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Captain James Cook: 65 Plates from the French edition of A Voyage Round the World in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop Resolution 1778

1778rif. 1778SSParis: Hôtel de Thou 1778. Hardcover. Very Good/no dj as issued. William Hodgson etchings. Book of plates from the French quarto edition of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Published in Paris in 1778. --- --- First French Edition very good Just the plates from the French edition of James Cook's second voyage "Voyage dans l’hemisphère austral et autour du monde fait sur les vaisseaux de roi L’Aventure et La Résolution en 1772 1773 1774 & 1775" based on the etchings of William Hodgson who accompanied Cook on his second voyage to find the Terra Australis. 65 of 66 engraved plates. Including frontispiece 14 maps of which 8 are folding. 47 plates and 3 plans. 28x22.5 cm 11x9". 32 of the 64 maps and plates are fold-outs the largest is a map that folds out to a size of 22" x 20" 56x51cm. All are undamaged Book of plates from the French quarto edition of Captain Cook’s second voyage. Published in Paris in 1778. Quarto format original binding with 64 of 65 maps and plates in series lacking the second plate. With two plates numbered 10 one a bis plate and duplicate of plate 50. Three of the maps are heavily browned some wear of the bindings three plates are loose but overall in astounding condition. The heavy paper is still white without foxing or spotting. The plates have either been taken from the 4 volumes of the 5-volume 1778 French edition: COOK Captain James 1728-1779. Voyage dans l'hémisphère austral et autour du monde. Paris: Hôtel de Thou 1778. 5 volumes 4° 252 x 186mm. The maps and plates were in the following volumes: vol. 1 plates 1 - 17 vol 2 plates 18 -37 vol 3 plates 38 - 58 vol 4 plates 59 - 65 vol 5 no plates. Or from an alternate format of the same edition that had text only volumes and all maps and illustration in a separate Atlas volume. This copy has no title page and a spine label that says "Voyage de Cook - Atlas" First complete French edition of the description of Cook's second voyage. An octavo edition comprising 6 volumes of text was published at the same time. --- --- The second voyage which was mainly devoted to the exploration of a presumed southern continent the expedition also represented the first scientific research voyage to the southern polar region and led to the discovery of the southern Sandwich Islands. It should be noted that the French printing techniques displayed here were believed to be more refined than those of the English. The plates with views natives plants birds implements weapons. (Hôtel de Thou) hardcover

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Wilde, Oscar; Rudolf Stuckert (etchings); Guido Moriell (ed)Biblio.com

Der glückliche Prinz SIGNED

rif. 41901Berlin: Guido Moriell 1991. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine condition. Signed by the artist on each etching and colophon. A15/50. Small Folio. 55 1pp. Original hand bound blue Morocco with geometric cover design by bookbinder Guido Moriell and black-stamped lettering on spine housed in blue cloth clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. Every binding of the deluxe edition is a unique copy. Includes the video documenting the production of this anniversary edition housed in separate compartment of clamshell box as issued. Bibliophile edition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the bookbinder Guido Moriell Radolfzell released in two Deluxe Editions A and B of 50 copies each and a standard edition of 100. This is No. 15 of the deluxe edition A printed on handmade paper. With 10 signed and hand colored original etchings by Rudolf Stuckert printed on the hand press of the artist. Top edge blue. Blue shaded endpapers. Blue initials. Text revised by John Loram based on the translation by Wilhelm Cremer 1922. Beautiful hand press production on firm handmade paper by the Steinort paper mill. An artistic masterpiece of modern hand press printing and bookbinding. Rudolf Stuckert 1912-2002 was a German painter and gallerist. He studied at the Academies in Kassel and Düsseldorf and was a master student of Oskar Moll. Stuckert opened his first gallery in 1936 in Düsseldorf with an exhibitions of Bruno Goller. In 1949 Stuckert became a cofounder of the New Rhine Secession Neue Rheinische Sezession in Düsseldorf. He had moved to Lake Constance in 1947 where he became a cofounder of the artist group "Der kleine Kreis" and was considered one of the so-called Höri-Painters. His paintings are an interplay of figurative and abstract elements. Landscapes ballplayers and acrobats are his favorite motifs. Guido Moriell is a film enthusiast and bookbinder in Radolfzell Lake Constance. In 2008 his work as a bookbinder was featured in the prestigious exhibition "Kunst des Bucheinbandes Art of Bookbinding" at the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar. Emphasis of the exhibition was the bookbinding in historic fashion showing a video of Guido Moriell at work as an example of traditional bookbinding. Guido Moriell hardcover

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