(James COOK) John MARRA
Journal du second voyage du capitaine Cook, sur les vaisseaux La Résolution & L'Aventure ; entrepris par ordre de S. M. Britannique, dans les années 1774 & 1775 [traduit par A.F.L. Fréville][Journal of Captain Cook's Second Voyage, on board the Resolution and the Adventure; undertaken by order of His Britannic Majesty in the years 1774 and 1775 [translated by A.F.L. Fréville]
Pissot • Nyon|Amsterdam • Paris 1777|12.5 x 19.5 cm|Relié
Rare first edition of the French translation of the Journal of the Resolution (London, 1775), illustrated with a large folding copper-engraved map by E. Dussy, issued without legend.
Cf. O'Reilly & Reitman, 380: "Traduction de la relation apocryphe de Marra". See Hill, 60.
Scattered occasional foxing, a few abrasions to the boards.
Contemporary full marbled tan sheep, spine in five raised bands richly decorated with double gilt compartments, gilt fillets to bands partly rubbed, red morocco lettering-piece, gilt decorative tool at foot of spine, gilt rolls to board edges largely rubbed, marbled endpapers, single gilt fillet to edges, corners worn, marbled edges.
This is an apocryphal account of...
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