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Lot 199

[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), association]. [Atlas Volu...

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[COOK, Captain James (1728-1779), association]. [Atlas Volume for Cook's Voyages?] [Ca. 1785]. Folio. Lacks text pages. With 2 folding charts (?General Chart: Exhibiting Discoveries Made by Captn. James Cook in This and His Two Preceding Voyages; With the Tracks of the Ships Under His Command?" [and] ?Chart of the NW Coast of America and NE Coast of Asia Explored in the Years 1778 & 1779?"), and 61 engraved plates. Lacks plates 1-3, 5, 9, 12, 19, 24, 30, 32, 36, 37, 44, 53, 55, 59, 69. ?Death of Cook" plate is not present. Approximately 21 ? x 15 ?". Bound in contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, spine stamped in gilt (binding worn, dampstained, warped, soiled, hinges cracked, all maps and plates dampstained at upper half, a few tears). Fair. UNKNOWN EARLY EDITION OF THIS ATLAS, possibly the second edition.