FORTY DRAWINGS OF FISHES Made by the Artists who Accompanied Captain James Cook on his Three Voyages to the Pacific 1768-71, 1772-75, 1776-80, some being used by the Authors in the Description of New Species.

FIRST EDITION Folio dark blue cloth hardback, gilt titles to spine and gilt decoration to upper board, in dark blue cloth solander box with red leather title label, gilt to spine and marbled interior. No dust jacket. xxi Text and Index,plus 36 colour and occasional b/w plates, printed one side only, with captions on facing pages. B/w frontispiece with six vignette portraits of the artist and one of James Cook. A clean copy with no previous owners' markings or inscriptions. A few slight scuffs to slipcase title label and lower board. A VERY GOOD COPY in GOOD+ SLIPCASE.