DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César (1790-1842). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Paris: Gide, 1841-1854.
DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César (1790-1842). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Paris: Gide, 1841-1854.
A fine set in contemporary morocco of the first edition of this important 'Grand Voyage': a 'sumptuous and impressive production' (Ellis/Mengel). 'The aims of this expedition were to explore the south polar regions and various island groups in the Pacific. The expedition reached the pack ice in January 1838 but failed to penetrate it or get south of the 64th parallel. Returning eastward they visited the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands and discovered Joinville Island and Louis Philippe Land. They then proceeded to Valparaiso and Juan Fernandez Island and landed at Mangareva, the Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa, and Tonga. Proceeding to Fiji, Guam, and Palau, the ships afterwards coasted along New Guinea and circumnavigated Borneo. In 1840, from Tasmania, they returned to the Antarctic region where Adelie Land was discovered. An extensive visit was made to New Zealand. The return voyage took them through the Torres Strait to Timor, La Réunion, and St. Helena' (Hill). Fine Bird Books (1990) pp.92-3; Hill 508 (text vols only); Nissen BBI 556; Nissen IVB 449; Nissen ZBI 1200; Rosove 105, 106, 107; Sabin 21256; Spence 399.
23 volumes of text bound in 22 octavo volumes, 5 folio atlas volumes bound in 6, and one atlas portfolio, all uniformly bound in contemporary red half morocco, comprising the Histoire du voyage, Zoologie, Hydrographie, Botanique, Géologie, Minéralogie et Géographie Physique, Physique and Anthropologie thus:
Histoire du Voyage. Paris: 1841-1846. 10 text vols, octavo (232 x 150mm), and 2 atlas vols, folio (620 x 450mm). Text: vol. 5 with the advertisement leaves often lacking in other copies. Atlases: letterpress titles and 2 leaves listing plates, 2 tinted lithographic additional titles, 9 double-page maps and 198 plates (a few faint scattered spots, plate 117 found between plates 87-88 in first vol.). The plates include a mixture of topographical views, views descriptive of events that took place during the voyage and ethnographical portraits of individuals encountered en route.
HOMBRON, J.B. and JACQUINOT. Zoologie. Paris: 1842-1854. 5 text vols, octavo (233 x 150mm), and 2 atlas vols, folio (545 x 370mm). Text: pp.129-132 in vol. 5 in duplicate. Atlases: letterpress half-title, title and list of plates, 140 plates, most handcoloured or printed in colours and finished by hand, with 10 plates tinted or uncoloured (plate 31 bis in the birds is here substituted by a watercolour, a few plates very lightly browned or spotted). There are 29 plates of mammals, 37 of birds, 12 of lizards, snakes and frogs, 5 fish, 25 of insects, 9 of crabs, 20 of shells and 3 of corals.
– Botanique. Paris: 1845-1853. 2 text vols in one, octavo (232 x 150mm), and atlas, folio (550 x 370mm). Text: complete with the second vol. of 96pp., often wanting in other copies. Atlas: letterpress half-title, title and list of plates, 66 engraved plates, of which 20 handcoloured. These latter are of the mosses, lichens and seaweeds (faint marginal waterstains, a few scattered spots).
VINCENDON-DUMOULIN, C.A. Hydrographie. Paris: 1843-1851. 2 text vols, octavo (233 x 150mm) and atlas, folio (693 x 515mm). Half-titles. 2 folding engraved maps. Atlas: engraved title, 57 engraved charts, 1pp. table.
GRANGE, J. Géologie, Minéralogie et Géographie Physique du Voyage. Paris: 1847-1854. 2 text vols, octavo (233 x 150mm), and atlas, folio (545 x 370mm). Text: half-titles, folding engraved diagram. Atlas: letterpress half-title, title and table of plates, 4 hand-coloured engraved maps, 2 of which double-page, and 9 plates which are mounted photographic albumen prints, dating from approx. 1860.
DUMOUTIER. Anthropologie. Paris: 1842-1854. Octavo text vol. (232 x 150mm), and atlas, folio (bound in Géologie atlas, 545 x 370mm). Atlas: letterpress half-title, title, table of plates and 'Avertissement' leaf, 50 plates of which 47 lithographs on india paper mounted, and 3 engraved plates. These plates are made up of 24 plates of heads after busts taken from life, 21 of skulls, 2 of brains made up from impressions of the interiors of skulls, and the 3 engravings which are of the apparatus ('Céphalomètre') used by Dr Dumontier to obtain measurements.
VINCENDON-DUMOULIN, C.A. & COUPVENT-DESBOIS. Physique. Paris: 1842. Octavo (233 x 150mm). Half-title.
Provenance: Bellevue Baigts-de-Bearn (bookplates in text volumes) — shelf label 'A.W.' in 2 atlas volumes.
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DUMONT D'URVILLE, Jules Sébastien César (1790-1842). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée. Paris: Gide, 1841-1854.
