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PARIS, Editions Syros - 1971 - In-8 - Broché - couverture illustrée - 93 pages.- Très propre - Envoi rapide et soigné Livres.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 quarto text volumes (29 x 21.5 cm.), and one folio atlas volume (53 x 37.6 cm.). Text volumes: xvi, 442 pages; 332, 113, [1] pages; errata page (p. [1] at end of volume 2). Atlas volume: engraved title-page, large double-paged engraved folding map by d'Houdan after J. D. Barbié du Bocage, and 43 engraved plates (numbered 2-44) by Copia, Perée, or Maleuvre and printed by Dien after Piron, Jean-Baptiste Audebert (ornithological plates), and Pierre-Joseph Redouté (botanical plates), with original tissue guards still present before all plates. All volumes bound in original publisher's mottled blue board, uncut (entire spine of volume I lacking, and portions of spines of volume 2 and atlas volume also lacking, but original printed spine labels still present on these volumes; slight marginal worming in volume 2). PROVENANCE: from the library of Martin Copley, A.M. (1940-2014), British-Australian book collector, businessman, and conservationist. FIRST EDITION OF THIS CELEBRATED ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION SENT BY THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY IN SEARCH OF THE VANISHED LA PÉROUSE. Written by the doctor and naturalist who accompanied the expedition. Under the general command of Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, two ships bearing 219 men set sail in September 1791, proceeding round the Cape of Good Hope to the Australian coast and Tasmania, where they spent months searching doggedly but in vain for a trace of the great navigator and his party, last seen in Botany Bay in 1788. In the course of the search the ships circumnavigated Australia twice, and visited New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, the Admiralty Islands, Tonga, New Guinea, and New Britain. The expedition was plagued by misfortune; not only was no trace of La Pérouse's party found, but a large number of crewmen perished from scurvy, which killed d'Entrecasteaux himself in the summer of 1793, soon after the death of his fellow commander Kermadec. Following the loss of its leaders, and split between royalist officers and a crew supporting the revolutionaries, the expedition dispersed. Although it failed to achieve its primary goal, the voyage was of considerable importance for the numerous important scientific observations--geographical, ethnographic, botanical, zoological and hydrographic--made throughout the region. In 1795 the expedition papers and Labillardière's botanical and zoological specimens were seized by British forces, but, at the urging of Joseph Banks and the Royal Society, were returned a year later, enabling Labillardière to be the first to publish an account of the voyage. Of particular scientific interest for his description of the Tongas, "an excellent contribution to the ethnology of that people" (Hill), Labillardière's detailed narrative includes as well the first scientific descriptions of the New Zealand flax and several other New Zealand plants, specimens of which he brought back, and appendices containing glossaries of Malay and of the native languages of Tasmania, Tonga, New Caledonia, and Waygiou (New Guinea), with tables charting the route of the Espérance. The illustrations of the atlas volume, most after Piron, include detailed depictions of native headdresses and activities (preparation of meals, fishing, dancing), ceremonial objects, tools, boats and views of the islands, four plates of birds, of which three after Audebert, and 14 botanical plates after Redouté. Along with this quarto edition, Janson published an octavo edition during the same year (two issues are known, one giving a different publisher's address). Although priority has not been established, it is likely that the more luxurious quarto edition was issued first; comparison of copies shows the impression of the engravings to be a bit darker and crisper. REFERENCES: Sabin 38420; Ferguson 307; Hill 954 (8vo edition). Book.

LeatherBound. Condizione: NEW. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from (1799/1800) = VIII [Franz. Revolution] edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 456.

Dimensions : 458 x 313 mm + passe-partout + cadre. S.l., s.é., s.d. [circa 1790]. Belle épreuve sur vergé extraite du Voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse par Jaques-Julien Houton de La Billardière. Présentée sous cadre. Eclats épars et manques superficiels affectant le cadre. Verre fêlé. Planche quant à elle bien conservée.