COOK (J.). VOYAGE DANS L'HEMISPHERE AUSTRAL, ET AUTOUR DU MONDE, fait sur les vaisseaux de roi l'Aventure & la Résolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775 ; dans lequel on a inséré la relation du Capitaine Furneaux, & celle de MM. Forster. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1778. 5 volumes in-4°, marbled calf, gilt fillets on covers, spine ribbed and decorated, mottled edges (period binding). First French edition of James Cook's second voyage, illustrated with a portrait of the navigator, 66 MAGNIFICENT PLATES (portraits, views of countries, plans and maps) drawn by Hodges and a large folding table of the different languages of the South Sea islands. Covers carefully restored, scattered foxing, a few plates repaired without missing, 1 map foxed. A good copy with wide margins.