Verlag: London: Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy,, 1784
Anbieter: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Zustand: Good. First octavo edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, xii 370, xii 358, xii 400, xii 310 [62] pp., 12.5 x 21cm.' contemporary calf, joints cracked, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 folding charts, 48 plates including the Death of Cook plate (folding), half-title to volumes 2, 3 & 4;variable spotting throughout, folding charts and plate with repairs. Ownership inscription of Hannah Pittkin. OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:994422228:Frontispiece portrait in v. 1 states: "Published Augt. 13th, 1784, by J. Fielding Pater noster Row."Illustrated with cutsIncludes 2 folded mapsImprint of v. 1: London : Printed for John Fielding, Pater-noster Row, 1785Although the imprints differ this is one edition printed on the same paper, with plates headed "Cooke's Voyage Octavo," the same typeface, and uniform bindingPublisher's device on t.p. of v. 1 is an "F"; the device on the t.p. of vols. 2-4 includes the initials of all the publishers: "SSWFH."The index at the end of v. 4 is followed by "A list of the subscribers.": .Frontispiece portrait in v. 1 states: "Published Augt. 13th, 1784, by J. Fielding Pater noster Row."Illustrated with cutsIncludes 2 folded mapsImprint of v. 1: London : Printed for John Fielding, Pater-noster Row, 1785Although the imprints differ this is one edition printed on the same paper, with plates headed "Cooke's Voyage Octavo," the same typeface, and uniform binding.Publisher's device on t.p. of v. 1 is an "F"; the device on the t.p. of vols. 2-4 includes the initials of all the publishers: "SSWFH."The index at the end of v. 4 is followed by "A list of the subscribers.".