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49 Labillardière, (Jacques-Julien Houton de). Voyage in Search of La Pérouse, Performed by Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the Years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794. Translated from the French. Ldn., John Stockdale, 1800. Gr.-4°. XVIII SS., 1 Bl., SS. (17)-476, 65 SS., 45 Kupfertaf., 1 gef. Kupferkte. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch. Schätzpreis: (3.500,- €) / (3.920,- $) Kat. Fischer 332; Boucher de la Richarderie I, 155; Cox I, 67f.; Du Rietz 700; Ferguson 309; Hocken 29; Nissen, ZBI 2331a; Sabin 38421; vgl. Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. Amst. 141, Henze I, 103 u. Nat. Maritime Mus. Cat. I, 630. - Seltene erste englische Ausgabe ; noch im selben Jahr erschien eine wesentlich häufigere zweibändige Oktavedition. Das französische Original war 1799-1800 in Paris erschienen. - "After three years had passed by without any news of the ill-fated expedition under La Pérouse, the French Government sent out to the South Seas two vessels under the command of D'Entrecasteaux and Kermadec to search for him. Among the scientists on board was the naturalist Labillardière. Although entirely unsuccessful in its search, the voyage was of considerable importance. Labillardière gives the first scientific description of the New Zealand flax, and brought back several New Zealand plants. He describes the visits paid by the expedition to Tasmania, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, etc." (Cox). - Unbeschnitten, kaum gebräunt u. nur teilweise etwas stockfleckig. Einband leicht berieben u. bestoßen, Rücken alt erneuert, vorderes Gelenk wieder brüchig. - Gestochenes Wappenexlibris "Joann: Skipp, e Coll. Mert: 1765". First English edition, in quarto, much rarer than the two-volume octavo edition of the same year; a fine copy, complete and untrimmed, some light browning and foxing, contemporary half-calf binding a little bumped and worn, spine renewed, upper hinge cracked. Zuschlag: 3.200,- € / 3.584,- $ "
49 Labillardière, (Jacques-Julien Houton de). Voyage in Search of La Pérouse, Performed by Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the Years 1791, 1792, 1793, and 1794. Translated from the French. Ldn., John Stockdale, 1800. Gr.-4°. XVIII SS., 1 Bl., SS. (17)-476, 65 SS., 45 Kupfertaf., 1 gef. Kupferkte. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch. Schätzpreis: (3.500,- €) / (3.920,- $) Kat. Fischer 332; Boucher de la Richarderie I, 155; Cox I, 67f.; Du Rietz 700; Ferguson 309; Hocken 29; Nissen, ZBI 2331a; Sabin 38421; vgl. Cat. Nederl. Scheepvart Mus. Amst. 141, Henze I, 103 u. Nat. Maritime Mus. Cat. I, 630. - Seltene erste englische Ausgabe ; noch im selben Jahr erschien eine wesentlich häufigere zweibändige Oktavedition. Das französische Original war 1799-1800 in Paris erschienen. - "After three years had passed by without any news of the ill-fated expedition under La Pérouse, the French Government sent out to the South Seas two vessels under the command of D'Entrecasteaux and Kermadec to search for him. Among the scientists on board was the naturalist Labillardière. Although entirely unsuccessful in its search, the voyage was of considerable importance. Labillardière gives the first scientific description of the New Zealand flax, and brought back several New Zealand plants. He describes the visits paid by the expedition to Tasmania, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, New Guinea, etc." (Cox). - Unbeschnitten, kaum gebräunt u. nur teilweise etwas stockfleckig. Einband leicht berieben u. bestoßen, Rücken alt erneuert, vorderes Gelenk wieder brüchig. - Gestochenes Wappenexlibris "Joann: Skipp, e Coll. Mert: 1765". First English edition, in quarto, much rarer than the two-volume octavo edition of the same year; a fine copy, complete and untrimmed, some light browning and foxing, contemporary half-calf binding a little bumped and worn, spine renewed, upper hinge cracked. Zuschlag: 3.200,- € / 3.584,- $ "