Lot 343: FORSTER, JOHANN REINHOLD, 1729-1798.

Histoire des decouvertes et des voyages fait dans le nord. Paris: Cuchet, 1788. 2 volumes. xv, [1], 399; xii, 410, [2] pp. Illustrated with 3 engraved folding maps. 8vo (214 x 130 mm). Period marbled wrappers, uncut. Some light foxing, spines absent, wrapper detached and somewhat worn.

First French edition. Forster and his eldest son, Georg, served as naturalists aboard Cook's Second Voyage. This work includes remarks on Cook's Third Voyage and on his death. Forbes 148; Sabin 25137.