Lot 175

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, W. and A. Strahan, 1784. 

Hammer Price: £3,000

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Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, text with 24 engraved maps and plates, some folding, vol. 3 with folding letterpress table but lacking advertisement f. at end, vol. 3 first map with some fraying to inner-edge, few very short tears to text and one or two plates, sometimes repaired, few plates cropped, offsetting, generally light, some light browning and spotting, Atlas with 2 maps and 61 engraved plates, 2 maps folding/double-page (one with very short tear at fold without loss), 2 plates trimmed and laid down with ink-stamp within image, one with repaired tear within image but no loss, some light surface soiling, mainly marginal, some marginal damp-staining towards end, scattered foxing and browning, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles and first map of Atlas verso, modern morocco-backed cloth (different to text and Atlas), light surface marking to vol. 3, [Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Sabin 16250], 4to & folio, W. and A. Strahan, 1784.

*** The first edition of the official account of Cook’s third and final voyage, in which he made what he considered his most important discovery - the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the Sandwich Islands - and where he was killed in a skirmish. He also charted the Pacific coast from Northern California to the Bering Strait. The voyage was continued by Charles Clerke after Cook's death, and later by John Gore after Clerke's death. The third volume is authored by Captain James King, who served on the voyage.

Description

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, text with 24 engraved maps and plates, some folding, vol. 3 with folding letterpress table but lacking advertisement f. at end, vol. 3 first map with some fraying to inner-edge, few very short tears to text and one or two plates, sometimes repaired, few plates cropped, offsetting, generally light, some light browning and spotting, Atlas with 2 maps and 61 engraved plates, 2 maps folding/double-page (one with very short tear at fold without loss), 2 plates trimmed and laid down with ink-stamp within image, one with repaired tear within image but no loss, some light surface soiling, mainly marginal, some marginal damp-staining towards end, scattered foxing and browning, ex-library copies with bookplate, small ink-stamp to titles and first map of Atlas verso, modern morocco-backed cloth (different to text and Atlas), light surface marking to vol. 3, [Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Sabin 16250], 4to & folio, W. and A. Strahan, 1784.

*** The first edition of the official account of Cook’s third and final voyage, in which he made what he considered his most important discovery - the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the Sandwich Islands - and where he was killed in a skirmish. He also charted the Pacific coast from Northern California to the Bering Strait. The voyage was continued by Charles Clerke after Cook's death, and later by John Gore after Clerke's death. The third volume is authored by Captain James King, who served on the voyage.

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