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THBCook, James (1728-1779) An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in th
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Cook, James (1728-1779) An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere; A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World; [and] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London: Strahan & Cadell, 1773-1785. A complete set of Cook's three voyages in eight large quarto volumes with the oversized folio atlas volume illustrated with two large folding maps and sixty-one engraved plates, without the rare Death of Cook plate, found in only a few copies [for this plate, see lot 511]; the first and third voyages in the second edition; second voyage in the first edition; text volumes illustrated throughout with 152 maps and plates; bound in uniform contemporary diced russia, with elaborately gilt spines with dark blue and light green labels, and roll-tool decorated boards; ex libris William Clark, with his bookplate; slight wear at top and bottom of some spines, one headcap chipped, some outer joints carefully mended, atlas volume rebacked; some contemporary annotations in the text, a few clean tears in the second voyage; some faint water staining in the atlas volume, most plates marked in brown ink on verso with two initials; text volumes: 11 1/4 x 9 in., atlas volume: 21 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (9)
Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Estimate $40,000-60,000
An Account of the Voyages [...] in the Southern Hemisphere, I: A3, [A]4, [p]1, a-e4, f2, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3L4, 3M-3N2 (21 plates, including the folding chart of the Straits of Magellan dissected and mounted on heavy pale blue paper); II: [pi]4, a4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3F4 (21 plates); III: A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3C4, 3D2 (9 plates) [52 plates total].
A Voyage towards the South Pole, I: A4, a-d4, *B4, C-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Bbb4, Ccc1 (37 plates including frontis portrait); II: A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa6, Bbb-Ddd4, Eee2 (27 plates) [64 plates total].
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean [...] in the Northern Hemisphere, I: A4, a-m4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-H4 (H4 blank and present) (7 plates); II: A4, a2, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3Z4, 4A3 (11 plates); III: A4, a2, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3Z4, 4A-4B4, 4D4. (7 engravings of which one is supplied in contemporary pen facsimile, viz., the Plan of Pulo Condor; and 1 typographical table) [36 plates total]
152 plates in total in the text volumes.
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