Arago, Jacques Souvenirs d'un Aveugle
Arago, Jacques Souvenirs d'un Aveugle Voyage autour du monde. Troisième edition, ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins coloriés, de Notes scientifiques, et des Portraits de MM. J. Arago et F. Arago. Paris: Gayet et Lebrun, 1840. Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, 2 uncoloured engraved portraits and 59 (of 60) hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-titles, contemporary maroon half morocco, spines gilt, a few plates browned or with some offsetting, sporadic spotting to text Qty: (4) Note: Only a few copies of this coloured series were issued. The plates consist of views of Hawaii (15), Brazil (5), Cape of Good Hope (3), Australia (12), Timor (3), New Zealand &c.. A beautifully illustrated edition of Arago's account of the voyage of l'Uranie to Australia and the Pacific, under the command of Louis Freycinet (1817-1820). The voyage was organized by the French government to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism and meteorology. Arago was the official artist to the expedition.
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Arago, Jacques Souvenirs d'un Aveugle Voyage autour du monde. Troisième edition, ouvrage enrichi de soixante dessins coloriés, de Notes scientifiques, et des Portraits de MM. J. Arago et F. Arago. Paris: Gayet et Lebrun, 1840. Third edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, 2 uncoloured engraved portraits and 59 (of 60) hand-coloured lithographed plates, half-titles, contemporary maroon half morocco, spines gilt, a few plates browned or with some offsetting, sporadic spotting to text Qty: (4) Note: Only a few copies of this coloured series were issued. The plates consist of views of Hawaii (15), Brazil (5), Cape of Good Hope (3), Australia (12), Timor (3), New Zealand &c.. A beautifully illustrated edition of Arago's account of the voyage of l'Uranie to Australia and the Pacific, under the command of Louis Freycinet (1817-1820). The voyage was organized by the French government to make scientific observations on geography, magnetism and meteorology. Arago was the official artist to the expedition.
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