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178513730Paris: Hotel de Thou 1785. First French Edition. Map. Very Good. Map 10.5x8.25in on 12.375x9.75in Sheet; Plate No. 37 uncolored copper engraving; Mild soiling with age toning at fore edge horizontal fold crease. Beddie 1543 and 1714-37 London 1556 Paris. This plan of the entrance to Nootka Sound was surveyed by Roberts and drawn in 1778. It is an important chart of a disputed area between the Great Britain France and Spain and published in the London 1784-85 and Paris editions in 1785. However there is some controversy on the survey sources of the original draft. The 22 year old William Bligh 1754-1817 was the Master on the 'Resolution' and argues that Roberts copied Bligh's surveys and took credit with the Admiralty. Lieutenant Henry Roberts 1756-1796 accompanied Captain Cook on the third voyage of the 'Resolution' and 'Discovery' 1776-1780. This voyage was to the islands of the Pacific Australia the Pacific Northwest America Alaska Kamchatka and Hawaii. In Hawaii Cook was killed in a misunderstanding with the natives at Kealakekua Bay. Hotel de Thou unknown books
17706043241770. of Captain James Cook. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" hinged to a sheet 6" x 9 1/2". Light foxing very good. ca. 1770. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. unknown books
1798247299London: G. C. & J. Robinson 1798. Engraving and etching. Image measures 13 3/8 x 15 7/8". Sheet measures 16 1/4 x 21".<br/><br/> Often referred to as the French and Indian War 1756-1763 the otherwise known Seven Years War reignited British concerns of a French invasion as well as a culturally-ingrained anti-French feeling among the populace. With his usual skill for satirical detail Hogarth allows us to gain the British perspective of a war so often only considered an American conflict. This print and its companion piece "England" illustrate the stark contrasts between the French and their significantly better-off adversaries the English. For example one of the most prominent threats that France represented was religious as well as political in the form of Catholicism and its implications of superstition inquisition and tyranny. Therefore Hogarth portrays a monk as a leader of the invasion preparing a boat filled with various torture devices. Hogarth also plays upon the perceived physical differences between France and Britain. In France most of the inhabitants are emaciated and forced to roast frogs for food while in Britain the people are stout from a steady diet of beer and roast beef. This print is additionally fascinating because it serves as an early example of the comedic connection between France and frogs. This particular print was published in the 1798 edition of "Hogarth Restored: The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth" by G. C. & J. Robinson. The plates of this edition were engraved after Hogarth's plates by Thomas Cook and thus this is usually referred to as the Cook edition. The original plate by Hogarth is part of a set entitled "The Invasion" first published in 1756 of which this is the first plate. The print is in good condition with some scuffs to the margin. William Hogarth 1697-1764 is considered by many scholars and print enthusiasts as the grandfather of English graphic satire but he was also an accomplished oil painter portraitist engraver and draughtsman. Hogarth mastered the art of depicting human nature and all of its hypocrisies in society with graphic satire. The universality of his humor and the all-too-human characters featured in his works make Hogarth's satires remarkable. This print represents the epitome of Hogarth's skills as an artist and as a conscientious observer of humanity.<br/><br/> G. C. & J. Robinson unknown books
1785291039Paris 1785. Engraving. 9 x 18 1/4 inches. Margin trimmed to neat line on left folded as issued.<br/><br/> Lively scene with groups of people at work in front of a village on the Hawaiian Village on the Island of Kauai. The island is the oldest of the Hawaiian Islands and the fourth largest of the archipelago. From the French edition of the Official Report of Cook's 3rd voyage.<br/><br/> unknown books
1785WRCAM29328Paris 1785. Map 18 x 12 inches. Single vertical fold through center four- inch tape repair near bottom edge. Minor browning at edges. Very good. Archival matting and protected with Mylar sheet. This is the general map of the Northwest Coast from the atlas volume of the first French edition of Cook's third and final voyage. The Aleutian Islands are shown in particular detail while the entrance to the natural harbor of Nootka is displayed in an inset. FORBES 90 ref. unknown books
