DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César, le Comte (1790-1842). Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: J. Tastu, 1830-1833.
DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César, le Comte (1790-1842). Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: J. Tastu, 1830-1833. COMPRISING: Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe Histoire du Voyage. Paris: J. Tastu, 1830-1833. 8 volumes: comprising 5 volumes text, 8 o (215 x 133 mm), five half-titles and volume titles, 9 plates, 6 folding maps, occasional wood-engraved vignettes, and 3 volumes atlas, large 2 o portfolios (530 x 360 mm) 8pp. letterpress "Table explicative," otherwise lithographed or engraved throughout. 3 engraved titles with vignette, lithographed portrait of Dumont d'Urville, 8 maps (one hand-colored, 7 double-page), 240 views, ethnographical portraits and plates (61 colored) after Louis-Auguste de Sainson, Édouard Paris and Bartélemy Lauvergne. The majority of the plates are after de Sainson (the expedition's official artist or "Dessinateur") and show ethnological artifacts and portraits, scenes from the daily life of indigenous peoples and views of ports and anchorages, including Sydney, Hobart, Cape Town and Saint Helena. Text in contemporary blue boards, and atlas in 20th-century blue half morocco, 6 original printed wrappers laid in. Jean Réné Constant QUOY & Joseph Paul GAIMARD. ... Zoologie. Paris: 1830-1835-1833. 5 volumes in 8: comprising 6 volumes text, 8 o (250 x 162 mm) six half-titles and titles, 8 lithographic plates, and 2 volumes atlas, large 2 o portfolios (530 x 360 mm), 8pp. letterpress text, otherwise lithographed or engraved throughout. 2 engraved title with vignettes, 192 plates (30 colored) after de Sainson, Jean-Gabriel-Prêtre, Nicolas Huet Alphonse Prévost, Quoy, Antoine-Germain Bévalet and others. They include 28 plates of mammals, 31 birds, 12 fish, 26 zoophytes and 95 of molluscs (some marginal dampstaining to plates). Text in original printed boards, backed with blue morocco, uncut and partly unopened, and atlas in 20th century blue half morocco, 2 original board portfolios laid-in (worn). Pierre Adolphe LESSON & Achille RICHARD. ... Botanique. Paris: 1832-34. 2 volumes in 3: comprising 2 volumes text, 8 o (246 x 166 mm) two half-titles and titles and atlas 2 o portfolio (550 x 360 mm), 1p. letterpress "table des planches," otherwise engraved throughout, engraved title with vignette, 80 plates after Vauthier or Mme.E.Delile, by Dunaime, Mme. C. Noiret, Mme. Dondey and others. The atlas volume also contains 12 "Entomologie" plates (see below). Text in original printed boards backed with blue morocco, uncut and partly unopened, atlas in 20th-century blue half morocco, original board portfolio laid in (worn). Jean Baptiste Aplhonse Déchouffour de BOISDUVAL. ... Entomologie. Paris: 1832-1835. One volume in two, 8 o (240 x 155 mm). 2 half-titles and titles. 12 engraved plates after Vauthier by Mougeot and others. The large-folio plates (550 x 360 mm) are laid in the atlas portfolio for the "Botanique" section (see above). Original printed boards, backed with blue morocco. J.S.C. DUMONT D'URVILLE. ... Observations Nautiques, Météorologiques, Hydrographiques, et de Physique. . Paris: Firmin Didot Frères for the Ministère de la Marine, 1833-34. 2 parts only (Physique and part II of Hydrographique, lacks remainder of text and atlas volume). 8 o (314 x 247 mm). Half-title and title. Original wrappers, 20th-century blue quarter morocco folding case. EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION OF D'URVILLE'S VOYAGE IN THE ASTROLABE This important voyage was one in a great series undertaken by the French government in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries for scientific and political purposes. Led by Jules Dumont d'Urville, its intention "was to gain additional information about the principal groups of islands in the Pacific and to augment the mass of scientific data acquired by Louis Duperrey. The Astrolabe sailed south, around the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at Port Jackson. Proceeding to New Zealan
DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César, le Comte (1790-1842). Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: J. Tastu, 1830-1833.
DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César, le Comte (1790-1842). Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829. Paris: J. Tastu, 1830-1833. COMPRISING: Voyage de la Corvette l'Astrolabe Histoire du Voyage. Paris: J. Tastu, 1830-1833. 8 volumes: comprising 5 volumes text, 8 o (215 x 133 mm), five half-titles and volume titles, 9 plates, 6 folding maps, occasional wood-engraved vignettes, and 3 volumes atlas, large 2 o portfolios (530 x 360 mm) 8pp. letterpress "Table explicative," otherwise lithographed or engraved throughout. 3 engraved titles with vignette, lithographed portrait of Dumont d'Urville, 8 maps (one hand-colored, 7 double-page), 240 views, ethnographical portraits and plates (61 colored) after Louis-Auguste de Sainson, Édouard Paris and Bartélemy Lauvergne. The majority of the plates are after de Sainson (the expedition's official artist or "Dessinateur") and show ethnological artifacts and portraits, scenes from the daily life of indigenous peoples and views of ports and anchorages, including Sydney, Hobart, Cape Town and Saint Helena. Text in contemporary blue boards, and atlas in 20th-century blue half morocco, 6 original printed wrappers laid in. Jean Réné Constant QUOY & Joseph Paul GAIMARD. ... Zoologie. Paris: 1830-1835-1833. 5 volumes in 8: comprising 6 volumes text, 8 o (250 x 162 mm) six half-titles and titles, 8 lithographic plates, and 2 volumes atlas, large 2 o portfolios (530 x 360 mm), 8pp. letterpress text, otherwise lithographed or engraved throughout. 2 engraved title with vignettes, 192 plates (30 colored) after de Sainson, Jean-Gabriel-Prêtre, Nicolas Huet Alphonse Prévost, Quoy, Antoine-Germain Bévalet and others. They include 28 plates of mammals, 31 birds, 12 fish, 26 zoophytes and 95 of molluscs (some marginal dampstaining to plates). Text in original printed boards, backed with blue morocco, uncut and partly unopened, and atlas in 20th century blue half morocco, 2 original board portfolios laid-in (worn). Pierre Adolphe LESSON & Achille RICHARD. ... Botanique. Paris: 1832-34. 2 volumes in 3: comprising 2 volumes text, 8 o (246 x 166 mm) two half-titles and titles and atlas 2 o portfolio (550 x 360 mm), 1p. letterpress "table des planches," otherwise engraved throughout, engraved title with vignette, 80 plates after Vauthier or Mme.E.Delile, by Dunaime, Mme. C. Noiret, Mme. Dondey and others. The atlas volume also contains 12 "Entomologie" plates (see below). Text in original printed boards backed with blue morocco, uncut and partly unopened, atlas in 20th-century blue half morocco, original board portfolio laid in (worn). Jean Baptiste Aplhonse Déchouffour de BOISDUVAL. ... Entomologie. Paris: 1832-1835. One volume in two, 8 o (240 x 155 mm). 2 half-titles and titles. 12 engraved plates after Vauthier by Mougeot and others. The large-folio plates (550 x 360 mm) are laid in the atlas portfolio for the "Botanique" section (see above). Original printed boards, backed with blue morocco. J.S.C. DUMONT D'URVILLE. ... Observations Nautiques, Météorologiques, Hydrographiques, et de Physique. . Paris: Firmin Didot Frères for the Ministère de la Marine, 1833-34. 2 parts only (Physique and part II of Hydrographique, lacks remainder of text and atlas volume). 8 o (314 x 247 mm). Half-title and title. Original wrappers, 20th-century blue quarter morocco folding case. EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE SET OF THE FIRST EDITION OF D'URVILLE'S VOYAGE IN THE ASTROLABE This important voyage was one in a great series undertaken by the French government in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries for scientific and political purposes. Led by Jules Dumont d'Urville, its intention "was to gain additional information about the principal groups of islands in the Pacific and to augment the mass of scientific data acquired by Louis Duperrey. The Astrolabe sailed south, around the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at Port Jackson. Proceeding to New Zealan
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