WILLIAM WALES (1734-1798) AND WILLIAM BAYLEY (1737-1810)
WILLIAM WALES (1734-1798) AND WILLIAM BAYLEY (1737-1810) The Original Astronomical Observations, made in the course of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure . London: W. and A. Strahan for J. Nourse, T. Mount and T. Page, 1777. 4° (280 x 222mm.). 3 engraved plates (1 double-page, 2 folding), 1 folding engraved chart. (Some browning or offsetting of plates and chart.) Contemporary calf gilt (neatly re-backed with original spine laid down, corners bumped). Provenance : E. Jemima Mitchell (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE WORK. 'The official report on astronomical, magnetic, meteorological, and tidal observations made during [Cook's second] voyage ... [The work's] particular interest lies in its first-ever measurements from the far south (including south of the Antarctic Circle), its connection with the rapidly evolving science of longitude determination, and its association with James Cook' (Rosove). Mitchell 1287; Rosove 342.A1 ("Very Scarce"); Spence 1237.
WILLIAM WALES (1734-1798) AND WILLIAM BAYLEY (1737-1810)
WILLIAM WALES (1734-1798) AND WILLIAM BAYLEY (1737-1810) The Original Astronomical Observations, made in the course of a Voyage towards the South Pole, and round the World, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure . London: W. and A. Strahan for J. Nourse, T. Mount and T. Page, 1777. 4° (280 x 222mm.). 3 engraved plates (1 double-page, 2 folding), 1 folding engraved chart. (Some browning or offsetting of plates and chart.) Contemporary calf gilt (neatly re-backed with original spine laid down, corners bumped). Provenance : E. Jemima Mitchell (armorial bookplate). FIRST EDITION OF THIS RARE WORK. 'The official report on astronomical, magnetic, meteorological, and tidal observations made during [Cook's second] voyage ... [The work's] particular interest lies in its first-ever measurements from the far south (including south of the Antarctic Circle), its connection with the rapidly evolving science of longitude determination, and its association with James Cook' (Rosove). Mitchell 1287; Rosove 342.A1 ("Very Scarce"); Spence 1237.
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