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OTTO VON KOTZEBUE (1787-1846)
Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordostlichen Durchfahrt, 1815, 1816, 1817 und 1818. Weimar: G.L. Brede for Gebrüdern Hoffmann, 1821. 3 volumes bound in one, 4° (257 x 210mm). 6 engraved maps, 5 folding, 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates from drawings by Choris, 4 double-page, 1 black and white plate, 3 titles, half titles, vol. III cancel title for Chamisso's 'Bemerkungen', 2 dedication leaves, List of Subscribers. Contemporary tree calf gilt, boards with gilt greek-key borders, spine gilt with greek-key pattern bands, gilt morocco lettering-piece, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, minor worm-pitting). Provenance: S. von P. (crowned monogram inkstamps on title and rear free endpaper).
SUPERB COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION on laid paper with all the aquatint plates finely coloured by hand, of the second Russian circumnavigation and the first for scientific purposes, sponsored by Count Romanzoff, one of Russia's greatest patrons of the sciences. It proved to be one of the most important and fruitful of all Russian circumnavigations, contributing greatly to knowledge of the South Seas, Pacific Northwest and Alaska, although without finding the North-West Passage (here termed the North-East by Kotzebue). He commanded the Rurick and knew the North Pacific well from his earlier voyage with Krusenstern. With him were Louis Choris, expedition artist, and Adelbert von Chamisso, naturalist. Their valuable study of Pacific islands included Easter Island, the Tuamotus, Marshalls and the newly-discovered Romanzoff Islands, and Kotzebue's reports on coral atolls were later used by Charles Darwin. Reaching Kamchatka they passed through Bering Strait, explored Kotzebue Sound, and investigated the Pribilof Islands and Aleutians, recording excellent descriptions of the Chukchis, Aleuts and Eskimos. Before crossing the Pacific they made stops on the California coast, at San Francisco, followed by a long stay in Hawaii at the court of King Kamehameha I, handsomely portayed by Choris. Choris' own illustrated account of the voyage was published in 1822. Hill 943; Arctic Bibliography 9195; Lada-Mocarski 80; Forbes 525; Kropelien 670.
Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse zur Erforschung einer nordostlichen Durchfahrt, 1815, 1816, 1817 und 1818. Weimar: G.L. Brede for Gebrüdern Hoffmann, 1821. 3 volumes bound in one, 4° (257 x 210mm). 6 engraved maps, 5 folding, 19 hand-coloured aquatint plates from drawings by Choris, 4 double-page, 1 black and white plate, 3 titles, half titles, vol. III cancel title for Chamisso's 'Bemerkungen', 2 dedication leaves, List of Subscribers. Contemporary tree calf gilt, boards with gilt greek-key borders, spine gilt with greek-key pattern bands, gilt morocco lettering-piece, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed, minor worm-pitting). Provenance: S. von P. (crowned monogram inkstamps on title and rear free endpaper).
SUPERB COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION on laid paper with all the aquatint plates finely coloured by hand, of the second Russian circumnavigation and the first for scientific purposes, sponsored by Count Romanzoff, one of Russia's greatest patrons of the sciences. It proved to be one of the most important and fruitful of all Russian circumnavigations, contributing greatly to knowledge of the South Seas, Pacific Northwest and Alaska, although without finding the North-West Passage (here termed the North-East by Kotzebue). He commanded the Rurick and knew the North Pacific well from his earlier voyage with Krusenstern. With him were Louis Choris, expedition artist, and Adelbert von Chamisso, naturalist. Their valuable study of Pacific islands included Easter Island, the Tuamotus, Marshalls and the newly-discovered Romanzoff Islands, and Kotzebue's reports on coral atolls were later used by Charles Darwin. Reaching Kamchatka they passed through Bering Strait, explored Kotzebue Sound, and investigated the Pribilof Islands and Aleutians, recording excellent descriptions of the Chukchis, Aleuts and Eskimos. Before crossing the Pacific they made stops on the California coast, at San Francisco, followed by a long stay in Hawaii at the court of King Kamehameha I, handsomely portayed by Choris. Choris' own illustrated account of the voyage was published in 1822. Hill 943; Arctic Bibliography 9195; Lada-Mocarski 80; Forbes 525; Kropelien 670.
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