Lot 224
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- [First Voyage].- Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages ... for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ..., 3 vol., second edition, 1773.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- [First Voyage].- Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages ... for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ..., 3 vol., second edition, 52 engraved maps and plates, including map of 'Straights of Magellan' (splits to foldlines with expert repairs), many folding or double-page, vol. 1 Preface to Second Edition bound at end of preliminaries, occasional faint marginal staining, bookplate of John Hulsey, contemporary calf, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrips, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Hill 783; cf. Sabin 30934], 4to, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773.
⁂ Second edition of the official account of Cook's first voyage, published in the same year as the first but distinguishable in having a new preface by Hawkesworth and vol. 2 & 3 separately paginated.
Description
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- [First Voyage].- Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages ... for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ..., 3 vol., second edition, 52 engraved maps and plates, including map of 'Straights of Magellan' (splits to foldlines with expert repairs), many folding or double-page, vol. 1 Preface to Second Edition bound at end of preliminaries, occasional faint marginal staining, bookplate of John Hulsey, contemporary calf, expertly rebacked retaining original backstrips, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Hill 783; cf. Sabin 30934], 4to, for W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773.
⁂ Second edition of the official account of Cook's first voyage, published in the same year as the first but distinguishable in having a new preface by Hawkesworth and vol. 2 & 3 separately paginated.