Property from the Collection of
THE LATE ROBERT C. POWER
BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE. The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, Made in 1763 and 1764, Under the Command of... in Order to Form a Settlement there: and of two Voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with an Account of the Patagonians. London, 1773. 16 engraved plates (8 folding). 4to, contemporary calf elaborately gilt, rebacked, with contemporary spine and morocco lettering piece laid down, edges dried. Sabin 6870.
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BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS ANTOINE DE. The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, Made in 1763 and 1764, Under the Command of... in Order to Form a Settlement there: and of two Voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with an Account of the Patagonians. London, 1773. 16 engraved plates (8 folding). 4to, contemporary calf elaborately gilt, rebacked, with contemporary spine and morocco lettering piece laid down, edges dried. Sabin 6870.
Provenance
Thomas Hutton, bookplate.