Beschreibung:

COOK ( Captain James) - HAWKESWORTH (John) : AN ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGES..for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere [First Voyage], London, W.Strahan and T.Cadell,1773, FIRST EDITION, 3 vols., 4to (295 x 230mm), 51 engraved maps, charts and views (of 52, lacking folding view of a Maori war canoe), many folding [Mitchell 650, an early issue without the 3pp directions for the placing of the cuts] A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, AND ROUND THE WORLD [Second Voyage], London, 1777, FIRST EDITION, 2 vols, 4to (295 x 230mm), engraved portrait frontispiece and 63 maps, charts and plates, many folding, folding letterpress table (several plates slightly offset, two shaved). Mitchell 1216 A VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN undertaken..for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere..by Captain James Cook and Captain James King [Third Voyage] , London, N.Hughs for G.Nicol and T.Cadell, 1785, third edition, 4 vols (including atlas), 4to and folio (folio 535 x 380mm), text with engraved portrait title medallion, 24 engraved maps and plates, many folding, folding letterpress table; the atlas with 63 engraved maps and plates, including folding general chart and double-page chart of the North West coast of N.America, 3 plates in proof states printed before captions, two on india paper mounted. Mitchell 1553; the atlas volume EXTRA ILLUSTRATED WITH 25 ADDITIONAL PLATES including the death of Cook plate, and a full set of 16 hand-coloured aquatint plates from the Boydell edition of WEBBER'S VIEWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Mitchell 1872 KIPPIS (Andrew) : THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK London, 1788, FIRST EDITION, half-title, engraved portrait of Cook. Mitchell 32 Together 10 vols., 4to volumes uniformally bound in early 19th century diced russia, covers ruled in gilt, with blind stamped borders and cornerpieces, gilt inner dentelles, g.e. (slightly rubbed at joints), atlas in companion half diced russia ( joints and corners lightly rubbed); the set sold not subject to return A Magnificent set of Cook's Voyages with the Kippis and an important collection of Third Voyage engravings.The set may well have come from Northwick Park library, despite the adsence of bookplates, as suggested by the loose insertion of an envelope to 'Mr Wildsmith,Nothwick Park, Moreton in Marsh', postmarked [18]71, the verso with late 19th century pencil note' L.Library f.left'. The three plates in early states in the atlas are engraved by W.Byrne or William Sharpe after J.Webber,all without title captions: The Body of Tee..in Otaheite, on india paper, mounted A View of Huaheine, title pencilled below. The inside of a winter habitation in Kamtschatka, on india paper, mounted with title pencilled below. The additional plates bound into the atlas volume are: Omai a Native of Utaietea, engraved portrait by Bartolozzi after N.Dance, on india paper, mounted, dated 25 Oct 1774. The Death of Captain Cook, figures engraved by Bartolozzi, landscape by Byrne after Webber, dated 1st July 1785 The set of 16 hand-coloured views of the South seas by James Webber published by Boydell and Co., plates dated 1809 (4 watermarked 1801) 4 sepia aquatint plates 'aquatinta by M.E.Prestel' by James Webber, early sepia states, dated 1787- A View in Annamooka, day and month left blank: A View in Ulietea: A View in Matavai, Otaheite: A View in Pulo Condore [cf Mitchell 1869] A soft ground etched plate'View in the Island of Cracatoa', by Webber, dated July 1st 1789, with brown and grey wash, an early state for Webber's coloured aquatint series Stipple-engraved oval portraits of Captains Cook and King, engraved by Bartolozzi after Webber [cf Mitchell 3599