[Rarebooks] FS: The Voyage of La Perouse Round the World, First Edition in English, 1798, with plates

[Charles Agvent]

La  PEROUSE,  Jean Francois Galaup de. THE VOYAGE  OF  LA  PEROUSE
ROUND  THE WORLD, IN THE YEARS 1785, 1786, 1787, AND 1788....  London:
John  Stockdale  1798. First Edition in English. Two octavo  (4-7/8" x
8")  volumes  bound  in  contemporary   polished  calf  rebacked  with
sympathetic  modern calf spines and contrasting morocco spine  labels.
Hill,  p.173: "A valuable contribution to the history of  geographical
discovery";  Howes  L-93: "First voyage of a foreigner  to  missionary
establishments in Upper California"; New Howes L-93; Lada-Mocarski 52;
Sabin  38962;  Zamorano  49. Illustrated with 47 (of  51)  engravings.
Lacking  the  large folding Chart of the World, the Anchorage  of  the
Frigates  at  Mowee, and the Chart of the Discoveries in the  Seas  of
Tartary  and China, all in the first volume, and the View of St. Peter
and  St.  Paul at Kamchatka in the second volume. According to  Sabin,
"The  narrative  of the enterprising but ill-fated Perouse is full  of
interest  in  all portions, but his relations of the peculiarities  he
observed  in the natives of the northwest coast of North America,  are
especially  valuable.  The  mysterious   fate  of  this  distinguished
navigator  has never been satisfactorily cleared up. The above account
was  transmitted  from  Botany  Bay,  after  leaving  this  place  the
expedition  was never heard of again." The chart of the Great  Pacific
Ocean  in the first volume is detached but present. Despite  lacking 4
of the 51 plates, a Near Fine set.                            $1500.00

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