80 2980 Classical antiquity and neolatinism Vergilius Maro P 
- Partly waterstained. = Geerebaert CXLII 17, II; Hollstein 232ad, no.3-14.
80 2981 Commelin I ed 
80 2981 Commelin I ed 
80 2981 Commelin I ed 
80 2981 Commelin I ed 
80 2981 Commelin I ed 
- Lacks 14 plates (all plates from the first part, "de Stadt Maccauw"), part no.XVII ("Beschrijvinge van 't Coninkrijcke Guzaratta, ende Decan"), leaf Rrrr4(?), quires Hhh1-Llll4 and Aaaaa1-Eeeee1; lacks lower half of the worldmap; partly cut short in upper/ lower margin (affecting pagination, running title and/ or occas. (mostly sl.) waterstained and yellowed/ sl. browned; new endpapers. Binding sl. rubbed along extremities.
= Tiele 82; Tiele, (Mémoires), p.13, IVd, no. 12-16 and 18- 21; Landwehr VOC no. 250, listing three editions (1644 (only 2 copies known), 1645 and 1646); Cox I, p.9; cat. NHSM I, p.105; Sabin 14959; Rouffaer/ Muller I, p.52. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
80 2982 Commelin I ed 
80 2982 Commelin I ed 
- Occas. yellowed; one plate remounted. Sold w.a.f.
= Tiele 82; Tiele, Mémoire, p.13, IVd, "Inleydinge" and no. 4, 6, 8, 10, 13-17, 19-21; see also Landwehr VOC no. 250, listing three editions (1644 (only 2 copies known), 1645 and 1646).
80 2983 Consett M 
80 2983 Consett M 
80 2983 Consett M 
80 2983 Consett M 
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; occas. sl. foxed/ browned; some offsetting from plates on opposite leaf. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Rare travelogue in 41 letters by Matthew Consett, who travelled in the companion of Sir Henry George Liddell to Scandinavia in 1786. It is one of the first British descriptions of northern Lapland, treating i.a. the Lapp population, huts, language and poetry, religion, employment and wildlife (incl. reindeer, woodcocks and eiders), where they arrived in the Midsummer: "At twelve o'clock this night we saw the Sun in full beauty. The Horizon being remarkably clear, gave us a most delightful view of that, to us, extraordinary sight. (...) The Inhabitants of this climate no doubt reap many advantages from this circumstance during the Summer season; but, alas! a long and dreary Winter reverses the scene and involves them in continual darkness." (letter XIV, p.54). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
80 2984 Cook J 
80 2984 Cook J 
80 2984 Cook J 
80 2984 Cook J 
- All vols. w. bookplate on upper pastedown and owner's stamp on first free endpaper; "Algemeene Kaart" w. large repaired tear; plate CXVI** tear 0n fold; plate CXVIII** w. 2 dam. spots; some vols. sl. waterstained. Top of spine of three vols. chipped/ dam.
= Rare, complete copy of the first collective Dutch edition. Title-p. of vol. 1 reads "Reize" instead of "Reizen". Beddie 52; Tiele 268; Cat. NHSM p.140; PMM, p.135. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.
80 2985 Cook J 
80 2985 Cook J 
80 2985 Cook J 
80 2985 Cook J 
80 2985 Cook J 
- Vol. 1 only; bookplate on upper pastedown; some offsetting from plates on opposite pages. Spine professionally restored w. orig. (sl. worn) backstrip; top of spine restored. Otherwise fine.
= First edition of the official account of Cook's second voyage, published when he was away on his third voyage. Sabin 16245; Beddie 1216; National Maritime Museum London 577; Henze II p.713; Hocken p.15; Hill 358; Cox I, p.59. "The succes of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. Cook proved there was no "Terra Australis" which supposedly lay between New Zealand and South America, but became convinced that there must be land beyond the ice fields. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebridies, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island and a number of smaller islands (...) William Hodges was the artist with the expedition" (Hill).
Kippis, A. The Life of Captain James Cook. London, G. Nicol and G.C.J. and J. Robinson, 1788, XIV,527,(1)p., engr. portrait, bound unif. with the above in contemp. calf w. gilt spine and orange mor. letterpiece, 4to.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown; portrait sl. foxed; contents otherwise fine. Spine professionally restored w. orig. (sl. worn) backstrip; top of spine restored.
= Beddie 32.
80 2986 Cook J and King J 
80 2986 Cook J and King J 
80 2986 Cook J and King J 
80 2986 Cook J and King J 
- Without text vol. I and II; text III vol. occas. foxed (mainly on the maps and opposite leaves); maps and plate in the atlas vol. partly sl. foxed/ sl. yellowed in blank margins (5 plates also foxed in image).
= Beddie 1552. "Cook discovered the Hawaiian Islands on this, his third voyage of discovery, and named them the Sandwich Islands in honor of his patron, the Earl of Sandwich." (Judd/ Lind p.1); "On his return from the second voyage Cook was promptly rewarded for his achievements (...). In 1776 he volunteered for his third and final voyage, with specific instructions to investigate the coasts of the north Pacific, and to settle once and for all the question of the northwest passage. (...) While on Hawaii [after his return from the Bering Sea] relationships with the natives deteriorated, resulting in the death of Cook (14.2.79) during a skirmish. After the theft by natives of one of the Discovery's boats, Cook had gone ashore with a party of marines. A scuffle ensued which compelled the party to return to their boats, but during the retreat Cook received a blow from behind and was subsequently overpowered." (Howgego C175).
80 2987 Corneille T 
- Lacks the frontisp. and portrait; all vols. owner's stamp on title-p. Backstrip vol. 2 sl. stained and w. a few cuts.
= Cohen/ De Ricci p.254.
AND the 1st vol. (of 2) only of J. RACINE, Oeuvres ((Amst.), "Suivant la copie imprimée à Paris" 1678, 5 parts in 1 vol., engr. frontisp., 5 plates, contemp. calf, 12mo).
80 2988 Crébillon fils C P Jolyot de 
80 2988 Crébillon fils C P Jolyot de 
- First free endpaper mounted on pastedown; title-p. w. (old) owner's entry, (sm.) hole and sl. foxed; otherwise contents fine
= Gay/ Lemonnyer III, p.1135; Lewine p.124-125 (ed. 1749); Cioranescu 21744 (ed. 1742); Hayn/ Gotendorf I, p.701 (other eds.). Popular work reprinted frequently at the time. The first edition was publ. in Paris in 1742.
AND 1 other.
80 2989 Dante Alighieri 
- Sl. foxed, otherwise fine.
= The second edition (first publ. 1783) of this translation by A. Roche Rivarol.
AND 2 others, i.a. N. BRICARD DE LA DIXMERIE, Les deux Ages du Goût et du Génie francais, Sous Louis XIV et Louis XV; ou Parallele des efforts du Génie & du Goût dans les Sciences, dans les Arts & dans les Lettres, sous les deux Regnes (The Hague/ Paris, 1769, contemp. mottled calf w. gilt spine).