Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 470

 
James Cook - Cartes et figures, 3 Bde. + 4 Bde. Troisieme Voyage. 1785


470
James Cook
Cartes et figures, 3 Bde. + 4 Bde. Troisieme Voyage. 1785
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,620
Sold:
€ 3,360 / $ 3,628

(incl. surcharge)
Cook, J. - Troisième voyage de Cook, ou voyage a l'ocean Pacifique, ordonné par le Roi d'Angleterre, pour faire des découvertes dans l'hémisphere nord. 4 text vols. and 1 atlas vol., together 5 vols. With 87 copper maps and plates, partly folding (of 88). Paris, Hotel de Thou 1785. Contemp. calf bindings in 8vo. (text) and half calf in 4to. (atlas)
Beddie 1556-57. - Sabin 16261. - The atlas tilted: Cartes et figures du troisieme voyage de Cook. - 1 text vol. somewhat waterstained, atlas slightly foxed and browned in places. Bindings scraped, the atlas without spine. - Attached: 2 further atlas vols. on Cook's earlier journeys, with together 118 copper maps and plates, partly folding. [Ibidem 1774-78]. Contemp. half calf bindings. 4to. - Cf. Beddie 498. - Together with the plate vol., mentioned above, on Cook's journeys, these vols. make up for the Atlas de Banck, which illustrates the French editions of this work. - Slightly foxed and browned in places, bindings scraped, without spines.
4 text vols. and 1 atlas vol., together 5 vols. on Cook's journey's. With 87 copper maps and plates, partly folding (of 88). Contemp. calf bindings in 8vo. (text) and half calf in 4to. (atlas). 1 text vol. somewhat waterstained, atlas slightly foxed and browned in places. Bindings scraped, the atlas without spine. - Attached: 2 further atlas vols. on Cook's earlier journeys, with together 118 copper maps and plates, partly folding. Contemp. half calf bindings. - Slightly foxed and browned in places, bindings scraped, without spines.




470
James Cook
Cartes et figures, 3 Bde. + 4 Bde. Troisieme Voyage. 1785
Estimate:
€ 1,500 / $ 1,620
Sold:
€ 3,360 / $ 3,628

(incl. surcharge)