COOK - Lot 397

COOK Third Voyage of … or Voyage to the Pacific Ocean commissioned by the King of England to make discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west coast of North America, the distance to Asia, and to resolve the question of the Northern Passage…carried out under the command of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore aboard the ships *La Révolution* and *La Découverte* from 1776 to 1780. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785. 4 vols. in-8, contemporary marbled sheepskin, marbled edges and endpapers. Bindings worn, spines faded. As is. Old blue coat-of-arms stamp (likely religious) on each title page depicting a banner, two crossed keys, and a chi-rho with a closed crown surmounted by an angel, and a printed ex-libris from the Major Seminary of Coutances on each front endpaper.