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COOK, James: - Journal of Captain Cook’s second voyage, aboard the ships the Resolution and the Adventure. Amsterdam, Pissot, Nyon, 1777. 1 volume, 8vo, with one fold-out map. First edition of the French translation. Voyage to the Southern Hemisphere and round the world, undertaken on the King’s ships, the Aventure and the Résolution. 1772, 73, 74... Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1778, 6 volumes in-8. (Plates and maps missing.) - Cook’s Third Voyage, or Voyage to the Pacific Ocean… Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785, 4 volumes in-8. Two folding charts. (without the volume of engravings). - KIPPIS, Andrew. *Life of Captain Cook*, translated from the English by Castera, Jean-Henri, Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1789, 2 volumes in-8. Set of 13 volumes in-8. Full contemporary sheepskin binding, spine with decorated raised bands, title label and volume number. (Damage to the cap bands and rubbing to the bindings.) Appraiser: François Giard.
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About the sale Major Catalogue Sale – Hôtel Couvent Des Minimes, Lille
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Auction time 09/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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