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Edité par Dover Publications, 1971
ISBN 10 : 0486227669ISBN 13 : 9780486227665
Vendeur : Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, Etats-Unis
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Paperback. Etat : Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly foxed. Covers show moderate edge wear, a crease to the front cover, rubbing to corners.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.
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Edité par The Council of the Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1970
Vendeur : BASEMENT BOOKS, Albuquerque, NM, Etats-Unis
Membre d'association : IOBA
Edition originale
Stapled Wraps. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Soft cover 4to in stapled wraps. Fine. 24pp; illustrated in holograph facsimiles. Book.
Edité par The Council of the Library of New South Wales, under the William Dixson Foundation, Sydney, NSW, Australia,, 1970
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Paperback: folio; illustrated wrappers; 24pp., including 11pp. of facsimile reproductions, with a decorated title page. Some very mild rubbing to the wrappers; else near fine. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.
Edité par Paris, Editions Chez Dupart, an 2me-(1793),, 1793
Vendeur : Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australie
Small 8vo. 392pp.Original calf with red and black labels, marbled endpapers, some splitting along external hinge, but a pleasnt trim copy. . Volume 2 only of a three volume work.
Date d'édition : 1789
Vendeur : Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, Etats-Unis
Etat : Good -. Newspaper advertisement for Portlock's book. Two column inches announcing the publication of the book in one volume, 8vo, printed for R. Randall on Fleetstreet. "more interesting to the curious Reader than the Voyages of Captain Cook, or any other Circumnavigator." 12 1/2 x 18", 4pp, ruffled at edges and folds.
Edité par Wm. Strahan, London, 1777
Vendeur : BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Edition originale
Engraving by William Hodges (illustrateur). 1st printing. An original copper engraving from a painting by William Hodges,Taken from Hawkesworth's 1773 account of the voyages of Capt. James Cook, Joseph Banks, and Capt John Byron. Hodges (1744-1797) joined Cook's second expedition to the South Pacific (1772-1775) as a draughstman. Cook visited Vanuatu in July of 1774. In his judgment the islanders - the Malekulans - were 'the most ugly and ill-proportioned people' he ever saw. Hawkesworth commented that they wore no clothes, except a piece of cloth or leaf by which the men tied their penis to their belly. They had wooly, short-cropped hair, thick lips, and very dark complexions, and the septum was perforated by a sharp stone. When Hodges painted 'The Landing at Mallicolo' (the original of which hangs in the National Martime Museum) he adopted what has been described as 'the transitional mode of history painting, using the mitigated realism popularized by Benjamin West'. Cook's men are shown in contemporary dress and the islanders are painted to accord with the ethnographic reports, but in poses and with gestures whose origin appears to lie in classical statuary, thus making them tall and dignified of bearing - a clear contrast with Cook's description of them as being 'ape-like'. This is plate LX appearing opposite page 129. The margins show staining. There is some faint staining to the image, and several small closed tears (not affecting image). The margins are untrimmed. Measuring 29 x 49 cms, with three folds, as issued. Uncoloured.
Vendeur : William Matthews/The Haunted Bookshop, Sidney, BC, Canada
anticat16 (illustrateur). London: For W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773. A copper plate engraving from Cook's first voyage, showing the Queen Charlotte's Islands, part of the Solomon Islands. Inset of Carteret's Island. Condition is fine, matted, covered by glasine. Printed area measures 25 X 40 cm. Shown is Capt. Byron's track in "Swallow". Not to be confused with the Queen Charlotte Islands, which are on the coast of British Columbia.
Edité par London: Alexander Hogg, [ca 1785]., 1785
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
"Single sheet (8 6/8 x 14 inches to the neat line). A fine engraved map showing the coast of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) from S.W. Cape to Cape Frederick Henry, and three coastal profiles by Thomas Bowen after Bligh (lower edge torn with loss encroaching on the plate mark but not the image, one or two marks). A fine view of Van Diemen's Land, showing Cook's tracks in the 'Resolution', and originally published in Cook's third voyage: "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; undertaken by 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 Practicality of a Northern Passage to Europe " first published in 1784. Thomas Bowen followed in the footsteps of his more famous father Emanuel Bowen as bookseller and cartographer. In 1767 he issued the 'Atlas Anglicannus' and a world map in 1777 showing the discoveries of Captain Cook. He fell into financial difficulties and died in a Clerkenwell workhouse in 1790.".
