[Travels - world] - Cook, James - Reize rondom de waereld. Vertaald door J.D. Pasteur. Met
Estimation :
€3000/4000
Adjudication :
2800 €
Description
kaarten en plaaten. Eerste (- xxx) deel. Leiden, Amsterdam, Den Haag, Honkoop, Allart en van Cleef, 1795-1803, 14 vol. (incl. index), 8to, cont. polished half calf (corners bumped and sl. rubbed), flat spine (joints sl. rubbed), red leather title label. Good general condition, some waterstains and spotting throughout. First collected ed. in dutch, probably based on the german ed. of 1781, with a short biography of James Cook added. The first 3 vol. contain the life of Cook and Cook’s first voyage from 1768-1771 after the account by J. Hawkesworth. Vol. 4 -7 contain Cook’s second voyage from 1772-1775 after cook’s own account with notes from the Journal by g. Forster. vols. 8 -13 contain cook’s third and last voyage from 1776-1778, after the accounts by J. king & himself. Engr. ills: engr. portr. of the author, 13 title vign., 52 fold. maps and 134 engr. (partly fold.) by A. & J.S. Klauber & C. v. Baersel. Bookpl. P.A. Lanyon-Orgill. Ref. Tiele 268. STCN. COPAC (incompl.).
