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The first full-scale biography of Captain Cook
Andrew Kippis, 1788
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The first full-scale biography of Captain Cook
Andrew Kippis, 1788
KIPPIS, Andrew (1725-1795). The Life of Captain James Cook. London: G. Nicol and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788.
The first edition of the first full-scale biography of Captain Cook. Few facts are given of Cook's private life, justified by the author because they “can never compare, either in number or importance, with his public transactions.” His early career and surveys of Newfoundland and Labrador are covered in the opening chapter only, and his three voyages are discussed at great length in the remainder. A copy of the "Safe Passage" letter from Benjamin Franklin to all American ships regarding Cook is included by Kippis with his further comment that the letter's terms were reversed by Congress which believed “it would be injurious to the United States for the English to obtain knowledge of the opposite coast of America.” Forbes 149; Hill 934; Lada-Mocarski 40; Sabin 37954.
Quarto (298 x 231mm). Engraved portrait after a painting by Nathaniel Dance; half-title (small repaired marginal tear to title). 19th-century calf, edges marbled (rebacked preserving original spine, boards renewed). Provenance: Richard Warren Coley, M. D. (fl. early 19th century, British Naval surgeon; two pages of manuscript notes copied from newspaper articles about Captain Cook, dated 1817) – Roland Craig-Laurie of Redcastle (1810-1896, a Scottish magistrate; armorial bookplate) – Ebeneezer Palmer, Bookseller (book label).
Andrew Kippis, 1788
KIPPIS, Andrew (1725-1795). The Life of Captain James Cook. London: G. Nicol and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788.
The first edition of the first full-scale biography of Captain Cook. Few facts are given of Cook's private life, justified by the author because they “can never compare, either in number or importance, with his public transactions.” His early career and surveys of Newfoundland and Labrador are covered in the opening chapter only, and his three voyages are discussed at great length in the remainder. A copy of the "Safe Passage" letter from Benjamin Franklin to all American ships regarding Cook is included by Kippis with his further comment that the letter's terms were reversed by Congress which believed “it would be injurious to the United States for the English to obtain knowledge of the opposite coast of America.” Forbes 149; Hill 934; Lada-Mocarski 40; Sabin 37954.
Quarto (298 x 231mm). Engraved portrait after a painting by Nathaniel Dance; half-title (small repaired marginal tear to title). 19th-century calf, edges marbled (rebacked preserving original spine, boards renewed). Provenance: Richard Warren Coley, M. D. (fl. early 19th century, British Naval surgeon; two pages of manuscript notes copied from newspaper articles about Captain Cook, dated 1817) – Roland Craig-Laurie of Redcastle (1810-1896, a Scottish magistrate; armorial bookplate) – Ebeneezer Palmer, Bookseller (book label).
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