FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret, le comte (1738-1810). Dcouvertes des franois en 1768 & 1769, dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guine. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 4o (250 x 195 mm). 12 folding engraved charts and plates, advice to binder and errata leaf bound up after the title, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 5 engraved plates from Cook's Second Voyage (French ed.) (Title slightly soiled, very occasional light foxing.) Early nineteenth-century French quarter sheep gilt and marbled boards (slight wear). FIRST EDITION. Ferguson 81.

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FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret, le comte (1738-1810). Dcouvertes des franois en 1768 & 1769, dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guine. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 4o (250 x 195 mm). 12 folding engraved charts and plates, advice to binder and errata leaf bound up after the title, extra-illustrated by the insertion of 5 engraved plates from Cook's Second Voyage (French ed.) (Title slightly soiled, very occasional light foxing.) Early nineteenth-century French quarter sheep gilt and marbled boards (slight wear). FIRST EDITION. Ferguson 81.
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