A fine set in contemporary morocco of the first edition of this important 'Grand Voyage': a 'sumptuous and impressive production' (Ellis/Mengel). 'The aims of this expedition were to explore the south polar regions and various island groups in the Pacific. The expedition reached the pack ice in January 1838 but failed to penetrate it or get south of the 64th parallel. Returning eastward they visited the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands and discovered Joinville Island and Louis Philippe Land. They then proceeded to Valparaiso and Juan Fernandez Island and landed at Mangareva, the Marquesas, Tahiti, Samoa, and Tonga. Proceeding to Fiji, Guam, and Palau, the ships afterwards coasted along New Guinea and circumnavigated Borneo. In 1840, from Tasmania, they returned to the Antarctic region where Adelie Land was discovered. An extensive visit was made to New Zealand. The return voyage took them through the Torres Strait to Timor, La Réunion, and St. Helena' (Hill). Fine Bird Books (1990) pp.92-3; Hill 508 (text vols only); Nissen BBI 556; Nissen IVB 449; Nissen ZBI 1200; Rosove 105, 106, 107; Sabin 21256; Spence 399.
23 volumes of text bound in 22 octavo volumes, 5 folio atlas volumes bound in 6, and one atlas portfolio, all uniformly bound in contemporary red half morocco, comprising the Histoire du voyage, Zoologie, Hydrographie, Botanique, Géologie, Minéralogie et Géographie Physique, Physique and Anthropologie thus:
Histoire du Voyage. Paris: 1841-1846. 10 text vols, octavo (232 x 150mm), and 2 atlas vols, folio (620 x 450mm). Text: vol. 5 with the advertisement leaves often lacking in other copies. Atlases: letterpress titles and 2 leaves listing plates, 2 tinted lithographic additional titles, 9 double-page maps and 198 plates (a few faint scattered spots, plate 117 found between plates 87-88 in first vol.). The plates include a mixture of topographical views, views descriptive of events that took place during the voyage and ethnographical portraits of individuals encountered en route.
HOMBRON, J.B. and JACQUINOT. Zoologie. Paris: 1842-1854. 5 text vols, octavo (233 x 150mm), and 2 atlas vols, folio (545 x 370mm). Text: pp.129-132 in vol. 5 in duplicate. Atlases: letterpress half-title, title and list of plates, 140 plates, most handcoloured or printed in colours and finished by hand, with 10 plates tinted or uncoloured (plate 31 bis in the birds is here substituted by a watercolour, a few plates very lightly browned or spotted). There are 29 plates of mammals, 37 of birds, 12 of lizards, snakes and frogs, 5 fish, 25 of insects, 9 of crabs, 20 of shells and 3 of corals.
– Botanique. Paris: 1845-1853. 2 text vols in one, octavo (232 x 150mm), and atlas, folio (550 x 370mm). Text: complete with the second vol. of 96pp., often wanting in other copies. Atlas: letterpress half-title, title and list of plates, 66 engraved plates, of which 20 handcoloured. These latter are of the mosses, lichens and seaweeds (faint marginal waterstains, a few scattered spots).
VINCENDON-DUMOULIN, C.A. Hydrographie. Paris: 1843-1851. 2 text vols, octavo (233 x 150mm) and atlas, folio (693 x 515mm). Half-titles. 2 folding engraved maps. Atlas: engraved title, 57 engraved charts, 1pp. table.
GRANGE, J. Géologie, Minéralogie et Géographie Physique du Voyage. Paris: 1847-1854. 2 text vols, octavo (233 x 150mm), and atlas, folio (545 x 370mm). Text: half-titles, folding engraved diagram. Atlas: letterpress half-title, title and table of plates, 4 hand-coloured engraved maps, 2 of which double-page, and 9 plates which are mounted photographic albumen prints, dating from approx. 1860.
DUMOUTIER. Anthropologie. Paris: 1842-1854. Octavo text vol. (232 x 150mm), and atlas, folio (bound in Géologie atlas, 545 x 370mm). Atlas: letterpress half-title, title, table of plates and 'Avertissement' leaf, 50 plates of which 47 lithographs on india paper mounted, and 3 engraved plates. These plates are made up of 24 plates of heads after busts taken from life, 21 of skulls, 2 of brains made up from impressions of the interiors of skulls, and the 3 engravings which are of the apparatus ('Céphalomètre') used by Dr Dumontier to obtain measurements.
VINCENDON-DUMOULIN, C.A. & COUPVENT-DESBOIS. Physique. Paris: 1842. Octavo (233 x 150mm). Half-title.
Provenance: Bellevue Baigts-de-Bearn (bookplates in text volumes) — shelf label 'A.W.' in 2 atlas volumes.
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Please note that the 4 maps in the Geology atlas volume are also early photographic copies, like the accompanying plates in the same volume, and are hand-coloured. The half-title and title to the Zoology atlas volume are cut slightly short, and a stamp has been erased from the title
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