Lot 235
Voyages.- Marchand (Étienne) & Charles Pierre Claret Fleurieu. Voyage Autour du Monde, pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792, first edition, 4 vol., Paris, An VI-VIII [1798-1800].
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Voyages.- Marchand (Étienne) & Charles Pierre Claret Fleurieu. Voyage Autour du Monde, pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792, first edition, 4 vol., one engraved plate, 15 folding engraved maps, scattered spotting, short tear to front free endpaper with neat tape repair (vol. 1), tiny wormhole touching odd letter (front free endpaper - T4, vol.3), vol. 4 unopened, vol. 3 partially unopened, original boards, printed paper spine labels, some chipping and loss to joints and extremities, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hill 612], 4to, Paris, An VI-VIII [1798-1800].
⁂ Étienne Marchand (1755-1793) was Captain of the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest, with his geographical discoveries described in this important work. "Marchand's expedition sailed around Cape Horn and, after touching at the Maquesas and Hawaii, visited Norfolk Sound, Queen Charlotte Island, Nootka Sound, and parts of the northwest coast of America ..." (Hill)
Description
Voyages.- Marchand (Étienne) & Charles Pierre Claret Fleurieu. Voyage Autour du Monde, pendant les années 1790, 1791, et 1792, first edition, 4 vol., one engraved plate, 15 folding engraved maps, scattered spotting, short tear to front free endpaper with neat tape repair (vol. 1), tiny wormhole touching odd letter (front free endpaper - T4, vol.3), vol. 4 unopened, vol. 3 partially unopened, original boards, printed paper spine labels, some chipping and loss to joints and extremities, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hill 612], 4to, Paris, An VI-VIII [1798-1800].
⁂ Étienne Marchand (1755-1793) was Captain of the first French commercial voyage to the Pacific Northwest, with his geographical discoveries described in this important work. "Marchand's expedition sailed around Cape Horn and, after touching at the Maquesas and Hawaii, visited Norfolk Sound, Queen Charlotte Island, Nootka Sound, and parts of the northwest coast of America ..." (Hill)
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