PORTLOCK, Nathaniel (c. 1748-1817). A Voyage Round the World; but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788. London: Printed for John Stockdale & George Goulding, 1789. 4to (320 x 250mm). Engraved portrait, 11 engraved plates, of which 3 (of birds) hand-coloured, only ([?]of 13, but 2 (of birds) supplied in modern facsimile, and loosely-inserted), 6 folding engraved charts, tables (some offsetting and mainly marginal spotting and staining, one text leaf torn and repaired without loss). Contemporary marbled paper boards (rebacked with modern spine label, new endpapers, corners bumped, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Hopetoun (armorial bookplate); from the Collection of Lt. Cdr. Andrew David (bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this account of the first commercial voyage to the American north-west coast, taking in Hawaii, British Columbia, Alaska, Vancouver and Queen Charlotte’s Island. Chapter XV includes a partial transcript of “A Court of Enquiry held at the Request of Captain Greer of the Belvidere, on his People who mutinied in his Absence.” Brunet III, 820 (calling for a total of 20 “figures”); Cox II, 27; Forbes 177; Hill p. 1376; Howes P-497; Sabin 64389; Streeter sale 3485; Zimmer 495.
