Buy this book on-line John Hawkesworth : An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemishphere and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.DStrahan & Cadell, London, 1773
Contemporary full speckled tan calf, rebacked superbly matching the speckled tan boards and saving original title labels, spine in seven compartments of raised gilt bands and densely-gilt compartments, red and green morocco labels on two and three respectively, gilt-tooled board edges, endpapers marbled. , Minor tears in the charts of Magellan’s Strait and of New Zealand, and in the plates “No. 6”, “No. 21”, and “No. 22”, all professionally repaired. In Volume 1, pp. 139 is marked as “139-360” after which the pagination jumps to pp. 363 (with no loss). The gathering “4 N” (pp. 641-648) is misbound, having been placed before “4 M” (pp. 633-640), but there is no loss. In Volume 3, pp. 189 is marked as “191” with no loss. A fine set of this rare first edition of Cook’s first voyage. Text and plates are clean and crisp, and bound in full contemporary gilt decorative calf., 4to, P. Volume 1. (6), title, blank, dedication (3), contents (6), introduction i-xxi, blank, glossary xxiii-xxxiv, directions for placing the cuts xxxvi-xxxvi, half-title, blank, 3-139, blank, half-title, blank, 363-632, 641-648, 633-640, 649-676, (6); Volume 2. (6), title, blank, contents (5), blank, half-title, blank, introduction xi-xv, errata, 1-410, (6); Volume 3. (6), title, blank, contents (4), 411-799, blank, (6)., Complete with all 52 plates and charts, including the “Chart of the Strait of Magellan” and the directions for placing the cuts., Volume : Three Volumes Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of John Hawkesworth : An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemishphere and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, out of print books, livres d'occasion, livres anciens and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |