DUMONT D’URVILLE, J.S.C. LE COMTE, Voyage au Pole sud et dans l’Océnie sur les corvettes l’Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont D’Urville

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Paris, Gide, 1841-1846, 10 text parts in 5 8o volumes, contemporary tooled half leather bindings with gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards, LXXXII+295+363+451+410+428+344+345+391+362+319 pp., some foxing in all volumes, some damage to top of spine of volumes 1 and 3, spine board loosened of volume 2, 8 large engraved folded maps (of 9, map 6 is missing). It concerns a first edition of the 10 volumes of this narrative of this important exploratory expedition to the Pacific and southern Polar region. These 10 parts in 5 volumes comprise the official text record of the voyage. The fine folding maps (some creasing in corners) show the routes of both ships. Library mark (Bibliotheek van Doctrina & Amicitia). Lit: Ferguson 3184; Hill 508 (treating these 10 parts as a separate work).