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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
THE PACIFIC
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779)
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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779)
Alexander SHAW. A Catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook, to the Southern Hemisphere, with a particular account of the Manner of the manufacture of the same. London: arrainged and printed for Alexander Shaw, 1787. 4°. Title (dedication on verso), 6pp. text. 56 specimens of cloth bound in.
A fine copy of this rare work, containing specimens of Tapa, or 'A kind of unwoven cloth made by the natives of Polynesia from the bark of the Paper Mulberry' (Oxford English Dictionary). According to the text this definition may be expanded to include cloth made in various tropical countries (Pacific in the main) from the bark of various trees, including bread-fruit, fig and mulberry. The printed text describes 39 specimens mostly from Hawaii and Tahiti, though many appear to have been wrongly attributed. In addition to these 39 numbered specimens the present volume contains an additional 17 un-numbered samples, the majority from Hawaii. Such additions are common in copies of this work and of the known copies with added specimens no two appear to have the same additional specimens.
8¾in. (22cm.) x 7in. (18cm.)
Alexander SHAW. A Catalogue of the different specimens of cloth collected in the three voyages of Captain Cook, to the Southern Hemisphere, with a particular account of the Manner of the manufacture of the same. London: arrainged and printed for Alexander Shaw, 1787. 4°. Title (dedication on verso), 6pp. text. 56 specimens of cloth bound in.
A fine copy of this rare work, containing specimens of Tapa, or 'A kind of unwoven cloth made by the natives of Polynesia from the bark of the Paper Mulberry' (Oxford English Dictionary). According to the text this definition may be expanded to include cloth made in various tropical countries (Pacific in the main) from the bark of various trees, including bread-fruit, fig and mulberry. The printed text describes 39 specimens mostly from Hawaii and Tahiti, though many appear to have been wrongly attributed. In addition to these 39 numbered specimens the present volume contains an additional 17 un-numbered samples, the majority from Hawaii. Such additions are common in copies of this work and of the known copies with added specimens no two appear to have the same additional specimens.
8¾in. (22cm.) x 7in. (18cm.)