Set of 4 Together with that of Sydney Parkinson. and the Voyage of Mons. Bougainville. To which is added, an appendix. Containing the Journal of a Voyage to the North Pole, by. Phipps, and. Lutwidge ex Libris 8vo, 21.5 x 13.5 cm, London, Newbery 1773-1774. . pp.l (or 50) + 5pp. subscribers' list+directions to binder+ vol 1 -480; 16 plates - maps as listed for vol 2 - 440; 8 plates - maps as listed for vol 3 - 470; 18 plates - maps as listed for vol 4 - 364+[3]+118.; 7 plates- maps as listed for Interesting prints depicting New Zealand.Californian War Cosumes, as well as one of the 1st Vocabulary included of the local languages and the nice charts too With a total of 43 engraved plates, 6 folding engraved maps. (complete as listed for) Contemporary mottled calf professionally rebacked to style, with marbled end leaves Some browning and staining, most noticeable to start of first volume.Boards of volume 3 and vol 4 getting weaker, the usaul foxing, staining and amrk present, otehrwise a fresh, crisp copy One of the 1st books to show Tattos in local people (New Zealand ) 'Henry was for many years a voluminous contributor to the Gentleman's Magazine. This set of collected voyages is introduced by an admirable summary of all the voyages, undertaken for discovery only, in both the southern and northern hemispheres in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The work is especially important for its inclusion of the early circumnavigators who had not published their own accounts' (Hill). Much of the work is devoted to Cook's first voyage and it includes accounts of Drake, Cavendish, Cowley, Dampier, Cooke, Rogers, Anson, Byron, Wallis and Carteret and Bougainville. The final volume contains the first printing of the anonymous account of the Phipps expedition, the official account of which was printed in the following year. sabin, 54897, Hill,800. Interesting reading total 4 THERE IS 1 COPY ON THE NET FOR EUR 6,695.00 Parcel over 3 kilos