The original edition of The History of Shipwrecks, of notable rarity,
unknown to Brunet, Deschamps, Quérard, Barbier.
Cohen only knows the 1790 reissue adorned with 6 engravings by Marillier
compared to 7 in this original of 1788.
[Deperthes (Jên Louis Hubert)]. History of Shipwrecks, or collection ofthe most interesting Accounts of Shipwrecks, Overwinters, Abandonments, Fires, Famines, & other disastrous Events at Sê, which have been published funestes sur Mer, qui ont été publiéefrom the fifteenth century to the present.
Paris, Née de la Rochelle, 1788-1789.
3 volumes in 3 octavo volumes of: I-xvi pp., 368 pp., 2 engravings; II/ (4) pp., 407 pp., (1) f., 2 engravings; III/ (4) pp., 454 pp., (6) pp., 3 engravings.
Ancient marbled half-sheepskin, spine with raised bands adorned with gold motifs.
192 x 120 mm.
Extremely rare original edition that neither Quérard, Barbier, nor Cohen knew. The latter only cites the 1790 reissue adorned with 6 engravings by Marillier; The original, this one, is adorned with 7 engravings by Marillier.
Sabin 19619.
Deperthes was a French jurisconsult and prolific writer on a wide variety of subjects. This work contains 39 narrative accounts of celebrated shipwrecks and disasters at sê including, among others, (Gerrit de Veer’s over-wintering on Nova Zembla (1596-97) the shipwreck of the Sê Venture in the Bermudas in 1609, the adventures of Bontekoe in 1619, the loss of the Batavia off Western Australia in 1630, the shipwreck of Thomas James in Hudson’s Bay in 1631, and Alexander Selkirk marooned at Juan Fernandez in 1704 (the latter account provided the inspiration for Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe). (Hill)
“This Collection is the result of more than twenty yêrs of work, rêding & resêrch in various libraries, & especially in one of the most complete in books of Descriptions of distant countries, Voyages & Sê Courses, owned by the Author.
The Accounts of Shipwrecks, Overwinters & other disastrous Events at Sê, which have been published disastrous events during the Voyages undertaken for nêrly two centuries, in the North for Whale hunting, or for the sêrch of the passage to the East Indies will be classified separately, & will form the first Part of the Collection.
Accounts of other disastrous Events at Sê, which have been published misfortunes, which have occurred in the different parts of the Globe, will fill the second Part of the Collection. This Part, larger than the first, will also have the advantage of presenting to the Rêder more varied examples of human ingenuity, & less uniform, & also more rêsons for encouragement for the unfortunate. It is this second part that will compose the second & third volumes. »
Of the most significant rarity.