179919378Lonbdon: T. Chapman 1799. Map. Very good. Single page engraved12 by 16 inches the image being 11 by 15 inches and matter in a 16 by 20 inch mat. Engraved by T. Foot. Later hand-coloring. Several flattened folds as published closed marginal tear affecting the outside border but stopping short of the image of the island else a very good copy. T. Chapman unknown books
172419972London: Eliz. Bell John Darby Arthur Bettesworth et al. 1724. Third Edition Corrected. leather-bound. Contemporary cambridge style full morocco with rectangular cover panels decorated in blind modern reback with raised bands and red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine. 273 3 pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Copper engraved frontispiece four copper engraved folding plates at rear -- illustrations for avenues walks and lawns. First published 1676. the author was gardener to the Earl of Essex. Also included are "Rules and Tables shewing how the Ingenious Planter may measure superficial Figures divide Woods or Land and measure Timber and other solid Bodies either by Arithmetick or Geometry: With the Uses of that excellent Line the "Line of Numbers" by several new Examples and many other rules useful for most Men." Modest scattered toning armorial bookplate. Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al. unknown books
1784271442London: James Cook 1784. unbound. Map. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 16" x 27.25".<br/><br/> This important and scarce 1784 map of the North Pacific covers the northwest coast of America including Alaska east as far as the Hudson Bay and the northeast coast of Asia including Kamchatka. The map is from the first edition of the official account of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage in the HMS Revolution between 1778 and 1779. The route of his journey is depicted in detail with depth soundings noted along the route. Several Capes islands and bays are labeled. This map is among the first to accurately map the coastlines of the region.<br><br>It was during this voyage that Cook encountered an 'impenetrable wall of ice' in the Arctic as he searched for the Northwest Passage thus putting to rest the hopes for the discovery of an Arctic Northwest Passage. Map was engraved by T. Harmer for the official account of Cook's voyages. The map is in fair condition. Right margin is extended and filled in. Minor loss near bottom margin not affecting printed area. Shows wear along original fold lines. Minor foxing. Verso repair near top left. Lined with archival paper.<br><BR>Captain Cook 1728 -1779 was among the most famous and important explorer navigator cartographer and captain of his time whose scientific and geographical knowledge influenced his successors well into the 20th century. He started sailing as a teenager and went on to join the Royal Navy in 1755. In 1766 he was commissioned to explore the Pacific and went on the sail thousands of miles across largely uncharted regions of the world. These three historic voyages led him to some of the first sightings of Antarctica his discovery of many Polynesian islands including the Hawaiian Islands first European contact with east Australia the circumnavigation of New Zealand and the first correct mapping of the Pacific Northwest.<br/><br/> James Cook unknown books
1784204041Paris: Marechal de Castries 1784. unbound. very good. Sea Chart. Engraving with modern hand coloring. Image measures 33.75" x 23.75".<br/><br/> French edition based on the maps of James Cook from his third voyage 1776-9. Michael Lane was marine surveyor who was trained by Cook. Includes rhumb lines and depths as well as a table of landmarks and their coordinates. Minor staining along right margin.<br/><br/> Marechal de Castries unknown books
1784310843Dublin: Chamberlaine W. Watson Potts Williams Cross Jackson Moncriefe et al. 1784. First Dublin edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece and folding appendix table. 8 xcviii 421; 14 549; 12 559 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. Near contemporary straight grained black morocco over marbled boards. Some shelfwear to boards internally clean. First Dublin edition. With engraved portrait frontispiece and folding appendix table. 8 xcviii 421; 14 549; 12 559 pp. 3 vols. 8vo. First Dublin edition of the official account of Cook's final voyage the issue without plates and maps. Beddie 1546; Forbes 72; Howes C-729a; Sabin 16250 Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, Williams, Cross, Jackson, Moncriefe, et al. unknown books
1784318236London: Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley 1784. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. Modern brown buckram. Fourth Edition. 25 pp. 4to. SIGNED. Signed "Anna Seward" at the bottom of the last page. Seward wasknbown as the Swan of Litchfield. She remained single and recently scholars have argued she was a lesbian. ESTC T95493 Printed and Sold by J.Jackson and J. Dodsley unknown books
1785267711785. Very Good. Engraving of A View of Karakakooa in Owyhee. Remargined paper size 15 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches 38.5 x 27.3 cm. Professionally remargined and laid down on tissue by Green Dragon bindery. We think the first edition of this engraving was created by John Webber engraved by W. Byrne and published in the atlas plate 68 to accompany "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean London: W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol 1784."<br/><br/>This example is smaller lightly tinted and rather than being engraved by Byrne is marked "Taylor sculp" lower right. In pencil it is marked on rear "opposite p. 577 Cooks' Voyages 1785 edition". We have been unable to trace to our satisfaction exactly where this engraving was published. It is nonetheless a famous scene and desirable to those who collect voyages Hawaii and the location where Captain Cook eventually died. unknown books
1790310846London: Printed for Alex. Hogg at the King's-Arms No. 16 Paternoster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and news-carriers in town and country 1790. An entire new edition taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised corrected and improved and published on reasonable terms by Capt. John Hogg late of the Royal Navy. Illustrated with 115 engravings. Without large folding map charting the three voyages. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary full tree calf. Lacking folding chart of voyage hhinges loose on several two covers detached internally very good. Booklabels of J. Sellick Bookseller Binder Plymouth. An entire new edition taken from the original journals as published in quarto by government at a most extravagant price. The whole now revised corrected and improved and published on reasonable terms by Capt. John Hogg late of the Royal Navy" Illustrated with 115 engravings. Without large folding map charting the three voyages. 4 vols. 8vo. Not in Beddie. Published in 80 weekly parts from 1784 to 1786. This scarce edition is revised from that of 1785 ESTC cites four copies only two of which are complete: a complete copy in the National Library of Ireland; a copy in a private collection; a copy at the Boston Athenaeum in fact an incompete copy of the 6 volume ed of 1795; and a copy at St. John's University which is vol 4 only. ESTC T206666; not in Beddie cf. 21 & 22 Printed for Alex. Hogg at the King's-Arms, No. 16 Paternoster-Row; and sold by all Booksellers and news-carriers in town and cou unknown books
1796WRCAM46432Philadelphia: W. Woodward for B. Johnson 1796. 252pp. 12mo. Modern pink paper boards printed paper label. Light dampstaining and soiling to text heavier in some places. Good plus. "Faithfully abridged from the quarto edition." An abridged children's version of Captain James Cook's third and final voyage on which he was murdered by natives. The third voyage was undertaken to continue the British survey of the Pacific but most particularly to search for a northwest passage from the western side. Sailing in 1776 the expedition called at Kerguelen Island Tasmania New Zealand and the Cook Tonga and Society islands then sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands. They then thoroughly explored and charted the Northwest Coast from the Bering Straits along the coast of Alaska and Canada as far south as present northern California. Returning to Hawaii in 1778 the expedition was at first received warmly; but after departing and being forced to return to repair a mast trouble developed which led to a tragic series of events in which the great navigator was killed. Relatively scarce with fewer than ten copies listed in ESTC. EVANS 30276. ESTC W37314. FORBES 257. REESE BEST OF THE WEST 14 ref. W. Woodward, for B. Johnson hardcover books
17846476Dublin: Printed for H. Chamberlaine W. Watson Potts et al. 1784. First Irish Edition. Hardcover. Good Textblocks Very Good. Light shelf/edge wear ownership markes at ffeps touch of toning/foxing at preliminaries spines slightly darkened and dried likely exposed to a fire at some point else tight bright and unmarred. Full brown period boards red and black leather spine labels gilt lettering frontispiece fold-out chart. 8vo. 421pp; 549pp; 559pp. Appendix. <br/><br/>First Dublin edition of the official account of Cook's third voyage. This edition occurs with maps and plates included in the three volumes; with the maps and plates in a separate atlas volume in 4 vs and without any plates & maps. This set is of later iteration having only the frontispiece and fold-out chart in Appendix. Beddie 1546. Sabin 16250. Howes C-729a. Noted flaws notwithstanding a very presentiable set of this classic work. Printed for H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, et al. hardcover books
