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Lot 4

[ARNOULD, Jean-François (after).]

The Death of Captain Cook;
£3500 - £4500

The Death of Captain Cook; 97342
A Grand Serious-Pantomimic-Ballet, in three parts. As now Exhibiting in Paris with uncommon Applause with the original French Music, New Scenery, Machinery, and other Decorations. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden.
London, T. Cadell, 1789

Lot 5

[BANKS, Joseph]; DRYANDER, Jonas.

Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks & auctore Jona Dryander.
£3500 - £4500

Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks & auctore Jona Dryander. 98432

London, William Bulmer for [Joseph Banks], 1796-1800.

Lot 6

BANKS, Sir Joseph; SOLANDER, Daniel.

Captain Cook's Florilegium.
£2500 - £3500

Captain Cook's Florilegium. 98585
A selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook's first voyage to the islands of the Pacific, with accounts of the voyage by Wilfred Blunt and of the botanical explorations and prints by W. T. Stearn.
London, Lion & Unicorn Press, at the School of Graphic Design, Royal College of Art, 1973

Lot 7

BARROS, João de; ULLOA, Alfonso(translator).

L'Asia [– Dell'Asia, la seconda deca]
£1500 - £2000

L'Asia [– Dell'Asia, la seconda deca] 98613
[...] de' fatti de' Portoghese nello scoprimento & conquista de' mari & terre di Oriente.
Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisio, 1562

Lot 8

BEECHEY, Frederick William.

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait:
£3000 - £4000

Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait: 98489
to co-operate with the polar expeditions: performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27, 28.
London, Colburn and Bentley, 1831

Lot 9

[BEHRENS, Carl Friedrich].

Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux,
£3500 - £4500

Histoire de l'expedition de trois vasseaux, 98614
envoyés par la Compagnie des Indes Occidentales des Provinces-Unies aux Terres Australes en MDCCXXI. Par monsieur de B***.
The Hague, 'aux depens de la Compagnie,' 1739

Lot 10

BLIGH, William.

Voyage a la Mer du Sud,
£1000 - £1500

Voyage a la Mer du Sud, 98438
entrepris par ordre de S.M. Britainnique pour introduire, aux Indes Occidentales, l'arbre a pain, et d'autres plantes utiles ...
Paris, Garnery, Buisson, Desenne, Blanchon, 1792

Lot 11
£2000 - £3000

A Voyage round the World. 98310
Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 ...
London, for J. Nourse & T. Davies, 1772

Lot 12

BULKELEY, John.

A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1.
£1500 - £2000

A Voyage to the South-Seas, in the Years 1740-1. 98327
Containing, a faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager ... The whole compiled by Persons concerned in the Facts related, viz. John Bulkeley and John Cummins ...
London, printed for Jacob Robinson, 1743

Lot 13

BUNZO, Maekawa & JUNZO, Sakai (compilers).

[In Japanese] Kaigai ibun [A Strange Tale from Overseas].
£2500 - £3500

[In Japanese] Kaigai ibun [A Strange Tale from Overseas]. 98529
Ichimei Amerika Shinwa [A new account of America].
Seifuen Juō, 1854