259 COOK, Captain James; KING, Captain James A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.....for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777 , 1778, 1779, and 1780. IN THREE VOLUMES....THE SECOND EDITION. [London, H. Hughs for Nicol & Cadell, 1785] 4to. Engraved charts and plates; contemporary calf, all volumes uniformly rebacked; some minor foxing. Beddie 1552 $2,000–3,000 260 La Pérouse, J. F . G. De; M. L. A. Milet-Mureau (ed.) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 , and 1788, by J. F . G. De La Pérouse: Published Conformably to the Decree of the National Assembly, of the 22d of April, 1791, and edited by M. L. A. Milet-Mureau. [J. Johnson; London, 1798] 3 volumes, lacking atlas folio. Octavo. Vol. I: x, 532pp. Vol. II: x, 498pp. Vol. III: viii, 446pp. followed by 60 page section "Tables, Shewing the Course of L ’Boussole, During the Years 1785, 1786, 1787 , and 1788, from the Time of the Ship’s Sailing from Europe till its Arrival in Botany Bay" & "Tables, Shewing the Course of L ’Astrolabe, During the Years 1785, 1786, and 1787 , from the Time of the Ship’s Sailing from Europe till its Arrival in Kamtschatka." Contemporary gold-ruled calf (faults); foxing affecting all plates and charts and some text pages. First English language edition of the account of La Pérouse’s ill-fated expedition. After the American Revolutionary War, King Louis XVI ordered an exploring voyage to rival that of Captain Cook. The objectives were geographic, scientific, ethnological, economic, political and to explore the North & South Pacific, including the coasts of the Far East & Australia. Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse was given command of 2 ships (Boussole & Astrolabe) which left France in 1785. After rounding Cape Horn in early 1786, they reached Hawaii in May the same year. After charting the shoreline they sailed towards California, arriving in Monterey on September 13, 1786. Less than 10 days later the ships set sail for China via the South Pacific, spending more than a year in Asian waters. La Pérouse reached Australia in January 1788. Six weeks later both ships wrecked, hitting a coral reef off Vanikoro Island. According to the inhabitants of the Island, some surviving sailors built a two-masted boat from the wreckage of the Astrolabe and left in a westward direction a few months later. Their fate remains unknown. During his voyage the captain had sent back letters with accounts of their experiences. He also sent French officer J. Baptiste Barthélemy (Baron de Lesseps) to Europe with journals, charts and documents. In 1791 Louis Antoine Milet-Mureau was commissioned to edit a book from these materials, which was first published in France in 1797 . This English translation appeared a year later. $1,500–2,000 261 KIPPIS, Andrew A Narrative of the Voyages Round the World Performed By Captain James Cook with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods. [Whittingham., Chiswick., 1826] 2 volumes duodecimo, 207 + 218pp (+appendix 6) and 1820 engraved title page, secondary title to both volumes. In brown contemporary full leather with gilt decoration to front and rear covers. Further elaborate gilt decoration to spine together with titles on brown base. Marbled endpapers and pastedowns. Neat pen dedication dated 1841 to p.1 of vol.2. $250–350 262 SPARKS, Jared The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller; comprising selections from his Journals and Correspondence. [Hilliard and Brown, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1828] 8vo. 1st edition. [7pp, advertisements] + half-title + xii + 325pp. Modern half calf, red and green morocco labels. Lightly toned, with scattered spotting as usual. An uncut, wide-margined copy. Pages 139-142 are facsimile. Ledyard served on Cook’s third voyage, and was one of the earliest explorers to recognize the potential for a lucrative fur trade along the northwest coast of America. $200–300 ❖ 263 HUNTER, John THE WORKS OF JOHN HUNTER, F .R.S. with Notes. Edited by James F . Palmer. [Longman, Rees, Orme,, London, 1835] In four volumes, Illustrated by a volume of Plates in Quarto. Green cloth bindings split in places with some losses, including original paper labels. (5 volumes in total) $1,000–1,500 ❖ 260 38