation to spines. Gilt stamp on front board of all five volumes. Small white label pasted on to fop left corner of pasted down front free end-papers and small stamp to title-pages. A fine set. Vol. I: (12), 408, (24, last blank) pp. vol. II: (4), 396, (10) pp vol. III: (8), 393, (11) pp. vol. IV: (8), 9-20 (2), 3-381, (15, last blank) pp. " vol. V: (4), 363, (25), pp. + 3 engraved frontispieces, 15 maps and numerous plates.
Lemgo, Meyerischen Buchhandlung, 1766. 4to. Contemp. full sprinkled calf. Raised bands. Richly gilt spine. Wear to top of spine. A small crack in fronthinge at upper compartment. Slightly rubbed. Stamp on title-page. XVI,344 pp., 2 folded engraved maps and 5 engraved plates. A few scattered brownspots, light toning to plates.
Berlin, Haude und Spener, 1811-12. Small 8vo. Bound in 3 uniform contemp. marbled boards. Handwritten titlelabels on spines. Corners a bit bumped. A small stamp on title-pages. Engraved portrait as frontispiece. XLII,450,10 (2),294 (2),269 pp. + Publisher's Prospectus (8) pp. With 3 frontispieces of which 2 are handcoloured, 10 double-page folded engraved plates (of 11) and 1 large folded engraved map. Printed on good paper. Internally clean and fine.
Amsterdam, Marc-Michel Rey, 1766. Small 8vo. 2 contemp. full mottled calf. Raised bands, richly gilt spines, title-and tomelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear to top of spines. Stamp on foot of title-pages. X,(2),388 "IV,207,(25) pp. and 1 large folded engraved map. A few marginal brownspots.
20 Ansichten von Berlin. 17 Stahlstiche (davon 16 im Originalkolorit), 2 Aquatintatafeln und 1 Holzstichtafel, alle unter Pergament-Passepartouts mit Goldfileten. Moderner Halbpergamentband mit blauen Lederdeckeln und Filetenvergoldung. Quer-Folio (335:240 mm). Das ansprechende, privat zusammengestellte Album zeigt nach einem "Plan der Königlichen Residenz-Stadt Berlin" u. a. die Ecke Wilhelmstraße/Unter den Linden, das Brandenburger Tor, das königliche Schloß, die Schloßbrücke, die Siegessäule, die Nikolaikirche, die Michaeliskirche, die Hedwigskirche, die Domkirche, den Gendarmenmarkt, den Alexanderplatz, die Krolloper, Schloss Tegel, Schloss Charlottenburg, das Jägerhaus auf dem Werder etc. - Die Passepartouts minimal aufgeworfen; der Pergamentstreifen der Blockheftung unten gesprungen.
Copper engraving. 295:355 mm. Matted. A view of the Chinese city of Zhuzhou (Jianning) in Hunan Province.
Copper engraving. 345:255 mm. Matted. An early view of Amoy (Xiamen) in Fujien Province on the south-western coast of China. The engraving was done by John Ogilby in Whitefriars, London, in 1671. It was based on the Dutch engraving by Arnoldus Montanus.
Soixante et onze volumes in-4 demi chagrin vert, dos à nerfs ornés, titre doré, 435 pages par semestre. Ensemble agréablement relié, intérieur frais pour les 71 volumes avec premières, deuxième et troisième années de cette revue de voyages.
