The Life of Captain James Cook
by (Cook, Captain James) Kippis, Andrew
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary speckled calf boards with later morocco spine. Light foxing and offsetting to frontispiece, some toning and scatter
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
While Kippis did not appear to be entirely insensitive to the long-term effects of European contact with Pacific peoples, he championed Cook's humanitarian, cultural and intellectual mission in the circumnavigation of the globe. In a study of European exploration of the Pacific, Lynne Withey concluded that this volume by Kippis became a prominent justification for the involvement of Europeans in the Pacific islands for years after Cook's death (Withey 406-407).
The second appendix includes "The Moral, an Ode," by the British poet, novelist, and religious dissenter Helen Maria Williams, an old family friend of Kippis. Hill 935; Sabin 37954; Beddie 32; Holmes 69; Kroepelien, 647; Lada-Mocarski 40; Howes K179, "aa."; Forbes 149. Provenance: John Thornhill (armorial bookplate); The Beaufoy Library (bookplate)
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310845
- Title
- The Life of Captain James Cook
- Author
- (Cook, Captain James) Kippis, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- Frontispiece portrait. xvi, 527, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary speckled calf boards with later morocco spine. Light foxing and offsetting to frontispiece, some toning and scatter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1788
- Keywords
- Circumnavigations | Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; History, Travel & Geography;
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