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SPARRMAN, A. (2). A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World: but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the Year 1772, to 1776. I-II. Dublin (printed for Mesrs, White Cash, And Byrne [vol. II: for R. Marchbank]) 1785-86.

8:o. (2), ii-xxxvi, (1)-395, (1 blank), (2), iii-xi, (1 blank), (1)-382, (2 blank) pp. 1 engraved frontispiece, 1 folding engraved map (tears in middle folding and some on the sides), 9 partly folding engraved plates (all, 1 folding partly browned and with small tear in folding, some spotting).
Later brown full calf from 20th century, gilt spine with gilt title. Some spotting and foxing, some worming to margin in the beginning of vol. I. 2 volumes..

Du Rietz 1221. Pritzel 9784. Second edition in English, also called first Dublin edition, of Sparrman's account of James Cook's second voyage. Sparrman worked on board the Resolution and his description includes an appendix of the language of the Hottentots. The extremely rare Swedish original was published between 1783-1818.
Provenance: Lars Bergquist (born 1930), Swedish author and diplomat.
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Auktionsnummer:

6065

Datum:

2015-06-16