8vo. (8), 280 pp. With 11 views on 9 folding engraved plates. Contemporary boards with giltstamped spine label. Second edition of the Viennese merchant's travelogue, the first unabridged edition and also the first to contain the fine engraved illustrations. Kleemann (1736-1801) gives a detailed account of his travels from Vienna to Crimea, on to Constantinople, Izmir (Smyrna) and Trieste until reaching his destination, Kiliya (Kilianova) in the Ukraine, then an important merchants' city in the Danube delta. The plates include views of Kiliya, Kavschan and Caffa, while also depicting the Iron Gates, the Dardanelles and the seraglio in Bakhchysarai. The principal part of the volume is dedicated to descriptions of the places visited en route, providing insights into the everyday life of an 18th century traveller. In the appendix, the author discusses the type of government in Tartary, the relations between the nobility and the Khans in Crimea, nutrition, jurisdiction, religion and economy, concluding with information on Turkish measurements, weights and currency. The final pages contain a translation of the first page of the firman issued for Kleemann, allowing him to travel without let or hindrance and waiving all tolls. - Paper slightly brownstained, otherwise well preserved. Provenance: Unidentified early 19th century monogram stamp to title page. Later in the library of the Swedish collector and goldsmith Christian Hammer (1818-1905) with his bookplate on front pastedown; ultimately removed from the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel (his ownership stamp, dated 1977, to front pastedown). VD 18, 10541721. Wurzbach XII, 37. Weber II, 561. Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister 488.
4to. With folding hand-coloured engr. map, 16 engr. plates (some folding), and folding engr. table. Modern half calf with giltstamped red spine label and marbled boards. All edges marbled. First edition of "the best English work respecting Hungary" (Cox), soon translated into Dutch and French. Includes a chapter entitled "Alpine Excursions", describing the author's plant hunting activities. The chapter on Vienna, an account of which historiography has taken surprisingly little notice, deals extensively with the local gluttonous eating habits first described (and since immortalized) by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini three and a half centuries earlier. Townson continues to describe at length the Imperial hothouses and zoo at Schönbrunn Palace. The book is also "a work valuable to the natural historian, particularly the mineralogist; it also contains a very particular account of the Tokay wines" (Lowndes). - The Surrey-born naturalist Robert Townson (1762-1827) took a year off from his studies at Göttingen, traveling to Vienna and throughout Austrian Habsburg lands. "He returned to Göttingen and published his first works, on reptilian physiology, in 1794 and 1795. He returned home in 1795 and was awarded the degree of LLD in 1796 by Edinburgh University. He settled again in Shropshire where his 'Travels in Hungary' (1797) was written. This contained pioneering botanical, entomological, and petrographic observations and spirited descriptions of his exploits, including those in the Tatra Mountains and in Slovakian caves" (ODNB). - An excellent copy in an appealing modern binding. Cox I, 168. Brunet VI, 20298. Not in Nissen (BBI) nor Simon (Bibl. Vin.) nor Simon (Bibl. Gastr.).
folio [38 x 27 cm]; 211 pp, extra color lithographed (chromolithograph) title plate, plus 32 tinted or toned lithographed plates, large folding map showing the railway routes & elevation, tables, engraved initials. original cloth, gilt title lettering on cover, later cloth spine, edges worn, inner hinge re-enforced, light foxing on some leaves, mostly confined to margins, one plate with margins significantly trimmed but not affecting image, very good sound copy. A p Palau 25914. Spain & Spanish America II, 46. The book describes the completion of the first railway between Mexico City and Veracruz on the Atlantic coast and Jalapa. The plates are of bridges, tunnel construction, waterfall, views of several cities, a spectacular panorama bird's-eye-view of Mexico City, 2 plates of portraits, views, etc. The lithograph plates are by H. Iriarte, with designs mostly by S. Hernandez. The fine colored plate shows a steam engine pulling a train with tropical trees and a bridge and mountain in background. The text was translated into English by George F. Henderson. The project took 15 years to complete from the initial surveys to the official inauguration in 1871. The text includes detailed description of the geography, cities and construction, history, scientific information with tables A complete copy with all the excellent plates.
