John WHITE
Voyage a la Nouvelle Galles du sud, a Botany Bay, au Port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789. par John White chirurgien en chef de l'etablissement des anglais dans cette partie du globe; Ouvrage ou l'on trouve de nouveaux details sur le caractere et les usages des habitans du Cap de Bonne Esperance, de l'Ile Teneriffe, de Rio de Janeiro et de la Nouvelle Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'a present, traduit de l'anglais avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l'histoire naturelle et les moeurs; par Charles Pougens
Chez Pougin|à Paris 1795 (an III)|13.50 x 22 cm|relié
First French edition of this work originally published in English in 1790. The second part, which occupies 256 pages, consists of a succession of translator's notes, particularly rich in information on plants, animals and physical geography.
Contemporary full brown calf binding with marbled decoration. Smooth spine richly decorated with 5 fleurons in lozenges with angular palmettes and roulettes in place of raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Upper board slightly curved at lower right corner, otherwise very handsome copy, almost free from foxing with a few quires slightly yellowed, a trace of pale dampstain at lower corner of title page and following leaf.
The travel accounts re
Contemporary full brown calf binding with marbled decoration. Smooth spine richly decorated with 5 fleurons in lozenges with angular palmettes and roulettes in place of raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Upper board slightly curved at lower right corner, otherwise very handsome copy, almost free from foxing with a few quires slightly yellowed, a trace of pale dampstain at lower corner of title page and following leaf.
The travel accounts re
€1,400
