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LAPEROUSE (Jean-François de).

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LAPEROUSE (Jean-François de).
Le Voyage extraordinaire de Lapérouse illustrated by Da Ros.

Nice : Le Chant des Sphères, 1971.

3 volumes small in-4, fawn-colored basane, spine and boards decorated with gilded fillets, gilded head, bordered cases.

The illustration by Da Ros counts 63 compositions in colors including a title vignette, 20 plates (one on double page), 18 bands in text, 24 caps, a folding map on semi-parchment paper at the head of the third volume and numerous facsimiles of old documents. All pages are decorated with color frames.

Edition of 2,000 numbered copies on Lana watermarked Sefer vellum, this one of the 1,400 of the ordinary edition.