Reis naar de Zuidpool en rondom de weereld…
Utrecht & Amsterdam: G.T. van Paddenburg en Zoon & M. Schalekamp, 1793.
Small quarto, frontispiece and two plates, with an additional handcoloured double-hemisphere world map bound in; a good copy in contemporary half calf, flat spine gilt.
Revised Dutch version
Scarce second Dutch edition of Cook's second voyage of discovery, slightly changed from the first edition. This copy is extra-illustrated with a fine coloured map of the world which shows the tracks of all three Cook voyages, Waereld-Kaart volgends de Laatste Ontdekkingen waar op de Reizen van Cook (Leiden, Du Mortier en Zoon, 1804; not recorded by Perry and Prescott's Guide to Maps of Australia in Books Published 1780-1830; not in Tooley's Printed Maps of Australia).
Scarce second Dutch edition of Cook's second voyage of discovery, slightly changed from the first edition. This copy is extra-illustrated with a fine coloured map of the world which shows the tracks of all three Cook voyages, Waereld-Kaart volgends de Laatste Ontdekkingen waar op de Reizen van Cook (Leiden, Du Mortier en Zoon, 1804; not recorded by Perry and Prescott's Guide to Maps of Australia in Books Published 1780-1830; not in Tooley's Printed Maps of Australia).
Beddie, 1231; not noted by Rosove.
Condition Report: Old ink spots to a few pages, slight water-staining to a few leaves, one plate a little frayed at bottom edge; spine wearing, front joint split
Price (AUD): $3,850.00
US$2,573.69 Other currencies