Undertaken by Command of his Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage.
First 8vo edition. 4 vols. Frontispiece portrait of Cook, large folding map, folding map of the Hawaiian Islands (the “Sandwich Islands”) and 48 plates, one of which is folding (depicting the death of Captain Cook). 8vo. Uniform contemporary half calf with marbled paper boards, some minor wear. One plate protruding slightly at fore-edge, with resulting wear. Bookplate to upper pastedown and former owner’s signature to title-page, all volumes. xii, 370; xii, 359; xii, 400; xii, 310, [68]pp. London, Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy, 1784.
The first octavo edition of Cook’s third voyage, intended to cater to a large audience as it omits the technical navigational details of the earlier quarto edition.
