PARKINSON (Sidney). Voyage autour du monde sur le vaisseau de Sa Majesté britannique l'Endeavour. Paris, Guillaume, an V-1797; 2 vol. in-8 (193 x 118 mm), marbled green calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt rosettes, gilt garland on covers (Period bindings). 6 beautiful folded plates (nature and villages of Tierra del Fuego, Tahiti, New Holland, warrior of New Zealand). Parkinson had accompanied Joseph Banks as a draughtsman when he took part in Cook's first voyage on the Endeavour to the South Pacific in 1769. The work also contains an Abridgement of Cook's last two voyages and an account of his tragic death. A VERY FINE COPY.