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LOUIS-CLAUDE DE SAULCES DE FREYCINET (1779-1842)

LOUIS-CLAUDE DE SAULCES DE FREYCINET (1779-1842)

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LOUIS-CLAUDE DE SAULCES DE FREYCINET (1779-1842)
Voyage autour du Monde...éxécuté sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820... Navigation et Hydrographie. Atlas Paris: Chez Pillet aîné, 1826. Large 2°. (572 x 413mm.). Letterpress title and 1p. "Table des cartes et plans". 20 engraved maps and charts only (of 22, 9 double-page), after Duperrey, Labiche and Berard. (Lacking maps numbered 1, 19 and 21, occasional light soiling.) Unbound as issued.
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Louis-Claude de Saulces de Freycinet.
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Lot Essay

AUTHOR'S COPY OF THE ATLAS VOLUME FROM THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF FREYCINET'S VOYAGE, MISSING THREE MAPS.

CF. BM(NH) P.606; CF. BORBA DE MORAES P.327; CF. BRUNET II.1392; CF. CHADENAT 5058; CF. DUNMORE II, PP.63-108; CF. FERGUSON 941; CF. FORBES PP.420-423; CF. HEADLAND P.109; CF. SABIN 25916; CF. SPENCE 479.

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