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; xix, 419 pp 3 folding maps on two sheets, two maps hand colored in outline. half red morocco and matching red boards, raised bands, gilt spine title lettering, front joint cracked & repaired, bookplates of Francis Hagner and Andrew Taylor, polar archivist, interior clean and near fine. A picture of this book is available upon re TPL 2315. Streeter 3709. Hill p274. Field 1411. Wagner-Camp 101. Arctic Bibliography 16124: 'Contains biographical sketch of the author with comment on the mystery of his death by his brother, narrative of expedition of Peter Dease and Thomas Simpson with party of twelve men to explore the northern coast of America from Mackenzie River westward and from Coppermine River eastward to Back River. Contains the journey from Fort Garry (Winnipeg) to Fort Chipewyan; descent of the Slave and Mackenzie [Rivers], etc.; discovering Boothia (now Simpson) Strait; exploration of the southern coast of Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. Includes detailed remarks on geographic features along the routes, weather and travel conditions; the Indians and Eskimos of the Mackenzie, northern Alaska and Coppermine regions'. An appendix lists about 150 plants collected along the coast between Coppermine River and Point Turn again, 1838, with reference to literature by Sir W. J. Hooker, eminent botanist, magnetic variation and dip observed by Simpson. Besides the maps called for in the book there are several contemporary maps, mounted on rear endpapers, including two maps taken from the Times of November 1st and 2nd, 1876 relating to the Nares Arctic expedition in the Alert and Discovery with two pages of text on same; and a folding map of the Arctic regions showing the route of the Captain Austin expedition, undated but nineteenth century, entitled Map of the Arctic Seas to Illustrate Franklin's Footsteps, Chapman & Hall (corner damage).
8vo [23 x 15 cm]; two volumes, xlviii, 406; x, 463, 26 [publisher's ads dated Jan 1841], complete with 13 maps and plates including large folding map in pocket, frontis in each volume, view plates, costume plates, other illus, appendix, errata. rebacked preserving most of original blind-stamped cloth and spines, gilt spine title lettering on each volume, lightly rubbed, very good or better, interior clean and unmarked, solid binding, original ribbon in map pocket. A picture of this book is avail A narrative of the author's extensive travels, including a detailed introduction on his observations of the events in Afghanistan, his travels through present day India, Ldiana, Rupur, Nadaun, Ladak, through Kashmir, Little Tibet, through the mountains, and other parts of Central Asia, with good description of the peoples, customs, jungles, nature, plants, buildings, religion, events, interviews with important persons, etc. 'He traveled for amusement, saw much and was assisted in his observations by the possession of some knowledge of science' [DNB]. The plates and other illustrations are quite good. Yakushi V38. Baker 264.
- Chez Buisson, A Paris 1798 - 1799, In-8 (12,5x19,5cm), (4) viij, 515pp. et (4) 412pp. et (4) 399pp. et (4) 326pp. et (4) ij, 402pp. ; (2) 30Pl., 5 volumes reliés. - Edition originale des 4 premiers volumes parus en 1798, et du 5e volume de 1799 en supplément contenant un précis de l'histoire de la Chine et le voyage en chine et en Tartarie de Huttner, ainsi que de l'atlas de 32 planches (moeurs chinoises, pieds des femmes chinoises, costumes, architecture...) et qui paraît également pour la première fois dans la seconde édition. Les 4 premiers volumes contiennent 4 frontispices et 3 grandes cartes dépliantes en fin du tome 4 (excellentes cartes du voyage, de la Chine...). Nombreux tableaux en fin du volume 4, sur le commerce, la monnaie... 39 planches dont 4 frontispices, 4 cartes. Reliures en pleine basane brune marbrée d'époque. Dos lisses ornés de 2 types de fers caissonnés et de roulettes. Pièces de titre en maroquin rouge et de tomaison en maroquin vert. Dentelle d'encadrement sur les plats. Coiffes de tête des tome I et 4 arrachées. Une partie de la coiffe de tête du tome 2 arrachée. Coiffes de queue des tomes 1 et 2 élimées. Mors supérieur du tome 1 fendu. 