LE GUILLOU, Élie Jean François (1806-1860). Voyage autour du Monde de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée, sous les ordres du contre-amiral Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1837, 38, 39 et 40. Paris: Berquet et Pétion, 1843.
A rare example of the second edition with the plates coloured by a contemporary hand. Le Guillou sailed with Dumont d’Urville as chief surgeon on this important exploratory expedition to the Pacific and southern Polar region. Cf. Ferguson 3646.
2 volumes, octavo (236 x 157mm). 30 lithographed plates coloured by a contemporary hand, 1 facsimile fragment of a Dumont d’Urville autograph MS (spotted, 2 marginal repairs). Contemporary black half roan over floral-patterned blue cloth (joints repaired).
LE GUILLOU, Élie Jean François (1806-1860). Voyage autour du Monde de l'Astrolabe et de la Zélée, sous les ordres du contre-amiral Dumont d'Urville, pendant les années 1837, 38, 39 et 40. Paris: Berquet et Pétion, 1843.
A rare example of the second edition with the plates coloured by a contemporary hand. Le Guillou sailed with Dumont d’Urville as chief surgeon on this important exploratory expedition to the Pacific and southern Polar region. Cf. Ferguson 3646.
2 volumes, octavo (236 x 157mm). 30 lithographed plates coloured by a contemporary hand, 1 facsimile fragment of a Dumont d’Urville autograph MS (spotted, 2 marginal repairs). Contemporary black half roan over floral-patterned blue cloth (joints repaired).
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