LABILLARDIERE (JACQUES JULIEN HOUTON DE): Voyage in search of La Perouse ... during the years 1791 1792, 1793, and 1794 ... translated from the French, 2 vols., 46 plates and maps (plates offset onto facing text), 6 pages advert at the end, [Ferguson 310], contemporary polished calf, 8vo, London 1800

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LABILLARDIERE (JACQUES JULIEN HOUTON DE): Voyage in search of La Perouse ... during the years 1791 1792, 1793, and 1794 ... translated from the French, 2 vols., 46 plates and maps (plates offset onto facing text), 6 pages advert at the end, [Ferguson 310], contemporary polished calf, 8vo, London 1800

Provenance

Charles R.J. Glover copy, bookplate, see catalogue lot 1423, incorrectly 'lacks pl.22' but present; James Angas Johnson bookplate

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Lot Essay

Hill: Pacific Voyages p. 168 'The voyage was of considerable importance due to the scientific observations made and also for surveys of the coasts of Tasmania, New Caledonia, the north coast of New Guinea, and the southwest coast of Australia. Labillardiere's account of the Tongans is among the best contributions to the ethnology of that people'

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