COOK James? - Lot 24

COOK James? - Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de sa Majesté Britannique, et successment exécutés par le Commodore Byron, le Capitaine Carteret, le Capitaine Wallis et le Capitaine Cook, dans les Vaisseaux Le Dauphin, le Swallow et l'Endréavour. Lausanne, Hignou, 1796, 8 volumes in-8 bound in full contemporary basane, covers worn with occasional worm work. Folding table in volume 6. - Voyage dans l'Hémisphère Austral, et autour du monde, fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, l'Aventure, et la Résolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774 et 1775, écrit par Jacques Cook, Commandant de la Résolution, dans lequel on a inséré la relation du Capitaine Furneaux, et de MM. Forster. Lausanne, Hignou, 1796, 6 volumes in-8 bound in full contemporary basane, covers worn with occasional worm work. - Cook's Third Voyage, or Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, ordered by the King of England, to make Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the West Coast of North America, its distance from Asia, and to resolve the question of the Northern Passage. Executed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore on the vessels La Résolution and La Découverte, in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. Translated from English by M.D*** [Demeunier]. Paris, Hotel de Thou, 1785,? 4 volumes in-8 bound in full contemporary basane, boards worn, spines split. Good set in uniform binding, lacking the 3 atlases. Joint - Aimé JAY. A travers les Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Niort, 1885, in-4 paperback. Posthumous work published by Chabirand, decorated with the author's portrait, etched by Gilbert. Heavy foxing. Edition of 200 copies (n°67). - William ROBERTSON. The History of America. London, 1803, 4 volumes in-8 bound in period full boards, title-piece to spines, accident to spine of volume 1.