152 - [TRAVEL]. SPARRMAN (André). JOURNEY TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, AND AROUND THE WORLD WITH CAPTAIN COOK, AND PRINCIPALLY IN THE LAND OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND THE KAFIRS. Paris, Buisson, 1787. Three in-8 volumes. INCLUDED: COXE (William). JOURNEY TO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN, DENMARK, &c. Geneva, Barde, Manget & Co. — Paris, Buisson, 1786. Fourth volume only. Set of four volumes in 8½ format, marbled fawn sheepskin, smooth spine divided into compartments and decorated with gilt scrolls and fleurons, title and volume number labels in garnet and ivy green morocco, marbled edges (contemporary binding). Upper caps worn down, incipient tears at several joints but strong stitching, a few corners worn. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated by Pierre Le Tourneur, published the same year as the quarto edition. A Swedish naturalist and student of Linnaeus, Sparrman participated in Cook’s second voyage, from November 1772 to March 1775, before continuing his explorations in southern Africa. His account brings together observations on the peoples, fauna, and flora, and concludes with a glossary of the Hottentot and Xhosa languages. The illustrations include 14 [of 16] PLATES, out of text (MISSING are the folded frontispiece view and the fold-out map of the Cape of Good Hope). ENCLOSED, in a matching binding, is VOLUME IV ALONE of William Coxe’s travelogue, in the annotated translation by Paul-Henri Mallet, which contains a MAP of Denmark on bluish laid paper and 2 plans (Copenhagen and the Kiel Canal). ¶ For Sparrman’s work: Brunet, V, 474—Gay, 3125—Chadenat, 702.