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PORTLOCK (NATHANIEL) A Voyage Round the World; but Most Particularly to the North-West Coast of ...
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PORTLOCK (NATHANIEL) A Voyage Round the World; but Most Particularly to the North-West Coast of North America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait of Portlock by Mazell after Dodd, 6 folding engraved charts (one large of the Coast of North America) by J. Reid, W. Harrison and others, 13 engraved plates by or after J. Woodcock, J. Hogan and others, some off-setting mostly from plate to facing leaf of text, contemporary tree calf, rebacked in gilt-tooled calf with morocco lettering label [Hill 1376; Forbes 177; Howes P497; Lada-Mocarski 42; Sabin 64389; Wagner (Northwest) 738-743], 4to (390 x 330mm.), John Stockdale, 1789 Footnotes: Nathaniel Portlock, in command of the Expedition, sailed on board the King George (Dixon aboard the Queen Charlotte) to the American Northwest, following reports on the lucrative fur-trade there. The ships parted from Prince William Sound with Portlock making for Nootka Sound, his account containing vivid descriptions of encounters with the local inhabitants, and Russian traders. The King George made calls to the Hawaiian Islands in 1786 and 1787. A veteran of Cook's third voyage Portlock's 'account is also important for the supplementary details added to the geographical explorations of Captain Cook' (Hill). Provenance: Francis Le Buchanan; Scot Clifford, bookplates. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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PORTLOCK (NATHANIEL) A Voyage Round the World; but Most Particularly to the North-West Coast of North America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece portrait of Portlock by Mazell after Dodd, 6 folding engraved charts (one large of the Coast of North America) by J. Reid, W. Harrison and others, 13 engraved plates by or after J. Woodcock, J. Hogan and others, some off-setting mostly from plate to facing leaf of text, contemporary tree calf, rebacked in gilt-tooled calf with morocco lettering label [Hill 1376; Forbes 177; Howes P497; Lada-Mocarski 42; Sabin 64389; Wagner (Northwest) 738-743], 4to (390 x 330mm.), John Stockdale, 1789 Footnotes: Nathaniel Portlock, in command of the Expedition, sailed on board the King George (Dixon aboard the Queen Charlotte) to the American Northwest, following reports on the lucrative fur-trade there. The ships parted from Prince William Sound with Portlock making for Nootka Sound, his account containing vivid descriptions of encounters with the local inhabitants, and Russian traders. The King George made calls to the Hawaiian Islands in 1786 and 1787. A veteran of Cook's third voyage Portlock's 'account is also important for the supplementary details added to the geographical explorations of Captain Cook' (Hill). Provenance: Francis Le Buchanan; Scot Clifford, bookplates. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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