Remarks on Mr. Forster's Account of Captain Cook's Last Voyage round the World,
in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. By William Wales, F.R.S. Astronomer on Board the Resolution, in that Voyage, under the Appointment of the Board of Longitude.
London, printed for J. Nourse, opposite Catherine-Street, Strand, 1778
On page 48 the words 'and his son' have been inked out, as in all known copies.
First edition. 8vo (22 x 14 cm), [ii], 110 pp., expert marginal restoration to last six leaves affecting 4 words on last page (now in ink facsimile), a couple on the penultimate, and page numbering to the others, old staining to title and first leaf of text, well bound in modern half-calf gilt, red morocco label, a well margined copy, untrimmed on the fore-edge, and, other than the defects mentioned, a good clean example.
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