Thomas Bankes: 'A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System ...

Hammer

£480

Thomas Bankes: 'A New, Royal, Authentic and Complete System of Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern', London, J. Cooke, circa 1790, a/f, lacks all before p.57, many leaves & plates creased/with marginal closed tears/mainly marginal part losses/some leaves loose etc, 19 engraved maps + 79 engraved plates, comprising 10 folding maps, 9 single page maps, 13 plates each with a full page illustration, 60 plates each with two half page illustrations & 1 plate with four quarter page illustrations, includes content/plates Captain Cook's voyages and discoveries/Pacific Ocean, from chapter IX, p.59 onwards, including Otaheite, Society Islands, Marquesas, Easter Island, Sandwich Islands etc, 988pp + list of subscribers, folio, dilapidated contemporary calf, sold with all faults not subject to return