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: [12], xxxvi, [4], 676 [ie. 456] p., [21] leaves of plates (17 folded) : 3 folded ill., 2 folded charts, 16 maps (13 folded) ; v. 2: xv, [i], 410 p., [22] leaves of plates (18 folded) : 14 ill. (10 folded), 8 folded maps ; v. 3: [vi], [411]-799 p., [9] leaves of plates (6 folded) : 6 ill. (3 folded), 3 folded maps.

Vol. 1: page 139 is numbered 139-360 ; v. 2: page 189 is misnumbered 191; plate nos 21, 22, 23 are misnumbered 23, 24, 22.

"A description of the cuts"--P. [xxxv]-xxxvi, v. 1. Erratum for v. 1 included on p. xxxvi.

2nd issue, which includes the following 4 p. section: "Directions for placing the cuts and charts", v. 1, following p. xxxvi. "Errata in the description of the cuts" included on p. [3].

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

"Errata"--P. [xvi], v. 2. (for v. 2 & 3).

Some copies have plates bound in an atlas with t.p.: Plates to Cook's voyages. Vol. 1. London. MDCCLXXIII. [1773]. The 52 plates comprise [23] ill., [29] charts & maps (4 folded), [1] port. Some plates I.B. Cipriani del.

Bagnall, 2514

Beddie, M.K. Cook, 648

English short title catalogue, t74465

Plates Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2006.

Copy 1. Binding: 19th century diced calf by C. Lewis, London, gold tooled, spines replaced mid-20th century, gold tooled edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers. Spine titles: Account of the voyages. Provenance: 19th century annotation 'Perkin's copy' on front endpaper of vol. 1 ; bookplates and bibliographical annotation of A.H. Turnbull, corrected in a later hand. Vol. 1 has 'Directions for placing the cuts and charts' bound at the end. Plates are included with the text. Purchased by Alexander H. Turnbull from Francis Edwards in 1900 for £16.16 (see Alexander H. Turnbull, Acquisition Book, MSX-8822, p.240, no. 2211). Acc. 1401-1403.

Copy 2. Binding: early 19th century 1/2 red morocco, gold tooled, marbled boards, spine gold tooled, raised bands, marbled endpapers, untrimmed on large paper, flyleaves of Whatman wove paper dated 1823. Spine titles: Cook's voyages. 32 cm. Provenance: bookplates of Alex.H. Turnbull. J.K. Sherwin engraving (ca. 1779) of the Nathaniel Dance portrait of Cook bound as frontis. to v. 1. Atlas of plates: in a slipcase, 60 cm. ; includes 4 duplicate maps and 9 ill. in multiple copies ; with the Dance/Sherwin port. of Cook as a frontis. ; lacks plate no. 9. Numbered list of plates in the hand of A.H. Turnbull laid in. Acc. 258-260 ; 266 (atlas).

Copy 3. Binding: late 18th or early 19th century tree calf, gold tooled with fleuron border and anchor cornerpieces, gold tooled edges and turn-ins, spine gold tooled in decorated compartments with sailing ship ill., marbled endpapers, yellow edges, by C. Kalthoeber of London, with his label in v. 1. Spine titles: Hawkesworth's voyages 1764-1771. 31 cm. Provenance: 19th century inscriptions of 'Stephn. White. L.L.D. Castor' with his shelf marks ; bookplates of Alexander H. Turnbull. Plates are bound with those for the companion set of Cook's second voyage in a separate folio atlas (Acc. 21901). Acc. 1404-1406.

Copy 4. Binding: 18th century sprinkled calf, gold tooled, spines replaced, gold tooled edges and turn-ins, marbled end papers, yellow text edges. Spine title: Hawkesworth's voyages. Provenance: collation inscription front flyleaf to v. 1 signed G.S. Wry (?), 1786 ; ownership inscriptions of Henry S. Rodgers, 1889 ; bookseller's label inside front cover of v. 3, 'Dymocks Book Arcade, King-st., Sydney' ; donated to the ATL by Col. N. Adams, 1943. Plates are included with the text ; 5 of them are bound parallel to the spine rather than folded. Acc. 67224-67226.

Digital image available:Chart of New Zealand explored in 1769 and 1770 by Lieut.I. Cook commander of His Majesty's bark Endeavour. Engrav'd by I. Bayly. Scale [ca. 1:3 800 000]. 46.5 x 35.7 cm. From: vol 2, facing p. 281, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.

Digital images available: plates 1-7, 13, 17-18, 21-23. Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.