The Life of Captain James Cook.
Dublin,
Printed for Messrs. H. Chamberlaine, W. Colles, R. Gross, W. Gilbert, W. Wilson, L. White, P. Byrne, P. Wogan, T. Stewart, J. Moore, and B. Dornin,
1778.
First edition. Octavo (210 by 120mm), xvi prelims., 527pp., contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked to style.
23898
notes:
Andrew Kippis (1725–1795), was a Presbyterian minister and biographer, from Nottingham. In addition to numerous religious and antiquarian works, Kippis authored several biographies, including this first one, in English, of Captain Cook.
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bibliography:
Hill, 'The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages', 935.
provenance:
Wyld’s Map of India published in the year of the India Rebellion or First War of Independence
“Superb testimonial to Italian craftsmanship”
The modern Holy Land
Dudley’s chart of southern India
The first atlas printed in Venice, the first wholly printed in colours, incorporating the first map to indicate Japan, the second map in a Ptolemaic atlas to show America.
A striking map of the Himilayas and Central Asia and China from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
A Frenchman’s view of San Francisco
Rare broadsheet of the Siege of Colchester 


