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Lot 311
Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyage du Captaine Cook, 4 vol., first edition, Rouen, Le Boucher & Paris, Buisson, 1790.
Hammer Price: £600
Description
Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyage du Captaine Cook, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing, vol. 4 with later ink inscription to inside lower wrapper, uncut in original pale blue wrappers, paper labels to spines, worn and frayed at edges, spines a little sunned, vol. 4 with upper joint split at foot, [Sabin 57263], 8vo, Rouen, Le Boucher & Paris, Buisson, 1790.
⁂ Fictional autobiography of Omaï, a Tahitian man taken to Europe by Captain Cook on return from his voyage around the world.
Description
Cook (Capt. James).- [Baston (Guillaume André René)] Narrations d'Omaï, Insulaire de la Mer du Sud, Ami et Compagnon de Voyage du Captaine Cook, 4 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, some light foxing, vol. 4 with later ink inscription to inside lower wrapper, uncut in original pale blue wrappers, paper labels to spines, worn and frayed at edges, spines a little sunned, vol. 4 with upper joint split at foot, [Sabin 57263], 8vo, Rouen, Le Boucher & Paris, Buisson, 1790.
⁂ Fictional autobiography of Omaï, a Tahitian man taken to Europe by Captain Cook on return from his voyage around the world.
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