LESSEPS, Jean-Baptiste Barthelemy, Baron de (1766-1834). Journal Historique du voyage de M. de Lesseps.. Depuis l'instant où il a quitté les frégates Françoises au port Saint-Pierre & Saint-Paul du Kamtschatka, jusqu'à son arrivée en France. Paris: l'imprimerie Royale, sold by Moutard, 1790. 2 volumes, 8° (193 x 122mm). 2 folding engraved maps, 1 folding plate (torn and repaired). Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (but slightly scuffed). Provenance: Deplaie (signatures). -- Sir William Edward PARRY. Journal of a voyage for the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: William Clowes for John Murray, 1821. 4° (268 x 210mm). 6 engraved maps, 4 folding, 14 engraved plates, 7 aquatint. (Some offsetting and slight spotting.) Contemporary diced half russia, spine gilt, (joints split). Provenance: ?Princesse l'Olivette (bookplate). -- and one other work (S.P.KRASHENINNIKOV. Histoire et Description du Kamtchatka. 1770. 2 volumes, small 8°). (5)

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LESSEPS, Jean-Baptiste Barthelemy, Baron de (1766-1834). Journal Historique du voyage de M. de Lesseps.. Depuis l'instant où il a quitté les frégates Françoises au port Saint-Pierre & Saint-Paul du Kamtschatka, jusqu'à son arrivée en France. Paris: l'imprimerie Royale, sold by Moutard, 1790. 2 volumes, 8° (193 x 122mm). 2 folding engraved maps, 1 folding plate (torn and repaired). Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (but slightly scuffed). Provenance: Deplaie (signatures). -- Sir William Edward PARRY. Journal of a voyage for the Discovery of the North-West Passage. London: William Clowes for John Murray, 1821. 4° (268 x 210mm). 6 engraved maps, 4 folding, 14 engraved plates, 7 aquatint. (Some offsetting and slight spotting.) Contemporary diced half russia, spine gilt, (joints split). Provenance: ?Princesse l'Olivette (bookplate). -- and one other work (S.P.KRASHENINNIKOV. Histoire et Description du Kamtchatka. 1770. 2 volumes, small 8°). (5)

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