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KERGUELEN-TRÉMAREC, Yves-Joseph de (1734-1797). Relation d'un voyage dans la mer du Nord ... fait en 1767 & 1768. Paris: Prault, 1771.
The first edition of Kerguelen-Trémarec’s expedition to the North Sea. The French privateer explored the coasts of Iceland, Greenland, and Norway—and gave one of the first descriptions of Rockall, "the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world" (James Fisher). Chavanne 1942; Cox II 21/III 94; Sabin 37616.
Quarto (261 x 197mm). 17 engraved plates, maps, and plans; engraved vignettes (marginal dampstain in first few leaves). Contemporary calf (rebacked with original backstrip). Provenance: Edouard Stackpole (1903-1993, writer and curator of the Mystic Seaport Museum) – Lux Mentis, Booksellers.
The first edition of Kerguelen-Trémarec’s expedition to the North Sea. The French privateer explored the coasts of Iceland, Greenland, and Norway—and gave one of the first descriptions of Rockall, "the most isolated small rock in the oceans of the world" (James Fisher). Chavanne 1942; Cox II 21/III 94; Sabin 37616.
Quarto (261 x 197mm). 17 engraved plates, maps, and plans; engraved vignettes (marginal dampstain in first few leaves). Contemporary calf (rebacked with original backstrip). Provenance: Edouard Stackpole (1903-1993, writer and curator of the Mystic Seaport Museum) – Lux Mentis, Booksellers.