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Provenance: I. Henry Samuel Howard Guinness; II. Erbach Schonbergische Bibliothek (bookplates).
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COOK, James. Troisième Voyage de Cook, ou Voyage à l'Océan
Pacifique, Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785, 4 vols., 4°, engraved frontispiece, 93 folding plates and maps only, including some extra illustrated plates, several hand-coloured (3O2 of vol. IV cut down at lower and outer margin, occasional light soiling), contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (head and foot of spines slightly chipped); sold not subject to return. (4)
Pacifique, Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785, 4 vols., 4°, engraved frontispiece, 93 folding plates and maps only, including some extra illustrated plates, several hand-coloured (3O2 of vol. IV cut down at lower and outer margin, occasional light soiling), contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (head and foot of spines slightly chipped); sold not subject to return. (4)