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Captain James Cook 'A set of the Accounts of the Voyages'
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Captain James Cook
A set of the Accounts of the Voyages
Hawkesworth, John
[First Voyage] An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commander Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks Esq.
Vol. I. 6 p.l., xxxvi, 456pp, 20 charts and plates; Vol. II. xiv, 410pp, 22 charts, and plates; Vol. III., 395pp, 9 charts and plates, short, closed tear to map of New Zealand.
London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773. Three volumes. First edition, this issue includes “A Chart of the Straits of Magellan.
Cook, James.
[Second Voyage] - A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and round the World. Performed in His Majesty’s ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years, 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included Captain Furneaux’s narrative of his proceedings in the Adventure during the separation of the ships.
Vol. I. xl, 378pp, frontis [portrait], 36 charts and plates. Vol. II. [4] l., 396pp, fldg table. 27 charts and plates. London: Strahan and Cadell 1777 first edition. With Sir John Pringles ‘A Discourse upon some late improvements of the means of preserving the health of mariners’. Two volumes.
Cook James & James King
[Third Voyage] - A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken by the Command of His Majesty for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To Determine the Position and the Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a North West Passage to North America. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780.
London: Printed by W and A Strahan 1784 first edition. Three volumes and one folio atlas. Vol. I. lcvi, 421p, 7 plates; Vol. II. [7] p.l., 548p, 11 plates; Vol. III. [7] p.l., 556p, 6 plates. Atlas 63 plates. Total of 87.
Text blocks all measure 300m, uniformly bound in contemporary leather boards, re-backed with spines renewed to style, original endpapers. Scattered toning, foxing and offsetting, edges lightly trimmed. Bindings to text volumes tight. Folio rebound in half leather with marbled boards a few spots and some offsetting. A very clean and attractive set.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
A set of the Accounts of the Voyages
Hawkesworth, John
[First Voyage] An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commander Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks Esq.
Vol. I. 6 p.l., xxxvi, 456pp, 20 charts and plates; Vol. II. xiv, 410pp, 22 charts, and plates; Vol. III., 395pp, 9 charts and plates, short, closed tear to map of New Zealand.
London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1773. Three volumes. First edition, this issue includes “A Chart of the Straits of Magellan.
Cook, James.
[Second Voyage] - A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and round the World. Performed in His Majesty’s ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years, 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included Captain Furneaux’s narrative of his proceedings in the Adventure during the separation of the ships.
Vol. I. xl, 378pp, frontis [portrait], 36 charts and plates. Vol. II. [4] l., 396pp, fldg table. 27 charts and plates. London: Strahan and Cadell 1777 first edition. With Sir John Pringles ‘A Discourse upon some late improvements of the means of preserving the health of mariners’. Two volumes.
Cook James & James King
[Third Voyage] - A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken by the Command of His Majesty for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To Determine the Position and the Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a North West Passage to North America. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780.
London: Printed by W and A Strahan 1784 first edition. Three volumes and one folio atlas. Vol. I. lcvi, 421p, 7 plates; Vol. II. [7] p.l., 548p, 11 plates; Vol. III. [7] p.l., 556p, 6 plates. Atlas 63 plates. Total of 87.
Text blocks all measure 300m, uniformly bound in contemporary leather boards, re-backed with spines renewed to style, original endpapers. Scattered toning, foxing and offsetting, edges lightly trimmed. Bindings to text volumes tight. Folio rebound in half leather with marbled boards a few spots and some offsetting. A very clean and attractive set.
Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.
