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COOK Third voyage of … or voyage to the Pacific Ocean commis…
See original version (French)
397
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COOK Third voyage of … or voyage to the Pacific Ocean commis…
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €100
Voluntary lot
Description
COOK
Third voyage of … or voyage to the Pacific Ocean commissioned 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, the distance to Asia and to resolve the question of the Northern Passage… carried out under the command of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore aboard the vessels *La Révolution* and *La Découverte* from 1776 to 1780.
Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785.
4 vols. in-8, contemporary marbled sheepskin, marbled edges and endpapers. Bindings worn, spines faded. As is. An old blue coat-of-arms stamp (presumably religious) on each title page, depicting a banner, two crossed keys and a chi-rho with a closed crown surmounted by an angel, and a printed bookplate of the Major Seminary of Coutances on each front endpaper.
See original version (French)
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