A voyage round the world with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution / by Anders Sparrman ; introduction & notes by Owen Rutter ; wood-engravings by Peter Barker-Mill.
Alternate Title(s):
Resa till Goda Hopps-udden. Vol. 2. English
Published / Created:
London : The Golden Cockerel Press, 1944.
Physical Description:
218, [2] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : illustrations, maps, music ; 33 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts G420.C68 S67 1944+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Translation of the second volume of Sparrman's Resa till Goda Hopps-udden (Stockholm, 1783-1818, 2 v. in 3), partly translated by Averil Mackenzie-Grieve from the French translation, and partly by Huldine Beamish from the original."Produced & published by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press, London, in 14pt. Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper, and finished on the 27th day of October, 1944. Compositors: J.W. Perrin and W.F. North. Pressman: W.H. Solly. The edition is limited to 350 numbered copies, of which numbers 1-50 are specially bound."--Colophon.Bibliography of the Golden Cockerel Press, 1921-1949, 162BEIN 1998 +404: No. 195.BAC: British Art Center copy is no. 44 of 350, one of 50 specially bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in gilt-stamped white morocco.
Subject Terms:
Sparrman, Anders, 1748–1820 -- Travel. | Cook, James, 1728–1779 -- Travel. | Forster, Georg, 1754–1794 -- Travel. | Forster, Johann Reinhold, 1729–1798 -- Travel. | Resolution (Ship) | Voyages around the world. | Private press books -- England -- London -- Specimens.