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(BOUGAINVILLE, Louis A. de.). Voyage autour du mond

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Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771. 4to. Contemp. marbled calf, decorated gilt spine. 20 maps (15 folding; 5 full-page; incl. map 16 in 2 parts), 3 full-page plates of boats, all engr. (8), 417, (1, 2 blank) pp. Original edition of a famous voyage around the world, the first to be undertaken by the French, under the command of Louis de Bougainville (1729-1811). Good copy.- (Binding used with spine rep.; library stamps on recto first fly-leaf and half-title; occ. spotting; few maps with rest. at back or with sm. tears). Sabin 6964; O 'Reilly & Reitman 283; Hill p. 31; Borba de Moraes p. 115.

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