Edité par Paris, Paris, 1769
Vendeur : High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, Etats-Unis
Uncolored map of Tahiti and the nearby island of Eimeo from the French edition of Cook's First Voyage. Uncolored. Very good condition, with two vertical folds.
Edité par H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, et al., Dublin, 1784
Vendeur : NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, Etats-Unis
Carte
No Binding. Etat : Very Good. MAP DESCRIPTION: Original 1784 map (Plate XVIII) disband from the Dublin, 1784 edition of Cook's Voyage to the Pacific. The map shows NE coast of Asia, Bering's Strait, and NW part of North America, including Norton Sound. Shows Cook's sailing tract with dates. Sheet measures 10.75" (h) x 15.5" (w). Map is laid flat on archival foam core and shrink wrapped. MAP CONDITION: Very Good overall, minor 1/2" tear to edge, else complete and slightly soiled. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: Good details on the map showing land features and topography with dates of exploration around the coasts beginning on Jan 18 1778 and departing on Aug 1778 and again July 1779. Very nice old, original 1784 map of the North Pacific; ready for framing.
Edité par Paris, Paris, 1774
Vendeur : High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, Etats-Unis
Uncolored chart of the northeastern coast of Australia from the French edition of Cook's First Voyage. Good condition, with mild wear at bottom and right edges, right and left edges trimmed close. Oriented with north to the right. Shows from Cape York in the north to Cape Tribulation. Tooley 344.
Edité par Ward Lock, London, 1820
Vendeur : Redaelli Alberto, Milano, Italie
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Rilegato. Etat : quasi ottimo. In 8° grande, edizione primi 800 in un volume, profusamente illustrato con ritratto al frontespizio, numerose vignette a piena pagina e incisioni nel testo, legatura in marocchino prugna su piatti in stoffa, nervature al dorso, xx, pp. 1152, copia molto buona con leggere abrasioni, edizione poco reperibile, descrizione dei suoi viaggi (Terra del Fuoco, N. Zelanda, Australia, Tahiti, Nuove Ebridi, N.Caledonia, Isole Sandwich, etc) sino alla morte avvenuta alle isole Hawai. Costi di spedizione da calcolare caso per caso. 1 volume in 8° large, early 1800 edition in one volume, richly illustrated with portrait to the frontispiece, several full-page vignettes and engravings in the text, plum morocco binding over cloth plates, ribs to the back, xx, pp. 1152, very good copy with light abrasions, scarcely available edition, a description of his travels (Fire Land, N. Zealand, Australia, Tahiti, New Hebrides, N. Caledonia, Sandwich Islands, etc) until his death at Hawaii Islands. Delivery costs to be calculated case by case.
Edité par H. Chamberlain, W. Watson, et al., Dublin, 1784
Edition originale
HARDCOVER. 1st edition thus. 3 volume set, full calf, octavo, large folding map, 23 folding plates, front cover of Volume II is deteched, tight bindings on the other two, , no marks to the text, foxing, soiled page edges, 1" split to hinge of Vol. III, boards are worn at the edges and corners, nice finish to the covers, mildly stained and worn, bookplates. Volumes I and II are Good, Volume III is Poor.
