Jules Luette de LA PILORGERIE [Jules de LA PILORGERIE]
Histoire du Botany-Bay, état présent des colonies pénales de l'Angleterre dans l'Australie, ou Examen des effets de la déportation considérée comme peine et comme moyen de colonisation
[History of Botany Bay, the Present State of England’s Penal Colonies in Australia, or An Examination of the Effects of Deportation Considered as a Punishment and as a Means of Colonization]
Paulin|Paris 1836|14.3 x 22.3 cm|Relié
First edition, illustrated at the end of the volume with tables printed on two large folding plates included in the pagination (cf. Ferguson 2165a.)
Contemporary half bordeaux shagreen, the spine very lightly faded, with five raised bands framed by black fillets, marbled-paper boards, comb-marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers marginally soiled and showing small preserved restorations, edges untrimmed, modern binding signed Laurenchet.
Botany Bay, on the eastern coast of Australia, had been chosen in 1787 by the British government as a place of deportation. This study seeks to demonstrate the ineffectiveness of penal colonies at a time when the proposal to establish one in France still had many supporters.
A pleasing copy.
€600