‎[POTTS] - ‎ ‎HAWKESWORTH JOHN‎
‎AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES‎

‎An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere and successively performed by commodore Byron, captain Wallis, captain Carteret, and captain Cook in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawm up from the Journals which were kept by the several commanders and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, Lld. in three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.‎

‎London Printed from W. Stra (2 août 1773) 3 volumes in-4, demi-veau à coins, plats de papier moucheté, dos sans nerfs ornés d'une pièce de titre mosaïquée en maroquin rouge, d'une pièce de tomaison mosaïquée en maroquin vert, l'ensemble orné de fers et filets dorés; doublures et gardes de papier marbré, non rognés (reliures de l'époque). Seconde édition en anglais du premier voyage de James Cook vers les Terres australes effectué de 1768 à 1771 à bord de l'Endeavour, illustrée de 53 planches et cartes dépliantes gravées dont 27 cartes (avec notamment la grande carte du détroit de Magellan) et 26 planches (14 hors texte et 12 dépliantes). Cette seconde édition, publiée le 2 août 1773, soit moins de deux mois après la première (juin 1773), se caractérise par une préface dans laquelle Hawkesworth répond à la réaction vive qu'eut le géographe écossais Alexandre Dalrymple lors de la sortie de la première édition, reprochant en particulier l'échec de Cook à localiser le Grand Continent Sud.Le premier tome contient les voyages du commandant Byron et des capitaines Carteret et Wallis et leur découverte de Tahiti. Les second et troisième tomes relatent le premier voyage du lieutenant Cook qui ne fut promu capitaine qu'à son retour. Les instructions de Cook pour ce premier voyage étaient d'observer le transit de Vénus depuis Tahiti et de poursuivre l'examen de John Byron consacré aux mers entre le cap Horn et la Nouvelle-Hollande (l'Australie), en passant par la Nouvelle-Zélande. Son expédition prend fin avec une mission à demi réussie puisquil na pu ni confirmer ni infirmer lexistence dun continent au sud du Pacifique. De la bibliothèque Arpad Plesch (ex-libris). ‎

‎Sea Road to the Indies. An account of the voyages and exploits of the Portuguese Navigators, together with the life and times of Dom Vasco Da Gama, Capitao-Mor, Viceroy of India and Count of Vidigueira.‎

‎London William Hodge and Company, Limited 1952 ‎

‎First British edition. Hardback. In original unclipped dust jacket. Now in protective wrap. Red cloth with gilt title to spine. The map end papers have some age toning in line with the dust jacket. Inside is clean. The dust jacket has a little age-toning and some light rubbing / chips to the corners. Overall a good example. 296 pages. 225 x 145 mm (8Ÿ x 5Ÿ inches).‎

‎Gulliver's Travels: An Account of the Four Voyages Into Several Remote Regions of the World‎

‎ Crown Publishers 16 x 24 Couverture rigide New York 1947 in-8, reliure illustrée pleine toile de l'éditeur, XXVI-358 pp. Twenty-Four Original Prints & One Hundred and Sixty Drawings By Luis Quintanilla. Introduction by Jacques Barzun. Exemplaire en très bon état.(ThHome28) ‎

‎Très bon ‎

‎A Compendium of the East. Being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies Made By the Sieur Jean De Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland. Now Published for the First Time [from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681] in an English translation by Stephanie & Denis Clark. Edited, with an Introduction by Ashley Gibson.‎

‎London The Golden Cockerel Press 1937 ‎

‎First Thus. Limited: # 86 of 300 copies. Black cloth spine, batik covered boards. Printed in Perpetua type on Arnold's hand-made paper. Contemporary Engravings of the principal places visited reproduced from Schouten's Oost-Indische Reyse [Amsterdam, 1676]. Maps used as end papers are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. Double page plates, double page facsimile from original manuscript. 209, [1] pp. Bookplate of Herbert Eberhard Hering, a noted German-Brazilian bibliophile and book collector, appears on the inside front paste down. The black spine has a little nicking to the top and tail of the spine. Overall in good, clean condition though. Internally clean with a few foxing spots only. Text in English. 320 x 200 mm (12œ x 7Ÿ inches).‎

‎A Compendium of the East being an Account of Voyages to the Grand Indies made by the Sieur Jean De Lacombe, of Quercy, Formerly Captain at Arms in the Service of the Company of the Indies of Holland‎

‎The Golden Cockerel Press, London, 1937. 1 volume, small in-folio, 210 pp., illustrated with 6 double-page engravings, bound in publisher's cloth, original batik boards, spine repaired with leather back, a good copy.‎

‎This is the first publication, from the Bordeaux Manuscript of 1681, with an English translation from the old French by Stephanie & Denis Clark, Edited with an introduction and notes by Ashley Gibson. Jean de Lacombe traveled through Ceylon, Java, Sumatra, Ternat, Nambonne, Gounongapy, Siam, Moluccas, China in the seventeenth century. The plates are from contemporary engravings of some of the principal places visited reproduced from Schultzen's Ost-indische Reyse, Amsterdam, 1676. The Maps used as end-papers are from a contemporary Mercator Atlas. The Edition is limited to 300 copies in Perpetua Type on Arnold's hand-made paper (No 183).‎