ENTRECASTEAUX (Joseph-Antoine Bruny, chevalier... - Lot 299 - Pichon & Noudel-Deniau (Azur Enchères)

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ENTRECASTEAUX (Joseph-Antoine Bruny, chevalier... - Lot 299 - Pichon & Noudel-Deniau (Azur Enchères)
ENTRECASTEAUX (Joseph-Antoine Bruny, chevalier d'). Atlas of the voyage sent in search of La Pérouse. Paris, Dépôt général des cartes et plans de la Marine et des Colonies, 1807. Large atlas in folio, contemporary hardback. Complete atlas of the 39 maps and plans drawn by the engineer Beautemps-Beaupré and engraved on copper by Collin. This ambitious expedition, ordered by Louis XVI in 1791, ended in a chaotic way on the island of Java, where the crew arrived diminished by fatigue and illness, without having found any trace of Lapérouse. Light foxing at the bottom of the plates, some foxing. Worn cardboard, missing spine. The first volume of text (out of two), decorated with 32 folding plates, is enclosed in contemporary hardback. Expert | Dominique Courvoisier
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