2 trous de vers le long du mors inférieur du tome 5. Les 4 premiers volumes frottés. Mors supérieur du tome 4 ouvert en queue. Epidermures sur le dos du tome 2. Le tome 5, bien que très proche des 4 premiers est très sensiblement différent (typographie différente pour la pièce de titre, fers semblables), et ne semble pas avoir connu le même relieur, mais un meilleur relieur. Les planches 33 et 34 ont été reliés dans le texte du volume 5. Ex libris gravé aux armes : Bibliothèque du château de Menneval. Ce voyage fut assemblé d'après les papiers de Lord Macartney ainsi que des commandants et des ambassadeurs du voyage par le secrétaire de Macartney, sir George Staunton. Macartney fut envoyé en Chine sur ordre du roi george III en ambassade extraordinaire pour la première fois dans le but d'établir des relations commerciales, de rencontrer les élites chinoises et de rapporter de son voyage toutes les observations possibles. Il embarqua à Portsmouth avec trois navires, Le lion, l'Indostan et le Chacal. Macartney traversa en grande partie le pays en s'arrêtant à Tianjin et Pekin. Cependant, en raison de coutumes différentes, l'ambassade fut un échec complet. Pour les Chinois, les relations dipomatiques ne pouvaient se faire sur un pied d'égalité, les ambassadeurs devaient se prosterner devant l'empereur et lui prêter allégeance, ce que Macartney refusa, celui-ci ne pouvant accepter une quelconque subordination du roi d'Angleterre à l'empereur de Chine. Le rejet catégorique chinois des relations commerciales entraînèrent les prémices de ce qui constituera les guerres de l'opium et la chute de l'empire chinois. L'ouvrage demeure une des meilleures descriptions des contrées traversées par Macartney, offrant des informations précises sur les sciences, l'histoire naturelle, l'aristocratie... et sera eminemment utile aux suiveurs de Macartney. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
- Chez Marc Michel Rey, A Amsterdam 1766, In-12 (10,5x17cm), x (2) 388pp. et iv, 207pp. (25), 2 volumes reliés. - Edition originale française, rare et recherchée. Traduction de l'allemand par Dumas. La grande carte dépliante, placée à la fin du tome II, est manquante, et a été remplacée par une photocopie de la carte réduite proposée par la Bibliothèque Nationale de France sur son site Gallica. Elle fut dressée par le cartographe français Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) et publiée par l'abbé Prévost. Celle-ci a été repliée pour s'insérer en lieu et place de l'ancienne carte. Reliures en plein veau marbré d'époque. Dos lisse ornés. Pièce de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge. Un trou de ver en tête du tome I. Traces de frottements en coiffes et coins. Manque le faux-titre du second tome. Bel exemplaire. Le premier tome recense l'ensemble des voyages de découvertes effectués en Russie orientale, au Kamchatka, en Sibérie, et notamment et surtout celui de Vitus Bering qui en 1728, fut le premier à découvrir le passage du nord-ouest en laissant son nom au fameux détroit de Bering. Ce dernier effectua un voyage par la même voie jusqu'au sud de l'Alaska en 1741. L'ouvrage relate de nombreux voyages, notamment celui de Simon Dejnev autour de la péninsule Tchouke, celui de Mikhaïl Gvozdev et d'Ivan Fedorov à travers le détroit de Béring jusqu'au cap Prince-de-Galles, en Alaska, en 1732... Le second tome trait de l'histoire du fleuve Amour d'après l'ouvrage de Witfen sur la Tartarie septentrionale et orientale. Cette histoire détaille les rapports et les relations entre les Russes et les Chinois, ainsi que les interventions des Jésuites. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]
8vo. (10), 340, (12), 12 pp. (appendix). Contemporary half calf, marbled sides, gold title on spine, marbled endpapers. Extremely rare first edition (with an appendix printed in 1857, so perhaps reissued at that time) of a pilot guide for parts of the Caribbean, stating explicitly that there is still no adequate information for all parts. Although it calls itself volume 1, it is not clear that any of the various publications under the title "The West India Directory" was intended as a companion volume to the present one. It clearly covers different content than "The West India Directory" published by John William Norie in 1827. - With library stamps of the Marinens Bibliothek, Copenhagen (the library of the Danish Royal Navy): in gold in the centre of the front board and in ink on the title-page. Head of spine cracked, front hinge weak, corners bumped, front endpapers loose, but still in good condition. OCLC 47915720.
8vo. (6), 184 pp. With 12 steel-engraved coastal profiles.Contemporary half black cloth, marbled sides. Extremely rare work on the sailing routes in the Caribbean, including the coasts of the Guyanas and Venezuela, by the great English hydrographer John Purdy (1773-1843). Purdy coined the term "pharology", the study of modern lighthouses and their design. He does not seem to have taken part in hydrographic expeditions himself, and his work consisted in writing works and constructing charts based upon the reports of others, but eventually he became a leading authority of his time on hydrography. He was instrumental in bringing Rennell's Current (to the south of the Isles of Scilly) before the notice of navigators. - Apart from the present work on the Caribbean, Purdy also produced a "Memoir, descriptive and explanatory, to accompany the New Chart of the Atlantic Ocean"; "The New Sailing directory for the Ethiopic or Southern Atlantic Ocean", 1837, and similar sailing directories, dealing with many other regions including the Mediterranean and the Americas. - The present work is designed - as stated on the back of the title-page - to illustrate "The general chart of the Caribbee Islands [... comprising] particular plans of the Virgin Islands, the Bocas of Trinidad. Chaguaramas Harbour in Trinidad, and St. George's Canada". A note on the same page suggests that this is a shortened version of a more comprehensive work to be published in the same year: "The whole of the Directory, with additions, will be included in the third volume of the 'Colombian navigator'". In the same year 1839 the second edition of that work appeared: "The Colombian Navigator, or Sailing Directory for the American Coasts and the West Indies". - With a library stamp on the buckram of the front board (anchor with "Marin. Bibl" and date "1839"), and also a manuscript paper piece pasted on the front board with the text "New Sailing Directions". Three owner's stamps on the title-page, two from the Marinens Bibliothek, Copenhagen (the library of the Danish Royal Navy). In good condition. Cf. Sabin 66694 (The Columbian Navigator, 1839). Not in Lowell J. Ragatz.
8vo. [3], [1 blank], 241, [1 blank] pp. Modern half calf with marbled sides. First edition in octavo, of which a second edition was published in Paris 1845. Shortly before this first octavo edition a folio edition was published with a second volume with plates, which is extremely rare. An edition in Portuguese was published in Rio de Janeiro 1834. Albin Roussin (1781-1854) was a renowned French naval commander and navigator, who undertook several marine surveys along the coasts of Africa and South America. He commanded the French hydrographic expedition to Brazil in 1819, and King Louis XVIII conferred the title of Baron on him for this work in 1820. When the present pilot guide for Brazil was published he had reached the rank of admiral. In 1821 the Imprimerie Royale had published his first work, also on the navigation of the Brazilian coast: Navigation aux Côtes du Brésil. The present pilot guide built on that account. Roussin had not been active at sea for several years leading up to the present publication. Shortly after the publication he received an order to lead a French squadron to the Brazilian coast. This must have been on the basis of the knowledge of the Brazilian waters that he displayed in his books. He completed his mission successfully and was awarded upon his return in France. - In very good condition. With stamps of the Marinens Bibliotek on the first flyleaf and title-page; authors name on the title-page underlined in red, several underlinings in pencil throughout and an annotation written in Danish in ink on p. 131. Wholly untrimmed. Borba de Moraes 1983, p. 753; Bosch 376; Rodrigues 2144; Sabin 73499.
8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; 2 volumes in one, iv, 411; [i], 324 pp, 20 plates on 19 sheets including 5 with original hand coloring, each volume with engraved title page and vignette, tables, bibliog, index, list of plates. contemporary cloth, gilt spine title lettering and rules, internal hinge cracked but firm, very slight foxing on few leaves, but a clean unmarked copy, near fine, with a 9-line letter in hand of author & a cut down als address panel with wax seal. A pictu Both the letter and envelope panel are in ink by author and tipped-in to front endpaper. Written in French, Humboldt commends the recipient's lecture and will recommend it to those interested in Italian literature. Sabin 33751. Goodman 622. Welch 161. Field 740. Humboldt was the most influential scientist of his time and traveled widely in Spanish America from 1799-1804. The work describes the geography and ruins he observed in Mexico and Peru and is one of the earliest archaeological works on the Aztec and Inca civilizations, with excellent plates.