Edité par Printed by Sowler and Russell. Manchester., 1801, 1801
Vendeur : Paul Foster. - ABA & PBFA Member., London, Royaume-Uni
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Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. SCARCE EARLY MANCHESTER PRINTING. 8vo. viii,566pp,+ Directions to the Binder leaf. This abridgement , by G. W. Anderson, was orignally published in 1799. Six full page engravings, including portrait frontis of Cook. Complete. Previous owners named scratched out on the title page, without any loss to the page. Bound in contemporary full reversed calf. Spine with raised bands, ruled in blind. Red title label, ruled and lettered in gilt. Loss to the top f the spine, exposing the headband, which is loose. 2 inch chip to the top of the front blank endpaper. Overall avery good copy in an early calf binding. :
Edité par Paris, Paris, 1774
Vendeur : High Ridge Books, Inc. - ABAA, South Deerfield, MA, Etats-Unis
Uncolored chart of the east coast of Australia from the French edition of Cook's First Voyage. Good condition, with mild wear at bottom and right edges, right and left edges trimmed close. Oriented with north to the right. The first map of the entire eastern coast of Australia, showing from Point Hicks at the southeastern corner of Australia, at the left side of the map, to Capes York and Cornwall in the north. Tooley 342.
Edité par c.1781, Amsterdam, 1781
Vendeur : Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Carte
Etat : Very Good. A fine map of the Voyages of Captain James Cook around America and the Pacific Ocean. The route of his voyages are shown in 3 different colours indicating first, second, third voyages.British explorer Capt. James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European to circumnavigate and map New Zealand., Size : 610x495 (mm), 24.02x19.49 (Inches), Original Outline Coloring.
Edité par c.1777, London, 1777
Vendeur : Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Carte
Etat : Very Good. The Asia part of the World map by Capt. James Cook which depicts his various paths and discoveries. , Size : 593x465 (mm), 23.35x18.31 (Inches), Black & White.
Edité par G. Kearsley, London,, 1787
Vendeur : lamdha books, Wentworth Falls, NSW, Australie
Octavo; hardcover, half-bound in calf with marbled boards, gilt spine titles on a red morocco label between five raised bands decorated in gilt; 488pp. [2 Blank + xxivpp. + 442pp. + 16pp. (Index) + 2pp. of adverts + 2 Blank], on laid paper with marbled edges, with a folding engraved frontispiece ("The Death of Cook"), a folding chart and five engraved plates. Moderate wear; boards, edges and joints well rubbed; crackling to the leather on the spine; text block top edges dusted; previous owner's ink inscription to the front pastedown and title page; mild offset throughout; folding plates backed with linen. Very good. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. The British Admiralty claimed the rights to publish any material which had been generated on its ships during its missions of exploration and were generally scrupulous about depriving the seamen on board of their journals whenever they returned to port. The publication of Cooks' narrative of his Third Voyage - notoriously cut short by his death in Hawaii - was seen as a lucrative means of recouping monies spent upon the enterprise; an eager public, keen to read of his exploits, were not about to prove them wrong. Not everybody could afford to pay the sums expected to purchase the work however, and few wanted to deal with its quarto format with accompanying maps, so the enterprising George Kearsley (publisher) saw his way clear to producing an abridged smaller format version which suited the market admirably. The Admiralty were not so keen to see funds diverted away from them like this and entered into a battle of words with the canny publisher. As a result, the Preface to the volume is both a long apology and an explanation as to Kearsley's altruistic reasons for publishing it. Possibly due to the acrimony surrounding the publication, the main bibliographer of works by and about Cook, Beddie, overlooked the second edition in his listings (this is the fourth). The book is of interest also for the fact that it reproduces the Royal Society Medal presented to Cook post-mortem - designed by Pingo and engraved here by Trotter - and goes into a fair amount of detail about this award. (See: Beddie 1547; Forbes, "Hawaiian National Bibliography", 68). This copy of the work was previously owned by Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, the distinguished Australian politician and solicitor.
Edité par G. Nicoll and T. Cadell, London, 1784
Vendeur : Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, Etats-Unis
Map. Plate 36 from the atlas volume of Cook, James; A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, published by G. Nicoll and T. Cadell; London, 1784. Writing engraved by T. Harmer. Wagner; Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America, 696. Map printed border to border measures 15.25 x 26.5 inches, plate impression 16.75 x 27.25 inches, sheet 21.5 x 30 inches. An exceptionally nice uncolored copy. Request a higher resolution photograph if required. Book.
