Exploration & Travel

First edition. 8vo, viii, 44pp., 2 maps (1 large folding), later red cloth gilt.

First edition in French. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 8vo text and folio atlas (44 x 28.5 cms); 21 lithograph plates by Engelmann, 9 engraved maps (3 folding), French blue half morocco gilt (atlas bound to match), a fine set.

First edition. Folio (411 x 255mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece, large folding track chart with the route of the Rurik outlined in colour, two further charts on one sheet, and 104 hand-coloured lithographs; occasional spotting throughout, as usual; one text leaf with repair to margin. Particularly fine contemporary French half red morocco, spine gilt, with blind tooling to boards. [iv], vi, 17, [1]blank, 3-20, 3[1]blank, 10, 24, 22, 28, 19, [1]blank, 6pp.

First Latin edition. Landscape 4to, large engraved view to title, 25 engraved plates of charts and views (including a large folding engraved world map and a similar map of the East Indies, along with 5 double-page plates); some occasional light spotting, very small paper repair to leading edge of title page, also to outer edge of plate 3, upper and lower edge of margin of final leaf of text, lower corner of penultimate leaf repaired. Contemporary limp vellum, recased with new endpapers, lettering on spine faded, some light soiling to covers, with contemporary ink marks. [vii], [i](blank), 9-175, [1](blank)pp.

First edition. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 4to text and 1 vol. folio atlas (53 x 35 cms), text a little spotted as usual, atlas with 56 plates (comprising 34 lithographed views and portraits after V. Adam, Sabatier and others from sketches by E.B. de la Touanne, printed by Bernard & Frey, 12 hand-colored engraved natural history plates after P. Bessa and J.-G. Pretre by Coutant, H. Legrand, Oudet, Dumenil and Massard, double-page hand-colored aquatint of various native vessels, folding engraved map, 2 double-page coastal profiles and 6 double-page engraved maps and charts, by A. Tardieu after E.B. de la Touanne), usual sporadic toning and light staining, plate 4 a bit foxed, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, atlas rebacked to match, a very good set.

First edition. Complete set in 10 volumes, comprising 6 volumes 4to text and 4 large folio atlas volumes, with 4 engraved titles and 376 engraved plates and maps, including portraits, views, and natural history plates, many hand-coloured. Comprising:

DUPERREY, L.-I. Histoire du Voyage. [1826]. Text 4to, i-xlvi, 1-202 pp. (all published, title lacking as usual); atlas with engraved title, 60 engraved plates, of which 59 hand-coloured, by Ambroise Tardieu after Duperrey, Lejeune and Chazal; title lightly foxed, a little spotting and browning.

LESSON, R.P. & GARNOT, P. Zoologie. 1826-1830. 4 vols, comprising 3 vols 4to text and one large folio vol. Atlas in 27 parts. Text with half-titles and titles with engraved vignettes. Atlas with engraved title, small inserted letterpress Avis slip, 155 engraved plates of mammals, marsupials, birds, molluscs, reptiles, and insects, of which 153 hand-coloured, after Lesson, L. Prevost, Pretre, Guerin, Vauthier and others; 19 plates browned, two slightly damp-stained, title and two lightly soiled, title foxed, light browning and spotting. The plates include 37 of fish, 9 of mammals and marsupials, 44 of birds, 16 of molluscs, 5 of crustaceans, 22 of insects, and 7 of reptiles.

DUMONT D'URVILLE; BRONGNIART, A. & BORY DE ST. VINCENT. Botanique. 1826-1829. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 4to text in one and large folio Atlas (49 x 33 cms). Text: half-titles, titles with engraved vignettes. Atlas with engraved title, 106 engraved plates including 25 hand-coloured plates of seaweeds, by Barrois, Dusmenil, and others after P. Bessa, Borg de St. Vincent, and others; title foxed, plate I browned, some spotting to plate II. The work was apparently overseen by Dumont d'Urville: first volume on Cryptogamie by Bory de St. Vincent, the second on Phanerogamie by Bronginart. The coloured plates are all of sea-weeds (11 plates were omitted).

DUPERREY, L.-I. Hydrographie. 1829. 2 vols, comprising one vol. 4to text in 3 parts (Hydrographie, Hydrographie et Physique and Physique) and one vol. atlas (57 x 43 cms). Text with 9 plates (of which 6 folding). Atlas with engraved title, 12 leaves letterpress text, 49 engraved maps by Ambroise Tardieu after Duperray and others (of which 19 double-page), and 4 engraved plates of various native sailing vessels by Berard after Duperrey and others.

Complete set, save for the excessively rare botany text published ten years later. 14 volumes (10 volumes 8vo text, 4 folio atlases). Modern half-calf over marbled boards to style by Atelier Laurenchet, a fine clean set. The set comprises:

Relation. 1840-43, vols [I]-IV, 4to, with half-titles, 13 printed tables (some folding).

Atlas pittoresque. 1841, folio (53 x 34 cms), half-title, 3pp. Table des planches, engraved folding world map with route of the voyage, engraved plan of Sydney and 67 lithographed plates, 17 hand-coloured, some on India paper, including fine panoramic views.

