JEAN-BAPTISTE AUGUSTE ETIENNE CHARCOT (1867-1936)
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JEAN-BAPTISTE AUGUSTE ETIENNE CHARCOT (1867-1936)

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JEAN-BAPTISTE AUGUSTE ETIENNE CHARCOT (1867-1936)

Expédition Antarctique Française commandé par le Dr. J. Charcot 1903-1905. [Corbeil, Seine et Oise: Crete, c.1906]. Small oblong 4° (184 x 271mm). Title in red and black, map of Graham's Land, printed on rectos only with numbered illustrations ruled in red throughout. (Lacks 4 leaves, title slightly soiled.) Original purple wrappers. PRESENTATION COPY, title inscribed by the author to Monsieur Cauda and dated 1906.

FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY of this souvenir printed for private distribution. The 'M' of 'Monsieur' in the above inscription is printed, the head of the title bearing the words: 'Offert à M ....' The titles also states that 'Cet album, tiré à un nombre d'exemplaires très limité, est composé de photographies pour la plupart inédites et ne sera pas mis en vente'. Rosove 62: 'rare'.
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