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LOT 1065
SOLD €500,00

[Northen Hemisphere] James Cook. Troisième voyage de Cook, ou Voyage a l'océan Pacifique,

Ordonné par le Roi d'Angleterre, pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphere Nord, pour déterminer la position & l'étendue de la Côte Ouest de l'Amérique Septentrionale, sa distance de l'Asie, & résoudre la question du passage au Nord. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785. 4 vols. 4to. Contemp. mottled calf, ribbed spines w. mor. letterp. and repeating fleurons, red edges, 88 (fold.) maps, views and portraits of Cook's travels to the Pacific.

Occas. mild browning/foxing, vol. 2 partly w. (water)st. in outer margin. Fine complete set of Cook's voyages between 1776-1780 exploring Australia, New Zealand, numerous Pacific islands, incl. Hawaii, Alaska and the Bering Strait. The plates show portraits of indigenous peoples and their customs, as well as maps and plans of the islands and coasts. (total 4)

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