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Vie du Capitaine Cook, traduite de l'anglois du docteur Kippis, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Par M. Castera

Vie du Capitaine Cook, traduite de l'anglois du docteur Kippis, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Par M. Castera

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Vie du Capitaine Cook, traduite de l'anglois du docteur Kippis, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Par M. Castera

by [COOK: LIFE] KIPPIS, Andrew

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A couple of spots and slight marginal defect to the first leaf of text in volume II, but a fine copy.
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Paris: Hôtel de Thou, 1789. A couple of spots and slight marginal defect to the first leaf of text in volume II, but a fine copy.. Two volumes, octavo; bound with the half-titles in contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments; quarter calf bookform box.

An important association copy: Thomas Townshend, Lord Sydney's copy of the Kippis biography of Captain Cook. This handsome French octavo edition bears his ornate bookplate as Viscount Sydney (which he became in 1789), with his title engraved beneath the armorial crest depicting a stag facing a lion rampant.

Lord Sydney drew directly upon the experiences of Cook and his men in formulating the plan to establish the penal colony at Botany Bay. Books of this nature from his library highlight the connection between the exploration of the east coast of Australia and its subsequent settlement in the late eighteenth century. Aside from its desirable provenance, this is a handsome set in a contemporary French mottled calf binding. It was among the books from the David Parsons collection of Pacific voyages sold by Hordern House in 2006.

. Provenance: Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, with armorial bookplates; R. David Parsons, Atlanta; Andrew Tink AM (author of "Lord Sydney: The Life and Times of Tommy Townshend", 2011).

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Bookseller
Hordern House Rare Books AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
4111714
Title
Vie du Capitaine Cook, traduite de l'anglois du docteur Kippis, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Par M. Castera
Author
[COOK: LIFE] KIPPIS, Andrew
Book Condition
Used - A couple of spots and slight marginal defect to the first leaf of text in volume II, but a fine copy.
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Hôtel de Thou
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1789
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Hordern House Rare Books

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About Hordern House Rare Books

Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.

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Bookplate
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Gilt
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