John Munder ROSS
Relation du second voyage fait à la recherche d'un passage au Nord-Ouest, et de sa résidence dans les régions arctiques pendant les années 1829 à 1833.
[Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North‑West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829–1833]
Bellizard • Barthès • Dufour • Lowell|Paris 1835|13.6 x 21.5 cm|2 volumes reliés
First edition of the French translation by A.J.B. Defauconpret (see Sabin 73385).
Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author in the first volume, and in the second volume with a folding map and two plates depicting a view of the Victory and a view of the Filson Islands.
Contemporary green half calf bindings, flat spines decorated with triple gilt fillets, rubbed headcaps, joints slightly split at the head, green paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, corners of the first volume slightly bumped.
Some foxing.
€750