DAMPIER (William). New voyage around the world. Où l'on décr - Lot 50

DAMPIER (William). New voyage around the world. Où l'on décrit en particulier l'isthme de l'Amérique, plusieurs côtes & isles des Indes Occidentales [...] les isles Orientales qui sont près de Cambodie, de la Chine, [...] la Nouvelle Hollande, les isles de Sumatra, de Nicobar, de Sainte Hélène, & le Cap de Bonne-Espérance. Amsterdam, Vve de P. Marret; Rouen, J.-B. Machuel, 1717-1723. 5 vol. in-12, contemporary havana calf, spine ribbed, red title-piece and chapbook in havana calf (for the first two volumes) and spine decorated with different irons, title-piece and chapbook in brown morocco (for the other three), edges speckled (headbands damaged, corners worn, paper missing from the upper corner of the map of the Isthmus of Panama and brown stain on the right margin of vol.4.). Amply illustrated work comprising 65 intaglio plates, including 3 frontispieces in the first three volumes, 34 maps or coastal reliefs and port plans, 25 folding plates. The plates feature botanical and zoological specimens, as well as scenes of everyday Indian life, habits and customs. An orphan from Weymouth in Dorset, William Dampier (1651-1715) was the first Englishman to land in Australia and the first navigator to circumnavigate the globe three times. Composite copy consisting of the first two volumes: Nouveau voyage autour du monde and Suite du Voyage autour du monde, with a treatise on winds in the torrid zone. Amsterdam, Vve de Paul Marret, 1717. Volume III: Supplément du Voyage autour du Monde; volume IV: Voyage de Guillaume Dampier aux Terres australes avec le Voyage de Lionel Wafer; volume V: Voyage aux Terres australes où l'on a joint Le Voyage du capitaine Wood, Le Journal de l'expédition du capitaine Sharp, Le Voyage autour du monde du capitaine Cowley, Le voyage du Levant de Mr Robert. Published in Rouen, Chez Jean-Baptiste Machuel, 1723. Paul Marret published the French first in two volumes in 1698, one year after the original English edition. (Leclerc, 416; Sabin,18382-83.).