VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798) and SPARRMAN, Anders (1748-1820). En upptäckts-resa till Norra Stilla Hafvet, och kring jordklotet. Stockholm: Anders Zetterberg, 1800-1. The rare first Swedish edition of Vancouver’s voyage, translated by Anders Sparrman. Sparrman had served on Cook’s second voyage, and here includes the map originally prepared for his Swedish account of that expedition. The engraved plates, depicting portraits of Native peoples, are copied from Webber’s illustrations of Cook’s third voyage. ABPC and RBH record only three copies at auction. Forbes 325; Howes V-23; cf. Lada-Mocarski 55; Tourville 4641. Two volumes in one, octavo (169 x 103mm). 8 engraved plates, folding map. Contemporary black half morocco over marbled boards, edges blue-green (joints starting). Provenance : E. Hagg (inscription) – Otto Ekman (inscription) – Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
VANCOUVER, George (1757-1798) and SPARRMAN, Anders (1748-1820). En upptäckts-resa till Norra Stilla Hafvet, och kring jordklotet. Stockholm: Anders Zetterberg, 1800-1. The rare first Swedish edition of Vancouver’s voyage, translated by Anders Sparrman. Sparrman had served on Cook’s second voyage, and here includes the map originally prepared for his Swedish account of that expedition. The engraved plates, depicting portraits of Native peoples, are copied from Webber’s illustrations of Cook’s third voyage. ABPC and RBH record only three copies at auction. Forbes 325; Howes V-23; cf. Lada-Mocarski 55; Tourville 4641. Two volumes in one, octavo (169 x 103mm). 8 engraved plates, folding map. Contemporary black half morocco over marbled boards, edges blue-green (joints starting). Provenance : E. Hagg (inscription) – Otto Ekman (inscription) – Charlotte Du Rietz Rare Books.
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