Voyage Par Le Cap De Bonne-Espérance Et Batavia, À Samarang, À Macassar, À Amboine, Et À Surate, En 1774, 75, 76, 77 et 78.Traduit Du Hollandois

Paris: H.J.Jansen, An VII De La République Française [1799]., 1799. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. 386; 361, [6]errata & ads. complete with half-titles. 2 folding engraved maps & 4 engraved plates (3 folding). modern quarter calf over 19th century marbled bds. (some foxing & browning, piece clipped from half-titles, old ms. notes on verso of plates, short tears along map folds & 1 longer tear repaired - no loss). [WITH:] STAVORINUS, J[ohan] S[plinter]. Voyage Par Le Cap De Bonne-Espérance À Batavia, À Bantam Et Au Bengale, En 1768, 69, 70 Et 71.Avec Des Observations sur la Navigation et le Commerce de ces Contrées, ainsi que sur le Caractère, les Moeurs et la Religion des Peuples qui les habitent. Traduit Du Hollandois par H.J.Jansen. 8vo. pp. viii, 434 [pp. 417-20 misbound]. with half-title. 3 folding engraved maps. modern quarter calf over 19th century marbled bds. (binding & condition uniform with above). Paris: H.J.Jansen, L'An 6me [1798]. First Editions of the French Translations of Stavorinus' accounts of his two voyages made in the service of the Dutch East India Company, the first in 1768-71, the second in 1774-78. The works contain interesting observations on the Dutch possessions in the East Indies, India, and South Africa, and provide a particularly accurate description of the Cape Colony and its inhabitants. While at Batavia, Stavorinus noted the arrival from Tahiti in 1770 of Captain Cook in the Endeavour. Stavorinus' narratives were originally published in Dutch in 1793 and 1797. Brunet VI 20581 & 20682. Gay 3150. Hill p. 281 (first voyage). Mendelssohn II 426. Tiele 1044 & 1045. cfCox I 307. cfNational Maritime Museum I 451..