Description

First French Edition of Cook’s Third Voyage: This superb set of the first French edition of Cook’s third voyage is highly desirable and features outstanding contemporary French bindings bearing the arms of the Ruolz Montchal family.

Illustrations: The French edition is illustrated similarly to the English publication and includes a version of the famous “Death of Cook” plate based on John Webber’s original drawing (which is not present in all copies of the French quarto edition).

Completeness: The fourth and final volume of the text is complete with all seven appendices, including the folding vocabulary table.