FREYCINET, Louis-Claude de Saulces de (1779-1842). Voyage autour du Monde... éxéuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris, 1824-1826
FREYCINET, Louis-Claude de Saulces de (1779-1842). Voyage autour du Monde... éxéuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris, 1824-1826 4 atlas volumes only (without 12 text volumes), three 2 o (457 x 292 mm) and one large 2 o (563 x 408 mm). Plates as detailed below. 20th-century green half morocco gilt in contemporary style, the Navigation et hydrographie volume preserving original marbled boards with presentation lettering in gilt on front cover. Provenance : Royal Society, Edinburgh (gilt-lettering on front cover of fourth volume: "Offert à la Société Royale d'Edinburgh par le Dépôt Général de la Marine"). THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF FREYCINET'S VOYAGE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH 19TH-CENTURY CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS OF THE GLOBE: "COMPLETE SETS ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY" (Wantrup p.159). COMPRISING: [FREYCINET, L.-C. de S. de]. Voyage autour du monde... Atlas Historique . Paris: Pillet, 1825. Engraved title with integral vignette, 112 engraved maps, plans, views and plates (comprising maps or plans; views, portraits and plates, with 42 hand-colored or printed in color and finished by hand) after Freycinet, J. Arago, A. Pellion and others, by Desaulx, E. Aubert, Chaselat and others. 10 pp. of letterpress text at end. (Some spotting and occasional offsetting.) Subjects include portraits, scenes from the indigenous peoples' daily life, views, maps and towns plans. [QUOY, Jean R.C. and Joseph P. GAIMARD]. Voyage autour du Monde... Zoologie . Paris: Langlois, 1824. Engraved title, 96 engraved plates [77 hand-colored or printed in color and finished by hand] after Chazal, A. Prevost, Huet, Taunay, P. Oudart and others, by Coutant and others. 15 pp. of letterpress text "Table explicative" at end. (Some spotting and occasional offsetting.) The subjects include 26 birds (all colored), 23 fish (most colored), crustaceans, mammals, insects and others. [GAUDICHAUD, Charles]. Voyage autour du Monde... Botanique . Paris: Pillet, 1826. Engraved title, 120 engraved plates, unsigned but by A. Poiret fils. 22pp. of letterpress text "Table explicative." (Some spotting.) The plates include 32 of Hawaiian plants and 20 plates of newly described plants from New Holland. FREYCINET, L.-C. de S. de. Voyage autour du Monde... Navigation et Hydrographie . Paris: Pillet, 1826. Letterpress title and 1 p. "Table des cartes et plans." 22 engraved maps and charts, after Duperrey, Labiche and Berard. (Some spotting.) "The Uranie , with a crew of 123 men, entered the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology... the expedition... visited most notably Australia, the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga, and Tierra del Fuego. The original ship, wrecked off the Falkland Islands, was replaced by the Physicienne which visited Rio de Janeiro. Captain... Freycinet's wife, Rose, was smuggled on board at the advent of the voyage and made the complete journey, causing a great deal of discord among the crew. Freycinet named an island he discovered after her--Rose Island among the Samoa Islands." (Hill pp.9-10). Borba de Moraes I:327; Brunet II:1392; Chadenat 5058; Dunmore II, pp.63-108; Ferguson 941; Fine Bird Books (1990) pp.96-7; Nissen ZBI 1425; Sabin 25916; Wantrup p.159; Whittell p.260; Wood 349. (4)
FREYCINET, Louis-Claude de Saulces de (1779-1842). Voyage autour du Monde... éxéuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris, 1824-1826
FREYCINET, Louis-Claude de Saulces de (1779-1842). Voyage autour du Monde... éxéuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris, 1824-1826 4 atlas volumes only (without 12 text volumes), three 2 o (457 x 292 mm) and one large 2 o (563 x 408 mm). Plates as detailed below. 20th-century green half morocco gilt in contemporary style, the Navigation et hydrographie volume preserving original marbled boards with presentation lettering in gilt on front cover. Provenance : Royal Society, Edinburgh (gilt-lettering on front cover of fourth volume: "Offert à la Société Royale d'Edinburgh par le Dépôt Général de la Marine"). THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF FREYCINET'S VOYAGE OF SCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION: ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FRENCH 19TH-CENTURY CIRCUMNAVIGATIONS OF THE GLOBE: "COMPLETE SETS ARE OF THE GREATEST RARITY" (Wantrup p.159). COMPRISING: [FREYCINET, L.-C. de S. de]. Voyage autour du monde... Atlas Historique . Paris: Pillet, 1825. Engraved title with integral vignette, 112 engraved maps, plans, views and plates (comprising maps or plans; views, portraits and plates, with 42 hand-colored or printed in color and finished by hand) after Freycinet, J. Arago, A. Pellion and others, by Desaulx, E. Aubert, Chaselat and others. 10 pp. of letterpress text at end. (Some spotting and occasional offsetting.) Subjects include portraits, scenes from the indigenous peoples' daily life, views, maps and towns plans. [QUOY, Jean R.C. and Joseph P. GAIMARD]. Voyage autour du Monde... Zoologie . Paris: Langlois, 1824. Engraved title, 96 engraved plates [77 hand-colored or printed in color and finished by hand] after Chazal, A. Prevost, Huet, Taunay, P. Oudart and others, by Coutant and others. 15 pp. of letterpress text "Table explicative" at end. (Some spotting and occasional offsetting.) The subjects include 26 birds (all colored), 23 fish (most colored), crustaceans, mammals, insects and others. [GAUDICHAUD, Charles]. Voyage autour du Monde... Botanique . Paris: Pillet, 1826. Engraved title, 120 engraved plates, unsigned but by A. Poiret fils. 22pp. of letterpress text "Table explicative." (Some spotting.) The plates include 32 of Hawaiian plants and 20 plates of newly described plants from New Holland. FREYCINET, L.-C. de S. de. Voyage autour du Monde... Navigation et Hydrographie . Paris: Pillet, 1826. Letterpress title and 1 p. "Table des cartes et plans." 22 engraved maps and charts, after Duperrey, Labiche and Berard. (Some spotting.) "The Uranie , with a crew of 123 men, entered the Pacific from the West to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism, and meteorology... the expedition... visited most notably Australia, the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga, and Tierra del Fuego. The original ship, wrecked off the Falkland Islands, was replaced by the Physicienne which visited Rio de Janeiro. Captain... Freycinet's wife, Rose, was smuggled on board at the advent of the voyage and made the complete journey, causing a great deal of discord among the crew. Freycinet named an island he discovered after her--Rose Island among the Samoa Islands." (Hill pp.9-10). Borba de Moraes I:327; Brunet II:1392; Chadenat 5058; Dunmore II, pp.63-108; Ferguson 941; Fine Bird Books (1990) pp.96-7; Nissen ZBI 1425; Sabin 25916; Wantrup p.159; Whittell p.260; Wood 349. (4)
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