PARKINSON, Sydney - Lot 49

PARKINSON, Sydney Voyage autour du monde, sur le vaisseau de sa Majesté Britannique l'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 muffled 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 of Cook's third and last voyage, as well as his tragic death. A fine copy on large paper with witnesses. Spine of binding skilfully restored. Provenance: General Vaudable (bookplate).