Voyages à la côte nord-ouest de l'Amérique exécutés durant les années 1870-72. Volume I. Partie I (Histoire naturelle), volume seul paru

First edition, illustrated with 5 lithographed plates outside the text, each featuring multiple figures (Not listed in Sabin).

Bound in modern half beige calf, smooth spine decorated with gilt and black fillets, black morocco title label, marbled paper boards, restored and preserved original printed wrappers bound in. Binding signed by the Laurenchet workshop.

Some occasional spotting.

All published: the renowned anthropologist had planned a work in two or perhaps three volumes gathering his observations made during travels in Alaska.

The plates depict fossils, bones of sea otters and American brockets, mollusks, and more. Contributions include studies and commentary by Jannetaz ("Catalogue des échantillons et observations géognostiques"), J.-L. de Cessac ("Étude microscopique et analyse chimique de quelques roches de l'Alaska"), A. Gaudry ("Sur une dent d'Elephas primigenius"), and P. Fischer ("Sur quelques fossiles de l'Alaska" and, with E. Perrier and P. Gervais: "Invertébrés marins des îles Aléoutiennes. Mollusques et cirrhipèdes"), among others.

A very scarce publication.