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[RELIURE AUX ARMES]. FORREST (Thomas) Voyage aux Moluques et à la Nouvelle
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[BINDING WITH ARMS]. FORREST (Thomas) Voyage aux Moluques et à la Nouvelle Guinée fait sur la galère "La Tartare" en 1774, 1775 et 1776 par ordre de la compagnie angloise, par le capitaine Forrest,...
À Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1780. In-4, [3] f., 470 p., [1] f. (approb.), pl., period marbled fawn calf, 5-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, triple fillet edging the covers, royal arms and "Conseil de la Marine" gilded on the upper cover, same arms repeated on the lower cover, double gilded fillet on the edges, red edges, restorations (upper jaw cracked, light spotting).
cracked, extensive light wetness, few russets).
First edition in French, translated from the English text by Demeunier.
Illustrated with a large folding map and 30 plates, most of them folding, all engraved on copper. Pl. num.
1 to 27, 5bis, 13 bis, 18 bis| pl. 20-21 and 25-26 on one sheet.
À Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1780. In-4, [3] f., 470 p., [1] f. (approb.), pl., period marbled fawn calf, 5-ribbed spine, red morocco title-piece, ornate caissons, triple fillet edging the covers, royal arms and "Conseil de la Marine" gilded on the upper cover, same arms repeated on the lower cover, double gilded fillet on the edges, red edges, restorations (upper jaw cracked, light spotting).
cracked, extensive light wetness, few russets).
First edition in French, translated from the English text by Demeunier.
Illustrated with a large folding map and 30 plates, most of them folding, all engraved on copper. Pl. num.
1 to 27, 5bis, 13 bis, 18 bis| pl. 20-21 and 25-26 on one sheet.