Cook, James, Captain
Captain Cook’s voyages round the world
£1,020
The Lord Constantine Collection
Auction: 12 October 2007 at 12:00 BST
Description
Cook, James, Captain
Captain Cook’s voyages round the world … for making discoveries in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres … including Captain Furneaux’s journal … Newcastle: Brown, 1790. 2 volumes bound as 4, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1, with an engraved chart in volume 1 and 49 other engraved plates (including a folding plate of Cook’s death), with the directions to the binder and divisional titles, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, red and black morocco lettering pieces, a little wear to heads and tails and joints rubbed, some slight paper discolouration throughout and offsetting from the plates.
Note: Includes the three voyages round the world, Captain Furneaux’s Journal, A narrative of Commodore Phipp’s voyage to the North Pole, An abridgement of Foster’s Introduction to his History of Northern discoveries, and Governor Phillip’s Voyage to Botany-Bay. [4]