Description:
Freycinet, Louis-Henri de Saulces de (1779-1841) Voyage Autour du Monde Fait par ordre du Roi, Sur les corvettes de S.M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne, pendant les annees 1817, 1818, 1819, et 1820; Atlas Historique par Mrs. Js. Arago, A. Pellion &c. Paris: Pillet Aine, 1825. Atlas volume only, illustrated with 112 plates, many colored, some folding, bound in contemporary half leather and textured cloth boards, worn, 18 1/4 x 12 in.
Provenance: The Estate of David Spinney.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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