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COOK (JAMES)
GIANETTI (MICHELANGIOLO) Elogy of Captain James Cook Composed and Publicly Recited before the Royal Academy of Florence... Translated into English by a Member of the Royal Academy of Florence

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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COOK (JAMES)

GIANETTI (MICHELANGIOLO) Elogy of Captain James Cook Composed and Publicly Recited before the Royal Academy of Florence... Translated into English by a Member of the Royal Academy of Florence, parallel text in English and Italian, both titles with engraved vignette of the Royal Society Cook Medal, light arc of dampstaining at upper inner margin, light spotting (mostly to final page), untrimmed in original paper wrappers, rebacked, preserved in morocco-backed book box [Beddie 1957; Forbes 99; Holmes 51; Kroepelien 486; Sabin 27267], 4to, Florence, Gaetano Cambiagi, Printer to His Royal Highness, 1785

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First edition of a scarce florid eulogy, with dual text in English and Italian, of "that intrepid Englishman James Cook".

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