Lot 69
£756
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Voyage autour du monde. Troisième edition, ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins coloriés, de Notes scientifiques, et des Portraits de MM. J. Arago et F. Arago. Paris: Gayet et Lebrun, 1840. Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, 2 uncoloured engraved portraits and 59 (of 60) hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-titles, contemporary maroon half morocco, spines gilt, a few plates browned or with some offsetting, sporadic spotting to text
Note: Only a few copies of this coloured series were issued. The plates consist of views of Hawaii (15), Brazil (5), Cape of Good Hope (3), Australia (12), Timor (3), New Zealand &c.. A beautifully illustrated edition of Arago's account of the voyage of l'Uranie to Australia and the Pacific, under the command of Louis Freycinet (1817-1820). The voyage was organized by the French government to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism and meteorology. Arago was the official artist to the expedition.