[RICKMAN (John)]. Cook's Third Voyage, or Journal of an Expe - Lot 112

[RICKMAN (John)]. Cook's Third Voyage, or Journal of an Expedition made in the South & North Pacific Sea, in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780. Translated from the English. Paris, Belin, Volant, 1782. In-8, X-508 p., contemporary mottled tan calf, 5-rib spine, ornate caissons, garnet-red title page, red edges (flaws including 3 corners and one worn cap, the other repaired, russet on frontispiece). Account by a lieutenant who was present on board "La Découverte", published anonymously to avoid legal proceedings, before the official report of Cook's Third Voyage. Second edition decorated with a folded engraved frontispiece depicting Captain Cook's death and a folded map of the itinerary (O'Reilly - Reitman 421).