1788310845London: Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson 1788. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. xvi 527 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary speckled calf boards with later morocco spine. Light foxing and offsetting to frontispiece some toning and scattered foxing but a clean copy overall. First edition. Frontispiece portrait. xvi 527 1 pp. 1 vols. 4to. FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF COOK. The first edition of this highly influential first English biography of Cook by the Anglican clergyman Kippis one of the leading biographers of his day. In addition to describing the three great voyages in depth Kippis also deals with Cook's earlier experiences including his duties aboard the Mercury during the siege of Quebec and his Newfoundland and Labrador surveys. Most of Samwell's narrative of Cook's death is included as well.<br/>While Kippis did not appear to be entirely insensitive to the long-term effects of European contact with Pacific peoples he championed Cook's humanitarian cultural and intellectual mission in the circumnavigation of the globe. In a study of European exploration of the Pacific Lynne Withey concluded that this volume by Kippis became a prominent justification for the involvement of Europeans in the Pacific islands for years after Cook's death Withey 406-407. <br/>The second appendix includes "The Moral an Ode" by the British poet novelist and religious dissenter Helen Maria Williams an old family friend of Kippis. Hill 935; Sabin 37954; Beddie 32; Holmes 69; Kroepelien 647; Lada-Mocarski 40; Howes K179 "aa."; Forbes 149. Provenance: John Thornhill armorial bookplate; The Beaufoy Library bookplate Printed for G. Nicol and G. G. J. and J. Robinson unknown books
1790E00534 of 6 volumes. Volume 1: i-ix-372 pages with 23 plates including frontispiece plate of Cook and 4 folding maps; Volume II lacking; Volume 3: 793-1184 pages with 11 plates including frontispiece of Possession Bay and 5 fold out maps; Volume IV: 1185-1546 pages with 26 plates including frontispiece of Woman Child and Man of Van Diemen's Land and 6 folding maps; Volume V: 1547-1938 pages with 30 plates including frontispiece of A View of Huaheine and 8 folding maps; Volume VI lacking. Octavo 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" bound in original full leather with red labels to spine with gilt lettering. Abridged by George William Anderson. An earlier Large folio edition by Anderson was published earlier. This edition originally issued in 80 weekly parts and also called the Large octavo edition. M K Beddie: 39 First edition of the bound edition.<br /><br />Captain James Cook RN was a British explorer navigator and cartographer ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands as well as the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Cook joined the British merchant navy as a teenager and joined the Royal Navy in 1755. He saw action in the Seven Years' War and subsequently surveyed and mapped much of the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River during the siege of Quebec. This helped bring Cook to the attention of the Admiralty and Royal Society. This notice came at a crucial moment both in his personal career and in the direction of British overseas exploration and led to his commission in 1766 as commander of HM Bark Endeavour for the first of three Pacific voyages. Cook charted many areas and recorded several islands and coastlines on European maps for the first time. His achievements can be attributed to a combination of seamanship superior surveying and cartographic skills courage in exploring dangerous locations to confirm the facts for example dipping into the Antarctic Circle repeatedly and exploring around the Great Barrier Reef an ability to lead men in adverse conditions and boldness both with regard to the extent of his explorations and his willingness to exceed the instructions given to him by the Admiralty. Cook was killed in Hawaii in a fight with Hawaiians during his third exploratory voyage in the Pacific in 1779.<br /><br />Condition:<br /><br />Lacks volume II and VI. First signature of volume one loose inner hinges cracked some interior soiling spine ends and corners of leather rubbed some scuffing to leather else a good set. Printed for A Millar, W Law, and R Cater hardcover books