4to [30.5 x 25 cm]; xvi, 438 pp, complete with 26 aquatint or engraved plates, mostly from author's drawings, 3 folding engraved maps, tables, without half title, index. nineteenth century half red morocco, marbled boards and edges, title lettering on spine leather label, edges rubbed, light dampstain on inside margin of dozen leaves, light foxing, very good sound copy with good wide margins. A picture of this book is ava 'The record of his journey, published in 1812 during his second absence in Persia, at once took rank as an important authority on a country then little known to Englishmen, and by its admirable style and accurate observation, its humour and graphic power, still holds a foremost place among early books of travel in Persia' [DNB]. Abbey Travel 357. Atabey 837. Prideaux pp. 241: the author 'was also an artist of some merit, and his illustrations to his Travels are of considerable interest.' The plates are mainly views. There are appendices on the money of Persia, routes through Persia, section on Arab pirates. The author travelled extensively in what is now Iran, including Bushire, Shiraz, Persepolis, Ispahan, Teheran, Tabriz, Arz-roum, Amasia and finally to Constantinople.
- Chez Saillant & Nyon & chez Panckouke, AParis 1774, In-8 (12,5x20,5cm), (4) xlvj, 445pp. et (4) 643pp. et (4) 472pp. et (4) 399pp., 4 volumes reliés. - Edition originale de ce recueil de voyages, parue également au même moment dans le format in-4. Cette édition ne contient ni cartes ni planches, et généralement les planches de l'édition in-4 ont été reliés dans les volumes, ainsi qu'il était prévu par les feuillets de placement des gravures ; un atlas a pu cependant être constitué selon les demandes. Tous les voyages contiennent des tables (longitudes...). Reliures en pleine basane marbrée de granitée d'époque et marbrée de rouge. Dos lisses ornés. Pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin rouge. Coiffes de tête des tomes II et III élimées, coiffes de queue des tomes I, II et II en partie élimées. Mors supérieur du tome II fendu en tête et queue. Mors supérieur du tome III fendu en tête. Mors supérieur du tome IV en partie fendu. Epidermures sur les plats. Cependant exemplaire de bon aspect. Hawkesworth a été chargé par le gouvernement britannique de reprendre les mémoires originaux de Cook, Wallis, Byron qui avaient été envoyés à l'amirauté. Le recueil contient le premier voyage de Cook, alors lieutenant sur l'Endeavour. Le premier volume rapporte le voyage de Carteret (Détroit de Magellan, île de la reine Charlotte, Nouvelle-Bretagne) et de Byron (Rio de Janeiro, Détroit de Magellan, Batavia). Le second tome contient le voyage du capitaine Wallis (Côte des Patagons, détroit de Magellan, île de Tahiti, île de Tinian, Séjour à Batavia, au Cap) et le premier voyage du capitaine Cook (Madère, Rio de Janeiro, Terre de feu, Tahiti -description, habitants, temps). Le tome III poursuit la narration du voyage de Cook, avec la description de quelques îles proche de Tahiti, Nouvelle-Zélande et circumnavigation de la Nouvelle-Zélande, description de cette île, du langage, de l'agriculture.... Le tome IV s'occupe toujours du voyage de Cook (Nouvelle-Galle, Nouvelle-Guinée, île de Savu, Batavia, Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Les voyages décrivent tous une traversée par l'ouest et par le détroit de Magellan, le passage dans l'océan pacifique, en Asie et en Océanie, puis le retour en Angleterre. "Quelque méritée que fût la célébrité des trois voyages de Cook, ils ne peuvent pas faire oublier ceux de Byron, de Carteret et de Wallis. On doit à ces navigateurs de savantes observations des détroits de la mer du Sud ; une description exacte de la terre des Patagons ; une dissertation lumineuse sur cette race d'homme extraordinaire [...] enfin la connaisance de l'île de Taïti, que Wallis paraît avoir vu le premier, puisqu'il y aborda en 1767, une année avant l'arrivée de Bougainville dans cette île. [...] Mais ce qui donne surtout le plus grand prix à ces voyages, c'est la circon-navigation de toute la Nouvelle-Hollande..." Boucher de la Richarderie (Bibliothèque universelle des voyages, 1808). Ex libris Moutonnat. [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION ON DEMAND]