Lot 472
Cook, Capt. James
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
A voyage towards the South Pole and round the world. Dublin: J. Williams, L. White &c., 1784; [Idem] A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Dublin: H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts &c., 1784. Together 5 volumes, contemporary calf, with gilt-stamp "Premium Ennis School, Richard Welsh" on covers, lacking all plates and maps (apparently never bound in), and half-titles, title of volume 2 of Pacific Ocean with loss of blank corner, contemporary calf, rubbed; Belsham, W. Memoirs of the reign of George III. Dublin: Marchbank, 1802. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt; Aikin, L. Memoirs of the court of King James the First. London: Longman, 1823. 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispieces, contemporary calf; Lemaistre, J.G. Travels... through France, Switzerland, Italy and Germany. London: J. Johnson, 1806. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, two covers detached; Theis, baron de Voyage de Polyclète. Paris: Maradan, 1821. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, head of one spine rubbed; [Debrett] Debrett's peerage. 1825, 2 volumes, 12mo, numerous engraved plates, contemporary half calf gilt, spines slightly wormed; Voltaire, F.M.A. de The age of Louis XV. Dublin, 1770. 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf; [Angerville, M.] The private life of Lewis XV. Dublin, 1781. 4 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; and a Life of Bruce, 1867 (25)