A New Authentic And Complete Collection Of Voyages Round The World Undertaken And Performed By

by James Cook Capt George William Anderson

$4,000 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

London: Alex. Hogg, 1784-86 . First collected edition of Cook's three voyages, folio, 2 volumes in 1; pp. iv, 4 list of subscribers, 5 -398; 399 -655, 1 ; complete with the engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, and with the full complement of 155 engraved plates an charts, but without the large folding world map; clean tear in D2 no loss; one plate with tear at the top causing partial loss to the imprint and border, a half dozen or so other plates

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