Lot no. 66
(1774). ATLAS - HAWKESWORTH (John). MAPS AND FIGURES OF VOYAGES undertaken by order of his British Majesty, now reigning, to make discoveries in the southern hemisphere, and successively executed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis, & Captain Cook, ... Paris, Saillant, Nyon, 1774. In-4°, fawn half calf, spine ribbed and decorated (contemporary binding). Atlas of 49 (out of 52) engraved plates representing views, maps and figures, most of them folding and mounted on tabs. One map cracked but not missing (New Zealand). Corners dulled, inside fresh.
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