FLEURIEU. DISCOVERIES OF THE FRENCH... TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF NEW GUINEA. 1791

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, 4to (300 x 222mm.), half-title, 12 folding engraved maps, plans, coastal profiles and plates, modern half morocco, slight spotting, offsetting or stains, a few tears and repairs, mostly to maps (no.3 with minimal loss at fold), binding slightly rubbed

R. Williams, 1902, signature on title

Ferguson 105; Hill (2004) 611; Sabin 24749

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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"This work is principally concerned with the achievements of Louis de Bougainville and Jean de Surville, but also contains numerous compilations and translations made from various accounts, both published and unpublished, of Spanish and English travellers in the Pacific, including Mendana, Quiros, Mourelle, Carteret, Lt. Shortland, and Captain Cook" (Hill).