77/2322 [Cook, J.]. Hawkesworth, J. 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 Carteret, Captain Wallis and Captain Cook. London, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, 3 vols., (12),XXXVI,(12),456; XIV,410; (6),(411)-799,(1)p., engr. frontisp. portrait by J.K. SHERWIN after N. DANCE HOLLAND, 25 (fold.) maps/ charts, 27 (fold.) plates, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. matching modern gilt backstrip w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, 4to.

- Partly sl. foxed (mainly in vol. 2 and 3) and occasionally sl. (dust)stained/ sl. offsetting of prints; some wormholing in blank margins in vol. 2. Covers of all vols. sl. spotted.

= Provenance: Castle Goring. First edition, published in the same year as the second, recognizable by the continuous pagination between vol. 2 and 3. Our copy with the Chart of the Straights of Magellan in vol.1 (not contained in earliest copies of the first edition). Cox I, p.19; Hill 782; Sabin 30934; Beddie 648; Henze II, p.713; Kroepelien 535; Smith p.46f. Contains the official account of Cook's first voyage commanding the Endeavour, edited from his journals by Hawkesworth and containing in the preceding sections the official accounts of the voyages of Byron, Wallis and Carteret. Hawkesworth's compendium contains the cream of English exploring voyages of the mid-18th century. "Hawkesworth was expected to add polish to the rough narratives of sea men, and to present the accounts in a style befitting the status of the voyages as official government expeditions, intended to embellish England's prestige as a maritime power." (Hill). The copy of the rare and striking portrait of Captain Cook that is bound with at the beginning of vol. I makes this an extra desirable copy (on this portrait see Beddie 3378). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIV.