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COOKE, Edward (fl.1710). A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World, Perform'd in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711. Wherein an account is given of Mr Alexander Selkirk. London: B. Lintot and R. Gosling, 1712.
The first edition. The Streeter copy of the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. It is on this account of Selkirk's years on Juan Fernandez Island that Defoe drew for his 1719 adventure novel. Cooke commanded one of the ships in Captain Woodes Rogers's circumnavigation. This buccaneering account includes a description of California, with a plate showing a native of the region. Published as a single volume with a continuation published later the same year. Hill 128; Sabin 16303; Streeter sale 2927.
Octavo (191 x 111mm). 20 engraved plates, including 4 maps, of which 2 are folding (some short closed tears to plates; some light browning). Contemporary paneled calf (rebacked; lightly worn at extremities). Provenance: Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; penciled annotations on front free endpaper; his sale, Parke Bernet, 24 April 1968, lot 2427; purchased from Henry Stevens, 1951) – Frank S. Streeter (bookplate, his sale, Christie's, 16-17 April 2007, lot 123) – The Helmut N. Friedlaender Collection.
The first edition. The Streeter copy of the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. It is on this account of Selkirk's years on Juan Fernandez Island that Defoe drew for his 1719 adventure novel. Cooke commanded one of the ships in Captain Woodes Rogers's circumnavigation. This buccaneering account includes a description of California, with a plate showing a native of the region. Published as a single volume with a continuation published later the same year. Hill 128; Sabin 16303; Streeter sale 2927.
Octavo (191 x 111mm). 20 engraved plates, including 4 maps, of which 2 are folding (some short closed tears to plates; some light browning). Contemporary paneled calf (rebacked; lightly worn at extremities). Provenance: Thomas W. Streeter (bookplate; penciled annotations on front free endpaper; his sale, Parke Bernet, 24 April 1968, lot 2427; purchased from Henry Stevens, 1951) – Frank S. Streeter (bookplate, his sale, Christie's, 16-17 April 2007, lot 123) – The Helmut N. Friedlaender Collection.