first edition Large Hardcover
1985 · New Haven and London
by Joppien, Rudiger; Smith, Bernard
New Haven and London: Paul Mellon Centre / Yale University Press, 1985. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 14x10x1. First edition. Jacket spine faintly toned. Page ridges lightly foxed. 1985 Large Hardcover. xv, 247 pp. Volume 1 of 4. With a descriptive catalogue of all the known original drawings of peoples, places, artefacts and events and the original engravings associated with them. "The first section of each volume includes a critical and analytical account of the professional artist associated with the relevant voyage... The second section provides a full descriptive catalogue of the drawings and paintings associated with the voyage. It is arranged chronologically, thus providing for the first time a fully illustrated account of the voyage."--Front jacket flap (Inventory #: 2292232)