Pernety | The history of a voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, 1771

BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE EARLS OF HADDINGTON, LOTS 54-108

PERNETY, ANTOINE JOSEPH

The history of a voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands. London: T. Jefferys, 1771

4to (260 x 200mm.), 16 plates, maps and plans, 7 folding, contemporary speckled calf

Pernety took part in Bougainville’s expedition to the Falkland Islands in 1763–1764.

LITERATURE:

Hill 1328; Sabin 6870; ESTC T82910

PROVENANCE:

George Baillie (1664–1738), armorial bookplate applied posthumously; Hon. George Baillie Hamilton (c.1721–1797), signature on title; thence by descent to the Earls of Haddington