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DUPERRY, Louis Isidore (1786-1865). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825, sous le Ministère et conformément aux instructions de S.E.M. le marquis Clermont-Tonnerre, ministre de la marine; et publié sous les auspices de son excellence Mgr le Cte de Chabrol, ministre de la marine et des colonies . Paris: A. Bartrand, 1826.
Atlas folio only (502 x 357 mm). Engraved title-page. (Foxed.) 60 engraved plates, all but one with very fine hand-coloring. (Plate 59 with short marginal tear and nick, occasional marginal foxing and spotting, otherwise in good condition.) Original printed wrapper with manuscript label reading "Atlas historique. Exemplaire colorie avec titre. Comples." (Left margin and upper left corner renewed). Contents loose in modern half calf folding case.
FIRST EDITION OF THESE FINE VIEWS. Duperry led a French government expedition to the Pacific. His crew visited Tuamoto 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. Despite strong British opposition, this primarily scientific mission resulted in a much more aggressive French policy in the area. This beautiful atlas accompanied one of the rarest accounts of all the Pacific voyages. Hill p.90; Sabin 21353 (a "grand work").
Atlas folio only (502 x 357 mm). Engraved title-page. (Foxed.) 60 engraved plates, all but one with very fine hand-coloring. (Plate 59 with short marginal tear and nick, occasional marginal foxing and spotting, otherwise in good condition.) Original printed wrapper with manuscript label reading "Atlas historique. Exemplaire colorie avec titre. Comples." (Left margin and upper left corner renewed). Contents loose in modern half calf folding case.
FIRST EDITION OF THESE FINE VIEWS. Duperry led a French government expedition to the Pacific. His crew visited Tuamoto 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. Despite strong British opposition, this primarily scientific mission resulted in a much more aggressive French policy in the area. This beautiful atlas accompanied one of the rarest accounts of all the Pacific voyages. Hill p.90; Sabin 21353 (a "grand work").