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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  13 Jun 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 667
  14 Jun 2020 ~ 12noon (AEST) - Session 2: Lots 668 - 941
• Lot #:
  286
• Lot Description:
  HAWKESWORTH, John (1715 - 1773) - An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty…
  …for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; By John Hawkesworth LL.D.Illustrated with cuts and a great variety of charts and maps relative to Countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. [Strahan and Cadell, London, 1773] 3 volumes, quarto, with all plates, maps and charts; contemporary calf bindings; replaced spines with red and green morocco labels and new endpapers. Bookplates of Iain G. Herriot on front pastedowns.
• Estimate:
  A$5,000 - 7,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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