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Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard
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Viaggio intorno al globo principalmente alla California ed alle Isole Sandwich negli anni 1826, 1827, 1828 e 1829 (trans. Carol Botta). Turin: Tipografico Fontana, 1841
2 volumes, in 4s (7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 183 x 124 mm). Half-titles, 4 wood-engraved plates; scattered foxing. Italian half maroon calf over marbled boards, smooth spines elaborately gilt, plain endpapers, blue marbled edges; extremities rubbed.
2 volumes, in 4s (7 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.; 183 x 124 mm). Half-titles, 4 wood-engraved plates; scattered foxing. Italian half maroon calf over marbled boards, smooth spines elaborately gilt, plain endpapers, blue marbled edges; extremities rubbed.
Literature
Cowan, p. 186; Forbes, Hawaiian National Bibliography 1260; Howes D547; Zamorano 80 31 note
Catalogue Note
Second edition, first in Italian, translated from the French first edition of 1834–35. This edition is the first to include the observations on California and Hawaii made by the ship's doctor, Paolo Emilio Botta, including a brief Italian-Hawaiian vocabulary.