Hyacinthe-Yves-Philippe-Potentien de BOUGAINVILLE
Journal de la navigation autour du globe de la frégate La Thétis et de la corvette L'Espérance pendant les années 1824, 1825 et 1826. Publié par ordre du Roi sous les auspices du Département de la Marine[Journal of the Voyage Around the World of the Frigate La Thétis and the Corvette L’Espérance, During the Years 1824, 1825 and 1826]
Arthus Bertrand|Paris 1837|24 x 31.5 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of this significant travel account, which retraces a major circumnavigation with key stopovers including Île Bourbon, Pondicherry, Singapore, Manila, Macao, Tourane, the Anambas Islands, Java, Surabaya, Port Jackson, Santiago, Valparaíso, and Rio de Janeiro.
The atlas volume contains 56 plates and maps, 13 of which are hand-colored (cf. Sabin 6875; Borba de Moraes I, 115; Ferguson 2236; Nissen ZBI, 483; British Museum (Natural History) II, 605).
The text volumes are bound in contemporary navy blue half calf, flat spines faded and decorated with gilt and blind-ruled fillets, gilt roll-tooled head- and tailpieces, marbled paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers a
€17,000