Lot 321

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World..., 2 vol., first edition, for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777.

 

Hammer Price: £1,600

Description

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and 63 maps and plates, some folding or double-page, folding letterpress table of languages towards end of vol.2, a little browned, some foxing and soiling, 2 folding plates cropped at foot with slight loss to caption/imprint, tear to R2 in vol.2 repaired, bookplates of J.A.Stuart Wortley and Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, Earl of Wharncliffe, contemporary sprinkled calf, Wharncliffe gilt arms to upper covers, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and red & green roan labels, corners worn, [Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Sabin 16245], 4to, for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777.

Description

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World..., 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and 63 maps and plates, some folding or double-page, folding letterpress table of languages towards end of vol.2, a little browned, some foxing and soiling, 2 folding plates cropped at foot with slight loss to caption/imprint, tear to R2 in vol.2 repaired, bookplates of J.A.Stuart Wortley and Edward Montagu Stuart Granville, Earl of Wharncliffe, contemporary sprinkled calf, Wharncliffe gilt arms to upper covers, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines and red & green roan labels, corners worn, [Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Sabin 16245], 4to, for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777.

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