Lot 10
10. [BIBLIOGRAPHY & SUPPORTING MATERIAL]. ZIMMERMANN, Henry. Zimmermann’s
Account of the Third Voyage of Captain Cook, 1776-1780. Translated
by Miss U. Tewsley...With a Few Explanatory Notes.... Wellington: W.
A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, 1926. Alexander Turnbull Library Bulletin
#2. 49 pp., text illustrations (title pages), 2 photographic plates (Death
of Cook), folded map. 8vo, original grey printed wrappers, stapled. Small
stain at lower right, otherwise very good.
First edition in English of
Zimmermann’s work, based on the Mannheim, 1781, edition. Beaglehole III,
p. ccvi. Beddie 1634. Davidson, p. 66. Hill I, p. 333. Hill II:1935. Holmes 136.
Howes Z14. Judd 193. Kroepelien 1367. O’Reilly-Reitman 425. Strathern
631(iii). Wickersham 6573d. This is a different translation from that done by
Michaelis and French (see Item 11 next). The first and early editions of Zimmermann’s
account (see Item 24 herein) are very rare. This translation and the next have
additional material not found in the early editions. ($100-200)
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