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Cook, Captain James--Coxe, William
Estimate
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Description
- A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke; and a sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future navigators. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1787
- paper
FIRST EDITION, 4to (270 x 212mm.), viii, 9-32pp., half-title, red morocco, gilt ruled border to sides, flat spine gilt, marbled endpapers
Literature
Forbes 135; Holmes 64; Howes C835; Lada-Mocarski 29 (note); Sabin 17312; Streeter VI, 3481; not in Hill
Condition
A fine copy.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"Exceedingly rare" (Holmes). This pamphlet was issued as a supplement to the author's Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America (1780), the half-title reading "Supplement to the Russian Discoveries" in reference to that work. Coxe (1747-1828) spent some considerable time in Russia engaged on his researches, and, as he notes in the advertisement to the present work: "The author would have arranged, at a more early period, the following Comparative View, which seems necessarily connected with his former publication on the Russian Discoveries; if he had not been absent from England when Cook's Voyage first made its appearance; and if continued travels and avocations had not prevented him consulting those books, charts, and manuscripts, which the examination of so intricate a subject required." This work is dedicated to Peter Simon Pallas, counsellor of the Board of Mines to the Empress of Russia and member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.