PORTLOCK, Captain NATHANIEL. A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: performed in 1785[-]...1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte. London: John Stockdale 1789. 4to, original boards, uncut, rebacked with new label, inner hinges reinforced with linen tape, plates offset, some detached. FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait, 6 folding engraved maps and 13 engraved plates INCLUDING FIVE COLORED PLATES OF BIRDS, by P. Mazell after J. Woodcock. Sabin 64389; Hill, p. 239; Lada-Mocarski 42; Streeter sale VI, 3485; Zimmer p. 495.

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PORTLOCK, Captain NATHANIEL. A Voyage round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: performed in 1785[-]...1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte. London: John Stockdale 1789. 4to, original boards, uncut, rebacked with new label, inner hinges reinforced with linen tape, plates offset, some detached. FIRST EDITION, engraved portrait, 6 folding engraved maps and 13 engraved plates INCLUDING FIVE COLORED PLATES OF BIRDS, by P. Mazell after J. Woodcock. Sabin 64389; Hill, p. 239; Lada-Mocarski 42; Streeter sale VI, 3485; Zimmer p. 495.

Contains descriptions of the Falkland Islands and Hawaii. Copies with colored plates of birds have become scarce.

Provenance: John, Baron Rolle of Stevenstone (1750-1842), bookplate.