LA PÉROUSE, JEAN-FRANÇOIS GALAUP DE. 1741-1788. A Voyage Round the World, Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe, Under the Command of J. F. G. de la Pérouse: Published by Order of the National Assembly, Under the Superintendence of L. A. Milet-Mureau. London: Printed by S. Hamilton for G. G. and J. Robinson, and T. Payne, 1799. 3 volumes, 8vo (208 x 124 mm). Bound in handsome contemporary marbled calf, spines elegantly decorated in gilt, with contrasting red morocco lettering pieces. Joints and corners with light rubbing, spines uniformly bright; minor spotting. Lacking the atlas volume. THE SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, IN AN ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. One of the preeminent scientific and geopolitical explorations of the Pacific Northwest and the west coast of North America. Commissioned as France's scientific answer to Captain Cook's voyages, La Pérouse thoroughly mapped and collected invaluable fur trade, botanical, and ethnographic intelligence on Alaska, California, Hawaii, Macau, and Australia before the expedition tragically vanished in 1788. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing