VAILLANT, AUGUSTE NICOLAS / J.F.T. EYDOUX & FRANCOIS LOUIS AUG. SOULEYET.

Voyage autour du Monde exécuté pendant les Années 1836 et 1837 sur la Corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant Capitaine de Vaisseau. Publié par Ordre du Roi sous les Auspices du Département de la Marine. Atlas: Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie par MM. Eydoux et Souleyet. (Atlas Zoology alone).

Paris, Arthus Bertrand, (1841-42).

Folio. (50 x 34 cm.). Contemp. hcloth. Marbled covers. Spine with gilt lettering. Light wear along edges. Corners renewed. Printed title-page (thick paper), 8 pp. of "Table Explicative des Planches" (of which 2 leaves are remargined) and 101 (of 102) fine engraved plates. 96 are in excellent original handcolouring and 5 are uncoloured. The lacking plate is: Carinairorïde Placenta (femelle), in the section of mollusques. Textleaves with some faint brownspots. Plates clean and fine, a few very faint marginal brownspots.

First edition of the Zoological Atlas from the important voyage by Vaillant on board "La Bonite" in the Pacific, the result of which were published from 1840-66. The atlas was accompanied with 2 volumes of text in 8vo published from 1842-52, the textvolumes are not present here.
The atlas comprises: Mammafieres, Oiseaux, Reptiles, Poissons, Crustacés, Insectes, Mollusques, Zoophytes and Vers.

Wood, p.615. - BMC NH, 603, - Sabin, 98298. - Nissen ZBI,408.

Order-nr.: 56775