Oct 21, 2014 - Sale 2362

Sale 2362 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[MARRA, JOHN.] Journal of the Resolution's Voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, on Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere . . . also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, in the Years 1772, 1773, and 1774. Folding engraved frontispiece map (offsetting onto title). xv, [1], 328 pages. 8vo, 194x119 mm, contemporary calf gilt, covers detached, with free endpaper and half-title adhered to front cover; contents toned. Dublin: Caleb Jenkin and John Beatty, 1776

Additional Details

first dublin edition of a narrative of Cook's second voyage containing details omitted from the official account by Cook published later. Hill 1087 (1775 London original edition); Beddie 1271 (this edition).