Charles Joseph Panckoucke original contracts and costings for the first edition, in French, of the o...
Charles Joseph Panckoucke original contracts and costings for the first edition, in French, of the o...
Charles Joseph Panckoucke original contracts and costings for the first edition, in French, of the official account of Captain James Cook’s second voyage
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Date
11 June-14 July 1777
Call Numbers
MLMSS 11651
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Language
French
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Contents
0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder)
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Fonds
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Six original documents housed in a modern wrapper and slipcase in the style of an 18th-century French marbled calf chemise, embossed in gold with the words 'Actes originaux: Traduction française des voyages de Cook':
1. Deed for the translation, signed by Charles Joseph Panckoucke and Jean-Nicolas Démeunier, Paris, 11 June 1777, 4 pages (octavo...
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Full title
Charles Joseph Panckoucke original contracts and costings for the first edition, in French, of the official account of Captain James Cook’s second voyage
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Notes
General note
Panckoucke's French edition of the second Voyage of James Cook is held by the Mitchell Library at Q980/Co3/3B1 and 980/CO3/5A1-6.
Object History
Previously advertised for sale at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, 5-8 March 2020, by French bookdealer Jean-Baptiste de Proyart
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, June 2021
Administrative / Biographical history
Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (1736-1798), an influential French publisher, secured the rights to publish the first French translation of James Cook’s official account of his second voyage ('A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world : performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775', pub...
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Call Numbers
MLMSS 11651
Record Identifier
9qopkNZ1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9qopkNZ1
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Reference code
9659540
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