A Complete Set of Cook's Voyages in First Editions.
Cook, James.
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Cook, James. A Complete set of Cook's Voyages in first editions, including Kippis' Life A fine set with original late 18th - early 19th century diced russian calf boards, gilt tooled borders and inner hinge dentelles. Handsomely re-backed to match in brown calf with gilt tooling & raised bands. Matching marbled endpapers with all edges marbled. Some general foxing & offsetting scattered in pockets throughout the text volumes, the atlas very clean. A handsome set. FIRST VOYAGE. Hawkesworth, J. An Account of the Voyages undertaken...for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere... London, W. Strahan & T. Cadell 1773, 3 volumes quarto, 52 engraved plates and maps, many folding. The first edition. Hill p. 139. SECOND VOYAGE. Cook, James. Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World performed in H.M.S. the Resolution and Adventure in the years 1772, 73, 74 & 1775. London, W. Strahan & T. Cadell 1777, 2 volumes quarto, 64 engraved plates and maps. The first edition. "Straits of Magellan" map from the 1st voyage bound in. Hill p. 61. THIRD VOYAGE. Cook, James & King, James. 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;... In his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. London, W. & A. Strahan 1784, the first edition. 3 volumes quarto. 87 engraved maps & coastal profiles bound in separate folio Atlas [in matching half calf & marbled boards]. Unusual atlas containing all of the folio plates but also including the plates usually bound in the text volumes, appearing here unfolded. Kippis, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook... London, G. Nicol and G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1788, the first edition. 1 volume quarto, frontis. Bound uniformly with the voyages. Together nine volumes quarto and one folio
