Voyage de Dentrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse (Volume I) by Dentrecasteaux, Antoine Bruny; Rossel, M. de - 1808

Paris: Imperiale, 1808. First Edition. Full leather. Good. Bruni D'Entrecasteaux as a French navigator sent out is 1791 to search for his predecessor, La Perouse, in Australia and in Tasmania. Although he did not find his quarry, his contributions were considered among the most important to early Australian atlases. All text in French. This is an important volume and is very seldom available. 704 pp. 4to. Tree calf covers are edgeworn and scuffed. Front cover is completely detached; rear cover tender. Spine chipped away. Bordered with gilt dentelles on front. Marbled eps are same pattern as outer edges of book. Prelims are foxed, but otherwise the text block is fine, with some brittleness to stock, but no damage or discoloration. The called-for 32 charts tipped in at the end of this volume are all present with some foxing on each.