2 volumes. xx, 596; [2], xi, [1], (3)-556 pp. Additional engraved title page and two frontispiece portraits in Volume 1, three additional engraved plates; 12 two-page maps, hand-colored in outline and with engraved vignettes; numerous other woodcut illustrations in text. (4to) 28x19 cm (11x7½") original blindstamped blue cloth, gilt vignettes on covers, spines lettered and decorated in gilt. Rebacked with original spine cloth laid down.
A handsome mid-century reprinting of the narrative of Cook's three voyages, attractively illustrated, plates include the death of Capt. Cook and the plates comprise: The World on Mercator's Projection Shewing the Voyages of Captain Cook; Polynesia; New South Wales; Victoria or Port Phillip; Van Diemen's Land; Malay Archipelago; Islands in the Indian Ocean; New Zealand; South Australia; The Cape Colony; Falkland Islands and Patagonia; Australia.
