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Cook’s second and third voyages, in Swedish, 1783 & 1787

Cook’s second and third voyages, in Swedish, 1783 & 1787

James Cook:

Sammandrag af capitain Jacob Cooks åren 1772, 73, 74 och 1775 omkring södra polen förrättade resa, hwarwid herrar Forsters och Furneaux journaler blifwit jämnförde och nyttjade; innehållande det hufwudsakeligaste af de på denna resa gjorda nya uptäckter i Söderhafwet.

Upsala, tryckt hos directeuren Johan Edman, på egen bekostnad 1783. 8vo. (17,5 x 11,5 cms.) [24] + 376 pp. Worn leather-backed boards, handwritten title to spine, leaf Y8 and final leaf with slight marginal corner loss. Armorial wax seal and ownership inscription ”G. Horn” on title.

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Sammandrag af capitain Cooks tredje resa, i Söderhafwet och emot norra polen. Med charta öfwer de af cap. Cook uptäckte och namngifne orter. Ifrån engelskan.

Upsala, tryckt hos directeuren Johan Edman, på egen bekostnad, 1787. 8vo. (17,8 x 10,6 cms.) [14] + 630 pp. + folding map. Woodcut vignette on page 1. Without final leaf (advertisements). Contemporary half calf, smooth spine richly gilt, very slight wear. Oval red stamp to title, ”Kongl. Wetenskaps Academien”, and an identical printed oval label on front pastedown. A few minute triangles cut from leaf B1, 3 in outer margin but 1 in text with loss of two letters to reverse. Occasional slight finger-soiling. First Swedish Edition of the Second and Third Yoyage of Captain James Cook.

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