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1802 An Account of a Voyage in Search of La Perouse
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Description
Early Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce
The second English edition, scarce.
In two volumes, without the atlas volume.
'An Account of a Voyage in Search of la Perouse' recounts the d'Entrecasteaux 1791-93 expedition to Australasia, setting out to discover La Perouse, who had disappeared there in 1788, an unsuccessful mission.
The author, Jacques Labillardiere, was a botanist on the expedition. This work includes his scientific exploration of the continent, and contains some of the earliest descriptions of Australian flora and fauna, and the indigenous people of Tasmania. This also includes the second ever description of an Australian spider.
This English translation was published in the same year as the first French edition, in 1800. This was during a period of great interest in Australian flora, a subject not yet explored much in European literature.
'Tables of the Route of the Esperance' to the rear of Volume II.
Two pages of adverts to the rear of Volume II.
Condition
In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, smart. A few light marks to the boards and spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots, heavier to the first and last few pages. Title page of Volume I is edge worn, with small chips.
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