Edité par W. Faden, London, 1794
Vendeur : Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Carte
Etat : Very Good. An important map of the North West. Published by William Faden as part of his post revolutionary atlas of North America. The map covers from the west coast to Hudsons Bay to Washington state in the south. There is a detailed path of the Captain Cooks voyage is also deliniated., Size : 430x710 (mm), 16.875x27.875 (Inches), Original Outline Coloring, 0.
Edité par Hakluyt Society, London, 1967
Vendeur : Bjarne Tokerud Bookseller, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Membre d'association : PBFA
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Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. The Classic Edition of Captain Cook's Journals Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. London: Hakluyt Society, 1968-1974 and 1998-1997. COMPLETE SET of 9 volumes: 5 text volumes (thick 8vos + 4 Folios). Generally very fine in fine dust jackets. JOURNALS. Volume 1: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. (1968 Reprint with Addenda and Corrigenda). JOURNALS. Volume 2: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 (1969 with Addenda and Corrigenda). JOURNALS. Volume 3 ( Part One and Two): The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. (1967 1st editions ). JOURNALS. Volume 4: The Life of Captain James Cook. (1974 1st edition). Collations: cclxxxiv + 684pp; clxx + 1028pp; viii + 721pp + 1647pp; xi + 760pp. COMES WITH THE CHARTS AND VIEWS by Cook and His Officers is in fine condition with its original wrap around dust jacket (often missing) in very good to fine condition. Has 58 plates, charts and views. [3 Folios: THE CHARTS AND COASTAL VIEWS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES] Volume One. lxiv + 328pp. (with colour frontis. and 480 plates); Volume Two. c + 332pp (with colour frontis. and 23 colour plates, 320 plates); Volume Three. cxxxvi + 319pp (with colour frontis. and 46 plates). This Grouping also includes a 9pp. addendum pamphlet entitled 'Cook and the Russians' 1973. An original colored promotional pamphlet for the Boydelll & Brewer edition. And, a 3pp. typed review of the JOURNALS. published 1967 edition, reviewed by J. H. Parry of Harvard University. This nine volume classic edition of Cook's journals of his three voyages of discovery, complete with all the charts and views published by the Hakluyt Society, provides an authoritative text, supplemented by reproductions of contemporary charts, maps, and illustrations. Detailed notes are also provided, with additional information from other sources that supplement Cook's own accounts. In addition, there are extracts from the journals of Cook's shipmates, as well as manuscript charts and views by Cook and his officers. Complete, as issued. HEAVY SET. Will require extra postage.
Edité par London: G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785., 1785
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Single sheet (22 x 30 inches; 15 4/8 x 27 6/8 inches to the neat line) full margins showing the plate mark (central vertical fold, lower corners renewed, not affecting the image). A fine engraved map of the most north-west coast of America, showing Bhering's Strait, from Cook's "Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780". David, A. The charts and coastal views of Captain Cook's voyages, 3.95A; Mitchell, 1714; Wagner, H.R. Cartog. of the NW coast, 696. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.
Edité par John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy 1784 (1st. 8vo. edition)., 1784
Vendeur : PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, Royaume-Uni
Membre d'association : PBFA
Complete in 4 vols; Very attractive half calf with gilt decorated spines, each with contrasting morocco labels & raised bands. In very good condition. Some minor rubbing to edges. New endpapers. Inside some light tanning, each volume has contemporary related small note tipped in. Volume I pages 17 to 26 have faint water mark. Else generally very clean & tight. Size 8.5 x 5.25 inches 370pp, 359pp, 400pp, 310pp + index. Large folding map, folding map of Hawaii, engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, 48 [17+11+16+4] full-page engravings, including folding plate of the death of Cook, index, list of subscribers. Volume 1 contains transactions from the beginning of the voyage,till our departure from New Zealand,22 chapters in 3 books,370 pages. Volume 2 contains; Occurrences at Otaheite and the Society Isles; and prosecution of the voyage to the coast of North America,17 chapters in 2 books,359 pages. Volume 3 contains Transactions with the natives of North America; discoveries on that coast and the Eastern extremity of Asia,and return Southward to the Sandwich Islands,15 chapters in 3 books,400 pages. Volume 4 contains Transactions of a second expedition to the North,by the way of Kamtschatra,and in returning home,by way of Canton and the Cape of Good Hope.
