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Voyages Dans La Mer Du Sud, Par Les Espagnols Et Les Hollandois
by Dalrymple, Alexander
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary full mottled brown calf. All edges red. Very good
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Saillant & Nyon and Pissot, 1774. First French edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full mottled brown calf. All edges red. Very good. 502 pages. 19 x 12 1/2 cm. Three engraved folding maps of the South Pacific (some soiling along folds, few old repairs on versos). Wood engraved chapter head and tail pieces. An abridged version of the author's "Historical Collections of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean," 1770-1771. Translated with a Preface by Anne Francois Joachim de Freville. Pages 113-122 omitted in pagination with text continuous. The English edition, an important collection of voyages, relating entirely to the discoveries made between South American and New Guinea. Dalrymple is also remembered for some unpleasant associations with Cook's first voyage in 1768. Dalrymple, a member of the Royal Society, well versed in hydrography and astronomy was originally selected to head the expedition, but the Admiralty preferred to place a naval man in charge and offered it to James Cook, than a lieutenant. Dalyrmple remained home refusing to serve in a subordinate capacity. HILL p.392. SABIN 18344. Smooth spine decorated in gilt, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, slight nicks backstrip head and foot, penciled annotation paste-down front cover endpaper, text clean.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17960
- Title
- Voyages Dans La Mer Du Sud, Par Les Espagnols Et Les Hollandois
- Author
- Dalrymple, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full mottled brown calf. All edges red. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First French edition
- Publisher
- Saillant & Nyon and Pissot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1774
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Arrivals; Travel;
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Paste-down
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- Spine
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- Tail
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- Edges
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- Morocco
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- A.N.
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- New
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- Gilt
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