Voyage pittoresque autour du monde: Resumé général des voyages de découvertes de Magellan Tasman Dampier Anson Byron Wallis Carteret Bougainville Cook Lapérouse G. Bligh Vancouver D'Entrecasteau Wilson Baudin Flinders. etc. 2 vols.

Paris, Furne et Cie, 1843. 4to. In two uniform contemporary half calf bindings with gilt lettering to spine. Extremities with wear. Title-pages with small library stamp. Light occassional brownspotting throughout. (2), VIII, 576 pp. (4), 584 pp + numerous plates, and folded maps.

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Second edition of Dumont D'Urville's selection of important voyages of discovery from Magellan onwards.The six engraved maps are from Dumont D'Urville's famous voyage in the Astrolabe, 1826-1829, 1830-1834.