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D'Entrecasteaux, J.-A. Bruny. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoye…
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Melbourne
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22-Oct-2017
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D'Entrecasteaux, J.-A. Bruny. Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoye à la recherche de La Perouse. Paris, 1807-08. Two volumes thick quarto, with 32 folding charts and diagrams in the first volume and a folding plate in the second, half-title in each, and large folio atlas with title and table of contents, both engraved, 35 engraved charts (27 double-page) and 4 plates of coastal views or profiles (2 double-page): all uncut in the publisher's mottled blue boards (joints cracked but cords sound, atlas spine with neat repairs), original printed labels, in folding cloth boxes. A little foxing on text margins, short sealed tear in atlas title, the charts in fine, clean state. Including a very fine large 'Carte generale de la Nouvelle Hollande et des archipels du Grand Ocean' as well as 6 charts of Tasmania and 4 of Western Australia.
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Printed & Written Material: Books