Australasia.- Brosses (Charles de) Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, 2 vol., first edition, 7 folding engraved maps by Robert de Vaugondy, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 3 errata ff., additional ff. *437-450* bound at end of vol.2 before 'Supplement a l'Histoire de la Polynesie', some spotting occasional foxing or light browning, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, richly gilt spines in compartments and with double black morocco labels, spines repaired, rubbed, marbled edges, [Cox 1, 18; Hill 190; Sabin 8388], 4to, Paris, Durand, 1756. ⁂ First edition of this 'extremely important and thorough collection of voyages, and one of the outstanding works relating to the early history of Australasia. It contains an account of all voyages, beginning with the second expedition of Vespucci in 1502 and ending in 1747, in which navigators touched upon the supposed southern continent of Magellaniea, which is now represented by Australia and some scattered islands in the Antarctic regions... The work... is of special importance because de Brosses proposes that France should settle Australia with her foundlings, beggars, and criminals... His goal was to stimulate French discovery and colonization in the South Seas.' (Hill). Provenance: Chateau de Valenay (armorial bookplates, ink stamps).
Australasia.- Brosses (Charles de) Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, 2 vol., first edition, 7 folding engraved maps by Robert de Vaugondy, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 3 errata ff., additional ff. *437-450* bound at end of vol.2 before 'Supplement a l'Histoire de la Polynesie', some spotting occasional foxing or light browning, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, richly gilt spines in compartments and with double black morocco labels, spines repaired, rubbed, marbled edges, [Cox 1, 18; Hill 190; Sabin 8388], 4to, Paris, Durand, 1756. ⁂ First edition of this 'extremely important and thorough collection of voyages, and one of the outstanding works relating to the early history of Australasia. It contains an account of all voyages, beginning with the second expedition of Vespucci in 1502 and ending in 1747, in which navigators touched upon the supposed southern continent of Magellaniea, which is now represented by Australia and some scattered islands in the Antarctic regions... The work... is of special importance because de Brosses proposes that France should settle Australia with her foundlings, beggars, and criminals... His goal was to stimulate French discovery and colonization in the South Seas.' (Hill). Provenance: Chateau de Valenay (armorial bookplates, ink stamps).
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