Journal de la navigation autour du globe
de le Frégate la Thétis et de la Corvette l'Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825, et 1826...
Paris, Arthus Bertrand, 1837
First edition. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 4to text and 1 vol. folio atlas (53 x 35 cms), text a little spotted as usual, atlas with 56 plates (comprising 34 lithographed views and portraits after V. Adam, Sabatier and others from sketches by E.B. de la Touanne, printed by Bernard & Frey, 12 hand-colored engraved natural history plates after P. Bessa and J.-G. Pretre by Coutant, H. Legrand, Oudet, Dumenil and Massard, double-page hand-colored aquatint of various native vessels, folding engraved map, 2 double-page coastal profiles and 6 double-page engraved maps and charts, by A. Tardieu after E.B. de la Touanne), usual sporadic toning and light staining, plate 4 a bit foxed, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, atlas rebacked to match, a very good set.
Ayer/Zimmer p83; Borba de Moraes I,115; Ferguson 2236; Fine Bird Books p79; Hill 162; Nissen (ZBI), 483; Sabin 6875; Whittell p68; Wood p251.
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