Arago (Jacques) Promenade Autour du Monde, 3 vol. including Atlas, first edition, half-titles, Atlas with engraved map and 25 lithographed plates, bookplate of Carl Wendell Carlsmith to front free endpapers, scattered foxing, Atlas with portion of marginal damp-staining throughout, modern half calf, spines gilt but a little sunned, Atlas in later boards with printed paper label to spine, rubbed at spine ends and corners, uncut, text partly unopened, [Hill 28; Ferguson 850], 8vo & folio, Paris, 1822.

⁂ A personal and sometimes eccentric narrative of the Freycinet circumnavigation by the voyage's official artist, written in the form of letters to a friend. Extensive portions relate to Australia, with descriptions of Sydney and the Blue Mountains. The plates largely depict individuals encountered during the voyage.