SPARRMAN (Anders). Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Espérance et autour du monde avec le Capitaine Cook et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. Paris, Buisson, 1787; 2 volumes in-4 (251 x 193 mm), marbled green calf, smooth spines decorated with gilt fleurons, fillets on the covers (Period bindings). First French edition. Map, animated view of natives in a village around the Cape of Good Hope and 15 plates, mainly of zoology and ethnology (unknown or poorly described animals, weapons, jewellery, etc.). Having met Cook at the Cape of Good Hope, the Swedish naturalist followed him on his expedition around the world. He travelled to New Zealand, Otahiti, Tierra del Fuego and Antarctica, before turning his attention to the interior of South Africa, where he studied the Hottentots and Caffres in particular. Hottentot and caffre vocabularies at the end. A VERY FINE COPY IN VERY ATTRACTIVE BINDINGS.