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Daguerre Savoie

247 - (Travel) – 8 volumes.
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Estimate €120 - €180
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(Travel) – 8 volumes. - BONVALOT (Gabriel). From the Caucasus to India via the Pamir. Paris, Plon, Nourrit, 1889. Quarto, red half-shagreen, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt fleurons. XII, 458 pp., [1 f.], 1 fold-out map, 250 drawings and sketches by Albert Pépin. NANSEN (Fridtjof). Towards the Pole. Translated and abridged by Charles Rabot. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. [1897]. In-8, publisher’s marbled half-basane, smooth spine with decoration. VIII, 484 pp., 200 illustrations. - SVERDRUP (Otto). Nansen’s Second Voyage on the ‘Fram’. Four Years in the Polar Ice. Translated and abridged by Charles Rabot. Paris, Flammarion, n.d. [1903]. 8vo, publisher’s marbled half-basane, plain spine with decoration. [2 ff.], III, 430 pp., 100 illustrations. - JONVEAUX (Frédérick). Travels and Adventures in Alaska (formerly Russian America). Translated from the English with the author’s permission by Émile Jonveaux. Paris, Hachette, 1871. In-8, half-maroquin, ribbed spine decorated with gilt fleurons in blind-stamped panels, speckled edges. [2 ff.], II, 412 pp., fold-out map, 37 woodcuts - LÉRIS (G. de). Northern Italy. Paris, Quantin, 1889. In-4, red half-shagreen with corner pieces, ribbed spine decorated with gilt, gilt head, original illustrated cover preserved. [2 ff.], XI, 469 pp., [1 f.], numerous vignettes in the text.- CHARCOT (Jean). ‘Why Not?’ in Antarctica. Journal of the Second South Pole Expedition 1908–1910. Followed by the scientific reports of the members of the expedition staff. Preface by Paul Doumer. Paris, Flammarion, (1910). In-4, VII, 428 pp., brown half-maroquin, plain spine with title in gilt letters, gilt lines and fleurons, gilt head (Flammarion-Vaillant). Illustrated with 250 photographs, including 60 inserts and over 60 full-page images; 3 insert maps, including one full-page map and two fold-out maps; maps and figures within the text. A fine copy. - ABRUZZES (Duke of). Expedition of the Étoile Polaire in the Arctic Sea 1899–1900. Paris, Hachette, 1904. Large 8vo, [4 leaves], 288 pp, red half-maroquin with corner caps, ribbed spine, gilt head (contemporary binding). Illustrated with plates as inserts and numerous photographs within the text. - ROUCH (J.). The North Pole. A History of Arctic Voyages. Paris, Flammarion, (1923). 12mo, 249 pp, bottle-green half-basane, ribbed spine. Illustrated with photographic reproductions and maps.
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About the sale In preparation – The Jean-Paul Delon Bookshop Collection, Part I (Bibliography – Scholarship – Bibliophilia)
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