by SPARRMAN, Anders
SPARRMAN, Anders. VOYAGE AU CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE, ET AUTOUR DU MONDE AVEC CAPITAINE COOK. Three volumes. Paris: Buisson, 1787. 8vo. Later quarter-cloth. xxxii, 388 pages, 4 plates; (iv), 366 pages, 7 plates; (iv), 363 pages, 6 plates. First French edition. First published in Swedish in 1783, this account of Captain Cook's second voy to the Cape of Good Hope, was written by the noted Swedish botanist, a studen of Linnaeus. Translated into many languages, the French is thought to be the best illustrated edition. Sparrman's account of the Cape Colony, its flora, fauna, and people, is the most accurate of all these accounts. Library rubberstamp on title and half-title pages, spines uniformly sunned, else very good.
(Inventory #: 34808)