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FEMME DU PORT DES FRANCAIS.
by [La Pérouse, Jean François]
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
[Paris, 1792. Lithograph, image 39 x 25 cm., captioned. A couple of small tears and smudges at edges of border, image fine. Archival matting, and protected with Mylar sheet. Print of a plate taken from La Pérouse's atlas of his voyage around the world undertaken in 1785-88. The image shows two Indian girls seated under a tree, one facing forward, the other in profile, both clad in primitive garb, with two masted ships and onlookers in the background.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCAM3107
- Title
- FEMME DU PORT DES FRANCAIS.
- Author
- [La Pérouse, Jean François]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Paris
- Date Published
- 1792
Terms of Sale
William Reese Company
All material is shipped subject to approval, but notification of return must be made within ten days and returns made in a prompt and conscientious fashion.
About the Seller
William Reese Company
Biblio member since 2006
New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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