Le Voyage de Lapérouse 1785-1788. 2 Vols. in Slipcase
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii (i), 315., 3 folding maps in pocket of back cover, xiii, (1) 512 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with original color photographs laid into debossed frames with gilt lettering on covers and spines; housed in matching slipcases with facsimile plates of manuscripts and color photos pasted to front and back cover. Endpapers illustrated with maps. Frontispiece. Publisher's device on title page.
More than thirty months elapsed between the departure of the Lapérouse from Brest in 1785 and its sinking on the reefs of Vanikoro, an island of the Santa Cruz group, part of the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean. This extensive work on the French cruiser is profusely illustrated with reproductions of color and b/w artwork, photographs, documents, including some photographs. Volume one contains three color folding maps in pocket at rear. Glossary, bibliography and index at rear of volume one, a chronology of the voyage at rear of volume two. Text in French. Some pages with light creasing at foredge and lower right corner. Else in near fine condition. Near fine condition. Item #47993
ISBN: 2110808578
Price: $275.00