1789 Captain Cook Voyages Pacific Wallis Carteret Hawaii PROVENANCE Napoleon ?



John Hawkesworth was an important English book editor, most known for his commission to edit Captain James Cooks Voyages. First published in 1773, Hawkesworth edition of Account of the Voyages included the stories of important excursions of John Byron, Captain Wallis, Carteret, and of course James Cook. Sadly, many critics disapproved of his work claiming it to be inaccurate, even though that may or may not have been the case. He describes the customs and manners of the people living in the South Seas, as well as specific highlights from the voyages.



Item number: #20625

Price: $950



HAWKESWORTH, John



Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté britannique et successivement exécutés par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis, & le Capitaine Cook, dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow & lEndeavour



A Paris : Chez Nyon, Merigot, 1789.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; 8 volumes

Each tome individually paged

References: Sabin 30940

Provenance:

Bookplate – Carnegie Free Library, Allegheny, PA

Commissioned in 1886, the Allegheny branch was the first Carnegie library to be commissioned in the United States.

Handwritten – Frances W. Bruce, 1859

Letter – Notice of sale indicates that the original seller of this set, John Gray Bell, believed and presented that these books were once the property of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Language: French

Binding: Leather

Front boards detached on all volumes

Size: ~8in X 5.25in (20.5cm x 13cm)



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