[LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de (1741-1788?)]. Loi relative à la découverte des deux Frégates Francoises, la Boussole et l'Astrolabe, commandées par M. de la Perouse. Dijon: Imprimerie de Capel, 1791.

[LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de (1741-1788?)]. Loi relative à la découverte des deux Frégates Francoises, la Boussole et l'Astrolabe, commandées par M. de la Perouse. Dijon: Imprimerie de Capel, 1791.

Very rare document acknowledging fears of La Perouse’s disappearance, out of which was born the voyage of D'Entrecasteaux in search of the missing ships. Issues were also printed in Evreux, Paris, Valenciennes, Pau and Auxerre. WorldCat records no copies of this Dijon imprint.

Bifolium (244 x 187mm). Engraved headpiece. Unbound, folded as issued, housed between modern card covers.

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