Africa.- Bory de Saint-Vincent (Jean Baptiste) Voyage dans les Quatre Principales Iles des Mers d'Afrique, 3 vol. plus Atlas, together 4 vol., first edition, Atlas with 58 engraved plates and maps, some folding, one hand-coloured, some spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, text vol. lacking half-titles in vol. 1 and 3, some foxing and staining, ex-library copy with some stamps, text vol. in contemporary half calf, rubbed, one cover detached, another almost so, Atlas in modern vellum-tipped boards with original printed label pasted to upper cover, 8vo and folio, Paris, 1804. ⁂ Bory de Saint-Vincent was the chief naturalist on Baudin's expedition in the ships Geographe and Naturaliste to explore the coast of southern Australia. At Mauritius he and other officers and crew left the expedition owing to disagreements with Baudin. He spent 2 years exploring and mapping the islands in the region, Reunion in particular. The Atlas includes very detailed maps of Reunion as well as views, botanical subjects and geological studies, including the birds-eye view of the volcano; there are also plates of St. Helena, Teneriffe and Mauritius.
Africa.- Bory de Saint-Vincent (Jean Baptiste) Voyage dans les Quatre Principales Iles des Mers d'Afrique, 3 vol. plus Atlas, together 4 vol., first edition, Atlas with 58 engraved plates and maps, some folding, one hand-coloured, some spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, text vol. lacking half-titles in vol. 1 and 3, some foxing and staining, ex-library copy with some stamps, text vol. in contemporary half calf, rubbed, one cover detached, another almost so, Atlas in modern vellum-tipped boards with original printed label pasted to upper cover, 8vo and folio, Paris, 1804. ⁂ Bory de Saint-Vincent was the chief naturalist on Baudin's expedition in the ships Geographe and Naturaliste to explore the coast of southern Australia. At Mauritius he and other officers and crew left the expedition owing to disagreements with Baudin. He spent 2 years exploring and mapping the islands in the region, Reunion in particular. The Atlas includes very detailed maps of Reunion as well as views, botanical subjects and geological studies, including the birds-eye view of the volcano; there are also plates of St. Helena, Teneriffe and Mauritius.
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