James Cook / A Voyage to the Pacific - 3rd Voyage / Quarto 1785

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James Cook / A Voyage to the Pacific - 3rd Voyage / Quarto 1785:
$1275.00

Captain James Cook (1785). A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty\'s Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780\". Printed by H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, London, 1785. 3/3 text volumes, in-4 (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches) No atlas volume.
Complete with text and 24/24 engraved maps, coastal profiles and charts (13 folding), 1 folding letterpress table.Bound in 19th Century covered boards. Some foxing to the interior text and charts. A Good set of the second and best edition of the official account of Cook\'s third and last voyage. The typography of the second edition text of the third voyage is generally considered superior to the first (Hughs took over the printing from Strahan and re-set all the text).