Jules Dumont d'Urville - Voyage pittoresque autour du monde
Voyage pittoresque autour du monde: résumé général des voyages de découvertes. de Magellan, Tasman, Dampier, Anson, Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Bougainville, Cook, Lapérouse, G.Bligh, Vancouver, d' Entrecasteaux, Wilson, Baudin, Flinders, Krusenstern, Porter, Kotzebue, Freycinet, Bellinghausen, Basil Hall, Duperrey, Paulding, Beechey, Dumont d'Urville, Lutke, Dillon, Laplace, D. Morbell, etc / publié sous la direction de M. Dumont d'Urville; accompagné de cartes et de nombreuses gravures en taille-douce sur acier, d'après les dessins de M. De Sainson,..Volume / Volumes: T. 1: VIII, 576 pp. - . T. pp. - . - With indexYear: Co-author: Jules Sébastian César Dumont d'Urville (); de Sainson Publisher: Paris: TenréAnnotation: engravings, mapMaps: “Carte Génêrale du Voyage Pittoresque autour du Monde”Number of volumes: 2 volumes Vol. I - approx. 280 ills. on approx. 140 pages with the large world map, cm. Vol. II - approx. 270 ills. on approx. 137 pages.bound half-parchment, marbled boards, original publisher’s cover included.Very beautiful set with only minor foxing - despite the poor quality of the paper. Map slightly more foxed.Wear on binding and boards, patina of time.Excellent binding, images complete. Read More