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Auction archive: Lot number 15

COOK. Second Voyage ]. FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM. A Voyage round the World, in...Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. London: B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and G. Robinson 1777. 2 vols., 4to, 291 x 231mm. (...

Auction 22.04.1994
22 Apr 1994
Estimate
US$900 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,380
Auction archive: Lot number 15

COOK. Second Voyage ]. FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM. A Voyage round the World, in...Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. London: B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and G. Robinson 1777. 2 vols., 4to, 291 x 231mm. (...

Auction 22.04.1994
22 Apr 1994
Estimate
US$900 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,380
Beschreibung:

COOK. Second Voyage ]. FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM. A Voyage round the World, in...Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. London: B. White, J. Robson P. Elmsly and G. Robinson 1777. 2 vols., 4to, 291 x 231mm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/8in.), contemporary calf, joints repaired, spines and corners worn, map with offset and offset to the title-page of vol. 1, some slight spotting at front and back of each vol. FIRST EDITION, folding engraved chart. BCJC 1247 ("This account was published some months before Cook's account of his second voyage."); Hill, p. 108; Sabin 25130. Provenance : Francis Osborne, fifth Duke of Leeds (1751-1799), bookplate. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
22 Apr 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

COOK. Second Voyage ]. FORSTER, JOHANN GEORG ADAM. A Voyage round the World, in...Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. London: B. White, J. Robson P. Elmsly and G. Robinson 1777. 2 vols., 4to, 291 x 231mm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/8in.), contemporary calf, joints repaired, spines and corners worn, map with offset and offset to the title-page of vol. 1, some slight spotting at front and back of each vol. FIRST EDITION, folding engraved chart. BCJC 1247 ("This account was published some months before Cook's account of his second voyage."); Hill, p. 108; Sabin 25130. Provenance : Francis Osborne, fifth Duke of Leeds (1751-1799), bookplate. (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 15
Auction:
Datum:
22 Apr 1994
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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