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two old books sitting on top of each other on a white surfacean old book with a black and white image of the title on itan old map of the world being held up by a hand
Gros & Delettrez

Estimate €180 - €200
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BOUGAINVILLE. A Voyage Round the World by the King’s frigate La Boudeuse and the flute ship L’Etoile. Second expanded edition [and] Voyage of M. de Bougainville; containing the Journal of a Voyage Round the World undertaken by Banks & Solander. Translated by Fréville. In Paris, published by Saillant & Nyon, 1772. 2 volumes [and] In Paris, published by Gay & Gide, 1793. Volume Three (continued). That is, 3 in-8 volumes in their original, matching bindings of the period, (3)-XLIII-336 pp., 6 fold-out maps; (3)-453-(3) pp., 14 fold-out maps on 15 sheets and 3 fold-out plates, and XVI-360 pp. Contemporary fawn-coloured sheepskin with root-grain, decorated ribbed spine (binding rubbed, joints worn, head and foot caps worn away, title and volume number missing, some discolouration and marks, small tears without loss on some maps). Illustrated with 23 plates, including 20 maps (nos. 1–20; map no. 16 on 2 sheets). Maps and fold-out views are engraved on copper in black, some printed on azure-coloured laid paper. Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné.
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Auction time 10/30/2026 at 2:00 PM
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