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Book Condition: Used Skilfully rebacked with original spines laid down, lower panel of one spine repaired and a small defect in leather on another.
Seller: Hordern House Rare Books

Australia
About Item: London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol... and T. Cadell, 1784. Skilfully rebacked with original spines laid down, lower panel of one spine repaired and a small defect in leather on another.. Three volumes, quarto, and an atlas, folio, with altogether 87 engraved plates and maps, of which 63 appear in the atlas; contemporary diced russia leather, flat spines gilt in compartments with a complex design, black leather lettering pieces and round crimson numbering-pieces within dark green labels; the atlas volume in a neat modern binding of half calf and marbled boards. First edition of the official account of Cook's last voyage. This is a good set of this tremendous publication, the detailed narrative of the voyage, extensively illustrated with beautiful engravings after John Webber, and so popular at the time that copies were sometimes literally read to pieces. "A magnificent summation of all the public and private journals, logs, drawings and other observations made during the voyage,… Read More
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