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THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE KENNETH JOHN HEWETT

K.J. Hewett (1919-1994) was a renowned London dealer in ethnographic art and antiquities. Other books from his library were offered in these rooms on 21 March 2018.
Lot 183

COOK (JAMES) AND JAMES KING
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 vol., New Zealand, Avon Fine Prints Ltd, 1969 (6)

4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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COOK (JAMES) AND JAMES KING

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 vol., half-titles in volumes 2-4 (as called for), list of subscribers, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1, one engraved folding map, 49 engraved plates (2 folding, one misbound), contemporary calf, red and green gilt morocco spine labels, rubbed with a few small scuff marks [Forbes 70], 8vo, John Fielding, 1785-1786--SODERSTRÖM (JAN) A. Sparrman's Ethnographical Collection from James Cook's 2nd Expedition (1772-1775), 34 plates, later cloth, 4to, Stockholm, Aktiebolaget Thule, 1939--MURRAY-OLIVER (ANTHONY, editor) Captain Cook's Artists in the Pacific 1769-1779, limited to 2000 numbered copies, 130 plates (some colour), publisher's half morocco, slipcase, oblong folio, New Zealand, Avon Fine Prints Ltd, 1969 (6)

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Provenance: First work, Hugh Rose, of Kilravock Castle, ownership inscription dated 1798 in each volume.

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