Edité par London: John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding and John Hardy. 1784., 1784
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
4 volumes. 8vo., (8 x 4 6/8 inches). 6-page publisher's catalogue at end of volume IV. Half-titles to volumes one, II., and III. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook and large engraved folding "General Chart" of Cook's three voyages (short tear repaired) in volume one, one folding chart of the Sandwich Islands and a large folding plate of the "Death of Captain James Cook" in volume III, and 47 plates including some folding (some occasionally heavy spotting). Contemporary calf, spines in six compartments with five slightly raised bands, morocco lettering-pieces in two, others elaborately decorated with small gilt tools (rebacked preserving the original spine, extremities scuffed). First octavo edition of Cook's third voyage to discover a northwest passage linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Abridged, and so without all the technical nautical details found in earlier quarto edition, but often preferred by readers because "the work reads more like an adventure" (Hill). On board were a number of significant crew members: William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, George Vancouver, and John Webber as artist to the expedition. The voyage took in Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, 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' before he was stopped by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives over a boat. Charles Clerke took command, and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite contemporary English hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. This voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill). Hill 362; Mitchell "Cook" 1545.
Date d'édition : 1821
Vendeur : Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, Royaume-Uni
Seven vols. 25 plates & a foldiong map. 8vo. Contemporary half calf, black morocco labels to spine, gilt, some minor foxing to plates, a little shelf worn. London, Longman, This set includes separate accounts of Cook's three voyages, ?transcribed from the edition authorised by the Admiralty? Beddie, 94.
Edité par London: G. Nicol, 1788., 1788
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
4to., (11 4/8 x 9 3/8 inches). Half-title. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook. 20th-century half tan calf, cloth. Provenance: with the contemporary ownership inscription of Mary R. Williams at the head of the title-page. THE FIRST ENGLISH BIOGRAPHY OF COOK First separate edition. Considered as the leading biographer of his day, some of his most important biographies include lives of Anthony Ashley Cooper, first earl of Shaftesbury (1790; republished, 1836), Captain Cook (1778) as here, Philip Doddridge (1792), and Job Orton (1822). His life of Cook caused him no little anxiety on publication "A Narrative of the Life of Captain Cook must principally consist of the voyages and discoveries he made, and the difficulties and dangers to which he was exposed. The private incidents concerning him, though collected with the utmost diligence, can never compare, either in number or importance, with his public transactions. Those who are best acquainted with Captain Cook's expeditions, may be pleased with reviewing them in a more compendious form, and with having his actions placed in a closer point of view, in consequence of their being divested of the minute nautical and other details, which were essentially necessary in the voyages at large" (Preface). Kippis's magnum opus was his five volume "Biographia" published between 1778 and 1793, which included this biography of Cook in volume IV, and which is advertised at the end of the book, marked a "significant development in biographical literature that was built upon in the following century. It was a monumental achievement of scholarship, not only on Kippis's part but also on that of the contributors whom he employed" (Alan Ruston for DNB). Hill 935; Sabin 37954. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.
Edité par London: The Royal Society, 1784., 1784
Vendeur : Arader Galleries - AraderNYC, New York, NY, Etats-Unis
1 3/16 inches in diameter. Bronze medallion featuring a bust of Cook with the Latin motto "Oceani Investigator Acerrimus" (the most intrepid explorerof the seas), and on the reverse the figure of Fortune holding a naval ruder atop a globe with the motto "Nil intentatum nostril liquere" (our men have left nothing unattempted). One of 574 struck in bronzed copper, of a total edition of 884 (including 19 in gold and 291 in silver). Cook was elected to the Royal Society in March of 1776, and much of the scientific work of his voyages of discovery was performed under the auspices of the Society: the first to observe the transit of Venus; and the second to search for "Terra Australis"; and the third to search for a Northern passage to connect the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. This medal was commissioned by the Royal Society (which received news of Cook's tragic death in 1780), from the chief engraver of the Mint, Lewis Pingo (1743-1830), who finished it in 1784. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.
