[Cook]-Kippis, Andrew. Castera, Jean-Henri, translator. Life of Captain Cook, Translated from the English of Doctor Kippis, Member of the Royal Society of London, by M. Castera. Paris: Rue des Poitevins, Hôtel de Thou [Panckoucke], 1789. First French edition in-4 °; false-title, title, xxxii, 546p., [2p. Approbation, Table - the mention of "Table des chapitres contenus dans ces deux volumes" refers to the in-8 edition which is composed of two volumes]. Paperback in muted dust jacket, entirely untrimmed; brittle binding, a few separate sections, paper missing from spine, but very fresh inside. This first biography of James Cook - the only one for forty years - was published in England in 1788. It covers Cook's entire life, from his birth in 1728 to his death in February 1779.