COOK, James. - Lot 21

COOK, James. Maps and Figures from Cook's Third Voyage. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785. In-4 (27 x 21 cm), (2) ff. (title, king's privilege), 86 plates (of 87, without pl. 51). Contemporary speckled fawn half basane, havana title-piece, gilt title, 5-ribbed spine, richly ornamented caissons, red speckled edges (binding rubbed, epidermal wear to spines and headpieces, one plate missing, light foxing, marginal worm work on pl. 21-25 and 85-87, very light spotting on pl. 79- 87 and a small tear not missing on pl. 8). The only atlas with maps and figures from Captain James Cook's third voyage, or his voyage to the Pacific Ocean. It consists of a title page adorned with a copper-engraved vignette in black by Prevost, a leaf for the King's privilege and 89 copper-engraved plates in black, most of them folding or on double pages, including 19 maps and plans, 30 views, 18 portraits of natives, 16 scenes of native culture and daily life and portraits of natives, 3 natural history illustrations.