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ULLOA Y DE LA TORRE GIRAL, Antonio de and Jorge JUAN Y SANTACILLA. Voyage Historique De L'Amérique Méridionale Fait Par Ordre Du Roi D'Espagne. Paris: Charles-Antoine Jombert [but Amsterdam and Leipzig: Arkestée and Merkus], 1752.
2 volumes, 4o (250 x 192 mm). 2 engraved frontispieces and 55 engraved maps, plans and views on 53 sheets. (Some occasional pale spotting, generally very crisp and clean.) Contemporary French calf, spines gilt, arms removed on sides (a few short splits to joints, a few pale stains).
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, with the Paris imprint on the title which appears in some copies. According to Sabin, no copies were printed at Paris, but all were printed in Paris and Leipzig by Arkesée and Merkus. Ulloa and Juan were attached to a French expedition organised by the Académie des Sciences to South America, as "two of the most scientific" (Sabin) officers of the Spanish navy. After long and varied journeys, the two were back in Spain by 1746 and began to compile the present work, Juan taking charge of the scientific observations and Ulloa the historical aspect of the expedition. It was first published in Madrid in 1748 (see previous lot)--misleadingly, some copies of the French edition bore a Parisian imprint, as here. THE WORK INCLUDES THE EARLIEST RECORDED REFERENCE TO THE "AURORA AUSTRALIS." Sabin calls for only 45 plates, and copies are recorded in American Book Prices Current with totals ranging from 45-55. The large map of Quito is three joined plates. Hill 1740; Howgego U3; JCB (3) I:974; Palau 125473; Sabin 36812. (2)
2 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION IN FRENCH, with the Paris imprint on the title which appears in some copies. According to Sabin, no copies were printed at Paris, but all were printed in Paris and Leipzig by Arkesée and Merkus. Ulloa and Juan were attached to a French expedition organised by the Académie des Sciences to South America, as "two of the most scientific" (Sabin) officers of the Spanish navy. After long and varied journeys, the two were back in Spain by 1746 and began to compile the present work, Juan taking charge of the scientific observations and Ulloa the historical aspect of the expedition. It was first published in Madrid in 1748 (see previous lot)--misleadingly, some copies of the French edition bore a Parisian imprint, as here. THE WORK INCLUDES THE EARLIEST RECORDED REFERENCE TO THE "AURORA AUSTRALIS." Sabin calls for only 45 plates, and copies are recorded in American Book Prices Current with totals ranging from 45-55. The large map of Quito is three joined plates. Hill 1740; Howgego U3; JCB (3) I:974; Palau 125473; Sabin 36812. (2)