Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] [A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World...], Atlas only, without the engraved portrait of Cook but with all 63 engraved maps, portraits and plates, many after William Hodges 5 folding including large double-page & folding chart of Southern Hemisphere mounted on stub, smaller plates and maps tipped to large blank leaves (untrimmed and with wide margins, c.350x 260mm.), larger plates sheets 500 x 235mm., some plates with contemporary ink or pencil annotation to lower margin, very light browning to a few plates and occasional spotting or soiling (mostly to margins) but overall a very good clean set, final plate 'Possession Bay in South Georgia' with small hole to inner margin, bookplate of Hans Sloane Stanley, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little worn especially spine ends and corners, joints split, folio, [1777]. ⁂ Comprising charts, views, natural history, boats and portraits & accessories of the natives of the South Pacific and Oceania.
Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] [A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World...], Atlas only, without the engraved portrait of Cook but with all 63 engraved maps, portraits and plates, many after William Hodges 5 folding including large double-page & folding chart of Southern Hemisphere mounted on stub, smaller plates and maps tipped to large blank leaves (untrimmed and with wide margins, c.350x 260mm.), larger plates sheets 500 x 235mm., some plates with contemporary ink or pencil annotation to lower margin, very light browning to a few plates and occasional spotting or soiling (mostly to margins) but overall a very good clean set, final plate 'Possession Bay in South Georgia' with small hole to inner margin, bookplate of Hans Sloane Stanley, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little worn especially spine ends and corners, joints split, folio, [1777]. ⁂ Comprising charts, views, natural history, boats and portraits & accessories of the natives of the South Pacific and Oceania.
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