Description
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780
4 volumes, 3rd abridged edition
(volume I, 2nd edition; volumes II-IV 1st editions)
London: John Fielding (volumes I, III-IV)
and
Scatcherd & Whitaker and C. Stalker (volume II); 1785-86
engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I,
48 engraved plates, 2 folding charts (complete),
some light offsetting,
bookplate of Sheffield Airey Neave (1879-1961, entomologist)
Original tree calf
volumes I & III upper covers detached, spines lacking most labels
8vo: 5 1/4 by 8 1/2"
Sabin 16251.
Text in English
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1785-86 VOYAGE of CAPTAIN COOK 4 vols ILLUSTRATED w/ 48 PLATES antique ENGLISH
Estimate $1,500-$2,000
Starting Price
$700
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Ink of Ages: 15th-19th Century Antique Books
May 23, 2026 1:00 AM EDTNew York, NY, United States
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