COXE, William. A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke, and a Sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future Navigators. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1787.
COXE, William. A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke, and a Sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future Navigators. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1787. 4 o (273 x 216 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco lettering piece (joints repaired). Provenance : W. Young (bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION: "EXCEEDINGLY RARE" (Holmes) supplement to the Account of the Russian Discoveries, published 7 years after the first two editions. Coxe spent some considerable time in Russia, and notes in the advertisment to the supplement: "The author would have arranged, at a more early period, the following Comparative View, which seems necessarily connected with his former publication on the Russian Discoveries; if he had not been absent from England when Cook's Voyage first made its appearance; and if continued travels and avocations had not prevented him from consulting those books, charts, and manuscripts, which the examination of so intricate a subject required." Holmes 64; Howes C-835; Lada-Mocarski 29; Sabin 17312. [ Bound with :] COXE, William. Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America. To which are added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce between Russia and China. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1780. 3 parts in one volume, 4 o. 4 engraved folding maps by T. Kitchin and one engraved folding plate by I. Cheevers (a few short edge tears to folding plates). Second edition, revised and corrected. See previous lot. Brunet II:399; Cordier Sinica 2447; Howes C-834; Lada-Mocarski 29; Sabin 17309.
COXE, William. A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke, and a Sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future Navigators. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1787.
COXE, William. A Comparative View of the Russian Discoveries with those made by Captains Cook and Clerke, and a Sketch of what remains to be ascertained by future Navigators. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1787. 4 o (273 x 216 mm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco lettering piece (joints repaired). Provenance : W. Young (bookseller's ticket). FIRST EDITION: "EXCEEDINGLY RARE" (Holmes) supplement to the Account of the Russian Discoveries, published 7 years after the first two editions. Coxe spent some considerable time in Russia, and notes in the advertisment to the supplement: "The author would have arranged, at a more early period, the following Comparative View, which seems necessarily connected with his former publication on the Russian Discoveries; if he had not been absent from England when Cook's Voyage first made its appearance; and if continued travels and avocations had not prevented him from consulting those books, charts, and manuscripts, which the examination of so intricate a subject required." Holmes 64; Howes C-835; Lada-Mocarski 29; Sabin 17312. [ Bound with :] COXE, William. Account of the Russian Discoveries between Asia and America. To which are added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce between Russia and China. London: J. Nichols for T. Cadell, 1780. 3 parts in one volume, 4 o. 4 engraved folding maps by T. Kitchin and one engraved folding plate by I. Cheevers (a few short edge tears to folding plates). Second edition, revised and corrected. See previous lot. Brunet II:399; Cordier Sinica 2447; Howes C-834; Lada-Mocarski 29; Sabin 17309.
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