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DUPERREY, Louis-Isidore (1786-1865). Voyage autour du Monde, executé per ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette La Coquille de sa Majesté, pendant les annies 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Paris: Firmin Didot for Arthus Bertrand, 1826-1830. One of the rarest of the Grands Voyages , an exceptional copy set apart by its completeness. The complicated nature of its publication means that this book is rarely found complete: this set has the 'Physique' which is called for only by Hill; Ferguson is the only bibliography to call for a part entitled Memoire , which is not present here. The voyage, led by Duperrey, concentrated on the exploration of the Pacific. The Coquille 'called at Brazil, the Falkland islands, Concepcion, Callao, and Payta. The Pacific islands visited were the Tuamotu Archipelago, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Tonga, Rotuma, the Gilbert and Caroline Islands, and the Bismarck Archipelago. Australia was visited twice, and explorations made of New Zealand and of the Maoris were of particular significance. Vast quantities of ethnographic and scientific data were collected. Before returning to Marseilles, Java, Mauritius, and Ascension were visited' (Hill 517). Anker 288; Borba de Moraes I, 276; Chadenat 566; Ferguson 1069; Fine Bird Books (1990) p.118; Hill 517; Hocken 42; Nissen IVB 280; Nissen BBI 560; Nissen ZBI 1210; Sabin 21353; Stafleu 1578. 8 volumes, octavo and folio, in near-uniform 19th-century green half morocco over marbled boards, comprising Histoire du Voyage, Zoologie, Botanique and Hydrographie : Histoire du Voyage. Paris: [1826]. Quarto text vol. (bound with Botanique , 306 x 237mm), and atlas, folio (bound with Botanique , 505 x 375mm). Text: pp. i-xlvi, 1-202 [all published] (title lacking as usual). Atlas: engraved title, 60 engraved plates of which 59 hand-coloured or printed in colours and finished by hand, by Ambroise Tardieu after Duperrey, Lejeune and Chazal (a few minor repaired tears to plates, minor scattered spotting and browning to text vol.). The fine plates include ethnographical portraits, collections of ethnographical objects and views. LESSON, R.-P. and GARNOT. Zoologie. Paris: 1826-1830. 5 text parts bound in 3 vols, quarto (309 x 237mm), and atlas, folio (502 x 342mm). Text: half-titles. Atlas: engraved title, 157 engraved plates, the vast majority hand-coloured, by Countant after Lesson, L. Prevost, Pretre, Guerin, Vauthier and others (final plate in atlas heavily browned, text with scattered spotting, heavier to a few leaves, part 2.2 with long tear to leaf 18.3 not affecting text and with last 2 leaves with margins restored). The plates include fish, mammals, birds, molluscs, of crustaceans, insects and reptiles. DUMONT D'URVILLE, J.-S.-C., A. BRONGNIART and Bory DE ST. VINCENT. Botanique. Paris: 1826-1828-1829 [but published in 16 parts between 1827-1834]. Quarto text vol. (bound with Histoire du Voyage, 306 x 237mm), and atlas, folio (bound with Histoire du Voyage, 505 x 375mm). Text: 2 half titles, and including the rare parts 15 and 16 comprising pp.201-232 (these latter text leaves shorter than the rest and slightly browned with a few short repaired tears). Atlas: engraved title, 106 engraved plates of which 25 hand-coloured, by Barrois, Dusmenil and others after P. Bessa, Borg de St. Vincent and others (plates with scattered spotting throughout, some with occasional dampstaining, a few evenly browned and with marginal soiling, a few short tears). Hydrographie. Paris: 1827-1829. 3 text parts ‘Hydrographie,’ ‘Hydrographie et Physique’ and ‘Physique,’ in one vol., quarto (285 x 225mm), and atlas, folio (566 x 418mm). Text: 10 plates (7 folding). Atlas: engraved title, 12 leaves letterpress text, 49 engraved maps by Ambroise Tardieu after Duperrey and others of which 19 double-page, 4 engraved plates of various native sailing vessels by Berard after Duperrey and others. Text volume bound in modern green half morocco expertly uniform with the set, the atlas volume in contemporary