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(EXPLORATION, COOK) FORSTER, JOANNES REINOLDUS AND GEORGIUS Characteres Generum Plantarum, Quas In Itinere ad Insulas Maris Australis, Collegerunt, Descripterunt, Delinearunt, Annis MDCCLXXII - MDCCLXXV. Londini: B. White, T. Cadell, and P. Elmsly, 1776. 4to, full blind-stamped calf, gilt titles to spine. First edition of Forster’s collected studies on the specimens that he and his son collected on Captain James Cook’s second voyage to the South Pacific. All leaves uncut. Bound by Dennis Rudd. With 78 engraved plates (1-75 and 38a, 38b and 51a). Occasional foxing; otherwise a fine copy. $4,000-6,000
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(EXPLORATION) STAUNTON, (SIR GEORGE) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China. London: Printed by W. Bulmer for G. Nicol, bookseller to his majesty, 1798. 2 vols. (lacking rare atlas folio). 4to, 3/4 leather over decorative boards. Second edition of Staunton’s personal account of the first visit of a British Ambassador to China (1790s). Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume 1 and numerous engravings throughout. Spines slightly bowed; otherwise a very fine set. Property from the Estate of Mary Thale, Wilmette, Illinois $300-500 16
(EXPLORATION) COOK, JAMES A set of two folio atlases of engravings from Captain James Cook’s second and third voyages. [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: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. Atlas volume only. Folio, half calf over marbled boards. With 63 maps, charts and plates of portraits and views by William Hodges. Plates bound out of order; scattered foxing, offsetting and soiling to plates; some browning and wear at outer edges of several plates; two 4 inch tears to fold of A Chart of the Southern Hemisphere; otherwise a well-preserved copy. [A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, 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.] [London: G. Nicol, 1784.] Atlas volume only. Folio, half leather over marbled boards. With two maps and 61 plates of portraits and views by John Webber, and without “Death of Cook” plate. Rebacked, retaining pieces of original spine; warping from water damage to front board; wear and dampstaining to outer edges; large chip to one edge, not affecting plate; occasional foxing, soiling and offsetting; an otherwise good copy with bright and fresh maps. $4,000-6,000
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