Pacific.- [Behrens (Carl Friedrich)] "Monsieur de B***.". Histoire de l'Expedition de Trois Vaisseaux...aux Terres Australes, 2 vol. in 1, first French edition, half-title to each vol., titles in red and black, vol. 1 title with small abrasion mark to inner margin, affecting a letter of text, some light foxing, contemporary half calf, double morocco labels to spine, rubbed, [Sabin 4379; Hill 99], small 8vo, The Hague, Aux dépens de la Compagnie, 1739.

⁂ The first French account of Jakob Roggeveen's landmark voyage of Dutch discovery in the Pacific, in which Behrens served as a commander. Intended to reach the great Southern continent, the voyage became the first European expedition to land on Easter Island. This edition, likely translated by Behrens himself, was published two years after the German original.