Lot n° 470
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
Travels - Lot 470
Travels
BOUGAINVILLE (Louis Antoine de)
Voyage autour du Monde, par la Frégate du Roi la Boudeuse et la Flûte l'Étoile ; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant et Nyon, 1772.
3 volumes in-8; illustrated with 21 maps (Falkland Islands, Strait of Magellan...) and 3 folding plates (6/18/0).
Contemporary marbled fawn basane, ornate ribbed spines, red title-pieces, headpieces scuffed or torn, small leather tears on spine and boards, gilt fillet on edges, red edges. Copy in used condition.
Partly original second edition of the first scientific voyage around the world by a French navigator, with the third volume, "Journal d'un Voyage de Bank et Solander".
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