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Auction archive: Lot number 15

COOK, James, Capt A complete set of Dublin editions of the ...

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Auction archive: Lot number 15

COOK, James, Capt A complete set of Dublin editions of the ...

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$4,000
Beschreibung:

COOK, James, Capt. A complete set of Dublin editions of the official accounts of Cook's voyages, comprising: HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages... Dublin: James Williams 1775. 2 volumes. 8 plates and maps. First illustrated Irish edition. Beddie 661; Kroepelien 542. -- COOK. A Voyage towards the South Pole . Dublin: J. Williams, L. White, et al, 1784. 2 volumes. Folding table. Second Irish edition, second issue with the cancel title. Beddie 1230 (not seen); Kroepelien 207. -- COOK AND James KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . Dublin: H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson et al, 1784. 3 volumes. Portrait frontispiece, 26 maps and plates, one folding table. First Irish edition, with the list of plates. Not in Kroepelien. Beddie 1546.
COOK, James, Capt. A complete set of Dublin editions of the official accounts of Cook's voyages, comprising: HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages... Dublin: James Williams 1775. 2 volumes. 8 plates and maps. First illustrated Irish edition. Beddie 661; Kroepelien 542. -- COOK. A Voyage towards the South Pole . Dublin: J. Williams, L. White, et al, 1784. 2 volumes. Folding table. Second Irish edition, second issue with the cancel title. Beddie 1230 (not seen); Kroepelien 207. -- COOK AND James KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . Dublin: H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson et al, 1784. 3 volumes. Portrait frontispiece, 26 maps and plates, one folding table. First Irish edition, with the list of plates. Not in Kroepelien. Beddie 1546. Together 4 volumes, 8 o (203 x 124 mm). (Some occasional light chipping to plate edges.) Uniformly bound in contemporary Irish tree calf, spines gilt (one cover detached, three spines cracked, a bit worn). Provenance : Lyons Library (bookplates). (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

COOK, James, Capt. A complete set of Dublin editions of the official accounts of Cook's voyages, comprising: HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages... Dublin: James Williams 1775. 2 volumes. 8 plates and maps. First illustrated Irish edition. Beddie 661; Kroepelien 542. -- COOK. A Voyage towards the South Pole . Dublin: J. Williams, L. White, et al, 1784. 2 volumes. Folding table. Second Irish edition, second issue with the cancel title. Beddie 1230 (not seen); Kroepelien 207. -- COOK AND James KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . Dublin: H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson et al, 1784. 3 volumes. Portrait frontispiece, 26 maps and plates, one folding table. First Irish edition, with the list of plates. Not in Kroepelien. Beddie 1546.
COOK, James, Capt. A complete set of Dublin editions of the official accounts of Cook's voyages, comprising: HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages... Dublin: James Williams 1775. 2 volumes. 8 plates and maps. First illustrated Irish edition. Beddie 661; Kroepelien 542. -- COOK. A Voyage towards the South Pole . Dublin: J. Williams, L. White, et al, 1784. 2 volumes. Folding table. Second Irish edition, second issue with the cancel title. Beddie 1230 (not seen); Kroepelien 207. -- COOK AND James KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . Dublin: H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson et al, 1784. 3 volumes. Portrait frontispiece, 26 maps and plates, one folding table. First Irish edition, with the list of plates. Not in Kroepelien. Beddie 1546. Together 4 volumes, 8 o (203 x 124 mm). (Some occasional light chipping to plate edges.) Uniformly bound in contemporary Irish tree calf, spines gilt (one cover detached, three spines cracked, a bit worn). Provenance : Lyons Library (bookplates). (7)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
9 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
9 December 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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