Astronomical observations : made in the voyages which were undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Cartaret, and Captain Cook ... / by William Wales

Bib ID:
1106330
Format:
Book
Author:
Wales, William, 1734?-1798
Description:
  • London : Printed by C. Buckton; and sold by P. Elmsly, 1788
  • [4], xii, 4, 146 pages : charts. 30 cm. (4to)
Notes:
  • Library's SRq COOK 53 copy is from the complete green stamped Petherick set consisting of 11 titles including various editions of the three official accounts (B648, B1217, B1553); Parkinson (B714); Forster's Account (B1247), Observations (B1262) and Characteres (B1385); Observations by Wales (B719) and Bayly (B1287); Kippis (B32); Samwell (B1620) and atlas (B1553). The 15 volume texts and atlas with spine title: Cook's voyages. Each volume has a second spine title for the title of the work. Entire set with atlas is 16 volumes bound subsequent to publication in green morocco with gold embossed covers and spines.
  • Library's SRq COOK 70 copy bound with: The original astronomical observations made in the course of a voyage towards the South Pole and round the world ...
Cited In:
Beddie, M.K. Cook (2nd ed), 719.
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