Title: A Voyage Round the World [with] An Account of the Voyage in Search of La Pérouse Author: La Pérouse, Jean François Galaup de Place: London Publisher: Date: [1798] & 1802 Description: Includes: La Pérouse, Jean François Galaup de. [A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788]. 3 volumes. With 42 copper-engraved maps & plates, many folding. First edition in English. [London: Printed for J. Johnson 1798]. * Labillardiere, Jacques Julien Houton de. An Account of a Voyage in Search of La Perouse... 2 volumes. Second edition in English. London: B. Uphill, 1802. Together, 2 works in 5 volumes. 8x5¾, later uniform half calf & marbled boards. Account of La Pérouse's important voyage of exploration in the Pacific, and of the search for him when he mysteriously disappeared in the vastness of the Southern Ocean. The first set lacks the title-pages, but is complete with all the maps and plates; the second set without the atlas volume, and mention of plates on the title-pages has been crossed out in ink. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers rubbed, leather scuffed, tears to spine ends; ownership signatures of Thomas Holmes to free endpapers; very good internally, sold as is. Item number: 192850
Title: A Voyage Round the World [with] An Account of the Voyage in Search of La Pérouse Author: La Pérouse, Jean François Galaup de Place: London Publisher: Date: [1798] & 1802 Description: Includes: La Pérouse, Jean François Galaup de. [A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788]. 3 volumes. With 42 copper-engraved maps & plates, many folding. First edition in English. [London: Printed for J. Johnson 1798]. * Labillardiere, Jacques Julien Houton de. An Account of a Voyage in Search of La Perouse... 2 volumes. Second edition in English. London: B. Uphill, 1802. Together, 2 works in 5 volumes. 8x5¾, later uniform half calf & marbled boards. Account of La Pérouse's important voyage of exploration in the Pacific, and of the search for him when he mysteriously disappeared in the vastness of the Southern Ocean. The first set lacks the title-pages, but is complete with all the maps and plates; the second set without the atlas volume, and mention of plates on the title-pages has been crossed out in ink. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers rubbed, leather scuffed, tears to spine ends; ownership signatures of Thomas Holmes to free endpapers; very good internally, sold as is. Item number: 192850
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