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This first expedition took place between and , after the royal society entrusted the endeavour to james cook, with the main mission of exploring the south pacific ocean and searching for a hypothetical southern continent (which he would not find)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit is signed by hawkesworth, a lawyer chosen by the crown to draft the relationship, founding the personal diaries of several members of the expeditionspine decorated with golden tooling, title and volume number labelsquite fresh interiors, light wetting on the corner of volume 2, little to no foxingfor bibliophiles, cook's travels is a monument to the travel bookbinding as it is: spine missing from volume 7-8our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website8 tomes in 4 volthey have been the subject of relatively few editions, and are particularly appreciated for the quality of the texta rare new edition of cook's first voyage (also containing the stories of byron, carteret and wallis) complete with the text in 8 tomes (in 4 volumes) octavo period binding in full sheepskindry leather, scuffingperiod marbled full sheepskin bindingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe original french edition was published in quarto format by saillant and nyon and at panckoucke in , duplicated on the same date, by the same printers, an octavo edition (8 tomes)
52 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepublished koenigsteinvery good condition, 328 pages[the tokyo code]the fifteenth international botanical congress, yokohamaa rare collection of the international codes, published after the relevant botanical congress meetings[the standard works, charting the changes in the rules governing botanical taxonomyinternational rules of botanical nomenclature, adopted by the international botanical congress of vienna(saint-louis code]quarto, 99 pages, slightly worn internally, bound in black cloth, with spine label, a bit wornthe sixteenth international botanical congress, st louisvery good condition, 389 pagespublished utrechtpublished koenigsteincatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit is rare to find a collection such as thisthe first two volumes are trilingual - english, french, germanthe tenth international botanical congress, edinburghvery good condition, 402 pagesthe last three are in english onlythe thirteenth international botanical congress, sydneyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website] also included is: john briquet (editor)a slight mark to the upper cover, otherwise very good, 472 pagespublished jenaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery good condition, 474 pagespublished utrechta duplicate from the library of royal holloway college, with a stamp on the title page and a bookplate on the front endpaper[interesting, historicallypublished konigsteinthe fourteenth international botanical congress, berlin
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