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Lot 197
CAPTAIN COOK'S SEVEN ANCIENT VOLUMES FROM 1774 ARE IN FRENCH.
Estimate: $1,400 - $1,600
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| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $100 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $10,000 | $500 |
| $25,000 | $1,000 |
| $75,000 | $5,000 |
Year/Century: 18th century
Language: French
Subject: travels
Binding: Leather
Description: Seven volumes detailing the expeditions undertaken on behalf of Her Majesty the British and subsequently carried out by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, and Captain Cook in the vessels Dauphin, Swallow, and Endeavour. By: Cook, Captain James, HAWKESWORTH John Paris, 1774. Volume II, Volume III, Volume IV, Volume V, Volume VI, Volume VII, and Volume VIII are an incomplete set. Section II: 347 pages; Section III: 447 pages; Section IV: 462 pages; Section V: 374 pages; Section VI: 312 pages; Section VII: 336 pages; Section VIII: 336 pages. Good interior condition; worn bindings with some leather wear; original full calf binding spine with five raised bands, floral boxes, volume number, and golden title piece; measures 5 1/4 by 8 1/8".
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