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 Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; / By John Hawkesworth, ... in three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.

Vol. 1 issued in 2 states: 446 p. or 456 p. (cf. ESTC).

V. 1: [20], xxxvi, [4], 456 p., [21] leaves of plates (17 folded) : 3 folded ill., 2 folded charts, 16 maps (13 folded) ; v. 2: xiv, 410 p., [22] leaves of plates (18 folded) : 14 ill. (10 folded), 8 folded maps ; v. 3: 395p., [9] leaves of plates (6 folded) : 6 ill. (3 folded), 3 folded maps.

V. 1, p. 26 misnumbered 62.

Edition statement from caption title of Preface to the second edition, v. 1. p. [9-16] 1st sequence., A4. This section varies in position in different copies and can also be bound after the numbered prelims. as v. 1: [12], xxxvi, [8], [4], 456 p.

Volume 1 includes two leaves of "Directions for placing the cuts and charts," the final p. of which comprises Errata to the second edition.

"A description of the cuts"--P. [xxxv]-xxxvi, v. 1.

Volumes 2 and 3 have separate pagination and register.

Engravers: E. Rooker, J. Hall, F. Bartolozzi, I. Miller, James Roberts, W. Woollett, John Ryland, Will Byrne, J. Chivers. Designers include: G.B. Cipriani, J Barralet, George Stubbs.

Beddie, M.K. Cook, 650

English short title catalogue, t74466 (includes v.1, 456 p. as another state)

English short title catalogue, n33260 (v.1, 456 p.)

Plate Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Copy 1: Binding: late 18th century calf, gold tooled board edges, red sprinkled text edges, spines replaced mid-20th century. Spine titles: Account of the voyages. 30 cm. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Frank W. Arkwright ; bookplates and bibliographical annotation of A.H. Turnbull tipped in. Acc. 1419-1421.

Copy 2: Binding: late 18th century calf, gold tooled, red edges, spines replaced 19th century, raised bands, gold tooled, red and brown morocco labels. Spine titles: Cook's voyages. 29 cm. Provenance: bookstamps of H.B. Philosophical Institute, Napier ; in the Colin Library, Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, Greenmeadows, Taradale ; deposited in the ATL by the Society of Mary, December 2001. Vol. 2 lacks folded plate, Chart of New Zealand, facing p. 281. Acc. 292,809-292,811.

Digital image available: Plate 10 opposite p. 190 in vol. 2, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.

[Second edition].