JOURNAL DU SECOND VOYAGE DU CAPITAINE COOK, sur les vaisseaux La Resolution & L'Aventure; Entrepris par ordre de S. M. Britannique, dans les annees 1774 & 1775.
MARRA, John.
Published by Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris chez Pissot et Nyon, 1777
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FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF THE FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE. 1777, translated by De Freville from the 1775 London printing. ONCE IN THE PARSONS COLLECTION. 8vo, approximately 200 x 125 mm, 8 x 5 inches, large folding engraved map at rear, showing the routes of the 2 ships. Pages: half-title and title page, [1], xix, [1], 1-546, bound in full contemporary French mottled calf, gilt title to spine, floral gilt decoration between raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Slight rubbing to binding, upper hinge beginning to crack, covers holding firmly, occasional pale foxing, a few pages lightly age-browned, pinhole to 1 page affecting 1 letter, small pale brown spot to last 2 pages, short closed tear to 1 lower margin neatly repaired, Victor Froussard's name on a small label mounted at top of half-title and stamped in ink. Binding tight and firm, a very good copy. John Marra's book first appeared anonymously in England in 1775, the first full account published of Cook's second voyage and a first hand account as Marra was an Irish gunner on the Resolution. It contained many observations and incidents not in the official account which appeared 18 months later. It contained an account of the Adventure's time on the Tasmanian coast and also the first printed account of the Antarctic based on actual observation, the Resolution having crossed the Antarctic circle at 3 points. See The Parsons Collection of Rare Pacific Voyage Books, Part 1, No. 107; Beddie, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, page 234 No 1272. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 49030
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Title: JOURNAL DU SECOND VOYAGE DU CAPITAINE COOK, ...
Publisher: Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris chez Pissot et Nyon
Publication Date: 1777
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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JOURNAL DU SECOND VOYAGE DU CAPITAINE COOK, SUR LES VAISSEAUX LA RESOLUTION & L'AVENTURE; ENTREPRIS PAR ORDRE DE S. M. BRITANNIQUE, DANS LES ANNEES 1774 & 1775.
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CHEZ PISSOT, LIBRAIRE. NYON, LIBRAIRE., 1777
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Seller: Librairie du Château de Capens, Capens, France
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IN-8 (13 X 20 X 4,5 CENTIMETRES ENVIRON) DE (4) + XIX + (1) ET 546 PAGES, RELIURE D'EPOQUE PLEIN VEAU MARBRE, DOS A CINQ NERFS ORNE DE CAISSONS A FLEURONS DORES, TITRE DORE SUR ETIQUETTE MAROQUIN ROUGE, TRANCHES ROUGES. SANS LA CARTE. PREMIERE RELATION FRANCAISE DU SECOND VOYAGE DE COOK, PUBLIEE DIX-HUIT MOIS AVANT L'EDITION OFFICIELLE, ET CONTENANT DES DETAILS QUI NE SERONT PAS REPRIS DANS LES EDITIONS POSTERIEURES. L'AUTEUR DE CETTE RELATION, JOHN MARRA, CANONNIER A BORD DU VAISSEAU "LA RESOLUTION", AVAIT DU PUBLIE SON OUVRAGE ANONYMEMENT, LE REGLEMENT DE L'AMIRAUTE INTERDISANT AUX MEMBRES DES EXPEDITIONS D'UTILISER LE JOURNAL DE BORD A LEUR PROFIT PERSONNEL. PETITS DEFAUTS EXTERIEURS, DONT MORS INFERIEUR, SINON BON EXEMPLAIRE. Seller Inventory # 2663
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JOURNAL DU SECOND VOYAGE DU CAPITAINE COOK, sur les vaisseaux La Resolution & L'Aventure; Entrepris par ordre de S. M. Britannique, dans les annees 1774 & 1775.
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Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris chez Pissot et Nyon, 1777
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Seller: Roger Middleton P.B.F.A., Oxford, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF THE FIRST FULL ACCOUNT OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE. 1777, translated by De Freville from the 1775 London printing. ONCE IN THE PARSONS COLLECTION. 8vo, approximately 200 x 125 mm, 8 x 5 inches, large folding engraved map at rear, showing the routes of the 2 ships. Pages: half-title and title page, [1], xix, [1], 1-546, bound in full contemporary French mottled calf, gilt title to spine, floral gilt decoration between raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Slight rubbing to binding, upper hinge beginning to crack, covers holding firmly, occasional pale foxing, a few pages lightly age-browned, pinhole to 1 page affecting 1 letter, small pale brown spot to last 2 pages, short closed tear to 1 lower margin neatly repaired, Victor Froussard's name on a small label mounted at top of half-title and stamped in ink. Binding tight and firm, a very good copy. John Marra's book first appeared anonymously in England in 1775, the first full account published of Cook's second voyage and a first hand account as Marra was an Irish gunner on the Resolution. It contained many observations and incidents not in the official account which appeared 18 months later. It contained an account of the Adventure's time on the Tasmanian coast and also the first printed account of the Antarctic based on actual observation, the Resolution having crossed the Antarctic circle at 3 points. See The Parsons Collection of Rare Pacific Voyage Books, Part 1, No. 107; Beddie, Bibliography of Captain James Cook, page 234 No 1272. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. Seller Inventory # 50431
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JOURNAL du Second Voyage du Capitaine COOK, sur les Vaisseaux la Résolution et l'Aventure ; Entrepris par ordre de S. M. Britannique, dans les années 1774 et 1775.
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Pissot, Nyon, Amsterdam, Paris, 1777
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: DKB LIVRES ANCIENS, PARIS, France
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In-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. XIX 546 pp., plein veau havane raciné de l'époque, dos à nerfs orné, pièces de titre, tranches marbrées. Bel exemplaire de cette édition originale peu commune de la traduction française, parue auparavant anonymement avant l'édition officielle, traduite par A. F. L. de Fréville. Relation illustrée d'une carte gravée repliée. Ouvrage contenant des observations et le récit d'incidents non reproduits dans le second voyage de Cook (O'Reilly-Reitman, 380 - Du Rietz, Bibliotheca Polynesia, 812 - Hill, p. 60). Seller Inventory # 10632
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