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Sale 791: Elite Americana – Travel – Maps – Audubon: A PBA Platinum Auction (#791) 06/29/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #12 Set of Cook’s Three Voyages including Atlas [with] Life of Cook

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Title:

Set of Cook’s Three Voyages including Atlas [with] Life of Cook

Author:

Cook, James, et al.

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

W. Strahan & T. Cadell, et al.

Date Published:

1773-1788
Description:

10 volumes. Uniformly bound in later half pigskin, raised bands, blindtooled and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt; text volumes 29x23 cm (11½x9"); atlas 55.5x41 cm (22x16¼"), rebacked with spine laid down. First Editions. Comprising:

Cook, James. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Cartaret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawksworth, LL.D. 3 volumes. [12], xxxvi, [4], 139, [3], 363-676; xv, [1], 410; [6], [411]-779 pp. With 52 maps, charts & plates, many folding or double page. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773.

Cook, James. A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of the Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships.... 2 volumes. xl, 378; [8], 396 pp. With 64 copper-engraved plates, including maps, charts, views, portraits, etc., many of them folding or double-page; folding table. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777.

Cook, James and James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. 3 volumes + atlas. Text volumes: [8], xcvi, 421; [12], 549; [12], 558, + [1] ad pp. Illustrated with 24 copper-engraved maps, charts and profile views (13 folding) and a folding letterpress table. Atlas with 2 folding charts (of the world and of the coasts of Northwestern America and Northeastern Asia) and 61 copper-engraved plates, mostly after J. Webber. Lacks plate 31, A view of Huaheine, but includes additional (likely later) plate of the death of Captain Cook by Bartolozzi after Webber. Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784.

Kippis, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook. [iii]-xvi, 527 + [1] ad pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook, engraved by Heath. Without half-title. London: G. Nicol, et al., 1788.

Complete set of first editions of the three seminal voyages of the greatl explorer of the Pacific Ocean, culminating in his final, fruitless search for a Northwest Passage, the discovery of the Sandwich Islands, and his death. The first voyage details his voyage to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, and his masterful charting of New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, etc. Presented are some of the earliest descriptions and illustrations of the wonders of the Pacific, including Tahiti, the Society Islands, New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, and more. The first voyage was written by John Hawkesworth from Cook's notes, but in the first person, i.e., the person of Cook. Cook was not happy with the treatment and following his second voyage insisted on editing his own account of the expedition. Cook wrote the account of the second voyage, his search for the great Antarctic continent, although he left on his third voyage before the book was printed so that he was never able to see the finished product. Superbly illustrated with, in Cook's words, "about sixty copper plates, which, I am of opinion, will exceed every thing that has been done in a work of this kind."

Cook's third and final voyage relates the expedition in which the Sandwich Islands [now Hawaiian Islands] were discovered. Cook would be killed by the initially friendly natives of Hawaii. Also, in Cook's search for the Northwest Passage, he surveyed the straits between Asia and America and ascertained the proximity between them, and there is much information on the northwest coast of North America, Alaska, Kamchatka, and other northern climes.The account of Cook’s third voyage was completed by Captain James King. The publication of this official account was much delayed, and, according to Holmes, "it was so eagerly awaited by the public that it was sold out on the third day after publication." Forbes declares the work to be "arguably the single most important book on the Hawaiian Islands" which "documents all aspects of Hawaiian culture at the point of discovery by Europeans. It is a magnificent summation of all the public and private journals, logs, drawings, and other observations made during the course of the voyage and is as important a record of the exploration of the North Pacific as Cook's first two voyages had been for the South Pacific." He further notes that twelve of the plates in the atlas relate to Hawaii, as do two of the charts in the text volumes. Forbes 62; Holmes 5, 24 & 47; Howes C729a; Lada-Mocarski 37; Sabin 16250.

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Condition:

Bindings a bit rubbed and stained, a few with chips or cracking to joints, but all overall sound, light dampstains to bindings and text edges, rarely affecting interior; some plates with additional creasing, or with imprints or captions shaved, again a not uncommon occurrence, the plates having been printed slightly too large for the book and heavily inked for printing; plates sometimes with a short tear or two, often archivally repaired, plate LXII of the second voyage with a rust hole; occasional toning and foxing, affecting many plates; overall very good, better than usually found.

Item#:

356835
Headline:

Cook’s Three Voyages, 1st eds. with Atlas & Life
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