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(COOK, JAMES.) Hawkesworth, John.
An Account of the Voyages under-
taken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the
Southern Hemisphere.
51 engraved plates and maps. [12], xxxvi, 138, 139-360, [361]-
456; xv, [1], 410; [6], [411]-799 pages. 3 volumes. 4to, 298x240 mm, late 19th-century
buckram, rubbed, spines faded; dampstain in blank upper margin of plate facing page 443
and minor stains on last several leaves in Volume 1, vertical tear in gutter of plate facing
page 234 and dampstain in blank gutter of last leaf in Volume 2, small hole through last 2
leaves not impairing legibility in Volume 3, otherwise internally a clean attractive set overall.
London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773
[2,000/3,000]
FIRST EDITION
of the official account of Cook’s first voyage; first issue, without binder’s direc-
tions and the Chart of the Streight of Magellan. Beddie 648; Hill 782.
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A New Voyage Round The World.
TWO FOLDING FRONTISPIECES SUPPLIED IN FACSIMILE
on laid paper; folding engraved map.
[2], 17, [1], 4, [2], 260; [2], 250 pages. 2 volumes. 12mo, 202x119 mm, modern calf with
morocco lettering pieces; contents browned, title and next 2 leaves in each volume washed,
repaired clean tear in last leaf of Volume 1, dampstaining in upper outer corners toward
end of Volume 2.
New York: James Rivington, 1774
[300/500]
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
;
second issue, with additional subscribers listed on verso of prelimi-
nary page 17 in Volume 1. Beddie 656.
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