Captain Cook

# 50118

[HOARE, Sophia, photographer]; WEBBER, John (1752-1793) (artist); BERNARD, Robert (1734-1777) (engraver)

[COOK; TAHITI] Photograph of an eighteenth-century engraving, “Sacrifice humain qui eut lieu dans un des morais de O-Taiti”

Papeete, Tahiti : Mrs. Sophia Hoare, [between 1880 and 1889]. Albumen print photograph of a copperplate engraving, 110 x 207 mm; unmounted; verso with the wet stamp of ‘Mrs. S. Hoare, Photographer, Papeete, Tahiti’; in good condition with an expected amount of very light creasing. Sacrifice humain qui eut lieu dans un des marais de …

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# 50218

PARKIN, Ray

H.M. Bark Endeavour : her place in Australian history.

With an account of her construction, crew and equipment and a narrative of her voyage on the east coast of New Holland in the year 1770. Melbourne: Miegunyah Press (MUP), 1999. Reprint. With plans, charts and illustrations by the author. Quarto, two volumes in slipcase, pp. 468, 25 maps, a few very small spots of …

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# 49865

CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich

[COOK] Nuttig en leerzaam onderhoud, in fraaije verhalen, voor de lieve jeugd; door J. H. Campe.

Amsterdam : Ten Brink & De Vries, 1827. Second edition. Small octavo (160 x 100 mm), contemporary marbled papered boards (rubbed and worn at corners and spine ends); pp. viii, 96; title with engraved vignette, illustrated with [2] engraved plates; text in Dutch; includes a ‘true account of a curious event on Cook’s last voyage’ …

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# 41536

COOK, James, 1728-1779; FORSTER, Georg, 1754-1794; FURNEAUX, Tobias, 1735-1781

[COOK] Sammandrag af Capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring Södra Polen förrättade resa :

hwarwid Herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade : Innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäckter i söderhafwet, Rörande Södra Polens Ishaf nya uptäckte Öars naturalier och Inwånarnes Tänkesätt, Seder, Klädedrägt, m.m. Upsala [Sweden] : Johan Edman, 1783. Octavo, nineteenth century papered boards with title label to spine (edges …

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# 40477

[COOK, James, 1728-1779].

An abridgement of Captain Cook’s first and second voyages.

The first performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 ; the second in 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. For making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, by order of his majesty. Extracted from the quarto edition, in five volumes. Containing a relation of all the interesting transactions; including an abridgement of Captain Furneaux’s narrative of …

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# 43785

BARDIN, William (c.1740-1798)

A matching pair of Georgian terrestrial and celestial table globes

A new, accurate and compleat terrestrial globe, accompanying the Geographical Magazine. Originally laid down by Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S. Improv’d by G. Wright, and made by W. Bardin, Fleet Street, London. Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co., No. 18 Paternoster Row, Augt. 1st, 1783 (cartouche). Published by G. Wright & …

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# 49567

EDEN, William (1744 - 1814), et al.

The History of New Holland, from its first discovery in 1616 to the present time :

with a particular account of its produce and inhabitants and a description of Botany Bay : also, a list of the naval, marine, military, and civil establishment. To which is prefixed, An introductory discourse on banishment, by the Right Honourable William Eden. London : Printed for John Stockdale, 1787. First edition. Octavo, period style half calf, …

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# 49333

Parkinson, Sydney (c.1745-1771)

A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty’s ship the Endeavour.

Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late Expedition with Dr. Solander, round the world. Embellished with views and designs, delineated by the author, and engraved by capital artists. London : printed for Stanfield Parkinson, the editor, 1773. Quarto, contemporary full speckled calf ruled in …

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# 49532

RIENITS, Rex and Thea

Early artists of Australia

Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1963. Quarto, cloth in illustrated dustjacket (light edge wear, silver fishing), patterned endpapers,, pp. x; 246, illustrated. A good copy. A valuable survey of the first European artworks of the Australian continent, including chapters on Cook’s artists, the First Fleet, Thomas Watling, William Westall, John William Lewin, George William Evans, …

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# 49531

ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich

Zimmermann’s account of the third voyage of Captain Cook 1776 – 1790

Translated by Miss U. Tewsley, of the Library Staff, under direction of Johannes C. Anderson. With a few Explanatory Notes. Alexander Turnbull Library Bulletin No. 2. Wellington : W.A.G. Skinner (Government Printer), 1926. Octavo, printed blue cloth (lightly marked, title in manuscript along spine), pp. 49; two plates. The author sailed with Cook on his …

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# 47286

[WAKEFIELD, Priscilla; MILLS, Alfred, illustrator]

[COOK] Costumes de différentes nations, en miniature. Avec des descriptions.

Paris : Guyot et de Pelafol, 1816. 32mo (68 x 60 mm), original calf, boards with decorative borders in gilt, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (a little worn at the junctions of the head and outer joints), marbled endpapers; 96 pp. with a frontispiece and 47 copperplate illustrations of people of the world; binding …

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# 40002

NOLLIN, J. B.

Carte politique de l’Europe, divisée en ses principaux états

Dressee pour l’Instruction et sur les dernières Observations Astronomiques par J. B. Nollin, Ingénieur Géographe. Revue et corrigée par J. B. Poirson. Paris : chez Jean, 1802. Copperplate engraved map on paper, 750 x 1080 mm (sheet), folded, manuscript title verso, original hand colouring in outline, a couple of small holes at the corners of …

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# 48301

JOPPIEN, Rüdiger and SMITH, Bernard

The art of Captain Cook’s voyages (four volume set, first editions)

Volume one : The voyage of the Endeavour 1768 – 1771. With a descriptive catalogue of all the known drawings of peoples, places, artefacts and events and the original engravings associated with them. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1985 (reprint). Folio, cloth in dust jacket, pp. xv; 247, illustrated. Volume two : The voyage of …

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# 14356

POUGENS, Charles de (1755-1833)

Histoire d’Alexis Goodman, tirée des manuscrits de feu M. le capitaine Cook

pp 1-75 in: Pougens, Charles de. Récréations de philosophie et de morale. Yverdon : [F. B. de Félice] ; et se vend à Paris : chez Debure l’aîné, 1784. Duodecimo, contemporary full calf ruled in gilt (rubbed), spine with gilt ornament, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt ‘Histoire d’Alexis Goodman’ (frayed at head and …

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# 27137

KERAUDREN, Pierre François (1769-1857?)

Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé dans les ports et à la mer.

Paris : Annales maritimes et coloniales. II.e partie. Année 1824. – Juin. Octavo, bound in contemporary marbled wrappers, pp [2], 457-541, with an engraved diagram of a furnace ventilator (p.540); light browning to some of the leaves, but a very good copy. Text in French. An important treatise on the causes of, and preventive measures …

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# 46403

KERAUDREN, Pierre François (1769-1857?)

Mémoire sur les causes des maladies des marins et sur les soins à prendre pour conserver leur santé

dans les ports et à la mer. Half title: Médecine nautique. A Paris : de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1824. Second edition. Octavo, bound in modern cloth backed marbled boards, spine with gilt ornament and leather title label lettered in gilt, pp 115, [1] engraved diagram of a furnace ventilator; mild foxing to the last few leaves, …

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