253 - [Americana]. [COOK, James].

[Americana]. [COOK, James]. [Cook’s Travel Plates]. (Paris, Saillant & Nyon, Panckoucke, 1774). 2 volumes in-4. Polished, marbled fawn calfskin of the period; spine with raised bands decorated with gilded floral panels; title and volume number labels in red and olive; gilt title; red edges with gilt roulette on the cuts (edges and corners rubbed, 2 cap bands worn away, a few marks on the covers, slight pinholes and oxidation but interior fresh). The first volume contains 66 plates, including numerous fold-outs, numbered 1 through 65 with a 10 bis. Volume 2 contains the Maps and Illustrations of Cook’s Third Voyage. Paris: Hôtel de Thou, 1785. It consists of 85 plates numbered 1 through 87, excluding plates 17, 29, and 70; plate 51 is numbered 52 (thus two plates numbered 52: seahorses; the Tschutsky people and their dwellings) + one unnumbered plate at the beginning of the volume, “The Death of Cook” Contains maps and plans, views, portraits of the natives, and scenes depicting the culture and daily life of the natives. All engraved in black on copper by Bernard, including numerous fold-out plates.