VOYAGES Very handsome set of 18 volumes of Voyages... Lot 106

[VOYAGES] Very handsome set of 18 volumes of Voyages autour du monde spread in in-8 format, divided as follows: - 8 first volumes: Relation des voyages entrepris par ordre de sa majesté britannique et successment exécutés par le commodore Byron, le capitaine Carteret, le capitaine Wallis & le capitaine Cook dans les vaisseaux le Dauphin, le Swallow et l'Endeavour. Published by Nyon & Mérigot, Paris, 1789 219pp, 243pp, 316pp, 320pp, 259pp, 223pp, 231pp, 252pp - Volumes 9 to 14: Voyage dans l'hémisphère Austral et autour du monde fait sur les vaisseaux de roi l'Aventure et la Résolution en 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775, écrit par jacques Cook commandant de la Résolution dans lequel on a inséré la relation du capitaine Furneaux et celle de MM. Forster Published in Paris by Mérigot in 1792 375pp. 397pp, 380pp, 376pp, 320pp, 311pp. - Last 4 volumes: Cook's third voyage or voyage to the Pacific Ocean ordered by the King of England to make discoveries in the northern hemisphere to determine the position and extent of the west coast of North America, its distance from Asia and to resolve the question of passage to the north, executed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore on the vessels La Résolution and La Découverte in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. With several fold-out tables. Published by Raymond in Paris in 1819 368pp.390pp, 456pp, 380pp. Beautifully bound in uniform green half morocco basanes (circa 1820) with marbled edges, smooth spines with romantic decorations, fresh interiors, some light soiling, well preserved bindings, slight rubbing.