Beschreibung:

COOK, Capt. James]. [FIRST VOYAGE] -- HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4 o (290 x 230 mm). 52 engraved plates, many folding (some occasional soiling). Contemporary full brown speckled calf, richly gilt (rubbed at extremities.) FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE, with the "Streights of Magellan" plate and the "Directions for Placing the Cuts," but with continuous pagination as called for in Sabin. Provenance : Lord Leeds, bookplate. Sabin 30934; Hill p.139; Mitchell Library Cook 648; Holmes 5. [THIRD VOYAGE] -- COOK, Capt. James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine The Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe . London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784. 3 volumes, 4 o (275 x 220 mm). 24 engraved plates (lacks the 63 atlas folio plates, occasional wear). Contemporary quarter calf (rubbed and worn). Provenance : Robert Baird 19th century ownership signature. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 16250; Hill pp. 61-2; Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Holmes 47. Together 6 volumes. (6)