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FRÉVILLE, Anne François Joachim, Abbé de (1749-1832). Histoire des nouvelles découvertes faites dans la Mer du Sud en 1767, 1768, 1769, & 1770. Paris: De Hansy le jeune, 1774.
2 volumes, 8o (193 x 120 mm). Half-titles, errata leaf bound at end of vol. I. Folding map in vol. I (some marginal dampstaining, small tear at inner margin). Contemporary French mottled calf, spines gilt, marbled edges (spines chipped with some loss, joints cracking, some wear).
FIRST EDITION of this early French work and the first to include material relating to Wallis, Carteret, and Cook's first voyage to Tahiti, New Zealand, and the east coast of Australia. De Fréville would also translate the official account of Cook's second voyage. The fine map in volume I, drawn by the King's geographer Didier Robert de Vaugondy, shows the routes of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret in the Pacific, as well as Cook's journey through the Society Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Bell F1235; Kroepelien 468-70; Sabin 25913. (2)
2 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION of this early French work and the first to include material relating to Wallis, Carteret, and Cook's first voyage to Tahiti, New Zealand, and the east coast of Australia. De Fréville would also translate the official account of Cook's second voyage. The fine map in volume I, drawn by the King's geographer Didier Robert de Vaugondy, shows the routes of Byron, Wallis, and Carteret in the Pacific, as well as Cook's journey through the Society Islands, New Zealand, and Australia. Bell F1235; Kroepelien 468-70; Sabin 25913. (2)