1786399London: Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms No. 16 Pater-noster-Row 1786. First Edition First State. Full calf. Near fine. The Anderson Edition of Captain Cook's Voyages Round the World published in 1784. Folio 15.25 x 9.75 i title ii blank iii-iv preface 5-650pp 651-653 tables 654-655 "Concluding Remarks by the Editor" and "Contents of this Work" Directions to the Bookbinder 2pp subscribers list. First state with date 1784 appearing on title page. Expertly repaired spine raised bands gilt title over red morocco. Frontispiece portrait of Captain Cook. 150 illustrated copper plates 41 Maps/Elevations 109 Illustrations including large foldout map titled "A General Chart." Plates in near fine condition with only occasional toning. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper. Includes directions to bookbinders and 2pp list of subscribers. Forbes 61. This copy lacks the "Death of Captain Cook" illustration. Beddie 19. This important work is a compilation Captain Cook's three voyages. It also includes voyages by Carteret Anson Drank and others. This version does not include the copy of "The Death of Captain Cook" #27. An attractive copy of this rare folio. Alex. Hogg at the King's Arms, No. 16, Pater-noster-Row unknown books
17785440Paris: Hôtel de Thou 1778. Very Good/Attractive set of the French-language version of Cook's account of his second expedition A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World London 1777. This astonishing journey from 1772 to 1775 went around the globe as far south as possible to explore the existence or not of a postulated southern landmass. In the course of the voyage Cooks ships Resolution and Adventure crossed deeply into Antarctic waters ultimately turned back by ice barriers. Zig-zagging through the South Pacific Cooks ships also visited Easter Island the Marquesas Tahiti the Society Islands Niue the Tonga Islands the New Hebrides New Caledonia Norfolk Island Palmerston Island South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia many of which Cook named in the process. This French edition of his report was published close on the heels of the English version in two distinct formats a five-volume quarto and a six-volume octavo with a quarto atlas containing the extraordinary set of 66 engraved plates after William Hodges. The French translator Jean-Baptiste-Antoine Suard incorporated into the text a great deal of material from the rival account of the voyage that Johann Reinhold Forster published under guise of his son Georg based on a draft of Cooks own journal. In English Forsters account was published separately. A fine set. Six volumes octavo 20 cm and atlas volume in quarto 27 cm. Text volumes bound in cat's paw calf; six-panel spines tooled in gilt with red leather title labels lettered in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Minimal wear. Atlas volume bound separately in contemporary speckled calf with black leather title label. 65 copper-engraved plates including double-page folding "Carte de l'Hemisphere Austral" portraits scenes botanical representations plans and other maps. Excellent condition throughout. References: Mitchell Library p. 52; Sabin 16249 4to ed. Hôtel de Thou hardcover books
1781Embry 151275Printed for E. Newbery London: 1781. Second edition. Occasional light foxing throughout short tear to folding map overall near fine in fine but simple modern binding. Five plates including two folding and one supplied in facsimile. Folding map. Rebound in modern brown morocco spine simple gilt. Folding frontis depicts Cook's death. Printed for E. Newbery, London: 1781. Second edition. unknown books
1774WRCAM15266Paris 1774. Four volumes. ivxvi2xxxii388pp. plus sixteen folding maps and plates; 2536pp. plus sixteen maps and plates mostly folding; 2394pp. plus seventeen maps and plates mostly folding; viii367pp. plus three maps and plates two folding. Quarto. Modern half mottled calf and marbled boards spines gilt leather labels. Some scattered foxing and tanning. Overall very good. The first French edition after the original English edition of the previous year. Hawkesworth was commissioned by the Admiralty to edit this collection of voyages which includes Cook's first voyage to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus across the sun determine the distance between the sun and the earth and continue Byron's explorations. During this voyage Cook visited Tahiti and made the necessary calculations named and charted the Society Islands explored and surveyed New Zealand and charted the eastern coast of Australia naming it New South Wales finally returning to England in 1771. Other narratives are of Byron's voyage to the Gilbert and Tuamoto Islands Wallace's discovery of Tahiti and Moorea and Carteret's discovery of Pitcairn Island after his separation from Capt. Wallis in a storm. The handsome plates depict the natives landscapes and seascapes and the maps show the routes of the ships and areas charted. An early and important compilation. This French edition is not listed in Hill. Sabin calls for only 361 pages in the fourth volume and states that the French editions "should be accompanied by an Atlas entitled: CARTES ET FIGURES a Paris Chez Saillant et Nyon. M.DCC.LXXIV. 4to." The NUC makes no mention of an atlas but the set cited there is imperfect lacking the third volume. SABIN 30940. hardcover books