Edité par Alex. Hogg, London, 1784
Vendeur : Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
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.
Edité par W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1777
Vendeur : Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Etats-Unis
2 volumes, 4to. (11 x 8 5/8 inches). Engraved portrait of Cook by J. Basire after Wm. Hodges, 63 engraved plates, maps and charts, 1 folding letterpress table. Expertly bound to style in half eighteenth century russia over period marbled paper covered boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, red and black morocco lettering pieces in the second and fourth, the others with a repeat decoration in gilt Cook's second voyage describing his attempt to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search for a southern continent. "Cook earned his place in history by opening up the Pacific to western civilization and by the foundation of British Australia. 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 nineteenth century" (Printing and the Mind of Man p.135). "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents . 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, Norfolk Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores . This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy" (Hill p.123) "This, the official account of the second voyage, was written by Cook himself . In a letter, dated June 22nd, 1776, to his friend Commodore William Wilson, Cook writes: - "The Journal of my late Voyage will be published in the course of the next winter, and I am to have the sole advantage of the sale. It will want those flourishes which Dr. Hawkesworth gave the other, but it will be illustrated and ornamented with about sixty copper plates, which, I am of the opinion, will exceed every thing that has been done in a work of this kind; . As to the Journal, it must speak for itself. I can only say that it is my own narrative ."' (Holmes pp.35-36). Beddie 1217; cf. Hill (2004) 358; cf. Holmes 24; cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 223; Rosove 77.A2; cf. Sabin 16245.
Edité par W. Strahan and T. Cadell, First edition. London, 1777
Vendeur : Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Text: engraved portrait of Cook by J. Basire after Wm. Hodges, 1 folding letterpress table; Atlas: engraved folding map, 62 engraved plates, maps and charts (unfolded). Text: expertly bound to style in 18th-century russia, flat spines gilt in compartments. Atlas: expertly bound to style in half 18th-century russia over contemporary marbled paper covered boards, spines uniform to the text. First Edition of Cook's second voyage describing his attempt to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search for a southern continent. "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents." (Hill 358). On his monumental second voyage aboard the HMS Resolution, Cook became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle and delve deep into the ice. "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, Norfolk Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores . This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy." (Hill 358). The plates to Cook's second voyage are largely after the expedition artist William Hodges, who personally oversaw the engraving process, which was accomplished by among the most noted engravers of the day: West, Bartolozzi, Byrne and others. Copies of Cook's second voyage are invariably found in two volumes, with the maps and plates cut down and/or awkwardly folded and interspersed within the text. As the plates were printed larger than the text block, many of the portraits and views found in the usual 2-volume issue have been trimmed to or even within the image. The present set, however, includes copies of the plates entirely uncut and unfolded and edge bound in a separate folio atlas volume. Furthermore, the impressions of these plates are dark and rich and far better than the images generally found in the usual 2-volume issue. It is unclear why or for whom sets with a separate folio atlas were produced, but it seems likely that this deluxe version was intended for members of the Admiralty or for presentation. It is very rare to find the second voyage in this desirable form. The usual Cook and Antarctic references make no mention of such an issue (though do identify a very small number of extant folio volumes containing proof impressions of plates, similarly unfolded and uncut). "Cook earned his place in history by opening up the Pacific to western civilization and by the foundation of British Australia. 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 nineteenth century" (Printing and the Mind of Man p.135). Beddie 1216; cf. Hill (2004) 358; cf. Holmes 24; cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 223; Rosove 77.A; cf. Sabin 16245. 3 volumes: 2 text volumes, 4to (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 inches); atlas volume, folio (20 1/8 x 13 1/4 inches).