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JAKOB STAEHLIN VON STORCKSBURG (1709-1785) AND PIERRE-LUDWIG LE ROY (1699-1774)
An Account of the New Northern Archipelago, Lately Discovered by the Russians in the Seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir, translated by C. Heydinger and revised by Matthew Maty. London: C. Heydinger, 1774. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (217 x 130mm). Engraved publisher's device on title, half-title, part-title, and 2-page publisher's advertisement. Engraved folding map by T. Kitchin hand-coloured in outline. (Some variable light spotting, map a little spotted.) Contemporary tree calf gilt by Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, boards with greek-key borders and gilt board-edges and turn-ins, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2 and at the foot, others decorated with fleurons, gilt edges, silk marker (extremities very lightly rubbed, light superficial cracking on joints). Provenance: William Beckford (1759-1844, by descent to his son-in-law:) -- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852; sold by his descendants, the Hamilton Palace sale, Sotheby's, portion III, 2 July 1883, lot 2177 (catalogue description tipped onto upper pastedown), to Bain, on behalf of:) -- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Barnbougle Castle Library (1847-1929, bookplate on upper pastedown; sale of the Hamilton Palace-Barnbougle Castle collection, Sotheby's London, 28 October 1975, lot 414).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. THE BECKFORD-ROSEBERY COPY IN A FINE KALTHOEBER BINDING. First published in German in Stuttgart in 1774, Staehlin's work was formed of two parts: the first, a compilation of reports by Russian traders who explored the North Pacific between 1764 and 1767, discovering islands (including the Aleutian Islands and Kodiak and Unalashka islands), and verifying earlier reports, and the second composed of extracts from reports made to the Russian senate via the chanceries in Irkutsk and Kamchatka, which 'contributed something to the contemporary knowledge of the area' (Lada-Mocarski). Heydinger's English translation of the same year supplements Staehlin's original work with a translation of Le Roy's 'A Narrative of the Singular Adventures of Four Russian Sailors, Who Were Cast Away on the Desert Island of East-Spitzbergen'.
The present copy is distinguished by its remarkable provenance: originally in the library of Beckford, it was purchased by Bain on behalf of the politician, author and bibliophile, the 5th Earl of Rosebery. It seems probably that the fine binding by Kalthoeber (who worked under his own name from c.1782 to 1817), was executed for Beckford, one of his principal patrons; however, the name 'Heber' has been pencilled onto the flyleaf, raising the possibility that Beckford purchased this volume at the Heber sale (portion IX, 11 April 1836, lot 2775 was a copy of this work in 'calf, gilt leaves, bound by Kalthoeber'). The edition occurs in two issues, distinguished by the title-page; one bears the engraved vignette on it (as here) and the other does not. ESTC T110706; Howes S-863; Lada-Mocarski 20 (note); Sabin 90063.
An Account of the New Northern Archipelago, Lately Discovered by the Russians in the Seas of Kamtschatka and Anadir, translated by C. Heydinger and revised by Matthew Maty. London: C. Heydinger, 1774. 2 parts in one volume, 8° (217 x 130mm). Engraved publisher's device on title, half-title, part-title, and 2-page publisher's advertisement. Engraved folding map by T. Kitchin hand-coloured in outline. (Some variable light spotting, map a little spotted.) Contemporary tree calf gilt by Christian Samuel Kalthoeber, boards with greek-key borders and gilt board-edges and turn-ins, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2 and at the foot, others decorated with fleurons, gilt edges, silk marker (extremities very lightly rubbed, light superficial cracking on joints). Provenance: William Beckford (1759-1844, by descent to his son-in-law:) -- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852; sold by his descendants, the Hamilton Palace sale, Sotheby's, portion III, 2 July 1883, lot 2177 (catalogue description tipped onto upper pastedown), to Bain, on behalf of:) -- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, Barnbougle Castle Library (1847-1929, bookplate on upper pastedown; sale of the Hamilton Palace-Barnbougle Castle collection, Sotheby's London, 28 October 1975, lot 414).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. THE BECKFORD-ROSEBERY COPY IN A FINE KALTHOEBER BINDING. First published in German in Stuttgart in 1774, Staehlin's work was formed of two parts: the first, a compilation of reports by Russian traders who explored the North Pacific between 1764 and 1767, discovering islands (including the Aleutian Islands and Kodiak and Unalashka islands), and verifying earlier reports, and the second composed of extracts from reports made to the Russian senate via the chanceries in Irkutsk and Kamchatka, which 'contributed something to the contemporary knowledge of the area' (Lada-Mocarski). Heydinger's English translation of the same year supplements Staehlin's original work with a translation of Le Roy's 'A Narrative of the Singular Adventures of Four Russian Sailors, Who Were Cast Away on the Desert Island of East-Spitzbergen'.
The present copy is distinguished by its remarkable provenance: originally in the library of Beckford, it was purchased by Bain on behalf of the politician, author and bibliophile, the 5th Earl of Rosebery. It seems probably that the fine binding by Kalthoeber (who worked under his own name from c.1782 to 1817), was executed for Beckford, one of his principal patrons; however, the name 'Heber' has been pencilled onto the flyleaf, raising the possibility that Beckford purchased this volume at the Heber sale (portion IX, 11 April 1836, lot 2775 was a copy of this work in 'calf, gilt leaves, bound by Kalthoeber'). The edition occurs in two issues, distinguished by the title-page; one bears the engraved vignette on it (as here) and the other does not. ESTC T110706; Howes S-863; Lada-Mocarski 20 (note); Sabin 90063.
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