1781310852Dublin: Price Whitestone Chamberlain et al. 1781. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked to style marbled endpapers. Occasional spotting and dustsoiling better than very good. First Dublin edition. Complete with 5 engraved plates including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook and large folding map. 4 xlvii 1 396 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. First Dublin edition. The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery. "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" Forbes. Howes R-276 "aa"; Forbes 36; Wickersham 6555a; Davidson p 64; Kroepelien 1078; Beddie 1608 Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al. unknown books
1785310841London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1785. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Modern calf over marbled paper boards. Occasional foxing and minor offset a very clean copy. Third edition. Large folding general chart of the expedition folding chart of the Island of Otaheite and 9 folding plates. lvi 362; 10 447; 8 416; 6 429 3 pp. 4 vols. 8vo. Cook's first voyage. Third edition of this chronicle of important English south-seas expeditions including Cook's monumental first voyage which is covered in volumes 2-4. The aim of Cook's first voyage was to sail to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus; having done so Cook left Tahiti and discovered the Society Islands explored New Zealand at great length as well as the eastern coast of Australia which he charted for 2000 miles and named New South Wales. The expedition lasted from 1768-1771 and resulted in the annexation of both Australia and New Zealand by Britain won Cook fame and led to his two subsequent voyages. Beddie 665; ESTC T165111 W. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
1777WRCAM54751London 1777. Two volumes. xviii26021; 4607pp. including errata leaf plus large folding map. Quarto. Contemporary speckled calf rebacked with original gilt leather labels preserved raised bands corners renewed. Minor shelf wear one contemporary and one modern bookplate on pastedowns institutional bookplates on verso of titlepages. Minor occasional foxing some penciled marginalia and underlining to text. Very good. Forster's important account of Cook's second voyage and an essential component of the record of that great expedition. Forster and his father John Reinhold served as official botanists during the expedition. When the Admiralty decided to prevent the elder Forster from contributing to the official report George produced his own publication preceding the official account by several weeks. <br> <br> The Admiralty commissioned Cook to undertake his second voyage in the wake of the great success of the first expedition. The purpose of the second voyage was to circumnavigate the globe as far to the south as possible searching for any southern land masses previously unknown. Cook proved that "Terra Australis" which was supposed to lie between South America and New Zealand was nonexistent; but the party became the first to traverse the Antarctic Circle and discovered and rediscovered islands in the Pacific. <br> <br> "For all the controversy A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD is an interesting and important account that complements the official one with facts and astute observations on the human side of the voyage" - Rosove. Davidson describes this account as "an important work and a necessary supplement to the official account." HILL 625. BEDDIE 1247. HOLMES 23. SABIN 25130. SPENCE 464. DAVIDSON pp.61-62. ROSOVE ANTARCTIC 132. hardcover books
1782310848London: G. Robinson J. Sewell and J. Debrett 1782. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. Modern morocco. Faint foxing occasional toning neat repair to bound edge of title and half title a few small neat repairs to folding map with small tape ghost to bottom edge of same some mostly marginal worming at middle of vol 2 very good. First edition. Engraved folding map and 21 engraved plates. x 358 2 pp; 6 347 pp. Half-title volume 1 instructions to binder at end of volume 1. 2 vols. 8vo. Cook's Third Voyage. First edition of this account of Cook's final voyage. "Ellis was a surgeon's mate during Cook's third voyage first on the Discovery and later on the Resoultion and gives quite a good history of this expedition. This account was published two years before the official narrative . It appears that needing money Ellis sold his narrative to a bookseller for fifty guineas. The fine plates are among the earliest published on the Hawaiian Islands Alaska and the Northwest" Hill. The plates include eight of Hawaii two of Alaska and three of the Northwest Coast. Beddie 1599; Forbes 41; Hill 555; Howes E-122; Sabin 22333 G. Robinson, J. Sewell, and J. Debrett unknown books
