Dec 08, 2016 - Sale 2434

Sale 2434 - Lot 219

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES. Single atlas volume from his: Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. 31 engraved maps and views, several folding. Folio, contemporary 1/2 calf over marbled boards, leather suffering dry rot, front cover detached; maps and plates with moderate marginal foxing and surface soiling, few plates dampstained, but with strong impressions. sold as is. London, [1777]

Additional Details

With large folding chart of the Southern Hemisphere; plates mostly after William Hodges unveil scenery, botanical specimens, indigenous utensils and native manners of the islands visited by Cook on his 2nd voyage throughout the South Pacific Ocean aboard the H.M.S. Resolution.