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Cook, Captain James
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Voyage dans l’hémisphere austral et autour du monde, fait sur les vaisseaux de roi, l'Aventure, & la Résolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774 & 1775... dans lequel on a inséré la relation du capitaine Furneaux, & celle de MM. Forster. Paris, 1778
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FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 5 volumes (255 x 195mm.), half-titles, 67 engraved plates, maps and charts (numbered 1-65, 10bis, and one unnumbered in vol.5), many folding, folding table in vol.4 p.302 and vol.5 p.253, plate list at beginning of volume 1, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, one map browned (no.41, vol.3), occasional slight browning or spotting elsewhere, very minor wear to bindings
Cook, Captain James. Cartes et figures du troisième voyage de Cook. Paris, 1785, 4to, 88 engraved plates and maps (all but the last, 'Mort de Cook', numbered), most folding or double-page, contemporary calf (not uniform with the above), spine gilt, slight browning and soiling, binding rebacked retaining original spine, without the text volumes
Cook, Captain James. Cartes et figures du troisième voyage de Cook. Paris, 1785, 4to, 88 engraved plates and maps (all but the last, 'Mort de Cook', numbered), most folding or double-page, contemporary calf (not uniform with the above), spine gilt, slight browning and soiling, binding rebacked retaining original spine, without the text volumes
Literature
Beddie, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, 1223; cf. Hill (2004) 358 (first English edition)
Condition
The condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
A good copy of the account of Cook's second voyage. For this edition, the translator, Suard "explains in his introduction that he has used, as well as Cook's account, the account by the younger Forster. He has drawn from the latter material that is not included in Cook. These dovetailed accounts occupy four volumes. The fifth has a separate title-page as follows: Observations faites, pendant le second voyage de M. Cook. His introduction to this volume states that it serves as an appendix to the four preceding ones, that it forms, in English, a separate work from the account of the voyage published by the captain, and also from that by the younger Forster" (Beddie).