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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779)
[Voyage au Pôle Austral et autour du monde, Paris: 1778. Atlas volume only, 4° (272 x 195mm.). Engraved portrait of James Cook and 64 engraved plates and maps, many folding, only (of 65, lacking plate 2). (Occasional mainly marginal soiling and staining). Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece (extremities rubbed). Mitchell Library 1222. Sold as a Collection of Plates, not subject to return.
[Voyage au Pôle Austral et autour du monde, Paris: 1778. Atlas volume only, 4° (272 x 195mm.). Engraved portrait of James Cook and 64 engraved plates and maps, many folding, only (of 65, lacking plate 2). (Occasional mainly marginal soiling and staining). Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco lettering-piece (extremities rubbed). Mitchell Library 1222. Sold as a Collection of Plates, not subject to return.
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