Sale: 348 / Rare Books, Nov. 17./18. 2008 in Hamburg Lot 471

 
James Cook - Voyages round the world, 3 Bde. 1807. [74]


471
James Cook
Voyages round the world, 3 Bde. 1807. [74]
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 375
Sold:
€ 516 / $ 552
(incl. surcharge)
Cook, J. - Voyages round the world. The first performed in the years 1768 ... 1771; the second in 1772 ... 1775; the third and last in 1776 ... 1780, for making discoveries in the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Including Captain Furneaux's journal. 3 vols. With engr. portrait, engr. folding map and 18 copper plates. Glasgow, Niven et al. 1807-09. Contemp. half calf with label. 8vo. 610 pp.; 516 pp.; 475 pp.
Bibliographically not verifiable. - The coppers with depictions of tattoos of natives, human sacrifices, fighting, whale hunting, animals, etc. - Coppers browned, folding map with crease marks and tears in the folding. Bindings rubbed.



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471
James Cook
Voyages round the world, 3 Bde. 1807. [74]
Estimate:
€ 350 / $ 375
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€ 516 / $ 552
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