Cook | First voyage, 1773, 3 volumes

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

COOK, JAMES, FIRST VOYAGE—HAWKESWORTH, JOHN
An account of the voyages undertaken… for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773

Second edition, 3 volumes, 4to (260 x 205mm.), 44 engraved maps, charts and plates (only, of 52) contemporary mottled calf, lacks 6 plates or maps, some spotting, some tears to maps, binding rubbed, joints and extremities a bit worn

LITERATURE:
Hill (2004) 783 (“Second edition, considered the best one”); ESTC T74466

PROVENANCE:
"Hadn." (i.e. Haddington), ownership inscription on titles

Condition Report:
Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.

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