The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook

by Captain James Cook, John Hawkesworth, William Hodges, Captain

$55,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary tan calf paneled with gold floral tooling, spines elaborately decorated with gilt foliate in six compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in second compartment with brown letter-piece in third compartment giving the years covered in each volume in gilt. Atlas bound to matching style in half-calf with contemporary marbled paper boards, spine in seven compartments with red morocco lettering-piece in second compartment and brown morocco lettering-piece in third

• Binding: Leather

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