[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION]. [COOK, James, Capt. (1728-1779)]. -- ANDERSON, George William. New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World… London: for Alex Hogg, n.d. [ca. 1784-1786].
Folio (387 x 248 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved folding map, 155 engraved plates and maps (some plates trimmed at headings, some with repairs, mostly marginal); with direction to the bookbinder and list of subscribers at end (margins shortened). Full contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine with gilt lettering in second compartment and ship devices in others (corners repaired, endpapers renewed but preserving original booklabel). Provenance: Robert Whittingham (red morocco booklabel dated 1787).
FIRST EDITION. “An important compilation of English Voyages…Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials, from other sources, are added to give scope and depth to the narrative” (Hill 18).