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COOK, Captain JAMES. A collected set of first editions of the three voyages, London 1773-1784, with all of the engraved charts and plates for the First and Second Voyages bound apart in atlas format; the Third Voyage with 24 charts in the text volumes and its atlas of charts and plates. Together 8 vols., 4to, 275 x 215mm. (10 7/8 x 8 1/2in.) and 3 vols., atlas folio, 523 x 377mm. (20 5/8 x 14 7/8in.) and smaller, uniformly bound in red-rose crushed levant morocco, gilt tooled in Robert Adam style with linked palmette borders on covers, smooth spines in six compartments (atlases in eight compartments) gilt lettered and tooled with patera repeated thrice and a variety of other neo-classical tools, board edges gilt hatched, turn-ins ruled in gilt, blue endpapers, g.e., by Aquarius of London with their gilt stamp on lower turn-in of first volume. A SPLENDID SET. [ First Voyage ]. HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 vols., 4to, and atlas, folio, Kkk2 and 3 and 4A4 in vol. I torn and repaired, title leaf abraded with partial loss of a word in vol. II, final leaf of vol. II patched at top with slight loss of headline and numeral, hole at catchword of 4S4 in vol. III, some old faint staining, contents leaves of vols. I and II misbound. Early issue without the chart of the Strait of Magellan and the directions to the binder, 51 engraved maps, charts and plates bound apart in the atlas (35 without folds, some with deckle edges). BCJC 648; Hill, p. 139; Sabin 30934. THE ATLAS FORMAT FOR THE PLATES OF THE FIRST VOYAGE IS EXTREMELY RARE. [ Second Voyage ]. COOK, Captain JAMES. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1777. 2 vols., 4to, and atlas, in folio, some slight offsetting to title of vol. I from portrait. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Cook by Basire after Hodges, folding table between Aaa2 and 3 in vol. II, 63 engraved maps, charts and plates bound apart in the atlas (and 58 of them without folds, some with deckle edges). BCJC 1216; Hill, p. 61; PMM 223; Sabin 16245. THE ATLAS FORMAT FOR THE PLATES OF THE SECOND VOYAGE IS RARE. [ Third Voyage ]. COOK, Captain JAMES and JAMES KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. 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. London: W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell 1784. 3 vols., 4to, and atlas, folio, plates 11, 12, 26 and 59 in the atlas torn and repaired, some old staining in atlas. 24 engraved charts and coastal profiles, many folding, in the text volumes; atlas with 63 engraved maps, charts and plates, many folding. BCJC 1543; Hill, p. 61; Sabin 16250 (variant title). (11)