COOKE, Captain EDWARD. A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World...in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711...Wherein an Account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk...upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes. London: Printed by H.M. for B. Lintot, et al 1712. 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary Cambridge-style speckled panelled calf, gilt spines, tan morocco spine labels, sprinkled red edges, skilfully rebacked with the original spines laid down, corners a bit worn, some light foxing and browning, a blank corner of a leaf chipped. Second Edition of vol. 1, FIRST EDITION of vol. 2, 6 engraved maps (5 folding, one with a stain and a margin cut close with loss of some latitude debgree numerals), a profusion of illustrations in the text, decorative initials and tail pieces.

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COOKE, Captain EDWARD. A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World...in the Years 1708, 1709, 1710, and 1711...Wherein an Account is given of Mr. Alexander Selkirk...upon the uninhabited Island of Juan Fernandes. London: Printed by H.M. for B. Lintot, et al 1712. 2 vols., 8vo, contemporary Cambridge-style speckled panelled calf, gilt spines, tan morocco spine labels, sprinkled red edges, skilfully rebacked with the original spines laid down, corners a bit worn, some light foxing and browning, a blank corner of a leaf chipped. Second Edition of vol. 1, FIRST EDITION of vol. 2, 6 engraved maps (5 folding, one with a stain and a margin cut close with loss of some latitude debgree numerals), a profusion of illustrations in the text, decorative initials and tail pieces.

See note to previous lot. Most of vol. 2 is devoted to a description (translated from a Spanish manuscript) of the west coast of the Americas from Tierra del Fuego to California; this is illustrated with a great many woodcut coastal profiles in the text. Hill, p. 64; Streeter sale IV, 2428; Howes C 733 (a "b" rating); Sabin 16303; Wagner, Spanish Southwest 77. (2)