Physique. 1842-44, vols VI-X, together 5 vols, 8vo, half-titles, all with additional sectional half-titles and titles, vol. IX with 2 printed folding tables, 2 folding engraved graphs and a folding engraved map showing currents and temperatures, errata leaf at end of each vol. except the last, additional supplementary errata at beginning of vol. IX.

Atlas hydrographique. Paris, Depot de la Marine, 1845, folio (68 x 49.5 cms), [2]pp., 16 engraved map sheets (4 double-page) showing 19 subjects.

Atlas de botanique. 1846, folio, half-title, one page Table des planches, 28 engraved plates, without the text volume as usual (not published until 1864 and rarely found).

Zoologie. 1855, 8vo text and folio Atlas, half-title, title, 2pp. list of plates, 78 engraved plates (74 hand-coloured), the 10 plate bird section browned and with some offsetting else a clean fresh set of plates.

First edition. A fine set in 30 volumes, comprising 23 volumes 8vo text and 7 large folio atlas volumes (of 8, lacks atlas Physique). The atlases with two additional tinted lithographic titles and 534 engraved or lithographic views, portraits, natural history plates, plans, and maps, some hand-coloured. Text in publisher's blue printed paper boards, five with short tears at head of spine, atlases in French red half-morocco with marbled sides, top-edges gilt, Atlas Hydrographie bound to match. Generally, in fine, fresh condition, comprising:

DUMONT D'URVILLE, J.-S.-C. Histoire du Voyage. 12 vols, comprising 10 vols 8vo text and 2 vols large folio Atlas Pittoresque (63 x 48.5 cms approx.) Atlas: 2 letterpress titles, 2 plate lists, 2 tinted lithographed additional titles, 9 double-page engraved maps after Vincedon-Dumoulin, and 198 tinted lithographic plates after E. Goupil and L. Le Breton by Bayot, Bichebois, Blanchard, Duzats, Mayer, Sabatier and others, printed by Lemercier and others, numbered 1-192 with 6 bis plates, of which 52 on India paper mounted; plate 117 correctly bound between plates 87 & 88, plates 3, 33 bis, 110, 182, & 185 with tears repaired, all marginal except for 182 where there are 2 tears, one of which just goes into the image, some scattered light foxing, a couple of plates slightly more so.

VINCEDON-DUMOULIN, C.-A. Hydrographie. 1843-1851 [Atlas au Depot-general de la Marine, 1847]. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 8vo text and large folio Atlas Hydrographique (69 x 51 cms approx.) Text with 2 folding plates in vol. I. Atlas: engraved throughout, title, table of contents, 57 maps (of which 39 double-page) after Vincedon-Dumoulin, Duroch, Tardy de Montravel, and others by Chassant, Jacobs, and others; map 41 with fore-margins reinforced from verso, minor toning and offsetting.

HOMBRON, J.B., JACQUINOT, Honoré; MONTAGNE, Camille; DESCAINE, J. Botanique, 1845-1853. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 8vo text and large folio Atlas Botanique. Atlas: Letterpress half-title, title, plate list, 66 engraved plates (including 20 hand-coloured and/or colour printed), after A. Riocreux, Borromee, and others by A. Dusmenil, J. Thomas, and others; a little spotting.

HOMBRON, J.B.; JACQUINOT, Honoré. Zoologie, 1846-54. 6 vols, comprising 5 vols 8vo text and 2 vols large folio Atlas Zoologique. Atlas: half-title, title, plate list, 140 engraved plates (of which 138 hand-coloured) after Oudart, A. Provost, Werner, Blanchard, and others by Dumenil, Ouder, Giraud, Coupe, and others, including a fine section of 37 ornithological plates, most after Oudart; a few plates spotted or browned.

GRANGE, J. Geologique, Mineralogie et Geographie Physique. 3 vols, comprising 2 vols 8vo text and large folio Atlas Geologie. Text with one folding engraved table. Atlas: letterpress half-title, title, plate list, 4 hand-coloured engraved maps (of which 2 double-page), 9 lithographic plates; [with] Atlas Anthropologie: half-title, title, avertissement, list of plates, 51 lithographic plates; a little spotting.

DUMOUTIER & BLANCHARD, Emile. Anthropologie. 2 vols, comprising 1 vol. 8vo text and large folio Atlas (bound and described with Geologique atlas).

First Latin edition. Small oblong folio, [30]; [10] ff., engraved plate to title-page, 10 further plates & 5 maps, with initial letter and colophon; engraved plate to title-page, map of Bali, 24 coastal profiles and a woodcut showing a pair of emu-like birds, with initial letter. Contemporary vellum, slightly cockled, with some light soiling, some early underlinings in the text, and neat ownership signature to title-page dated 1600.

First edition. 8vo (22 x 14 cm), [ii], 110 pp., expert marginal restoration to last six leaves affecting 4 words on last page (now in ink facsimile), a couple on the penultimate, and page numbering to the others, old staining to title and first leaf of text, well bound in modern half-calf gilt, red morocco label, a well margined copy, untrimmed on the fore-edge, and, other than the defects mentioned, a good clean example.