1 / 2
Delon - Hoebanx
11
-
[VOYAGE] [BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de] Voyage autour du m…
See original version (French)
11
-
[VOYAGE] [BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de] Voyage autour du m…
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,000 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
[VOYAGE] [BOUGAINVILLE, Louis-Antoine de] Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi La Boudeuse, et la Flûte l'Étoile ; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771. 1 vol. in-4. Contemporary full marbled calf, gilt triple fillet, spine gilt, gilt title. [4]ff title and epistle, 417pp, [3]pp.
Rare first edition.
Complete with 20 maps and plans, including 18 fold-outs, and three plates depicting native Pacific boats engraved by Croisey.
With a vocabulary of the Island of Taiti from pages 389 to 402.
Bookseller's label "Au temple de Minerve. Chez Pavie, libraire, Canton des flamands, vis-à-vis la salle du Spectacle, à la Rochelle", pasted on the flyleaf.
Tears not missing from plate 4: Map of the Straits of Magellan.
A good copy.
Restorations to the headpieces.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale
Books, prints, old and modern paintings, furniture and objets d'art, collectors' weapons and wines.
Auction location
Auction time
06/17/2026 at 11:15 AM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like