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Hawkesworth Set/2 Cooks Voyage

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Hawkesworth Set/2 Cooks Voyage
An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, ...... in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour. etc... by John Hawkesworth, L.L.D. Second Edition; DUBLIN: James Williams, MDCCLXXV (1775). 12 mo. bound in the Original full brown calf with a lightly banded and tooled spine, gilt titles on the red leather lables. These volumes contain all of the Maps & Illustrations (except for the etching located at pp. 431 (Vol. I).) This according to correspondence with the State Library of New South Wales, (Cook Collection,) 1982, which is contained within. The Large Folding Map tipped-in at the Title Page of Volume I is present and in Very Good Condition. 480/539pp with 6 Engraved Plates, (3 folding) & 2 Large Folding Charts. Also contains: A Voyage to the North Pole, by Commodore Phipps. A Very Scarce Second Edition in Good+ condition with moderate to heavy wear at the spines, edges and corners, hinges weak, contents are VG+ with owner bookplates on the verso of each FC.