Lot 320
  • 320

COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES--WALES, WILLIAM AND WILLIAM BAYLY

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • The Original Astronomical Observations, made in the course of a Voyage to the South Pole and Round the World. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1777
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 4to (287 x 220mm.), [vi], [v]-lvi, [ii], 386pp., folding map, 3 plates, contemporary speckled calf, full gilt spine, red label, marbled endpapers, yellow edges, joints split, head of spine rubbed

Provenance

Duke of Leeds, armorial bookplate

Literature

BCJC 1287; Holmes 26; Sabin 10103; not in Hill

Condition

A good copy.
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Catalogue Note

THE RARE ASTRONOMICAL ACCOUNT OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE.