PARKINSON, Sydney - Lot 126

PARKINSON, Sydney Voyage around the world, on the vessel of his British Majesty the Endeavour. Paris, chez Guillaume, Gide & Berthe, An Cinquième - 1797. 2 volumes in-4 (267 x 210 mm) of 12, LVI, 344 pp. for volume I; 2 ff.n.ch., 309 pp., 6 engraved plates (3 folded) for volume II. Paperback, blue muted cover, (publisher's binding), preserved in a modern tan half-basin slipcase. O'Reilly, 373; Forbes, 277; see Hill, 1308 (1773 English ed.). First edition of the French translation by Pierre-François Henry. Parkinson was a naturalist draftsman aboard the Endeavour. He died in Batavia in 1771. This translation also contains details on the third and last Cook voyage as well as on his tragic death. Beautiful copy on large paper with witnesses. Spine of the binding skilfully restored. Provenance: General Vaudable (bookplate).