DUMONT D'URVILLE

Voyage pittoresque autour du monde: Resumé général des voyages de découvertes de Magellan Tasman Dampier Anson Byron Wallis Carteret Bougainville Cook Lapérouse G. Bligh Vancouver D'Entrecasteau Wilson Baudin Flinders. etc. 2 vols.

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1843.

4to. In two uniform contemporary half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. Extremities with wear. Title-pages with small library stamp. Light occassional brownspotting throughout. (2), VIII, 576 pp.; (4), 584 pp + numerous plates, and folded maps.

Second edition of Dumont D'Urville's selection of important voyages of discovery from Magellan onwards.The six engraved maps are from Dumont D'Urville's famous voyage in the Astrolabe, 1826-1829, 1830-1834.

Order-nr.: 54500