Voyage Autour du Monde…Édition Illustrée de 61 Belles Estampes et Enrichie de Notes Scientifiques.
Brussels: Societe Typographique Belge, 1840. Octavo (255 x 175 mm). 60 lithographic plates of 61, some signed 'Mangioni' or 'Mangioni del.', all after Arago. Contemporary calf-backed cloth boards, spine gilt. Condition : lacking plate numbered 1, pp.343/344 with section of text torn away, repairs to tears and blank margins of six other leaves. first belgian edition , preceded by the Paris 1839-40 edition, of this important narrative of an expedition supported by the French government, written by the expedition's official artist.
Voyage Autour du Monde…Édition Illustrée de 61 Belles Estampes et Enrichie de Notes Scientifiques.
Brussels: Societe Typographique Belge, 1840. Octavo (255 x 175 mm). 60 lithographic plates of 61, some signed 'Mangioni' or 'Mangioni del.', all after Arago. Contemporary calf-backed cloth boards, spine gilt. Condition : lacking plate numbered 1, pp.343/344 with section of text torn away, repairs to tears and blank margins of six other leaves. first belgian edition , preceded by the Paris 1839-40 edition, of this important narrative of an expedition supported by the French government, written by the expedition's official artist.
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