(Jean-François de Galaup LA PÉROUSE) ANONYME
[LA PEROUSE] Découvertes dans la mer du sud. Nouvelles de M. de La Peyrouse, jusqu'en juin 1794. Traces de son passage trouvées en diverses isles et terres de l'Océan Pacifique ; grande isle peuplée d'émigrés français
Everat|s. d. [1795]|12.3 x 20 cm|Relié
Very rare first edition (cf Dunmore, p. 16. Ferguson, 225. Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography, 285. Gove, The Imaginary Voyage in Prose Fiction, pp. 397-8. Kroepelien, 283. McLaren, 269. Sabin, 38958. Missing from Negley, Utopian literature, and the Dictionary of literary utopias.)
Binding in full marbled calf, smooth spine adorned with compartments and floral gilt motifs, red morocco title label, gilt roulettes on the headbands (partially faded) and on the edges, binding of the period.
A tear with loss on the spine, small crack at the foot of one joint, rubbing on the joints, some foxing, a moisture stain on the first endpaper fading on the following pages, light halos at
€1,700