Account Of The Voyages Undertaken By Order Of His Britannic Majesty 4forts Vol. In 8 .paris 1774

Present in 4 beautiful strong volumes in 8, full calf, ribbed spine in 4X2 volumes, i.e. 8 volumes of the "Relation of the Voyages undertaken by Order of His Britannic Majesty. And successively executed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis & Captain Cook, in the Ships the Dauphin, the Swallow & the Endéavour; Translated from English. In Paris, at Saillant and Nyon, rue Saint-Jean-de-Beauvais, & Panckoucke, Hôtel de Thou, rue des Poitevins. M. DCC. LXXIV, (1774). This remarkable and beautiful series complete and in very good condition in 4 Beautiful volumes In 8. Full calf, ribbed spine decorated with gilt iron in the boxes, titles and volume numbers in red and black morocco , red edges and marbled guards (Ex-Libris Aux Armes (a small difference in the covers of volume 6/7 and slightly different stamps for this beautiful copy of the period. A fascinating and renowned travel story....