Apr 12, 2010 - Sale 2210
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Sale 2210 - Lot 273

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COOK, JAMES; et al. [Voyages autour du Monde.] French translation by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Breton de la Martinière. Half-titles. 15 volumes. 18mo, contemporary 1/4 roan gilt, some spine ends chipped; infrequent minor foxing of text, plates generally clean. Swedish bookplate and stamp on pastedowns. Paris: widow Le Petit, An XII, 1804
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first breton edition, published as Volumes 14-28 of Bibliothèque Portatif des Voyages. Beddie 1804.
Premier Voyage . . . autour du Monde, fait en 1768, 1769, 1770 et 1771, précédé des Relations de MM. Byron, Carteret, et Wallis. 5 volumes, including atlas containing 8 pages of letterpress preliminaries, 19 double-page engraved plates with 23 subjects, and folding map. Repair in blank outer margin of Volume 4 half-title.
Second Voyage . . . autour du Monde, et dans le Régions du Pole Austral; fait en 1772, 1773, 1774 et 1775. 5 volumes, including atlas containing 8 pages of letterpress preliminaries, 22 double-page engraved plates with 27 subjects, and folding map.
Troisième Voyage . . . autour du Monde, sur la Cote nord-ouest d'Amérique, la cote nord-est d'Asie, et dans les régions du pole boréal; fait en 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 et 1780. 5 volumes, including atlas containing 8 pages of letterpress preliminaries, 20 double-page engraved plates with 23 subjects, and folding map.