Lot 265
Forster, George
Auction: 13 January 2010 at 11:00 GMT
Description
A voyage round the world, in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. London: B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsley & G. Robinson, 1777. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xviii, [i], 602, [ii]; [iv], 607, errata at end of volume 1, folding chart laid down on linen, early nineteenth century calf gilt, spines gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spines, light offsetting to map, occasional light spotting
Footnote
Note: The first published account of Cook's second voyage. Johann Reinhold Forster and his son Johann Georg Adam Forster accompanied Cook as naturalists. It was originally intended that the elder Forster should write the official record of the voyage, but because of their dispute with the Admiralty the offer was withdrawn and the Forsters issued their own book which contains a complete account of the researches into the natural history of the Pacific. Sabin 25130; Hill, p.108