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ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich (fl.1776-1783). Dernier voyage du capitaine Cook autour du monde, où se
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ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich (fl.1776-1783). Dernier voyage du capitaine Cook autour du monde, où se trouvent les circonstances de sa mort ... par Henri Zimmermann témoin oculaire. Bern: Nouvelle Société Typographique, 1783. 8° (195 x 120mm). Woodcut title vignette and headpiece. (Heavy marginal stain at top gutter affecting gatherings I and M and a few leaves either side, very faint marginal dampstain to a few other leaves, short marginal tear due to paperflaw in L1.) 20th-century tan morocco backed boards.
VERY RARE second French edition. Zimmerman was coxswain in the Discovery, and 'from the start of the journey he determined to keep a shorthand journal of the voyage and retain it, despite the instructions ... demanding the surrender of all logs and journals' (Holmes, 40). His book was first published in Mannheim in 1781, but 'was suppressed in Germany at the request of the British Admiralty' (Hill 1935), but is important both as one of the first published accounts of Cook's Third Voyage, and, more specifically, one of the earliest accounts of Cook's death (found on pp. 90-1 of this edition). The two French editions 'ARE OF GREAT RARITY AND ARE OF INTEREST NOT ONLY ON THAT ACCOUNT BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL MATTER WHICH THEY CONTAIN' (Holmes). This additional matter includes a biographical sketch of Cook (pp. 118-172), the accuracy of which was confirmed by Georg Forster (who accompanied Cook on the Second Voyage). Beddie 1630; Forbes I, 47 (first edition); Holmes 44 (first edition); Sabin 106346 (citing this edition).
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VERY RARE second French edition. Zimmerman was coxswain in the Discovery, and 'from the start of the journey he determined to keep a shorthand journal of the voyage and retain it, despite the instructions ... demanding the surrender of all logs and journals' (Holmes, 40). His book was first published in Mannheim in 1781, but 'was suppressed in Germany at the request of the British Admiralty' (Hill 1935), but is important both as one of the first published accounts of Cook's Third Voyage, and, more specifically, one of the earliest accounts of Cook's death (found on pp. 90-1 of this edition). The two French editions 'ARE OF GREAT RARITY AND ARE OF INTEREST NOT ONLY ON THAT ACCOUNT BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL MATTER WHICH THEY CONTAIN' (Holmes). This additional matter includes a biographical sketch of Cook (pp. 118-172), the accuracy of which was confirmed by Georg Forster (who accompanied Cook on the Second Voyage). Beddie 1630; Forbes I, 47 (first edition); Holmes 44 (first edition); Sabin 106346 (citing this edition).
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ZIMMERMANN, Heinrich (fl.1776-1783). Dernier voyage du capitaine Cook autour du monde, où se trouvent les circonstances de sa mort ... par Henri Zimmermann témoin oculaire. Bern: Nouvelle Société Typographique, 1783. 8° (195 x 120mm). Woodcut title vignette and headpiece. (Heavy marginal stain at top gutter affecting gatherings I and M and a few leaves either side, very faint marginal dampstain to a few other leaves, short marginal tear due to paperflaw in L1.) 20th-century tan morocco backed boards.
VERY RARE second French edition. Zimmerman was coxswain in the Discovery, and 'from the start of the journey he determined to keep a shorthand journal of the voyage and retain it, despite the instructions ... demanding the surrender of all logs and journals' (Holmes, 40). His book was first published in Mannheim in 1781, but 'was suppressed in Germany at the request of the British Admiralty' (Hill 1935), but is important both as one of the first published accounts of Cook's Third Voyage, and, more specifically, one of the earliest accounts of Cook's death (found on pp. 90-1 of this edition). The two French editions 'ARE OF GREAT RARITY AND ARE OF INTEREST NOT ONLY ON THAT ACCOUNT BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL MATTER WHICH THEY CONTAIN' (Holmes). This additional matter includes a biographical sketch of Cook (pp. 118-172), the accuracy of which was confirmed by Georg Forster (who accompanied Cook on the Second Voyage). Beddie 1630; Forbes I, 47 (first edition); Holmes 44 (first edition); Sabin 106346 (citing this edition).
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VERY RARE second French edition. Zimmerman was coxswain in the Discovery, and 'from the start of the journey he determined to keep a shorthand journal of the voyage and retain it, despite the instructions ... demanding the surrender of all logs and journals' (Holmes, 40). His book was first published in Mannheim in 1781, but 'was suppressed in Germany at the request of the British Admiralty' (Hill 1935), but is important both as one of the first published accounts of Cook's Third Voyage, and, more specifically, one of the earliest accounts of Cook's death (found on pp. 90-1 of this edition). The two French editions 'ARE OF GREAT RARITY AND ARE OF INTEREST NOT ONLY ON THAT ACCOUNT BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL MATTER WHICH THEY CONTAIN' (Holmes). This additional matter includes a biographical sketch of Cook (pp. 118-172), the accuracy of which was confirmed by Georg Forster (who accompanied Cook on the Second Voyage). Beddie 1630; Forbes I, 47 (first edition); Holmes 44 (first edition); Sabin 106346 (citing this edition).
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