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[MARCHAND, Etienne (1755-1793)] and FLEURIEU, Charles Pierre Claret de (1738-1810). Voyage autour du monde, pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792 by Étienne Marchand. Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, [1798-1800].
The first edition, in the preferred quarto issue and uncut in the original boards, describing of the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest. Marchand, commander of the expedition, had learned of the rich rewards to be earned in the North Pacific fur trade from Captain Portlock. He sailed via Cape Horn and traded along the Northwest coast in the summer of 1791. Upon his return to France, the cargo was confiscated by the Revolutionary government, resulting in a loss for his investors. Marchand died in 1793 and Fleurieu, himself an experienced Pacific explorer, took over the editing and publication of the materials from the voyage, which include descriptions of Norfolk Sound and Sitka, followed by a particularly detailed account of the Queen Charlotte Islands, and further explorations as far as the southern end of Vancouver Island. Forbes 292; Hill 612; Howes F-195; Lada-Mocarski 54; Tourville 1579; Wickersham 6622.
Four volumes, quarto (vols 1-3: 269 x 205mm; atlas: 305 x 225mm). 16 engraved plates (corner dampstain in vol. 1; erased inkstamp on titles). Uncut and partially unopened in original papered boards (spine labels partly worn away). Provenance: William Reese Co. – Hordern House.
The first edition, in the preferred quarto issue and uncut in the original boards, describing of the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest. Marchand, commander of the expedition, had learned of the rich rewards to be earned in the North Pacific fur trade from Captain Portlock. He sailed via Cape Horn and traded along the Northwest coast in the summer of 1791. Upon his return to France, the cargo was confiscated by the Revolutionary government, resulting in a loss for his investors. Marchand died in 1793 and Fleurieu, himself an experienced Pacific explorer, took over the editing and publication of the materials from the voyage, which include descriptions of Norfolk Sound and Sitka, followed by a particularly detailed account of the Queen Charlotte Islands, and further explorations as far as the southern end of Vancouver Island. Forbes 292; Hill 612; Howes F-195; Lada-Mocarski 54; Tourville 1579; Wickersham 6622.
Four volumes, quarto (vols 1-3: 269 x 205mm; atlas: 305 x 225mm). 16 engraved plates (corner dampstain in vol. 1; erased inkstamp on titles). Uncut and partially unopened in original papered boards (spine labels partly worn away). Provenance: William Reese Co. – Hordern House.