Beschreibung:

COOK, Capt. James. A complete set of the voyages, comprising: [FIRST VOYAGE] -- HAWKESWORTH, John. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. London: W. Strahan, 1773. 3 volumes. 52 engraved plates, mostly folding (some scattered foxing). Second Edition. -- [SECOND VOYAGE] -- COOK, Capt. James. A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. London: W. Strahan, 1777. 2 volumes. 63 engraved plates (not bound according to directions, foxing and soiling). FIRST EDITION. -- [THIRD VOYAGE] -- A 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; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe . London: G. Nicol, 1785. 3 volumes. 24 plates only (of 87, lacks 63 plates in atlas volume, foxing and offsetting). Second Edition. Together 8 volumes, 4 o (290 X 230 mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary full brown calf, richly gilt (2 hinges cracked, 2 volumes rehinged, some wear overall). Sabin 30934, 16245; 16250; Hill pp.139,61-2; Mitchell Library Cook 648, 1216, 1552; Holmes 5 (First Edition), 24, 47 (First Edition). (8)