Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolable execute Pendant Les Annees 1826-1827-1828-1829 Atlas

D'Urville, M. Jules Dumont

Verlag: Paris J. Tastu 1833, 1833

Beschreibung

Folio (50.2 X 35.5 cm.) Bound in contemporary half calf and marble boards. Flat spine with gilt decoration and title. Original endpapers somewhat soiled and stained. Corners a bit bumped. Frontis portrait. Title page with vignette illustration. 6 hand coloured, 2 to a page Ethnographic images. 4 lithographic images, mainly scenery. 8 maps, including 2 single page and 6 that are double page. Two loose plates from the same series but which have been removed and cleaned. For the most part the images are clean but most have some marginal foxing with it being very light on the hand coloured images and more pronounced on the other. A nice example in an attractive binding. I have had trouble determining exactly what this atlas goes with! I can only find one example at auction that matches the collation and it was referred to as the atlas that went with the scarce "readers edition" I have checked all of the standard bibliographical sources and have no other ideas. It appears complete and may be some sort of composite done from the complete voyage. The plates and maps are attractive as is the great portrait of D'Urville. If anyone has any questions or comments, please let us know. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 143485

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolable execute ...

Verlag: Paris J. Tastu 1833

Erscheinungsdatum: 1833

Einband: Hardcover