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PARKINSON, Sydney (1745-1771). A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour. London: Stanfield Parkinson, 1773. 4° (335 x 275mm). Frontispiece portrait and 27 engraved plates, 26 from drawings by the author, map of New Zealand, errata leaf (offsetting from plates onto text). Modern speckled calf gilt, boards with borders of gilt double rules, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-piece in one (lightly rubbed).
FIRST EDITION OF A CONTROVERSIAL PUBLICATION by the young natural history artist who sailed on James Cook's first circumnavigation, 1768-1771, and who died on the homeward voyage. His brother Stanfield battled against Sir Joseph Banks, the Admiralty and Sir John Hawkesworth to publish this journal and a selection of Sydney's outstanding drawings which he finally received back from Banks. Banks had confiscated young Sydney's journal, drawings, natural history specimens and artifacts as being the property of the Admiralty. Counterclaims followed, Stanfield insisted that all drawings and writings not pertaining to the natural history of the voyage were willed to him, and Hawkesworth obtained an injunction preventing publication until his own work was issued in 1773. Hawkesworth also struck Parkinson's name from the official account of the voyage and did not credit him as the artist of many drawings engraved for the account, although he did make free use of his journal. The Preface by William Kendrick recounts the publishing difficulties. As completed by his brother, Parkinson's journal remains the finest personal account of Cook's first voyage and gives a more intimate portrait of the newly discovered islands, people and languages than either Hawkesworth's account or Banks's own journal. Hill 1308; Beddie 712; Kropelien 944.
FIRST EDITION OF A CONTROVERSIAL PUBLICATION by the young natural history artist who sailed on James Cook's first circumnavigation, 1768-1771, and who died on the homeward voyage. His brother Stanfield battled against Sir Joseph Banks, the Admiralty and Sir John Hawkesworth to publish this journal and a selection of Sydney's outstanding drawings which he finally received back from Banks. Banks had confiscated young Sydney's journal, drawings, natural history specimens and artifacts as being the property of the Admiralty. Counterclaims followed, Stanfield insisted that all drawings and writings not pertaining to the natural history of the voyage were willed to him, and Hawkesworth obtained an injunction preventing publication until his own work was issued in 1773. Hawkesworth also struck Parkinson's name from the official account of the voyage and did not credit him as the artist of many drawings engraved for the account, although he did make free use of his journal. The Preface by William Kendrick recounts the publishing difficulties. As completed by his brother, Parkinson's journal remains the finest personal account of Cook's first voyage and gives a more intimate portrait of the newly discovered islands, people and languages than either Hawkesworth's account or Banks's own journal. Hill 1308; Beddie 712; Kropelien 944.
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