Discoveries of The French in 1768 and 1769. To The South-East of New Guinea, With The Subsequent Visits to the Same Lands by English Navigators, who Gave Them New Names., &c .&c.

FLEURIEU Charles Pierre Claret, Comte de.

Verlag: London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1791

Beschreibung

First English edition, translated from the French. Quarto. (29 x 24cm). 'The great work on the French discovery of the Solomon Islands and a direct result of the First Fleet to New South Wales'- Parsons. Cat. 'Cet excellent ouvrage fournit les notions les plus precieuses, les mieux ordonnees sur plusiers des contrees australes dont j'ai donne la notice.'- Boucher de la Richarderie. pp. xxiv,324. With twelve folding maps, charts & plates. An excellent copy bound in contemporary mottled calf, marbled boards, the spine in six panels, gilt, with label. The board corners slighty worn & some rubbing. Some occasional & light foxing to some of the charts, otherwise clean & fresh. With a plain engraved French bookplate 'Fasque'. VG. [Hill 611; Ferguson 105; Cox II, 304; Kroepelien 437; Petherick 853; Sabin 24749; Beddie 1302/3; NMM I, 561; Boucher de la Richarderie VI, 416; Markham & Rye 300; Parsons 54]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 10430

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Titel: Discoveries of The French in 1768 and 1769. ...

Verlag: London: Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly

Erscheinungsdatum: 1791