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The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771

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Sale 504: South Sea: The Library of Dr. Richard Topel, Part I (#504) 04/11/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #9 The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771

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Title:

The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771

Author:

Banks, Joseph

Place Published:

[Sydney]

Publisher:

Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales

Date Published:

[1962]

Description:

2 volumes. xxvii, 476; xvi, 406 pp. Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. Color frontispieces and 14 other color plates; 80 black and white plates; 9 maps (one folding); numerous illustrations and facsimiles. (8vo), original red cloth, stamped in gilt, dust jackets. First Edition.

First full publication of the journal Banks kept as naturalist on Cook's first voyage. Profusely illustrated; some drawings, portraits and sketch maps are published here for the first time.

Condition:

Jackets lightly worn; near fine.

Item#:

234583

Headline:

Naturalist's Illustrated Journal of Cook's Voyage
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