Title: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.; by John Hawkesworth LL.D. Author: Cook, James Place: Dublin Publisher: James Williams Date: 1775 Description: 2 volumes. [12], xxviii, [3]-489; [10], 539; iv, 5-49 pp. Illustrated with two folding copper-engraved maps, 6 copper-engraved views, 3 of them folding. (8vo) 7¾x4¾, period calf, morroco spine labels. Dublin edition of Cook's First Voyage, detailing his journey to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, and his charting of New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, etc. This edition also includes Phipps' Voyage towards the North Pole. Armorial bookplate of Lambert Cameron Jackson. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and wear to covers, joints cracked or tender, Vol. II split through vertically along spine, so text block is in two pieces; some marginal foxing, internally very good, cleaner than usually found, in need of repair to the bindings. Item number: 160601
Title: An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.; by John Hawkesworth LL.D. Author: Cook, James Place: Dublin Publisher: James Williams Date: 1775 Description: 2 volumes. [12], xxviii, [3]-489; [10], 539; iv, 5-49 pp. Illustrated with two folding copper-engraved maps, 6 copper-engraved views, 3 of them folding. (8vo) 7¾x4¾, period calf, morroco spine labels. Dublin edition of Cook's First Voyage, detailing his journey to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, and his charting of New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, etc. This edition also includes Phipps' Voyage towards the North Pole. Armorial bookplate of Lambert Cameron Jackson. Lot Amendments Condition: Some rubbing and wear to covers, joints cracked or tender, Vol. II split through vertically along spine, so text block is in two pieces; some marginal foxing, internally very good, cleaner than usually found, in need of repair to the bindings. Item number: 160601
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