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Description: Edition : Second and superior Edition., Text vols: expertly rebacked saving contemporary full calf; spine with five (5) raised gilt bands, forming six (6) gilt ornamented compartments; gilt-lettered title on red and black morocco labels on two and three; all edges red; endpapers renewed. Atlas volume: Half-calf with gilt dog-tooth roll bordering to marbled boards; spine with six (6) raised bands, forming compartments of gilt ornamental design, and gilt lettered titles on red and black morocco labels on two and three; edges slightly blue. , Cook?s third voyage continued the centuries-old search for the North-West Passage, beginning from the west. After passing Tasmania, New Zealand, and many islands in the South Pacific, the crew sailed north and discovered the Christmas and Hawaiian Islands; onwards to their primary destination, the Northwest Coast of America and the Bering Strait, then returning south along the West Coast to California and back to Hawaii. It was during this second visit to Hawaii that Cook was killed, and the expedition continued under the leadership of Clerke and Gore, who led the crew to the eastern coasts of Siberia, and finally returned to England in 1780. Cook contributed to the advancement of geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere to a degree that none of his predecessors had been capable of doing. ?He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). Further he states about this work that it is ??an abridgement of Captain Cook?s third voyage? preferred by some readers because, the nautical and technical parts having been deleted, the work reads more like an adventure.? (Hill).Taking over from Strahan and setting out to print the second edition, the present example of Cook?s third voyage, Hughs re-set the text; since, its typography is considered superior. Forbes refers to a book presentation inscription offered to Dr. Elliotson, physician of Mrs. Cook: ".the second edition being much superior to the first both in paper & letterpress." , Size : 4to. (297x233mm), Folio, Illustrated titles with vignette medallions, incl. medallion portraits of the authors; as well as all 87 illustrations as listed on the table of plates: these of varying sizes: seven (7) engravings in vol I, eleven (11) in vol II, six 6 in vol III, and 63 in the folio atlas. , Volume : Three text volumes and o, References : Beddie, 1575; Cowan p.654-5; Cox II, p.30; Ferguson p. 281; Forbes I, 298; Graff 4456; Hill (2004) 1753; ; Hill, 362 (later edition); Howes V-23; Judd 178; Lada-Mocarski 55; O?Reilly & Reitman 635; Sabin 16251 (later edition); Sabin 98443; Smith 10469; S, VOL I: [2], title, blank, contents (8), introduction i-lxxxvi, To the Memory of Capt. James Cook lxxxvii-lxxxix, bl., list of plates xci-xcvi; a voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1-421, [3] including 7 plates; VOL II: [2], title, blank, contents (12), 1- 548, [2] including 11 plates; VOLIII: [2], title, bl., contents (10), Contents Appendix, bl., 1-487, bl., Appendix 489-556 with double page folding table, [2]; including 6 plates; Atlas VOL: 63 plates. In near fine condition. Text and plates are clean and crisp. A handsome and attractive set. Several mispaginations with no loss: Vol I, p. 263 as ?173?; Vol II, p. 247 as ?347?; Vol III, p. 379 as ?579?; Vol IV, p. 172 as ?72? Vol I: pp.293-297 marginal light browning.
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Description: 4 volumes (Text: 3 vols., quarto [11 3/8 x 9 1/4 inches]; Atlas vol. of plates: 1 vol., large folio [22 x 16 inches]). Text: Engraved medallion vignette on each title, 1 folding letterpress table, 24 engraved maps, coastal profiles and charts (13 folding). Atlas vol.: 63 engraved plates, plans and maps (one double-page, one folding). Text: contemporary calf, expertly rebacked at an early date, incorporating the original labels; atlas: expertly bound to style in half speckled calf over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, spine in eight compartments with raised bands, each band flanked by triple gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartment, green morocco in the fourth, the others with simple repeat decoration in gilt A fine copy of the second and best edition of the official account of Cook's third and last voyage, including images of and text on the exploration of Hawaii and the west coast of America, Canada and Alaska. "The famous accounts of Captain Cook's three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). The typography of the second edition text of the third voyage is generally considered superior to the first (Hughs took over the printing from Strahan and re-set all the text). Contemporary support for this view is reported by Forbes who quotes an inscription in a set presented by Mrs. Cook to her doctor, Dr. Elliotson, which notes ".the second edition being much superior to the first both in paper & letterpress." "Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return [the islander] Omai to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. John Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands, which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives over a boat. Charles Clarke took command and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill pp.61-62). Cf. Beddie 1543; cf. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography 62; cf. Lada-Mocarski 37; cf.Printing and the Mind of Man 223; cf. Sabin 16250.
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.
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Description: 4 volumes (text: 3 volumes, 4to [12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches];atlas: 1 volume, folio [23 1/2 x 17 inches]). Text: engraved medallion vignettes on titles, 1 folding letterpress table. Atlas: 87 engraved plates, plans, maps and charts (1 folding, 1 double-page, and including the 24 small format plates usually found in the text, here on unfolded full sheets. Extra-illustrated, with very rare (and possibly unique) impressions of the 24 engraved plates on wove paper watermarked 1801, bound into the text. Original paper-covered boards, expertly rebacked to style with contemporary brown paper. All contained within dark blue morocco-backed boxes. A fine unsophisticated set of the third edition of the third voyage, with the plates in their most desirable form: all the plates usually found in the text volumes are here bound unfolded and uncut, in the atlas volume. In addition, this set extra-illustrated with a duplicate set of those plates, being unrecorded 1801 impressions on wove paper. "The famous accounts of Captain Cook's three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge . Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return [the islander] Omai to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. John Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands, which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives over a boat. Charles Clarke took command and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill). The typography of the third edition is similar to the second edition, which is generally considered superior to the first: Hughs took over the printing from Strahan and re-set all the text). In addition the third edition includes the first appearance of William Wales's "A Defence of the Arguments advanced, in the introduction to Captain Cook's last Voyage, against the existence of Cape Circumcision" (vol.III, pp.557-564). This fine set in boards comprises the rarest and most desirable form of the third voyage, with the 24 plates intended for the text volumes to be bound uncut and unfolded into the atlas. Thus plates which are generally severely trimmed close or into the image to fit into the text, are here on full sheets with wide margins. An early owner of this set, however, has extra-illustrated his text with early 19th century impressions of those plates. This issue of the duplicate set of plates appears unrecorded, being on wove paper watermarked 1801. That the plates were added is confirmed by the fact that the plates are tipped-in, rather than sewn or guarded into the text. Cf. Beddie 1543; cf. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography, 62; cf. Lada-Mocarski 37; cf. Printing and the Mind of Man 223; cf. Sabin 16250.
Seller: Donald A. Heald Rare Books (ABAA), New York, NY, U.S.A.