A Voyage Towards The South Pole And Round The World Performed In His Majestys Ships The Resolution

by James Cook

$4,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

Second edition. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook, 48 engraved plates including 25 folding , 14 engraved maps including 6 folding and 1 folding letterpress table, after drawings made by W. Hodges during the voyage. xl, 378; 8 , 396 pp. 2 vols. 4to. Contemporary marbled calf, rebacked to style. Front hinge of volume 1 starting, minor wear to edges and corners, margins of a few plates trimmed close as usual, occasional foxing but a clean and

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