James Cook
Three voyages to the Pacific Ocean... faithfully abridged from the quarto edition... to which is prefixed, the Life of Captain Cook. Boston: Manning & Loring for Thomas & Andrews and D. West, January 1797. 2 volumes in one, 12° (17 x 9.7cm.). 2 engraved f
Estimate: 500 - 800 GBP
Price realised: 588 GBP
Price realised: 588 GBP
Description
James Cook (1728-1779)
Three voyages to the Pacific Ocean... faithfully abridged from the quarto edition... to which is prefixed, the Life of Captain Cook. Boston: Manning & Loring for Thomas & Andrews and D. West, January 1797. 2 volumes in one, 12° (17 x 9.7cm.). 2 engraved frontispieces and 6 plates. (Browned, neat marginal repairs to titles, frontispieces and some text leaves.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked and cornered). Provenance: Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844, signature and date '1803' on both titles).
An early American abridgement of the official accounts of all three of Cook's voyages, with an interesting provenance. Muhlenberg was elected to Congress in 1829 and served through until 1838. In 1838 he was made the first American minister to Austria, but the legation was a severe drain on his financial resources and, at his own request, he was recalled in 1840. He died during the campaign for the Governorship of Pennsylvania in 1844, an election he would have been bound to win. A Lutheran clergyman as well as a politician and diplomat, Muhlenberg apparently acquired the present volume during the period when he served as pastor of Trinity Church, Reading, Pennsylvania. Mitchell/Cook 58; Sabin 16258.
Three voyages to the Pacific Ocean... faithfully abridged from the quarto edition... to which is prefixed, the Life of Captain Cook. Boston: Manning & Loring for Thomas & Andrews and D. West, January 1797. 2 volumes in one, 12° (17 x 9.7cm.). 2 engraved frontispieces and 6 plates. (Browned, neat marginal repairs to titles, frontispieces and some text leaves.) Contemporary sheep (rebacked and cornered). Provenance: Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg (1782-1844, signature and date '1803' on both titles).
An early American abridgement of the official accounts of all three of Cook's voyages, with an interesting provenance. Muhlenberg was elected to Congress in 1829 and served through until 1838. In 1838 he was made the first American minister to Austria, but the legation was a severe drain on his financial resources and, at his own request, he was recalled in 1840. He died during the campaign for the Governorship of Pennsylvania in 1844, an election he would have been bound to win. A Lutheran clergyman as well as a politician and diplomat, Muhlenberg apparently acquired the present volume during the period when he served as pastor of Trinity Church, Reading, Pennsylvania. Mitchell/Cook 58; Sabin 16258.
Auction result well in line with expectations
In September 2001 Christies in London held the auction THE TRAVEL SALE, which included the work Three voyages to the Pacific Ocean... faithfully abridged from the quarto edition... to which is prefixed, the Life of Captain Cook. Boston: Manning & Loring for Thomas & Andrews and D. West, January 1797. 2 volumes in one, 12° (17 x 9.7cm.). 2 engraved f by James Cook. The price achieved of GBP 587.50 (€ 948.56) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as GBP 500.00 – 800.00. Other works by James Cook have already achieved higher auction prices, for example, in September 2001 the work The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 was auctioned for GBP 646.25 (€ 1,043.42).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Im September 2001 führte Christies in London die Auktion THE TRAVEL SALE durch, in der auch die Arbeit Three voyages to the Pacific Ocean... faithfully abridged from the quarto edition... to which is prefixed, the Life of Captain Cook. Boston: Manning & Loring for Thomas & Andrews and D. West, January 1797. 2 volumes in one, 12° (17 x 9.7cm.). 2 engraved f von James Cook zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von GBP 587,50 (€ 948,56) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit GBP 500,00 – 800,00 angegeben worden. Andere Arbeiten von James Cook konnten bereits höhere Auktionspreise erzielen, so wurde im September 2001 die Arbeit The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Cambridge: Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. 6 volumes in 5, including portfolio of charts and views and Beaglehole's The Life of Captain James Cook, text volumes 8° (24 x 16cm.), portfolio 2° (39.5 für GBP 646,25 (€ 1.
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