CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779) [FIRST VOYAGE] -- John HAWKESWORTH (1715?-1779). An Account of the Voyages undertaken ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4° (28 x 22.5cm.). 52 engraved plates, charts and maps (25 folding, 12 double-page). (Small section of upper blank margin of N4 in vol.I torn away, three plates with repairs or tears, eight with appreciable spotting or dampstaining, some others with creases at old folds.) Second edition. Mitchell Library Cook 650; Hill pp.139-140 ("The second edition is considered the best edition.") [SECOND VOYAGE] -- James COOK A Voyage towards the South Pole, and around the World. London: for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes, 4° (28 x 22.5cm.). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 63 plates, cahrts and maps (29 folding, 4 double-page), one folding letterpress table. (Upper margins of two plates shaved, just affecting the plate area, three plates with appreciable spotting or offsetting, small tear to one plate.) FIRST EDITION. Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Hill p.61. [THIRD VOYAGE] -- James COOK & Captain James KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: W. & A.Strahan for G.Nicol and T.Cadell, 1784. 3 volumes, 4° (28 x 22.6cm.). 97 engraved plates, charts and maps (22 folding, 27 double-page), one folding letter-press table, extra-illustrated with two engraved portraits of Cook (one folding). (Title, A2 and 3B1 torn and repaired, seven plates shaved into plate area, about 50 plates spotted or with significant offsetting.) FIRST EDITION. Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Hill pp.61-62. 3 works in 8 volumes. Uniformly bound in contemporary diced russia (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Provenance : William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton (1835-1897, Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, armorial bookplate). A fine collection of Cook's three voyages. The first voyage includes some plates inserted from another copy, and the third voyage is bound in three volumes with the larger format plates bound-in, rather than with the more usual four volumes with an atlas volume. "THE FAMOUS ACCOUNTS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S THREE VOYAGES FORM THE BASIS FOR ANY COLLECTION OF PACIFIC BOOKS. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was the first really scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge": Hill p.61. (8)
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779) [FIRST VOYAGE] -- John HAWKESWORTH (1715?-1779). An Account of the Voyages undertaken ... for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4° (28 x 22.5cm.). 52 engraved plates, charts and maps (25 folding, 12 double-page). (Small section of upper blank margin of N4 in vol.I torn away, three plates with repairs or tears, eight with appreciable spotting or dampstaining, some others with creases at old folds.) Second edition. Mitchell Library Cook 650; Hill pp.139-140 ("The second edition is considered the best edition.") [SECOND VOYAGE] -- James COOK A Voyage towards the South Pole, and around the World. London: for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes, 4° (28 x 22.5cm.). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 63 plates, cahrts and maps (29 folding, 4 double-page), one folding letterpress table. (Upper margins of two plates shaved, just affecting the plate area, three plates with appreciable spotting or offsetting, small tear to one plate.) FIRST EDITION. Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Hill p.61. [THIRD VOYAGE] -- James COOK & Captain James KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: W. & A.Strahan for G.Nicol and T.Cadell, 1784. 3 volumes, 4° (28 x 22.6cm.). 97 engraved plates, charts and maps (22 folding, 27 double-page), one folding letter-press table, extra-illustrated with two engraved portraits of Cook (one folding). (Title, A2 and 3B1 torn and repaired, seven plates shaved into plate area, about 50 plates spotted or with significant offsetting.) FIRST EDITION. Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Hill pp.61-62. 3 works in 8 volumes. Uniformly bound in contemporary diced russia (rebacked, extremities rubbed). Provenance : William Philip Molyneux, 4th Earl of Sefton (1835-1897, Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, armorial bookplate). A fine collection of Cook's three voyages. The first voyage includes some plates inserted from another copy, and the third voyage is bound in three volumes with the larger format plates bound-in, rather than with the more usual four volumes with an atlas volume. "THE FAMOUS ACCOUNTS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S THREE VOYAGES FORM THE BASIS FOR ANY COLLECTION OF PACIFIC BOOKS. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was the first really scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge": Hill p.61. (8)
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