BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE. A Voyage round the World. Performed...In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769...Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster. London: for J. Nourse and T. Davies 1772. 4to, contemporary half calf, speckled edges, rebacked and corners restored, 1/4-inch marginal tear to title-leaf, 2 other 1-inch marginal tears, single short tears to 3 inner margins of 3 maps, title a bit soiled, sctattered foxing, occasional slight browning, the usual light offsetting from the maps and plate . FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 5 folding engraved maps and one folding plate. "This expedition had considerable repercussions...not only for its discoveries in the Pacific, but also for having been organized with true scientific precision" (Borba de Moraes, p. 115). The translation has since been attributed to George Forster whose father Johann Reinhold seems to have contributed only the preface, dedication and footnotes. The last seven pages consist of a vocabulary of the language of Tahiti. Sabin 6869; Hill, p. 32. Provenance : Armorial bookplate of Elizabeth Pitcairn.
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE. A Voyage round the World. Performed...In the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769...Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster. London: for J. Nourse and T. Davies 1772. 4to, contemporary half calf, speckled edges, rebacked and corners restored, 1/4-inch marginal tear to title-leaf, 2 other 1-inch marginal tears, single short tears to 3 inner margins of 3 maps, title a bit soiled, sctattered foxing, occasional slight browning, the usual light offsetting from the maps and plate . FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 5 folding engraved maps and one folding plate. "This expedition had considerable repercussions...not only for its discoveries in the Pacific, but also for having been organized with true scientific precision" (Borba de Moraes, p. 115). The translation has since been attributed to George Forster whose father Johann Reinhold seems to have contributed only the preface, dedication and footnotes. The last seven pages consist of a vocabulary of the language of Tahiti. Sabin 6869; Hill, p. 32. Provenance : Armorial bookplate of Elizabeth Pitcairn.
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